New from ABCarlson Publishing — Expect in fall 2023
The Needlepoint of St. James
During the 1970s, scores of artisans from St. James Episcopal Church in Keene, NH, undertook the creation of over 400 pieces of original church needlework. The resulting chancel and choir cushions, hangings, banners, rug, and individual kneelers honor the major feasts and fasts of the church year, document the history of the faith, and explore the full range of traditional church iconography.
50 years on, some individual pieces are wearing out and/or being retired as the church worship needs change. This book will capture and document the full extent of the project before items are adapted to alternate uses, donated or lost, and it will honor this legacy from those who gifted their labor and love to their beloved parish.
On Sale January 16, 2023
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Art To Start The Conversation, New York artist Valerie Patterson’s new book of selected paintings and commentary, went on sale nationwide on Jan 16, 2023. Color, 72 pages, 40 full-color artworks. Order from ValeriePatterson.com or from your favorite online or traditional bookstore.
Patterson is an award-winning watercolor painter who has exhibited throughout the United States in both group and solo exhibits, including at The Bond St. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, The Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA and The Arts & Literature Laboratory in New Haven CT. (Read more about the artist here.)
Recently Published
A Garden For Grace
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Released Nov 29, 2021 A Garden for Grace This charming book of poetry and illustrations about flowers in a northeastern US garden is targeted towards children but will be enjoyed by anyone with a love for flowers and family. The author, Ellen Mainville, describes the flowers her grandmother Grace taught her to grow and love, and how she has taken this love into her own life and instilled it in her children.
68 pages, each page a full color illustration.
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All My Days:
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All My Days is a delightfully illustrated book of meditations for daily life by Ellen Mainville, a teacher, artist, and accomplished writer. Married over 30 years to her husband Mark, with whom she has two (now-grown) sons, Ellen has turned to her private journals – from a life lived in active conversation with her God – to produce this engaging book of meditations. Her reflections on quotidian events, unique personalities, and every-day challenges capture the attention and prise open the heart in ways are both subtle and profound. Ellen’s award-winning poetry and her charming colored-pencil illustrations are interspersed throughout. (72 meditations, 21 illustrations)
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Roberta’s Boys: Four Pitts Brothers of Macon, GA.
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This title was commissioned by the Pitts Family Trust of Arlington, Va. It is the incredible story of four black brothers who, in the midst of family tragedy and the tribulations of the Great Depression, went on to achieve success and make significant contributions to their country in government service and education. The original concept was by Raymond Pitts, third of the brothers, who believed that the stories of prominent blacks like himself, in the era between Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement, were being lost to history. He set out to try to preserve the family’s stories. His children, through the Pitts Family Trust are carrying out his wishes.