Link to books and publications
Kim Abeles, William Fox, Jennifer Frias, Rachel Kaufman, and Karen Moss, Authors, Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors, 1987-2020, College of the Arts California State University Fullerton (2021). The book in print is available through Amazon and Booksoup.com
Abeles, Karen Moss, and Susan Silton, Kim Abeles: Encyclopedia Persona A-Z, A 15-Year Survey, English edition by Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1993) Editions in Spanish and Portuguese published by the United States Information Agency - USIA (1996)
Lucinda Barnes, editor, Kim Abeles, A.R.T. Press, Los Angeles (1989) Essay by Patterson Sims; Interviewed by Michael McMillan - Link is forthcoming
Michele Ellis Pracy, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Kim Abeles: A Survey, Fresno Art Museum (2022) Essay by Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue
LINK TO BOOKS BY ABELES
Talking Air, an activity book about air pollution for school age kids and families (1993/2017)
Environmental Activity Book, art/science projects for kids and adults to discuss water, air pollution, recycling, and consumption. Funded by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department (1996)
Here I am—Aquí estoy, an activity book for families at T.H.E. Clinic in Los Angeles, and Health Cards. Funded by Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Good Works Foundation, and the Green Foundation (2011) - Links to selected pages follow
Kindness Finger Puzzle you can download
Instructions for Kindness Finger Puzzle
Coloring book page about eating salt free
Honoring your Super Powers - with inspiration from artist Nathalie Sanchez's Super Powers community-based project!
Lichen Hunt is a pamphlet created to encourage ridership on Bus Route 206 in Boulder, Colorado. And, Particulates, is a book about the Smog Collector project with 80 middle schoolers. These were created for the Abeles project, the interconnectedness of things, commissioned by EcoArts Connections, and in collaboration with atmospheric scientists, emissions specialists, lichenologists, transportation professionals, middle and high school students. Collaborating organizations included Envirotest – Air Care Colorado, Manhattan Middle School, and Spark: UCAR: Science Education at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (2012).
Link to projects
- Public Service videos on mental health commissioned by LA Freeways program, Out the Window. Kim Abeles and Ken Marchionno along with students from Dorsey High School created five PSAs that are on view at clinics and other public venues. Funded by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
- Luckman Program artist Kim Abeles with Cal State LA students
Catalogue for GALLERY-OF-SOLUTIONS: Artists Respond to Human Behavior and the Environment (2015)
- World News: Artists Respond to World Events
1992 catalogue for World News: Artists Respond to World Events that was updated in 2015
1991 World News: Artists Respond to World Events was originally a xerox book in the edition of 100