Julie Johnstone

Ring of Truth - Blackie House Library and Museum Our Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition8 August – 24 August, open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays 11-4pmContinuing by appointment after the festival, and at all other times In 2024 Blackie House Library and...

With work by @essencepress.bsky.social, Luke Fowler, et al. ❤️https://blackiehouse.org/exhibitions/ring-of-truth/

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Panza Collection, 1991 © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Surface Veil I by Robert Ryman, 1970 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137493

Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds

Lee Ufan, From Line, 1974 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137262

There are two new poem-postcards for sale over at Oo-press.com, just in time for the summer solstice. £5 for Nicky Melville's *how is now* and Em Filtness's *sparkles of time*

Oo-press.com/postcard-poems

A new poem card for @essencepress.bsky.social, *restlessnest*.

Buy for £3 at link below or DM me xx

www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

A picture of the publication Artist's Book Yearbook 2024-2025 with detail of an essay by Robert Good examining titles, form and colour as the first virtual Summer Librarian at Street Road’s gallery and Little Free Library in Cochranville, USA.

A call for essay, articles or written contributions to the next issue of the Artist’s Book Yearbook. See the current issue list for an idea of the types of essays: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/artists-book...
Deadline 1st September, please get in touch if interested. Payment = 2 copies of the publication.

Drops

Drops https://www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/drops-1961

Image of four postcards containing minimalist poems.

Glad to share new work in the latest less-series from
@essencepress.bsky.social. Grateful to Julie for her thoughtful curation and exquisite formatting of the series. Happy, too, to be in the wonderful company of @gregchthomas.bsky.social, Harry Josephine Giles, and Julie Johnstone.

More info: Single issues of Less [series 3] are £3 each.
Issues 1-4 special group price of £10.
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

Issue 4 of Less [series 3]
blossom by Julie Johnstone
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

Issue 3 of Less [series 3]
lessmor by Harry Josephine Giles
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Issue 2 of Less [series 3]
restlessnest by @gregchthomas.bsky.social
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Issue 1 of Less [series 3]
joy by @jungcharlotte.bsky.social
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less journal - Julie Johnstone less[series 3 | 2025-] Introducing a new series of less, and the first four issues. Each issue of less is devoted to a single new work by one poet or artist and is published in an edition of 150. The ...

On this delightful spring day here in Edinburgh I am happy to introduce a new series of less. The first four in the new series feature the work of @jungcharlotte.bsky.social @gregchthomas.bsky.social Harry Josephine Giles & myself.
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

New article on Dom Sylvester Houédard's visual poetry up @artukdotorg.bsky.social artuk.org/discover/sto...

There's a Poetry Market tomorrow (Sunday 16th) as part of the StAnza Poetry Festival, in Parliament Hall, South Street, St Andrews 11am-3pm. I'll have an Essence Press table there.
Lots of other poetry events on too.
stanzapoetry.org/festival/sta...

An image of a concertina of white, textured paper, with rectangles of soft blues, greys and pinks ('a book of hours' by Julie Johnstone). The text reads: Pages Artists Book Fair, Friday 21 March 11 am - 5pm, Saturday 22 March 11am - 4pm, Leeds Art Gallery, Free admission.

PAGES artists book fair returns to Leeds on 21/22 March: 40 artists & publishers inc @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social &
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social. Leeds Art Gallery & Leeds Central Library, The Headrow, LS1 3AA. Fri 21 & Sat 22 March. All welcome, admission free
pagesartistbooks.org/book-fair-2025

I'll be at my Essence Press table at the PAGES artists' book fair in Leeds Art Gallery & Central Library Fri 21 & Sat 22 March. All welcome, admission free. Looking forward to it, do drop by if you are in the area. Lots of artists and publishers to browse.
pagesartistbooks.org/book-fair-2025

PAGES artists book fair returns to Leeds next month: 40 artists & publishers inc @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social & @longbarrowpress.bsky.social. Leeds Art Gallery & Leeds Central Library, The Headrow, LS1 3AA. Fri 21 & Sat 22 March. All welcome, admission free
pagesartistbooks.org/book-fair-2025

A concertina artist's book of white, textured paper with rectangles of soft blues great and pinks. The text on it says 'Pages Artists Book Faire, Friday 21 March 11 am - 5pm, Saturday 22 March 11am - 4pm, Leeds Art Gallery Free admission

Come see me & @rachelartsmith.bsky.social with @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social at PAGES Artists Book Fair, w/ books by Karenjit Sandhu, Sascha A. Akhtar, Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo, Akeem Balogun, @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social and more. You'll find us next to the mighty @longbarrowpress.bsky.social .

Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser

Brice Marden, Vine, 1992-93

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135019

Yes, in Edinburgh. There is a fair in Bristol every other year, called BABE - next one is 2026. There's one coming up in Leeds on 21/22 March that I'll be at pagesartistbooks.org/book-fair-2025
See also smallpublishersfair.co.uk/book-fair-ca...

Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)

Giorgio Morandi, Still Life, 1916

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135241

Untitled

Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/agnes-martin/untitled-1980

Artists’ Bookmarket 2025 is open TODAY and TOMORROW showcasing a wide array of work from artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, galleries and small and independent publishers. Come and explore Edinburgh's biggest celebration of book art and art publishing! Free. Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 10am–5pm.

All set up here at @fruitmarket.bsky.social Bookmarket Lots of amazing book artists here for this weekend. Do drop in and say hello!

I'm honoured that @essencepress.bsky.social published my "In Memory of Bob Cobbing" as a limited edition folio. The poem consists of 2 transparent sheets representing india ink "teardrops" which can be laid over any text ... order your copy today: www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

A painting of a large swoosh of ink with a line through the center, and thinner lines in the arched shape of a rainbow and a half circle with a flat top below.

A “nick” is an incision in wood or stone that tallies time as it passes. In this new poem from our latest print edition, Evie Shockley sees the nick as both a marker of time and a mark left by time remaining present across generations. Read “time :: the nick.” buff.ly/3EpD22d Artwork by Leigh Wells.

Orange and Yellow

Orange and Yellow https://www.wikiart.org/en/mark-rothko/orange-and-yellow-1956