Small Plates
Each year SFCB invites artists to produce an artist book edition of a specific size (4 inches x 4 inches) in a limited edition of 50-100. SFCB provides space, equipment, technical support, and a materials budget to Small Plates artists to help produce their edition of books.
Since the program's beginning in 2008 artists have produced over 50 editions, all of which represent the hard work and creative vision of each artist. Small Plates editions are sold in our Biblioshop.
Meet This Year’s Artists
Quinn Keck
Quinn is a multidisciplinary artist who investigates concepts in sociology, physics, technology and philosophy. Working across printmaking, artists books, creative coding, and installation, their work discusses memory, perception and grief through questioning the manifestation of systems. They look beyond the arithmetic to dissect the axioms that define what is rational, logical and natural.
Grendl Löfkvist
Grendl is the Director of Type West, Letterform Archive’s yearlong program in type design. She is also an instructor at SFCB, CCSF, and Sierra College, and has taught workshops at Stanford University, Wells College, and Pixar. Grendl has ink in her veins; she loves to print!
Rachel Phillips
Rachel is a visual artist, writer, book artist, educator and arts administrator based in Pacifica, CA. Her work often incorporates historical and vernacular materials, including many found photographs. Growing up in the Bay Area, the impact of technology on ecology and culture, as seen through a feminist lens, is often a theme in her work.
Join us on July 18 from 6–8 PM as we celebrate these amazing new additions and hear from Quinn Keck, Grendl Löfkvist, and Rachel Phillips about their in-studio processes and experiences. You’ll get a first look at the finished editions, and can be the first to purchase your copy in the Biblioshop!
Past Small Plates Publications
Fathomless by Paul Oh (2025)
Radiate by Nicholas Shick (2025)
Shared Book Lung by Kate Laster (2024)
Celata Revelata by Amber Wolf (2024)
A Mouthful of Rain by Thad Higa (2024)
if you see me, weep by Vivian Sming (2023)
Trusting | Confiado by Luz Marina Ruiz (2023)
X-ing a Paragrab by Gino Robair (2023)
to take part in taking apart by Steph Kudisch (2022)
Mugunghwa by Rochelle Youk (2022)
Hand Book: A Post Pandemic Manual by Mary V. Marsh (2022)
The Red Thread by Rebecca Kao (2020)
Oakland Native: Life of a Coast Live Oak by Li Jiang (2020)
In Remembrance by Meghan Pohlod (2020)
Triple Bind: No Words by Kirsten Malone (2019)
Field Work by Rhiannon Alpers (2019)
Animalia Paradoxia by Tim Svenonius (2019)
Still by Ariel Hansen Strong (2018)
Common Matrix by Helen Ip (2018)
CB&S Swatchbook by Noah Breuer (2018)
& I'm Leaving by Carissa Potter (2017)
A Nice Cup of Tea by Brian Lieske (2017)
Shipjangsaeng by Lars Kim (2017)
Proclamatie by Jennie Hinchcliff (2016)
Grimm's Fairy Tale Theater: Hänsel & Gretel by Bettina Pauly (2016)
INPUT/OUTPUT by Macy Chadwick (2016)
Knuckles on the Ground by Andrew Rottner (2015)
The Last Color by Michelle Wilson (2015)
Mimi Nashi Hoichi by Patricia Wakida (2015)
The Hunter and the Bear by Bryan Kring (2014)
Words Fail Me by Lisa Rappoport (2014)
Deconstruction/Construction by Annemarie Munn (2014)
Parasite: Survival Relationships by Amber Stucke (2013)
That's It: Liqour, Beer & Wine by Sarah Newton (2011)
Sideshow by Rigel Stuhmiller (2011)
One Another by Jennifer Hennesy (2010)
Dog Dreams by Michael Wertz (2010)
Reparations by Emory Douglas (2009)
Bichos del Campo by Daniel Gonzalez (2009)
Rabbitpox by Allison Weiner (2009)
God's Femur by Ward Schumaker (2009)
Grey Matter Gardening by Nanette Wylde (2008)
Thumb War by John Hersey (2008)
How Birds Sing by Kay Ryan and Tucker Nichols (2008)
Lyrica by Michael Hannon and William Wiley (2008)