Maria G. Pisano Book Artist, Printmaker, Curator & Educator Maria G. Pisano is a book artist, printmaker, curator and educator and publishes her work under the Memory Press imprint. Memory Press works are represented in The Library of Congress, 9-11 Memorial Museum, National Library of Medicine, Columbia University, New York Public Library, Stanford University and many more. She has exhibited widely. Her book Caudex Folium is in the exhibit Towers Rising at the 9-11 Memorial Museum in NYC, and in 2022 her work was in “And Yet We Rise: A Retrospect of the Days and Times Surrounding 9/11″ at the American Consulate in London. She has curated a number exhibits including Book as Witness: The Artist’s Response at Center for Book Arts in NYC and Crossroads: Book Artists’ Impassioned Responses to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment, at the Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ. Ms. Pisano contributes to book arts publications and has presented lectures at the Library of Congress, College Book Arts Association and the Art Libraries Society of North America. Her article “Mark To Impress” was published in California Society of Printmakers Journal and The Blue Notebook in the UK. She continuously gives workshops nationally and internationally, at her studio, libraries and institutions such as Bridwell Library, Dallas TX and Center for Book Arts in NYC. Papers / Presentations: Memory Press Website FRACTURED: COVID 19 – Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere, an artist book that takes one on the journey we, in our country, have being raked through in this epidemic, with references from Dante and Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the Mask of the Red Death. This most recent work deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, created during this quarantine.This work compares the response from our government to the virus vs. first responders and essential workers, who are the real heroes in our lives: individuals who are selfless and reliable, performing their work with empathy and devotion and placing their lives on the line. The accompanying 70 pages journal also includes text from nurses. Additionally it covers the injurious neglect of responsibility for the people of the USA, the environment and voting rights, along with stoking prejudice, hate and discord in our nation. Caudex Folium is on view to 2025 in the exhibit Towers Rising at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in NYC. The exhibit marks 50 year anniversary of the 1973 dedication of the World Trade Center. The book was inspired by the Callery Pear Survivor Tree and celebrates its return to the 9-11 Memorial Plaza. Today the tree stands as a symbol of strength, resilience and the indestructible spirit of hope despite adversity. The National Library of Medicine posts on three books, Caudex Folium, Fractured: Covid 19 – Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere, and Hecatombe 9-11, speaking on what is an artist book, how she became a book artist, and more. Click here for Part I and Part II below: Maria G Pisano – Book Artist: A Video Conversation with Jamie Thome at Artist Book House Participant In: Covid and Literature February 10th, 2024 at 2:30PM Past Event Watch the video » Fractured: Covid 19 – Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere; “COVID-19 Betrays America’s Cult of Curdled Optimism”; This Exquisite Loneliness; The Lonely Stories; 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed; The Quarantine Tapes; these titles were all attempts by our panelists to endure and make sense of the Pandemic. “Each of us adrift on our own ghost… read more »
Covid and Literature February 10th, 2024 at 2:30PM Past Event Watch the video » Fractured: Covid 19 – Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere; “COVID-19 Betrays America’s Cult of Curdled Optimism”; This Exquisite Loneliness; The Lonely Stories; 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed; The Quarantine Tapes; these titles were all attempts by our panelists to endure and make sense of the Pandemic. “Each of us adrift on our own ghost… read more »