Power in My Hand: Five Women Artists in Conversation with Emily Dickinson
Posted: October 23, 2019
Category: Book Arts
Five works in the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center’s exhibition Power in My Hand: Women Poets, Women Artists, and Social Change testify to the enduring legacy of Emily...
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Bold Broadsides and Bitsy Books is on view in the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC). From the public nature of broadsides to the intimacy of a tiny...
![A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NWMA_Shoot_Photo_195-2-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
The special exhibition Wanderer/Wonderer: Pop-Ups by Colette Fu, on view at NMWA through February 26, 2017, features ten pop-up books that explore Fu’s personal experiences through combined images of people,...
![A woman with medium skin tone and dark hair wearing a black dress holds a large pop-up artist book, which unfolds in her hand and onto a table.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2014-10-29_BookArtsFellowsMeeting_Colette-Fu_37954-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
While the 2016 Rio Olympic Games encourage development in Brazil and bolster the country’s worldwide reputation, NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) is showing a work that...
![A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pereira-EvilEye_25571-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) currently features an exhibition showcasing works by book Mumbai-based artist Priya Pereira. The artist explores Indian culture, history, time, and language...
![A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Pereira-EvilEye_25571-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Elisabetta Gut, whose work is currently on view in NMWA’s galleries.
![A brown, tropical fruit with a large segment of skin removed to reveal small, round pages of sheet music inside instead of fruit flesh. The book rests on a square woodblock with “libra—seme” printed in the bottom-right corner.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2004.33_v2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
To celebrate Pi Day, learn more about Emily Martin's Eight Slices of Pie.
![A pie tin filled with eight small folded pieces of paper that resemble identical slices of pie with a lattice top and red filling. Each slice is labeled with a title in black and opens, containing short stories written inside.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2007.119_v1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
The catalogue for Books Without Words: The Visual Poetry of Elisabetta Gut includes essays by exhibition curator Krystyna Wasserman and Gut's fellow Italian book artist Mirella Bentivoglio, along with beautiful...
![An all-white bicycle with a flat black sphere in the place of the rear wheel. A book is perched on a long arm extending from the handlebar mount, and pages of the book rest on the handlebars and are scattered on the ground.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2011.9-a_9389-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
Books Without Words: The Visual Poetry of Elisabetta Gut
Posted: September 8, 2010
Category: Book Arts
Books Without Words: The Visual Poetry of Elisabetta Gut features twenty-two works by the artist carefully crafted from her dreams, memories, and love for music and poetry.
![A brown, tropical fruit with a large segment of skin removed to reveal small, round pages of sheet music inside instead of fruit flesh. The book rests on a square woodblock with “libra—seme” printed in the bottom-right corner.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2004.33_v2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)