PART I
In this presentation, we introduce the Nepal Picture Library, a communitarian archive founded by Jane Lombard Fellow NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati that actively preserves the memory cultures of minority groups and social resistance in Nepal, and regularly focuses on the country’s feminist histories, and how these histories arise in children’s literature and books.

PART II
In this Zoom workshop, artist and educator María Verónica San Martín will present a wide variety of bookmaking techniques for children. Attendees will explore the concept of three-dimensional books inspired by materials, methods, and perspectives that will be presented by the instructor. The class will focus especially on the art of storytelling as a means of portraying historical events. In addition to bookbinding and printmaking, attendees may also use other art forms, such as drawing, painting, or collage.

The instructor will demonstrate engraving techniques for printing such as linoleum, stencil, and pochoir, and will demonstrate bookbinding techniques such as a flag book, dos-a-dos and pop-up structures. By the end of this course, students will reflect on what they created, and will take home their own book arts creation.

Artist Books for Children is presented in collaboration with the Center for Book Arts as part of the Vera List Center Forum 2021: As for Protocols. Presented in tandem with Day Two of the VLC Forum dedicated to Nepal Picture Library, founded by Jane Lombard Fellow NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, this workshop continues our conversation on feminist approaches to children’s books, examining the space of these books as potential sites of knowledge building, while considering the protocols of addressing issues of serious sociopolitical import for younger generations.

This workshop is free and requires no special materials, but the instructor suggests some of the following.

Materials list
Blank and color paper
Double-sided tape
One 2×4 linoleum block from Blick
PVA glue or Elmer’s glue + trays
Brushes and brayer
Scissors, pencils, crayons, or paint
Wax paper (kitchen paper)
Book cloth (suggested but not mandatory)
Toys like Legos, Pokémon cards, etc.
Coins, leaves; anything that has texture