{"title":"New Releases 2026","description":"Three new titles from Workshop Arts, published 2026.","products":[{"product_id":"my-mothers-tender-script","title":"My Mother's Tender Script","description":"\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Mother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"DE\"\u003es Tender Script\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a visual and narrative homage to the life of the artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es mother, a Yemeni woman whose world was shaped by early marriage, illiteracy, and societal constraint, yet marked by resilience, memory, and quiet defiance. Central to the project is her address book—a handwritten archive of names, numbers, and daily notes—which became a sanctuary and a bridge between her lived reality and a world of knowledge she was denied access to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough photographs, archival material, handwritten text, and experimental processes, the book traces the tension between two worlds: the artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es father, an educated writer and journalist, and her mother, whose sharp memory and repetition compensated for the absence of formal education. The work reflects on memory as survival, repetition as resistance, and the act of writing as an assertion of existence. The book honors a woman who preserved connection, dignity, and identity through tenderness and persistence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsiya Al. Sharabi is a Yemeni-American visual artist and photographer whose work explores memory, identity, and women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es lived experiences through photography, archives, and alternative processes. Her practice bridges personal history and collective narratives, centering voices shaped by displacement, resilience, and cultural inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePress:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.all-about-photo.com\/photo-articles\/photo-article\/2171\/my-mother-s-tender-script-by-asiya-al-sharabi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAll About Photo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollected:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCenter for Book Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAuthor: \u003cspan\u003eAsiya Al. Sharabi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDesign: Caleb Cain Marcus, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/luminositylab.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuminosity Lab\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-959684-50-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 6.6 x 9  inches\u003cbr\u003eNumber of pages: 132 \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover Swiss\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asiya Al. Sharabi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456100696360,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8726\/9160\/files\/My_Mothers_Tender_Script_03.jpg?v=1782736248"},{"product_id":"letters-to-azan","title":"Letters to Azan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted \u003cspan\u003eRencontre d’Arles Book Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLetters to Azan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a monograph comprised of letters, photographs, and ephemera—a quiet archive of motherhood, displacement, and love that perseveres across distance. Shaped by grief and longing, the book unfolds as a deeply personal narrative of survival and resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work traces a mother’s journey through geographical, emotional, and legal boundaries, where time stretches and contracts depending on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone’s perspective. Intervals of togetherness appear suspended, and separation holds yet another weight—not only between mother and child, but crossing generations. Through image and text, the book reflects on how love adapts and endures, even when bodies cannot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile rooted in an intimate bond between a mother and her son, \u003ci\u003eLetters to Azan\u003c\/i\u003e speaks broadly to anyone who has experienced loss, migration and separation, all the while grasping on the fragile hope of return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLali Khalid is an interdisciplinary artist working in photography, video, and text. Her practice explores the interstices between diaspora, identity and migration. Khalid holds an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute, has exhibited internationally, and is a Visiting Artist in Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Lali Khalid\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Caleb Cain Marcus, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/luminositylab.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuminosity Lab\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e978-1-959684-14-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 6.7 x 9.5 inches\u003cbr\u003eNumber of pages: 144 pages\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover Swiss\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lali Khalid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456117866792,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8726\/9160\/files\/Letters_To_Azan_01.jpg?v=1782736795"},{"product_id":"reservoir-photography-loneliness-and-well-being","title":"Reservoir: Photography, Loneliness and Well Being","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of a Society of Typographic Arts Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCo-published with  LACP (Los Angeles Center of Photography)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReservoir, a new photographic generator by LACP, offers a shared repository of responses to the global crisis of loneliness through visual storytelling. Over 40 artists and mentors that represent a wide array of geographies, approaches, ages, nationalities and lived experiences, create new work and creative response that will be featured in a publication and traveling exhibition that will launch at LACP's DTLA gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch like reservoirs regulate the flow and storage of water, and therefore provide a sense of stability for their communities, this invitation-only collaborative project incubates new approaches through creative practice, research and engagement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-published with LACP \u003cbr\u003eCurator: Dr. Rotem Rozental\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eArtists: \u003cbr\u003eLynne Breitfeller, Annette LeMay Burke, Julia Averett Buteux, Chung-Ping Cheng, Cathy Cone, David Ellis, Allyson Ely, Leslie Gleim, Mishka Henne, Bootsy Holler, Rohina Hoffman, Valerie Horvath, Cynthia Johnston, Erik Kessels, Sandra Klein, Ana Leal, Dana Long Kim, T. Chick McClure, Lisa McCord, Christina McFaul, Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, Diane Meyer, Joan Morse, George Nobechi, Karen Duncan Pape, Gillian Peckham, Carl Pfirman, Olivia Phare, Wendy Ploger, Nancy Richards Farese, Mario E. Rodriguez, Rosalie Rosenthal, Jacque Rupp, Patricia Sandler, Asiya Al. Sharabi, Lisa Wissner-Slivka, Aline Smithson, Elisabeth Smolarz, Donna Tramontozzi, Penelope Umbrico, Rodrigo Valenzuela, MG Vander Elst, Junko Yokota, Ada Zielińska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/1006783\/10-art-books-to-bring-to-the-beach-this-summer\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDesign: Caleb Cain Marcus, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/luminositylab.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLuminosity Lab\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-959684-15-2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 6.7 x 9.4 inches\u003cbr\u003eNumber of pages: 96 pages\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Softcover Swiss\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LACP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456125305128,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8726\/9160\/files\/LACP_Reservoir_01.jpg?v=1772231565"}],"url":"https:\/\/wrkshp.art\/collections\/new-releases-2026.oembed","provider":"Workshop Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}