NMWA Virtual Educator Summer Camp Series: July 22, 2024 Puzzle Books with Priya Pereira
NMWA’s virtual Educator Summer Camp is designed for all educators: teachers, home school instructors, scout leaders, etc. The standalone sessions, inspired by the Art, Books, and Creativity (ABC) Institute, are hands-on, participatory, and fun. The Educator Summer Camp explores the museum’s collection and resources, introduces historical and contemporary artists, and engages participants in experimental art-making and close-looking exercises.
Learn from Priya Pereira, India’s premiere book artist, about a distinctive format Pereira calls a “puzzle book.” You will learn the steps to create your very own version with tips and tricks from the artist.
Julian Rota on Animal Wild
During our firm of booksellers’ centenary last year, I sent out monthly reminiscences and reflections on my time in the trade. The March issue was about Private Presses, where I wrote this:
For many years we operated, for two American universities, Brigham Young (under the leadership of Scott Duvall) and Wisconsin-Madison (Yvonne Schofer), a ‘blanket order program’, which enabled us to support, to some extent, some of the extant presses as their books were published. We were empowered, up to a certain price limit, to supply whichever books we felt they should have. Thus we were in a position to buy two copies of each book from a given press knowing that we would sell them, and as often as not we would buy a third to offer elsewhere or in the hope that a private customer would pick it up.
The Indian artist Priya Pereira came to visit me in the shop some years ago with a selection of her outstanding, highly unusual and perfectly made books (sometimes stretching the definition of the word ‘book’). The blanket programs were still running but I couldn’t help very much as the books were created outside the UK, which was outside the remit. I liked them so much though that I bought a few for myself. She asked if I had any advice and what I said was that they were much, much too cheap – they would be taken more seriously if prices were higher. She followed that advice, her business grew, we became friends, she worked for the bookshop for a while, and she continues to send gifts (for our children when they were smaller, and now for me) at Christmas every year.
Of the books I purchased for myself, my favourite is probably the extraordinarily delicate and complex Ode to an Onion.
We are delighted and very honoured to be included now in Priya’s L Book.
Exhibition at Dartmouth College, Sherman Art Library Special Collection: July 17-November 30, 2023
Festival of Libraries: Aug 5th & 6th 2023
As a part of the second phase of India's Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Libraries Division of the Ministry of Culture hosted a two-day Festival of Libraries at New Delhi in consonance with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision for development of libraries and for encouraging a culture of reading in India.
Invited to display some books I felt, for the first time on the government level, artists' books are reaching some awareness.
The ‘L Book’ featuring the libraries that carry our work was specially made and displayed during the festival.
April 18, 2023 Exhibition at the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.
The Solar Year Calendar Perpetual was exhibited along with 15th Century books about calendars with rotating volvelles.
Also, alongside newly acquired artists’ books by the Wren was a table of Pixie Bks.
April 2023, Seven Stories of Mewar on display at the Edinburgh College of Art
March 14-18, 2022 India Week at the University of Southampton
An exhibition ‘Objects from India’ held at the Winchester School of Art Library commemorates this special week, showcasing a selection of works drawn from the Library’s Artists’ Book Collection by two artists, Tony Hayward and Priya Pereira.
Priya Pereira uses whimsical, bold and innovative book art in the form of children’s toys to promote cross-cultural awareness of Indian culture, transport, food and more.
As the first of its kind, this landmark week full of a diverse range of events brings together Southampton’s global community of students, staff, alumni, partners, industry stakeholders and local community to celebrate three momentous occasions: 75th anniversary of Indian independence, 70th anniversary of the University’s royal charter status and 3rd anniversary of the University India Centre.
Rumi Tops
The Other Side of ABC
NMWA Virtual Educator Summer Camp Series: July 16, 2021 Alphabet Books with Priya Pereira
The National Museum of Women in the Arts’ free, Virtual Educator Summer Camp welcomes anyone who identifies as an educator. Independent, 90-minute sessions from July 12, through Friday, July 30 are inspired by the ABC Institutes and NMWA’s collection, are hands-on, participatory, and fun!
Photo credit: Lee Stalsworth
Speaking Volumes - A Miscellany of Artists' Books
A recording of a live online event exploring abcD (artists' book collection Dundee) at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee. The event featured an introduction to the collection by curator Matthew Jarron and presentations by four artists represented in the collection - David Faithfull (Scotland), Priya Pereira (India), Julie Johnstone (Scotland) and Mark Addison Smith (USA).