Chops
by
Cherryl Floyd-Miller
Poems by Floyd-Miller (now Cherryl T. Cooley), a native of the Carolinas and poet, playwright and fiber artist who explores cultural and feminine themes through folklore. "Chops" won a 2005 AIGA Gold SEED Award.
Pretend
by
Adrian Piper
This exhibition catalog documents Piper’s installation works that investigate racism. As Piper sees it, “Overcoming racism involves personal transformation. And I am committed to using my work as a catalytic tool of political change.” --from Printed Matter's website
Reading Dick and Jane with Me
by
Clarissa Sligh
Artist's statement: "Reading Dick & Jane with Me is an artist's book created to interrupt the authority of old elementary school textbooks called The Dick and Jane Readers. These reading textbooks of the 1940s and '50s represented a white upper middle class suburban family as normal life for most Americans. Although statistically the average American at this time was working class, the artist as a young girl thought these depictions meant that her family must be an aberration outside the norm."--Vamp and Tramp website.
Transforming Hate: An Artist's Book
by
Clarissa Sligh
"I am a black woman. I am an artist. For many years I have been creating work to bring issues of social justice into the public discourse. This book evolved from a project for which I folded origami cranes from pages of white supremacist books for the exhibition, 'Speaking volumes: transforming hate.' It was organized by the Montana Human Rights Network and the Holter Art Museum in Helena, Montana and opened in 2008."--Artist's statement from front flap of book cover.
Danny: The Last African American in the 22nd Century
by
Danny Tisdale
An illustrated fantasy/futuristic narrative of the author/artist and other African Americans as objects in a museum exhibition.
The Affrilachian Sonnets: Poems
by
Frank X. Walker; wood engravings by Joanne Price
Frank X. Walker is a Poet Laureate of Kentucky, and Professor in the department of English and the African American and Africana Studies Program at the University of Kentucky. ... He is the originator of the word, Affrilachia, and wholly committed to deconstructing and forging a new definition of a pluralistic Appalachia. Joanne Price, founder of Starpointe Studio, is an artist primarily focused on relief printmaking processes, and the book arts"Vamp & Tramp website. See more at: http://www.vampandtramp.com
Promise Not to Tell
by
Bisa Washington
"The artist confronts a personal history of child abuse and trauma and breaks a family promise in search of enlightenment. She is joined by the voices of her ancestors, ending their long held silence and creates a voice for children hurt, lost, and violated." -- Publisher
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