BOOKS WRITTEN
ALZHEIMERS: EMBRACING THE HUMOR

Is a compilation of short stories that were inspired by photographs of a life with both parents afflicted with AD. The double whammy and its compounding effect sets the stage for some stories, funny tragic stories.
This book is very personal, however many stories help a caregiver new to the disease. I want physicians to read it so they can be more compassionate.
Copyright 2016 Nina Karavasiles
ISBN:978-0-578-18219-3
Please contact me directly to purchase this book.
Private perceptions pertaining to the properties particular to Public Art"

This catalog describes pieced I have done in both public and private arenas and how the meanings of these separate definitions have overlapped, migrated or stood apart.
It is the catalog from my Masters Thesis (UCSD) 1996
Through Parentheses Writing Series and distributed by Small Press Distribution.



The Gang of Five means a lot to me. I interviewed them to ask about aging in the arts. I handmade 6 copies. You know, collag-ie, cardboard, screwed together. One copy is available to borrow. You pay the postage and return it so others can read it. My own personal lending library.
Ying Kit Chan, Caroline Farris, David Hailey, Laura Warriner and me.




The Recipe for Friendship book goes along side of the art piece for Little Italy in San Diego. Food is one of those introductions to another culture, like sex is too.
The multi-block art piece is explained. There was a collaboration with the elementary school and a park. The community was involved as was the church. I was up against two friends in the commission and 'competition'. The art piece has red and white checkerboard tablecloths made of glass mosaics and cast bronze food. The recipe is engraved on a 'napkin' the pencil is to do rubbings of the recipes to take home and try.

Extreme Collage
Was written for two reasons. I was in an exhibit with the Gang of Five in Norman Oklahoma in 2022 and I was teaching an art class with the same name, Extreme Collage


This is a flip book showing the rotations of a solar powered sculpture.

This is my first book. Written in High School, a book about animals for children. I made wood cuts, the pages were typed and numbered by hand. I made a crossword puzzle. Purple burlap is the cover with a fringe. Some time in the 1970s.
