The Open Book sequence of exhibitions has been about trust, curiosity, tenderness and community.

In these Bay Area exhibitions created and curated by Laster, the Open Book Show has heavy sketchbooks to pore over, delicate artist books, journals and diagrams to inspect- all reiterating tactile and intimate experiences. Every show has built upon the last, growing in gumption and switching to a different Bay Area venue each time: most recently 1890 Bryant Studios, Root Division and Arion Press.

In an age of encouraged ignorance, fake news, xenophobia, the Open Book Show tells stories. Lives lived in pages: artists take up room with their everyday. The practice of keeping records may be associated with comfort but it is an act of survival. Books chronicle queerness, manifestos, memory, persistence, magic, outrage & love.

More past exhibitions have been at Pier 2 at Fort Mason, the Swell Gallery and the Diego Rivera Gallery. These openings have had many different events within them such as open mics, live music, live screen printing with aid from the SF Poster Syndicate and drawing sessions. In the time of COVID-19, The Open Book show has begun a digital archive as #openbook7 as well as provided online public programming.