Today's postings
- [Baren 28805] IMPACT conference/Hanging together ("April Vollmer")
- [Baren 28806] Re: IMPACT conference/Hanging together ("Ellen Shipley")
- [Baren 28807] Re: IMPACT conference/Hanging together (Jeanne Norman Chase)
- [Baren 28808] Thanks for Baren Info (annie bissett)
- [Baren 28809] Woodblock prints on display in Ohio / Massachusetts / Baren member in the news! (baren_member # barenforum.org)
Message 1
From: "April Vollmer"
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:46:23 -0400
Subject: [Baren 28805] IMPACT conference/Hanging together
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Lots of woodblock news:
I just returned from a fabulous ten day trip to attend the IMPACT print
conference in Berlin and Poznan. I was invited to present along with seven
other Japanese woodblock printmakers who had participated in the Nagasawa
Art Park Program in Japan. We spoke about our experiences with moku hanga
and afterwards presented portfolios at the University of Art in Berlin. I
have posted my photos on my website at www.aprilvollmer.com/berlin05 and the
conference website is http://web.utk.edu/~imprint/
Before I was even over my jet lag, it was time to began teaching. Mike Lyon
stopped by my hanga workshop at the Lower East Side Printshop Monday. He
came east to give a talk at the Silvermine Guild and to teach hanga at the
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in CT. Not only do I love seeing Mike,
but I love being part of the community of printmakers who are so generous in
sharing ideas and information!
The Lower East Side Printshop has moved from the lower east side to east
37th street to a much larger space. They will be expanding their programs.
www.printshop.org At the same time, Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
has re-opened at the Elizabeth Foundation in the same neighborhood. Kathy
Caraccio has opened her studio nearby as well. I hope this will result in a
printmaking revival in mid-Manhattan!
April
www.aprilvollmer.com
I just returned from a fabulous ten day trip to attend the IMPACT print
conference in Berlin and Poznan. I was invited to present along with seven
other Japanese woodblock printmakers who had participated in the Nagasawa
Art Park Program in Japan. We spoke about our experiences with moku hanga
and afterwards presented portfolios at the University of Art in Berlin. I
have posted my photos on my website at www.aprilvollmer.com/berlin05 and the
conference website is http://web.utk.edu/~imprint/
Before I was even over my jet lag, it was time to began teaching. Mike Lyon
stopped by my hanga workshop at the Lower East Side Printshop Monday. He
came east to give a talk at the Silvermine Guild and to teach hanga at the
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in CT. Not only do I love seeing Mike,
but I love being part of the community of printmakers who are so generous in
sharing ideas and information!
The Lower East Side Printshop has moved from the lower east side to east
37th street to a much larger space. They will be expanding their programs.
www.printshop.org At the same time, Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
has re-opened at the Elizabeth Foundation in the same neighborhood. Kathy
Caraccio has opened her studio nearby as well. I hope this will result in a
printmaking revival in mid-Manhattan!
April
www.aprilvollmer.com
Message 2
From: "Ellen Shipley"
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:20:00 -0700
Subject: [Baren 28806] Re: IMPACT conference/Hanging together
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> I just returned from a fabulous ten day trip to attend the IMPACT print
> conference in Berlin and Poznan.
Wow. That looks really great. What an amazing gathering. Thanx for the
links. 8-]
Ellen Shipley, CA
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/my_photos
> conference in Berlin and Poznan.
Wow. That looks really great. What an amazing gathering. Thanx for the
links. 8-]
Ellen Shipley, CA
http://pressing-issues.blogspot.com/
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/philippaschuyler/my_photos
Message 3
From: Jeanne Norman Chase
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 28807] Re: IMPACT conference/Hanging together
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Congratulations April
What a wonderful experience that must have been for you.
And I am sure that everyone was awed by your expertise.
Going to your website now to look it over.
I am not a blogger so I do not see the Baren people on the web much anymore so I really apprecite the old fashioned e mails.
Back to printing.
Jeanne N.
What a wonderful experience that must have been for you.
And I am sure that everyone was awed by your expertise.
Going to your website now to look it over.
I am not a blogger so I do not see the Baren people on the web much anymore so I really apprecite the old fashioned e mails.
Back to printing.
Jeanne N.
Message 4
From: annie bissett
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:34:51 -0400
Subject: [Baren 28808] Thanks for Baren Info
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Wow, ask and you shall receive! You guys are amazing. Thanks so much for all
your insights about barens. Julio, great links, thank you. Now I'm off to
experiment with all your tips.
And Roy, thanks for showing your work. Really fun to see your progress. I
look forward to seeing more in the months to come.
Annie B
Northampton MA
your insights about barens. Julio, great links, thank you. Now I'm off to
experiment with all your tips.
And Roy, thanks for showing your work. Really fun to see your progress. I
look forward to seeing more in the months to come.
Annie B
Northampton MA
Message 5
From: baren_member # barenforum.org
Date: 25 Sep 2005 10:51:13 -0000
Subject: [Baren 28809] Woodblock prints on display in Ohio / Massachusetts / Baren member in the news!
Message posted from: baren_member@barenforum.org
Google News turned up another couple of goodies today - two exhibitions _and_ a printmaking demonstration!
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Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection
Allen Memorial Art Museum,
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Sept. 17-Dec. 23, 2005
http://www.oberlin.edu/allenart/exhibitions/exhibits-turmoil_and_tranquility.html
From the 'Oberlin Review' newspaper:
"For travel abroad without leaving campus, the most recent Allen Memorial Art Museum exhibition, Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection, offers a great opportunity. It is a world away from the Western Venuses and Madonnas, but is brilliant in its own right.
There are prints from the Edo period of Japan (1615-1868), the time of Ukiyo, or “the floating world,” a golden age of isolationism in Japanese history in which a rich, pleasure-seeking middle class prospered. The early ukiyo-e were cut from one block and hand-painted. For the most part, the ukiyo-e prints are portraits — a non-stop catalogue of everyone who was anyone in the 18th century. These include the courtesans, the geisha and the kabuki actors." ... (more) ...
http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2005/9/23/arts/article5.html
Saturday, October 8, 2:00 pm
Demonstration and talk on traditional and contemporary hanga (Japanese woodblock printing) by Keiji Shinohara, Visiting Artist, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.
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"Expressions and Perspectives," woodblock prints of Ari Sutton, is currently on display at the Sharon Co-Operative Bank, in Sharon Massachusetts.
"Sutton's fascination with human facial expressions has driven him to create vivid images of famous people, such as Frank Zappa and Golda Meir.
For much of his work, Sutton uses a process known as woodblock prints. Using traditional woodcarving tools, he carves images into wood panels and then rolls the surface with ink. He then places the wood onto paper and applies pressure. The result is warmth and depth, a window into the soul of his subjects.
Of his current portrait images, Sutton said, "They all come from various backgrounds. They look at the world from different perspectives, and the expressions on their faces tell a lot about them. I focus on the eyes. If you look into the eyes you can learn a lot about a person. I try to capture that in my art."
Currently on display at the Sharon Co-Operative Bank on South Main Street, in Sharon.
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Special notice: Baren member Dave Stones got a _full-page_ feature story on Saturday in the Daily Yomiuri, one of Japan's largest English dailies.
It's not on-line yet, but here are a couple of snapshots of the page:
http://www.barenforum.org/members/stones/stones_01.jpg
http://www.barenforum.org/members/stones/stones_02.jpg
The story will live at this URL, once the Yomiuri gets around to uploading it ...
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0003/inroads010.htm
***
Google News turned up another couple of goodies today - two exhibitions _and_ a printmaking demonstration!
***
Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection
Allen Memorial Art Museum,
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Sept. 17-Dec. 23, 2005
http://www.oberlin.edu/allenart/exhibitions/exhibits-turmoil_and_tranquility.html
From the 'Oberlin Review' newspaper:
"For travel abroad without leaving campus, the most recent Allen Memorial Art Museum exhibition, Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection, offers a great opportunity. It is a world away from the Western Venuses and Madonnas, but is brilliant in its own right.
There are prints from the Edo period of Japan (1615-1868), the time of Ukiyo, or “the floating world,” a golden age of isolationism in Japanese history in which a rich, pleasure-seeking middle class prospered. The early ukiyo-e were cut from one block and hand-painted. For the most part, the ukiyo-e prints are portraits — a non-stop catalogue of everyone who was anyone in the 18th century. These include the courtesans, the geisha and the kabuki actors." ... (more) ...
http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2005/9/23/arts/article5.html
Saturday, October 8, 2:00 pm
Demonstration and talk on traditional and contemporary hanga (Japanese woodblock printing) by Keiji Shinohara, Visiting Artist, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.
***
"Expressions and Perspectives," woodblock prints of Ari Sutton, is currently on display at the Sharon Co-Operative Bank, in Sharon Massachusetts.
"Sutton's fascination with human facial expressions has driven him to create vivid images of famous people, such as Frank Zappa and Golda Meir.
For much of his work, Sutton uses a process known as woodblock prints. Using traditional woodcarving tools, he carves images into wood panels and then rolls the surface with ink. He then places the wood onto paper and applies pressure. The result is warmth and depth, a window into the soul of his subjects.
Of his current portrait images, Sutton said, "They all come from various backgrounds. They look at the world from different perspectives, and the expressions on their faces tell a lot about them. I focus on the eyes. If you look into the eyes you can learn a lot about a person. I try to capture that in my art."
Currently on display at the Sharon Co-Operative Bank on South Main Street, in Sharon.
***
Special notice: Baren member Dave Stones got a _full-page_ feature story on Saturday in the Daily Yomiuri, one of Japan's largest English dailies.
It's not on-line yet, but here are a couple of snapshots of the page:
http://www.barenforum.org/members/stones/stones_01.jpg
http://www.barenforum.org/members/stones/stones_02.jpg
The story will live at this URL, once the Yomiuri gets around to uploading it ...
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0003/inroads010.htm
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