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Focus on Book Arts Focus on Book Arts IS A 5DAY CONFERENCE HELD BIENNIALLY IN OREGON ARE TAUGHT BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS IN THE BOOK AND PAPER ARTS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKING AND LEARNING IN PRINTMAKING PAPER MAKING AND THE BOOK ART FIELDS 2024 Conference Recap After a few years away we were very excited to be able to hold the conference at Western Oregon University WOU in Monmouth Oregon on June 26 30 2024. We want to thank everyone who participated in making the 2024 FOBA Conference a successful one including our sponsors instructors attendees both first timers and returning trade show vendors artists volunteers and our amazing board who organized this conference. Additionally we thank the staff of WOU for accommodating us and assisting in making our conference a success. 1 2 and 3day workshops were held during the 5day conference which included 29 Workshops by 18 experienced book artist instructors.