Alcuin Society’s Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada
2023–24 Gallery Information
FAB Gallery, 1-1 Fine Arts Building
University of Alberta
(780) 492-2081
gallery@ualberta.ca
Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Friday from 11:00am–5:00pm
Saturday from 12:00pm–3:00pm
Admission is free.
Second floor gallery can only be accessed by stairs at this time. We apologize for this significant barrier to access.
Alcuin Society’s Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada
January 16 - February 10, 2024
FAB Gallery, Second Floor
Reception
University of Alberta faculty, staff, students and invited guests
Friday, January 19, 2024 | 7-9 pm | FAB Gallery
About the Show
2022 marked the fortieth anniversary of the Alcuin Society’s Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. 74 Canadian publishers submitted books published during 2022, with each title representing the work of Canadian book designers. 187 books from across Canada were entered in 9 categories, 35 were selected for awards.
Judging took place in Vancouver where the three jurors, Crispin Elsted, Natalie Olsen, and Jessica Sullivan, met to select the prize winners. The fundamental principle of the judging process is that all aspects of the book design must work to form an integrated piece. The judges examine and discuss the design of the dust jacket, binding, end papers, half-title page, copyright page, title page, page layout, typography, navigation for reference, integration of illustrations, chapter openings, running heads, reproduction of illustrations, clarity of printing and the choice of paper.
The categories include:
- prose fiction
- prose non-fiction
- prose illustrated
- poetry
- pictorial
- children’s
- reference
- limited editions
- comics
Art & Design News
Past Exhibitions (2023-24)
- CodesWitcher: Lisa Mayes, MFA Intermedia
- Built to Last: Architecture, Memory, and the Imaginary Atrium. Works by Alicja Habisiak-Matczak & Alex R.M. Thompson
- want and fear: Emily Legleitner, MFA in Printmaking
- Implicit Grid: Riddhi Patel, MFA Painting
- The Home: Mohammad Abbasi, MFA Painting
- Comic Sense: a Ludic Exploration of 3 Contemporary Comics
Past Exhibitions (2022-23)
- Lasting Legacy: Honoring the History of Visual Arts at Extension
- Emerging Practices: Celebrating Visual Art Certificate Students
- The Institution of Knowledge
- I don't know how, but I'm taller: 2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduation Show
- in flux: 2023 Bachelor of Design Graduation Show
- Know Thyself as a Virtual Reality
- The Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada (2020 or 2021)
- Jill Miller: FUTURE PERFECT
- Yilu Xing, MFA Printmaking: 吃得开 eat the open
- Transitional Impressions: Visualizing Environmental Change
- alissa rossi, MFA Printmaking: The View From Where
- Chelsey Campbell, MFA Printmaking: all of us, also