A breath of fresh air, sunshine, and creativity came to SBCAW (Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop) last weekend with the inaugural Off Register Art Book and Print Fair. Hats off to the organizers — Garrett Gerstenberger, James Van Arsdale, Alex Lukas, Kestrel Tseng, Madi Manson, Albert McCartney, and Jayes Caitlin — who did an amazing job on this hopefully soon-to-become-annual event. Taking place at SBCAW on Saturday, November 16, this bastion of creativity and community attracted more than 60 exhibitors and more than 1,800 visitors, reports the team, which in addition to the organizers, also included 25-plus volunteers.
Vendors had art books, prints, shirts, cards and all sorts of other fun merchandise to purchase, and there were also hands-on demonstrations of innovative contemporary print techniques, symposium-style panel discussions, and performative readings, alongside a gallery exhibition of printed work “embracing the imperfect.” See offregistersb.org/programming for more information.
Nell Campbell and Mary Heebner | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Vada students from Santa Barbara High | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Kestrel Tseng, an artist and the founder of Bird in Hand Press, was one of Off Register’s organizers | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Off Register organizer, artist and SBCC Graphic Design Professor James Van Arsdale with his wife, artist Kimberly Hahn, and daughter Kiki | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Zine making at the Santa Barbara Public Library station | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Art on view at Off Register | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
SBCC Graphic Design students had a button making booth | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Art on view at Off Register | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Making zines at the Santa Barbara Public Library Van to Go | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Off Register Art Book and Print Fair at SBCAW, November 16, 2024 | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Art on view at Off Register | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
UCSB Professor Alex Lukas, left, leads a panel with David Horvitz, Louise Sandhaus, and Allyson Healey at Off Register Art Book and Print Fair at SBCAW, November 16, 2024 | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Live print demo at Off Register Art Book and Print Fair at SBCAW, November 16, 2024 | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Live print demo at Off Register Art Book and Print Fair at SBCAW, November 16, 2024 | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Art on view at Off Register | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Off Register Art Book and Print Fair at SBCAW, November 16, 2024 | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg 
Slide from a panel led by UCSB Professor Alex Lukas | Photo: Leslie Dinaberg
