Edited by Josh Garrett-Davis and Linde B. Lehtinen
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9780873282741
Pub Date: June 2026
Format: Hardcover
176 Pages
Richly illustrated with documents, photographs, and artworks spanning from before 1776 into the twenty-first century, This Land Is . . . tells a story about place in US history and culture. More than twenty writers and artists reflect on the conflicting visions of American land, engaging with colonial legacies, national identity, and resilience.
Syd Carpenter (b. 1953) is a nationally recognized, Philadelphia-based ceramic artist whose work gives sculptural form to African American farming and gardening traditions. Featuring more than one hundred color images and essays by leading scholars, this retrospective catalogue presents the first comprehensive resource on her art.
Robert Cozzolino, William R. Valerio and Robert E. Kohler
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9798993128016
Pub Date: February 2026
Format: Hardcover
216 Pages
Bodies & Souls examines artworks that illuminate the critical role of community among artists active in Philadelphia, Chicago, Massachusetts, San Francisco, and New York, including Luis Cruz Azaceta, Joan Brown, Gladys Nilsson, and others. These works and their stories speak to artists today in search of circles and contexts that help them thrive.
Americana Insights 2025 is the third volume in an annual series that presents the latest research on traditional Americana, folk art, and material culture. The most comprehensive study of Pennsylvania German redware in more than a century, Americana Insights 2025 is a celebration of this vibrant folk art tradition.
Market Morality and the Politics of Preservation in the Early United States
Whitney Martinko
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781512828795
Pub Date: November 2025
Format: Paperback
312 Pages
In Historic Real Estate, Whitney Martinko shows how early Americans debated whether, and how, to preserve historic structures as permanent features of the new nation's landscape. She argues that early advocates of preservation affirmed a capitalist system of land development by promising to make it moral.
Salt glazing, with its distinctive "orange peel" surface, has long attracted both ceramicists and collectors. In his new book, well-known potter Phil Rogers looks at all the aspects of this very special...
Contributions by Patrick Spero, Michelle Craig McDonald, John Van Horne, David R. Brigham, Caroline O’Connell and Bayard Miller
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781606181225
Pub Date: June 2025
Format: Paperback
110 Pages
This book, based on an APS exhibition, focuses on the diverse lived experiences of Philadelphians before, during, and after the fight for independence. It includes a fully-illustrated checklist, three essays and two short project history statements, each offering a unique perspective on Philadelphia’s role in the American Revolution.
Noted ceramicist Matthias Ostermann presents an exploration of contemporary techniques in ceramic surface decoration, both conventional and unconventional. The book considers a wide variety of techniques for making, decorating, and firing, as well as the full spectrum of clays and firing temperatures.
The American Revolution Collection at the Concord Museum
David F. Wood
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780965414500
Pub Date: May 2025
Format: Hardcover
176 Pages
Eyewitness to Revolution features 85 illustrations and 78 objects, dating from 1760 to 1790, from the collection of the Concord Museum in Massachusetts. The images are accompanied by a continuous narrative, and the book testifies to the power of material culture to improve our understanding of history.
