tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136735382024-03-27T11:21:15.835-07:00PrintfreakA Printmaking blog exploring current issues in the fine art of printmaking.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-59920844438121362462007-06-12T16:47:00.000-07:002007-06-17T12:15:02.232-07:00Matisse as a sculptor and PrintmakerLast Wednesday, I went with a friend to the opening of Matisse as a sculptor at the SFMOMA. Note to self: never go to an opening at SFMOMA. There were so many people. I am surprised that none of the sculptures fell off the podium. I thought the exhibition was nice. I liked how the sculptures were displayed along with some of his paintings, drawings, and paper cut outs. It really brought life andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com129tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-37192847868352070222007-05-24T11:41:00.000-07:002007-05-24T15:45:24.259-07:00PrintsPrintsWell, I finally made it to the Eight by Eight: 64 works on paper by eight printmakers. I didn't make it to the opening because my friends had extra tickets to see Bright Eyes which was a disappointing concert. The show was at the Market Street Gallery. Getting there was a bit of a pain because I had to walk through some sketchy neighborhoods, but I was fine. The gallery itself is in a nicer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-70833960710881733142007-05-16T17:06:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:25:14.934-08:00Royal Temple of IrelandAncient "Royal Temple" Discovered in Path of Ireland HighwayNational Geographic NewsJames Owen Artifacts unearthed at the site include a stone axe head, a pottery fragment, and an ornamental pin. An ancient buried dog was also excavated nearby. Archaeologists say the monument probably formed part of an important ceremonial complex centred on the Hill of Tara, where remains date back to the StoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-70023448522926514272007-05-16T12:12:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:25:15.148-08:00Artist Proof Studio-Johannesburg, South AfricaMy friend Nels is currently in South Africa to observe and learn new printmaking techniques. He is also there to try an be an liason between Prof. Joel Elgin (our printmaking instructor at UWL) and the local art community in order to set up a print exchange to showcase african art at an exhibition at the university. Exciting stuff indeeed! So, since he hasn't sent any photo's yet, I thought it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-30773379346421758112007-05-14T21:28:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:25:15.470-08:00Anne RyanThe Power of Women of a Certain AgeFrom artblog by libbyPost by Andrea KirshI saw another eye-opener at Susan Teller Gallery (not far from the Drawing Center, at 568 Broadway, 212 941-7335), a small overview, not quite a retrospective, of Anne Ryan’s work. Ryan is best known for the collages she made after 1948 when she saw an exhibition of Kurt Schwitters’ work. A couple of these used to be on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-71260053122667194962007-05-11T16:57:00.000-07:002007-05-11T17:06:22.422-07:00Kathan Brown on Sol LeWittSol LeWitt, whose deceptively simple geometric sculptures and drawings and ecstatically colored and jazzy wall paintings established him as a lodestar of modern American art, died last month in New York at the age of 78. Sol Lewitt made some of the first prints at Crown Point Press and here is a tribute for him from Kathan Brown from her 3 minute egg series. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-89691686097551497722007-05-03T13:01:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:25:15.652-08:008 X 8 PRINTMAKING SHOW8 X 8 PRINTMAKING SHOW Market Street Gallery (1554 Market Street, San Francisco) EXHIBITION: MAY 1st - 31stRECEPTION: Friday, May 4th6:00 PM - 9:30 PM8 x 8 is a traveling show of works on paper of eight West Coast women printmakers who work in various printmaking media such as Intaglio, Monotype, and Chine Colle. The show will showcase 64+ fresh works in print that incorporate Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-74697779333793168622007-05-02T11:04:00.000-07:002007-05-03T13:05:18.547-07:00Exhibition: University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and University at AlbanyMy beloved Professor Joel and his Lynched friend have set up an online exhibit between the two universities of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and University at Albany. It's a very exciting opportunity for the L.Mob to get together and check out what each other have been doing.ENTER HEREWhile graduate printmaking students at Iowa, Brian Lynch and Joel Elgin, took a course in the Art Museum/ Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-23227499643844245262007-05-02T09:50:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:25:15.880-08:00Chloe Piene at Lower East Side Printshop(c) Chloe Piene, 2006 Big Hands Etching and aquatint 11.75" x 10" image, 17.75" x 16" sheet Current price: $1,500Chloe Piene was at the Lower East Side print shop towards the end of last year. I've only seen this one print, so I'm not sure if she made more than one edition. I hope she did.I get the Lower East Side newsletter, and I'm always excited when I do. Reading it makes me want to go to NewUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-68518883445833136372007-05-01T19:17:00.000-07:002007-05-02T09:50:41.229-07:00Put Your Art onlineI found a great little website called Carbonmade: Your online portfolio.It's a great way to get your art put online really fast and for free without advertisements. I like the layout, and it allows enough space for me to keep my work for now.Some other great services are similar to myspace such as:Deviant Artists-a great place to get to know other student artists and make fun connections through Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-50211380920121460332007-04-26T20:32:00.000-07:002007-04-26T20:58:21.241-07:00Alan MooreI love Union Square in San Francisco. There are about 30 galleries within the radius of a few blocks ranging from contemporary to the good old Mattise, Chagall and so on. When the Great comes, I hope to show her some of my favorites. I've recently been admiring the Chagalls on display. His prints are so beautiful. Also, Miro's prints have struck an interest in me. Today at Union Square in SF Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-35407663497041760162007-04-23T21:11:00.000-07:002008-12-11T01:25:16.190-08:00Julio ValdezJulio Valdez's printed oeuvre attests to the significant role that printmaking can play in artist's career. Since1988, Valdez has made nearly 50 editioned prints, at least as many related proofs, and over 100 monotypes. His experimental mixture of techniques and openness to new processes continue to expand his creative program and the technical range of his work in all mediums.Check out Julio Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-19372909386897454252007-04-19T23:10:00.001-07:002007-05-01T01:37:42.002-07:00Printmaking positionWINONA STATE UNIVERSITYPO BOX 5838WINONA, MN 55987RESPONSIBILITIES: Fixed-term Instructor or Asst. Professor to teach Art Foundations, University Studies and Printmaking. Art Foundations includes 2-D Design and Drawing I. University Studies includes a large enrollment Experiencing Art or Intro to Art as well as a Drawing course designed for Science majors. Additional responsibilities may include Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-39244009900091559242007-04-05T19:29:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:48:01.275-07:00Print Zero ExchangePrint freaks...time again to get ready for the annual print zero exchange!!!!Hello Printmakers,It's time for the annual Print Zero Studios Print Exchange #5.Last year we had 285 printmakers from 18 countries participate,and the show traveled to 4 states. We thank you for your pastparticipation and hope that you will once again take part.Now onto the prospectus.PRINT ZERO STUDIOS - PRINT EXCHANGE Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-55217923698956605462007-03-29T14:17:00.000-07:002007-03-29T14:31:10.335-07:00Summer Workshop in Skopelos, Greece Clay Mono-prints with Mitch Lyons- August 1st - 15th As you know I went to Skopelos, Greece last year for a printmaking workshop. I would go back in a heart beat. Not only are the facilities of the printshop wonderful, but Jill and Gloria are wonderful people who took time out everyday to ask us if we were doing alright and made us frappachino's. The workshop is on a beautiful Island with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-52110225718298893712007-03-29T13:39:00.000-07:002007-03-29T14:16:52.713-07:00Summer Workshop in SpainA Two-Week Solar Printmaking Workshopwith Maureen Booth in the Andalusian SunYou'll be taken with solar-plate printmaking; everybody is. This two-week intensive workshop with Maureen Booth in solar-plate techniques also includes some innovative relief techniques based on liquid metal.Studio located in Sierra Nevada foothills, river below with nightingales, wonderful area for walks and sketching. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-57328638496669783402007-03-28T13:26:00.000-07:002007-03-28T13:32:41.683-07:00Katarina VavrovaKatarina Vavrová is a very talented painter and graphic artist from Slovakia. Her work is highly poetical, imaginative, dreamlike and very suggestive. The quality of detail and draughtsmanship is extraordinarily well visible. The motives have their roots in literature and arts, historical events and persons. One can see traces from biblical events and from the time of the great discoveries, but Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-14049144372003235182007-03-05T19:14:00.000-08:002007-03-28T13:30:34.616-07:00Paul WunderlichWhile I was farming in Italy, I came across a book of an exhibition of artists who created kites. Paul Wunderlich was one of the artists, and I fell in love with his work after doing some more research on him. Some surprising information I found out was that Horst Janssen switched from lithography to etching as a pupil under Paul Wunderlich and later regarded Wunderlich as a rival. How surprisingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-59373067441876376512007-03-02T15:09:00.000-08:002007-03-02T15:57:32.223-08:00woodblock I'm embarking on a new adventure. I'm teaching myself how to do woodblock printing using Gabor Peterdi's methods. I didn't remember that he had a section in his book about woodblock printing until I was searching through it yesterday. I really like his instructions and I think it will be enough to get me started. So, I went out and bought some materials that I didn't have which was a lot of fun.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-46732254754760102302007-02-23T15:50:00.000-08:002007-02-24T17:51:06.484-08:00Things a changin' 'round 'ereCheck out the new print pod with short videos of printmakers, techniques and exhibits. Blogger is now new and improved. I like the new additions to the new blogger. I finally get to add labels which was my biggest complaint of all. Plus now they have new fun"widgets" to add and I love that blogger and Google have merged (even though I oppose merging). I like googles feature, reader labs, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-23528870616412376352007-02-20T16:04:00.000-08:002007-02-21T14:46:43.183-08:00Magical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised LinesAvailable March 27, 2007It looks like Kathan Brown of Crown Point Press has written another bookMagical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines. This time it is more about technical skills rather than creative thinking (Magical Secrets about Thinking Creatively: The Art of Etching and the Truth of Life). I was browsing through Crown Point Press summer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-26079354920948638302007-02-19T22:19:00.000-08:002007-02-19T23:03:06.725-08:00Top 10 Grad Schools for PrintmakingAccording to U.S. News the top ten best graduate schools for printmaking are:1.University of Wisconsin-Madison2.University of Iowa (#1?)3.Arizona State University4.University of Georgia5.University of Tennesee-Knoxville6.School of the Art Institute Chicago (pardon moi...printmedia)7.University of Texas-Austin 8.Cranbrook Academy of Art (MI) (excuse me...print/media)9. Rutgers State University-NewUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-67131624510596035172007-02-19T18:52:00.000-08:002007-02-20T12:14:23.234-08:00Lisa KokinLisa Kokin is a bay area artist of whose work I really like. I especially like her book collages. If there was ever a way of showing you what hip bay area art is, it would be this lady's work. I have been noticing for a couple of years now that the most fashionable art is made up of junk from thrift shops.You have to check out her webpage because it is one of the best artists web page I have everUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-38059617752636390212007-02-11T17:00:00.000-08:002007-02-11T15:06:15.118-08:00Animals in Art"I am trying to intensify my feeling for the organic rhythm of all things, to achieve pantheistic empathy with the throbbing and flowing of nature's bloodstream in trees, in animals, in the air."Franz Marc was born on February 8, 1880 Me was born on February 8, 1980Besides Franz Mark and I having a similar birthday, Marc was an influence to me as an undergrad. He was introducedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13673538.post-55607216687642223852007-02-10T01:18:00.000-08:002007-02-07T10:55:14.430-08:00Audrey NiffeneggerYou have to check this womans work out:Audrey NiffeneggerThe month of January was productive in that I got a lot of reading done. A way to escape my personal problems, I buried myself into "The Kite Runner", "The Memory Keepers Daughter", "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time", "Eighty Acres", "Middlesex", "Running with Scissors", "The Secret Life of Bees", "The God of Small ThingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2