Miss Mary Mack
The text of these pieces are from a traditional children’s hand clapping game from New England. Whenever it’s shown, women will start chanting the rhyme.
Stephanie Mahan Stigliano
Stephanie Mahan Stigliano currently teaches Printmaking and Books as Art at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick, MA. Stigliano contributed three books to the international traveling exhibition Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, which will become part of the collection of the Baghdad National Library of Iraq. She is East Coast Coordinator for the traveling exhibition of prints, Absence and Presence, which had its inaugural exhibition at San Francisco Center for the Book in December, 2014.
Peeling Wallpaper
Peeling off wallpaper Remembered from childhood It was easy It fell away But we couldn’t find anymore When we finished We saw the pocked naked plaster underneath At our feet Were curls of paper A prayer
La Serena
Moroccan Tea
My daughter, who speaks Arabic and Turkish, posed for this print of a woman pouring tea in the traditional manner. It was also inspired by the excellent, yet unassuming, Moroccan Hospitality eatery in Malden, MA. This print and a recipe for Moroccan mint tea are included in From Palate to Plate, prints and recipes from members of The Boston Printmakers…. Read more →
Temporary Passage (excerpts)
Places Where… (excerpts)
Eat Your… (In English)
Hands
Eat Your… (In Chinese)
Szczebrzeszyn
Chrząszcz W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie. Wół go pyta: “Panie chrząszczu, Po cóż pan tak brzęczy w gąszczu?” Poem by Jan Brzechwa Cricket In the town of Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reeds And Szczebrzeszyn is famous for it. An ox asks him, “Mister Beetle, What are you buzzing for in… Read more →