World Printmakers Artists Exhibit
(and do other things)

Dorothy Simpson Krause
Losing Ground
An Exhibition and Artist's Book


As a part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival, the South Shore Art Center will show Losing Ground. The exhibition will include both large-format pieces and artist books which combine traditional art materials and digital processes.

A 12" x 12", 44 page artist book, also titled Losing Ground , was printed by Acme Bookbinding with the HP Indigo press 5500. A limited edition of 100 was bound in a black Brillianta by Acme, and a deluxe edition of 6 was bound in aubergine Nigerian goat by Harcourt Bindery, the nation's premier hand bindery since 1900, which is now a part of Acme. An embossed 8” x 8” copper title plate made by MC Embossing was inset into the covers of both editions.

Mylar stencils, cut by Universal Laser Systems, facilitated the application of pigment and leaf. Details printed on vellum, silver and photo gloss papers were tipped into the book and graphite, colored pencils, markers, metallic pigments, embossing powder and gold leaf were used to add texture and reflectivity.

In addition to the 12” x 12” limited and deluxe editions, a 7” x 7” softcover open edition in available online from Blurb . The deluxe and limited editions of Losing Ground are available from Viewpoint Editions .

Two European Master Printers Show Their Work in a Delightful Provincial Spanish Gallery

Maureen Booth and Emilio Sdun exhibit together at the Delagua Gallery in Úbeda, province of Jaén. The inauguration is on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.

As both of these printmaking maestros are specialists in artist's books, the show is called "Jardín de Libros," "Book Garden." Emilio is one of a handful of distinguished European letterpress artists, and Maureen made a lasting impression on the Spanish artist's book scene a few years ago with her "Entredós," "Between the Two of Us," a book of contemporary Spanish poetry accompanied by 10 etchings, signed by both the artist and the poets.

Located in a renovated 19th-century printshop in the historic center of this monumental provincial city, Delagua is the new love project of Jaén painter, Jesús de la Torre, and Esther Miranda, and they've done it beautifully. Spacious and well lit, the new gallery conserves much of the antique flavor of the old print shop, and reflects the rigorous artistic standards and good taste of its founders.


Barbara Milman of California Society of Printmakers
Invites Us to
Visual Politics: Art & the American Experience


Barbara Milman                                   "Mission Accomplished"

Visual Politics: Art & The  American Experience National Juried Exhibit  Peter Selz, Juror Curated by Lucien Kubo This national exhibition has artists of 2-D & 3D artwork that responds to important social and political issues in this election year. This is part of the national “Art of Democracy Coalition.” October 25th to  November 23 , 2008 Reception:  November 1 , 3-5pm Santa Cruz Art League 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA (831) 426-5787  /  www.scal.org Wed.- Sat., 12-5, Sun. 12-4

 

Bradford Wins Big at The Butler

Martha Jane Bradford's digital drawing, Sheepscot Village Trees, won first prize in the 72nd Midyear Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Avenue, Youngstown  OH  44502, July 13 through August 24, 2008. 

The juror for the exhibition was Don Eddy, a noted photorealist painter who shows with Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York City.  http://www.butlerart.com/

The show was reviewed in The Vindicator 080713 by Rebecca Sloan, pages D1-2.

Sheepscot Village Trees, a digital drawing
by Martha Jane Bradford

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Martha Jane Bradford
Solo Show Coming Up


"Martha Jane Bradford: Digital Drawings" will be on view in the Novak Gallery, The Beecher Center, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, October 15 - December 30, 2006. The opening will be from 1 - 3 pm on October 15, and I will be giving a talk on digital drawing at 1 pm in the Zona Auditorium.

"The Beecher Center, housed in the south wing of the Butler's Youngstown location, is the first museum addition dedicated solely to new media and electronic art. The facility regularly displays works of art that utilize computers, holography, lasers and other digital media. The Beecher Center houses the Zona Auditorium, a digital media theater designed for performance art and high-definition film presentations."

Other Places
Bradford page at the Butler: http://www.butlerart.com/DisplaySingleExhibit.asp?ID=44
Clark Gallery: http://www.clarkgallery.com/
Nan Mulford Gallery: http://www.nanmulfordgallery.com/
Uptown Gallery http://www.uptowngallerynyc.com/
World Printmakers: http://www.worldprintmakers.com/english/bradford/bradfor2.htm

Contact:
martha@marthavista.com

 

 


"Ansa Borrego Oak," a digital drawing from
2001, 30 x 45," appears on the invitation.

 


"all together now"
Mel Strawn's Retrospective at the Denver Central Library

If you're one of those people who thought digital printmaking began in the nineties of the last century, don't miss this digital pioneer's retrospective.


We were fascinated by Mel's remarks on the print below: "This print is almost 8 feet high. The barbed wire is real, the top half is oil on canvas with some encaustic in the wing panels.. the bottom is a digital print of a bottle cap (one of my "coins") into which an originally very tiny pen drawing of a crouching Korean PW is digitally imbedded; it is from my sketch book of 1952, Koje-do Prisoner of War Camp. The number is made up but is like all the numbers we give ourselves and others as ciphers for actual human beings. The light (white calligraphy) character is Toriko, Japanese for Prisoner of War. Interestingly, it is made up of three other characters: man, hand and child. The application being "... MAN, constrained (held by HAND) is like a CHILD."


"PW Medal" digital
print by Mel Strawn


April Voller Workshops in July and September

Traditional Moku Hanga Japanese Woodblock Printing


April Vollmer is off again, for a five-day workshop in Santa Fe, NM for Making Art Safely, July 24-28. There she'll be teaching the traditional woodcut technique of Japan. It is the same basic technique used by the Japanese ukiyoe masters in the 18th century, offering rich, light-fast color, precise registration, non-toxic cleanup and printing without a press. The workshop includes an historical overview and will focus on how the technique can be useful for contemporary printmakers.

A wide range of techniques including tsubushi (flat printing), goma zuri (sesame seed printing), and bokashi (gradation printing) will be demonstrated in a pleasant fume-free environment. Participants will design, cut and print an edition of woodcuts on Japanese paper. The class will also cover sharpening tools, using the kento registration system and printing with a baren. The materials fee includes a set of Japanese cutting tools, wood, paper and color.

April has been teaching this technique since 1998, will present this special five-day comprehensive workshop. Beginner and advanced printmakers will enjoy exploring this alternative Eastern printmaking method.

You Missed Santa Fe? There's Still (New) Hope!
In September April presents a three-day workshop (September 25, 26 and 27, 2006) at the New Hope for Art Center on the Holly Hedge Estate in New Hope Pennsylvania.


A Moku Hanga print
by April Vollmer
  Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition
Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2006

The University of Minnesota is pleased to host the 5th Juried Minnesota National Print Exhibition. It will have a double venue: The Katherine E. Nash Gallery and followed with an exhibition at the Tweed Museum of Art. We extend an invitation for submissions. Please share this with colleagues and artists working in print media. See PDF file version for prospectus which is attached and available at The Department of Art website: http://art.umn.edu. Feel free to contact us with any questions: mnpb@umn.edu, 612-624-7900.



April Volmer and her friend, Deepanjana


"Jugalbandi"
Gallery Onetwentyeight
February 4 to 28, 2004
128 Rivington Street
New York NY
Tel: 212-674-0244
Gallery Hours: 1pm-7pm Wednesday-Sunday
Curated by Deepanjana Danda Klein

A show of contemporary American and South Asian artists breaking traditional boundaries, deriving inspiration from each other's land. The show was the inspiration of my friend Deepanjana, who wanted to show the cross influences of Indian and American artists. I had six pieces in the show. I made two prints especially for the show "Breathing In" and "Breathing Out," both Japanese waterbase woodblock prints. I've been printing my woodblocks several times on a sheet to create mandala patterns, and these two have an additional layer of silk-screened insects printed in silver and gold over the surface.

April Vollmer

Intimations: Shadows, Reflections and Metaphysical Marks
The prints of Audrey Feltham.
Opens at he Prarie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta,
Canada on January 17th and shows until February 19th, 2004.

Then travels to:
University of New Brunswick Art Centre, Fredericton,
New Brunswick. Opens March 1st and will show until
April 16th, 2004.

Then:
The Omma Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece is
hosting a solo exhibition of Audrey Feltham's prints in
March, 2004. Artist in attendance.

Jorge de Sousa
To celebrate his Point & Marge studio's 25th anniversary, Jorge de Sousa has edited "The Elephants' Crazy Circus," an edition of six elephant-theme color lithographs in a limited edition of eight portfolios only. The prints are done on Japan collé and incorporate Jorge's own JDS process. The portfolio will be presented in the Estampa print fair in Madrid at the end of November, 2003..

Jennifer Waelti-Walters
"Figure It Out" and is a
A three-person show at the Fran Willis Gallery
Store St, Victoria B.C. Canada
Oct 2-18, 2003
Opening reception, Sat. Oct 4th, 2-5 p.m.
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.



Der Leere gewahr
Awarness of emptiness

René Böll und/and Gu Gan

Ausstellung in der / Exibition in the

Deutschen Botschaft Peking vom 18. - 24. Oktober 2002
German Emabassy in Beijing from 18.th - 24th of October 2002

Eröffnung: 18. Oktober 2002 um 17.00
Opening: 18th of October at 5 p.m

Deutsche Botschaft Peking/German Embassy Peking
Kulturreferat/Cultural Section
Dr. Peter Mohr
100600 Peking, Chaoyang Qu,
17 Dongzhimenwai Dajie
Tel.: (0086-10)-6532-2161#1304
Fax: (0086-10)-6532-5336
Homepage: www.deutschebotschaft-china.org
Mail: ku100@peki.auswaertiges-amt.de

Barbara and Charlotte Milman are currently exhibiting together at the Davis Community Gallery in Davis, California in a delightful and unusual show of Barbara's prints and Charlottes paintings. The show is on till September 6, 2002. Charlotte is Barbara's 91-year-old mother.

"Engaged" by Barbara Milman
Sabra Field
The Art of Place

a book by Tom Slayton

The first collection of Sabra Field’s landmark prints, with commentary by the artist, now in a second edition with thirteen additional images.

"Her prints hang in the boardrooms of some of North America’s biggest corporations—and in the cabins of some of New England’s most rustic fishing camps. Among the few contemporary artists whose work has found an enthusiastic following well outside the traditional world of collectors and fine-art experts, Sabra Field has attracted a diverse and growing national audience. Her 1987 Vermont Bicentennial commemorative stamp, for example, depicting yellow farm fields, a red barn, and blue mountains, quickly became one of the U.S. Postal Service’s best-selling issues, with more than 60 million copies purchased."

University Press of New England:http://www.upne.com/1-58465-266-7.html

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