We highly recommend that you stay at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Every CODEX X event (Book Art Fair, Symposium, Gala Dinner, Cocktail Party) will take place at this hotel and convention center, making your stay at the Oakland Marriott very convenient. Rates for Exhibitors have been negotiated and locked in at a reasonable price and a block is being reserved. Reserve your room before they run out!

Superbowl LX is being held in the South Bay in Santa Clara, CA on Sunday, February 8, 2026. Rates for hotels in all surrounding Bay Area cities are going to be competitive and expensive.

Because all events will be in the same location this year we highly recommend staying at the Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel. We have negotiated a very competitive rate with them and there are restaurants and cafes close by, as well as in the hotel itself. If you would prefer to stay in another location, the Oakland Marriott is easy to get to by BART, bus, and Lyft/Uber.

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Oakland Marriott City Center is centrally located in downtown Oakland with easy access to public transit and many restaurants, cafes, bookstores, and activities close by.

• All Symposium Attendees will be given a CODEX Badge on a lanyard. 
• Your Symposium Ticket grants you full access to the Book Art Fair for all four days.
• Please keep this Badge and wear in plain sight when attending the Symposium, Book Fair, cocktail party, Gala Dinner and ALL other CODEX events. 
• Please note: You will need your badge to attend the first night cocktail party.

• A Book Fair Directory will list all exhibitors and cross reference them to a floor map.
• The Directory will also contain the Symposium Schedule along with speaker bios and lecture abstracts.
• There will be advertising available in the directory. Contact Dina Pollack to place an ad.

We understand that cancellations are sometimes necessary and we do what we can to accommodate. Please email Dina Pollack if you need to cancel your registration or if you have any questions.

• Cancellations will incur a fee of $50

• Please check back later for WiFi login information.

Parking in the entire Bay Area requires caution. DO NOT LEAVE ANY VALUABLES IN YOUR CAR, even if you think they are hidden in the trunk. Car break-ins across the entire Bay Area are extremely common. They’re not common if your car is *completely empty*. 

• Parking in the Convention Center parking lot will be available to all exhibitors for a daily fee of $25.
• If you are staying as a guest at the hotel, this will be available as an add-on when you check in for your stay.

• Food and beverages will be available for purchase in the Book Art Fair area. There will be a separate seating area for you to eat.
• NO FOOD OR BEVERAGE (except water) will be permitted on the Exhibition floor.
• There are many delicious restaurants and places to get food outside of the Convention Center in downtown Oakland.
• Be advised that if you bring in outside food, you may be stopped and asked to wrap up your food before you enter the Exhibition floor.

• There will be an area inside of the Exhibition space for you to eat meals and rest as well as meet with friends, clients, collaborators, and more.
• We ask that you eat here when possible in order to keep food out of the Book Art Fair.
• Please feel free to enjoy meetings here! We hope that it will be a quiet, calm area to have meaningful conversations. However, we ask that you please don’t hold club or large group meetings here so that everyone has a chance to enjoy the space.
• This space will be open to the public and just off to the side of the Exhibition floor. There will be no private meeting rooms provided.

• Public transit within the Bay Area is extensive and reliable.
• BART (subway) and AC Transit (bus) are the public transit systems used. We advise using an app like Citymapper to plan your trip so you have all available services at your disposal.
• Uber and Lyft are readily available within the Bay Area. Rides typically cost between $10-$30 depending on the distance and time of day.
• Please remember that traffic in the Bay Area can be bad, especially during peak rush hour times. If you need to get somewhere outside of Oakland, allow for 30 minutes minimum for travel.
• We always advise carpooling for saving costs.
• PLEASE BE ADVISED: there will be NO BUS this year for CODEX. Since all CODEX events are taking place at the Oakland Marriott City Center, there will be no bus chartered for travel between CODEX locations. We highly encourage you to stay at the Exhibition hotel, as it will make travel and all amenities very easy.

We would like to take a moment to comment on the current political environment. It is during these times that bringing people together around the arts, even in small ways, becomes a political act in itself. As an organization whose mission is to support the book arts community, we must persevere and continue to create venues and connections for those working in the field. We support those who decide not to come to the US during this time, but we are also here for those of you who decide to make the trip. We realize that The CODEX Foundation’s International Biennial Book Art Fair & Symposium serves a critical role in your artistic careers, businesses, and institutions, and we plan on continuing to serve our community and promote the art of the handmade book and those working in the field in meaningful ways.

For CODEX X, the entire event will be held at the Oakland Marriott City Center: the symposium, the fair, the cocktail party, the gala dinner, and our block of reserved rooms. We hope this will foster more intense discussions, connections, and an even tighter-knit book arts community. Although hosting this event has become significantly more expensive and particularly financially challenging in the current political environment, we are keeping the fees largely unchanged for 2026. We will also continue to offer our Emerging Artist Fellowships started in collaboration with Aaron Cohick and our Research Scholarship with CBAA. The CODEX Foundation has also recently agreed to match three individual grants to help new artists to participate from South America. There is still much planning to be done, but rest assured, we are already designing a wonderful experience for you.