Into The Fold 2026 Event

A purple poster features three outlined rectangular shapes arranged at angles, each containing event text. The shapes display details for “Into the Fold,” the Winchester School of Art Artists’ Book and Zine Fair, taking place 6–7 March 2026 in the Westside Foyer.

Time:: Friday 6 March at 14:00 to Saturday 7 March at 16:00
Date:: 2026-03-06 00:00:00 2026-03-07 00:00:00
Venue:: Winchester School of Art

Event details

The University of Southampton Winchester School of Art’s Artist Book and Zine Fair returns!

Winchester School of Art is pleased to invite you to Into the Fold 2026, the University of Southampton’s third Artist Book and Zine Fair, a free event showcasing artwork by local students and regional artists for sale.

Event Information

Into the Fold will feature stalls from artist book and zine makers from across the UK including WSA students, staff and local artists.

Over the two days, there will also be exhibitions: Folding Space: Japanese and UK Artists' Books curated by Noriko Suzuki-Bosco and Catherine Polley in The Winchester Gallery and I am a book: Japan in the Artists Book Collection curated by Catherine Polley, in the WSA Library gallery space. In addition, there will be an opportunity to attend an introduction and handling session on the Artists' Book Collection at WSA Library, printmaking and other activities, a talk by James Macdonell & Grant Cox from Library’s Digital Scholarship Team and a performative event with artist Sebastiane Hegarty. In memory of Mark Pawson, we will be running an ‘I love free stuff’ table for you to take and/or remake with. If you would like to donate any stuff to this please get in touch by emailing libenqs@soton.ac.uk .

Events and tours places will be limited due to space, please book the events using the following:

Beyond the fold: A hands on introduction to 3D Scanning Art with James MacDonell (Sold out - Join the waitlist for cancellations)
Walk and Talk through the exhibition 'Folding Space: Japanese and UK artists’ books' with Louise Siddons (Sold out - Join the waitlist for cancellations)
Introduction to the WSA Library’s Artists’ Book Collection with Catherine Polley
From Page to Polygon: Digitally Reimagining Artists’ Books talk by Grant Cox

Booking is not required for the following:

Meandering Stories: flash fiction readings with the Arts & Humanities students, introduced by Toby Litt, Head of Creative Writing - Friday 6th March at 5:00pm
A performative event, Silence Felt , with artist Sebastiane Hegarty - Saturday 7th March at 2:00pm
Student run printmaking and other activities will take place throughout the event

The event will take place on the University of Southampton's Winchester campus on Park Avenue across two days. Please indicate which day you wish to attend by ordering the corresponding ticket - guests are welcome to visit at any time the event is open on that day.

Please note that there will be many items for sale by the artists who created them. Some stalls will accept e-payments and others cash. There are cash points in Winchester city centre about 10mins walk away from the event.

If you have any questions about this event please contact libenqs@soton.ac.uk .

WSA Cafe

The cafe will be open on Friday 6 March until 5pm and on Saturday 7 March from 10am - 4pm.