Dear All, I hope you are having a wonderful and healthy summer. I wanted to invite you to go see the exhibit I curated called: *Crossroads: Book Artists Impassioned Response to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment *- Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton NJ - May - Sept 2021 - https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/crossroads-book-artists-impressions-immigration-human-rights-environment/ Statement: We are at a crossroad. Our world is changing in myriad ways: refugees and migrants are being displaced, our environment is visibly in peril and there are constant conflicts/wars between countries and within nations. This past year the world was devastated by a pandemic, Covid-19, which to date has caused more than 562,000 deaths in the United States. Our lives over this past year have changed in ways that we are still trying to comprehend. With the pandemic, we lost the unspoken connection we make with one another, from a single handshake to a hug or kiss. This exhibition re-connects us and celebrates the return of the artists, who are reacting, lending their voices, and presenting book works that reflect our tumultuous times. They share personal stories, reflecting the changes they observe, alongside concerns for our current policies towards immigration, climate change and equal rights. The books presented in this exhibition open a dialogue about policies and concerns facing our country. *Featured Artists:* Aileen Bassis Pam Cooper Therese Swift- Hahn Kathy T. Hettinga Tana Kellner and Ann Kalmbach MaryAnn Miller MaryAnn L. Miller and J. C. Todd – Lucia Press Sarah Nicholls David Sellers Thomas Parker Williams *Maria G Pisano - Curator* In case you cannot go, the show was just reviewed and below is the link to the article in the The Artful Blogger- by Ilene Dube https://jerseyartsfeatures.com/content/2021/7/8/utopia-or-dystopia-book-artists-respond-to-the-world-we-live-in Wishing you all the best Maria Maria G Pisano Memory Press MGP Studio Arts www.mariagpisano.com Curator: *Crossroads: Book Artists Impassioned Response to Immigration, Human Rights and Our Environment *- Hunterdon Museum of Art - https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/crossroads-book-artists-impressions-immigration-human-rights-environment/ "All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place." 1984 by George Orwell See new books from Memory Press: *Fractured: Covid 19 - Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere* - https://www.mariagpisano.com/?page_id=459 *Via Dolorosa: From Sea to Shining Sea*- https://mariagpisano.com/?page_id=1391