Elizabeth Castaldo is a New York based artist, printmaker, and bookbinder. Working with collage, drawing, and printmaking she creates multi-layered and visually abundant works on paper and artist’s books that explore nature, the divine feminine and interconnectivity. She is currently an art-in-ed workspace resident at Women’s Studio Workshop and has completed residencies at Proyecto ‘Ace in Buenos Aires Argentina, Arquetopia in Oaxaca Mexico, the Center for Book Arts, NYC and Printmaker’s Open Forum, Oxford PA. In 2023, her work was included in an illustrated edition of The Awakening by Kate Chopin published by Kasini House and Kolaj. Her work has been exhibited internationally including with Proyecto ‘Ace, Saint-Paul de Mausole at Saint-Rémy, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Empty Set Gallery, Zucker man Museum of Art, Center for Book Arts, Saint Joseph’s College, and Landing Contemporary. She teaches printmaking and book arts at Parsons School of Design and the Center for Book Arts. Castaldo received her MFA from SCAD Atlanta where she was a Dean’s Fellow in Printmaking and her BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Her work is held in many private and institutional collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, SCAD, The University of Alberta, Carnegie Melon University, Yale University and others. Follow her work online: www.elizabethcastaldo.com
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2024 Artists' Book Competition
Date of Competition: May 17, 2024
Submissions are accepted April 22nd through May 3rd, 2024. Mailed entries should arrive by May 3rd.
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Calling all SCAD students!
The annual SCAD Libraries Artists' Book Competition is open to all current SCAD students at any location. Enter up to three artists' books. Winning books may be selected for purchase and included in SCAD Library's Artists' Book Collection.
What is an artist's book, and what can I enter?
Artists' books are works of art that utilize, challenge, defy, reference, or embrace the book as a mode of artistic expression. They can be sculptural, traditional, textual, visual, personal, political, drawn, sewn, conceptual or literal. If you can make a successful argument in your artist's statement that your work is a book, it can be entered into the competition.
We are looking for fine press, performative, altered, and object books. Scrolls, pop-ups, zines, comics, hardback, paperback, perfect bound, and unbound books are all welcome. Categories will be dictated by entries received.
Collaborative entries are encouraged.
Did your class or group make an artist's book or minicomics or zines or miniature books? We want to see them all!
All entries will be included in the competition and viewer’s choice voting opportunity on May 17th, 2024. Books will be handled under direct supervision of the librarians.
The awards will be presented by Elizabeth Castaldo, guest juror, Friday, May 17th, 2024. Winners will be posted on the Artists' Book Competition page directly after the event. Come out and vote for your favorite book on Friday, May 17th!
Select entries will be displayed in the Artists’ Book Room in SCAD Library after the competition. Entrants will be contacted for permission to display their submission. The exhibit will be open to the SCAD community and featured on the daily admissions tours.
Work should be picked up from SCAD Library in Atlanta or Jen Library in Savannah on or before June 3, 2024. An email will go out to all participating students to coordinate pick up. Entries not picked up by the date indicated will be considered donated and may not be retained.
A brief artist's statement (2-4 sentences) is required for each entry.
No food, untreated charcoal, hazardous materials, or books requiring external equipment (i.e. URLs or flash drives) can be submitted.
You can submit up to three entries, including collaborative work.
Fill out and submit the online submission form.
Entries can be dropped off at the Jen Library in Savannah or SCAD Library in Atlanta beginning Monday, April 22nd and ending midnight, Friday, May 3rd, 2024.
If submitting by mail, please send your submission to SCAD Library.
Mailing address: 1600 Peachtree St. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
All submissions should be received by May 3rd, 2024. Please accommodate for shipping time.
Artists' Book Competition Highlights Exhibition
Showcasing works by past winners of the Artists' Book Competition. A portion of the exhibit highlights the work of Elizabeth Castaldo, this year's juror.
March 25, 2024 - May 27, 2024. SCAD Library, Atlanta, Room 444
Artists’ Books and Beyond
This is a fantastic opportunity to interact with artists’ books and gain inspiration for the upcoming Artists’ Book Competition.
April 12, 2024, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. SCAD Library Atlanta, Room 413
The Flag Book, a Moving Structure
Explore and interact with artists’ books from SCAD Library's Special Collections that utilize the flag book structure and learn the technique with SCADPro professor and book artist, Margot Ecke. Registration required.
April 19, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. SCAD Library Atlanta, Room 413
Artists' Book Submissions Due
Please follow the steps for submission above and be sure that you meet all the requirements.
April 22, 2024 - May 3rd, 2024. SCAD Library Atlanta, Front Desk
2024 Artists' Book Competition
Come interact with the Artists' Book Competition entries, vote for your favorite book, explore artists' book techniques with experts, attend a panel discussion and cheer on the competition winners. See competition day schedule below.
May 17, 2024. Rooms 256-258, 1600 Peachtree
2024 Artists’ Book Competition Highlights Exhibition
Exhibition highlighting the 2024 entries of the Artists’ Book Competition.
May 27, 2024 - June 3, 2024. SCAD Library, Atlanta, Room 444
May 17, 2024. Rooms 256-258, 1600 Peachtree
No Registration Required
Artists' Book Exhibit and Viewer's Choice Voting
Browse an interactive showcase of artists’ book entries from this year’s competition and vote for your favorite book in the viewer's choice category.
10:30 AM – 3:15 PM
Artists’ Book Exploration
Explore various artists’ book formats with Elizabeth Castaldo and SCAD faculty.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Panelists include Elizabeth Castaldo and faculty members as well as students of the past competitions.
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Awards Presentation
Elizabeth Castalodo will announce winners of the 2024 Artists’ Book Competition.
Refreshments will follow.
3:30 PM