Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) popular DogEar Festival returns to the island on April 4-6, 2025. Celebrating all things related to the unique art forms of Artists’ Books and printmaking, this immersive three-day event brings together artists, community, curators, scholars, and creatives for lectures, hands-on printmaking, a whimsical Edible Book “Chompetition,” a pop-up print market, a concert with the Bushwick Book Club, and more.

Alongside this year’s festival, BIMA’s current Artists’ Books exhibition, Power of the Presses, examines the creative potency of printing as a hallowed art form.

DogEar festivalgoers can try hands-on art projects, enjoy live music, learn more about bookmaking as an art, and take home broadsides, posters, and zines by talented regional artists and printmakers.

The DogEar Festival is held at BIMA, located at 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA. The festival starts at 5 pm to 8 pm on Friday, April 4, and runs 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6. DogEar offers a variety of activities for all ages. With the exception of the concert on Friday night, all activities, exhibitions, and presentations are free. Learn more at www.biartmuseum.org/events/dogear-festival-2025/.