This article, written by Leonie Bradley about the weekly discussions I’ve been hosting and moderating on the social-audio app Clubhouse since March 25, 2021, will be appearing in the Spring 2022 issue of the UK publication Printmaking Today.
Printmaking Today is the authorized Journal of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
Stone lithography printing demonstration! On site at the Littleton Museum during the opening reception of the exhibit Print Renaissance: Mid-century Masters of American Printmaking, on view September 24 - October 16, 2021.
Whoa! What was scheduled for a 90 minute talk turned into a whirlwind non-stop 3 hours. That was fun!
Thank you Edinboro University Print Club for this opportunity.
I’m excited to have been invited by Professor Joseph Lupo to give a virtual presentation on the topic “collaboration” to the printmaking program at West Virginia University. I love talking about some of my collaborative projects: Dinh Q Lê, Sanford Biggers, Gigi Chen, Cecily Brown, Tony Ortega, and more! Also, printing editions for Jill Moser, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Kushner, and Guillermo Kuitca. Plus, Mixed Grit shenanigans which currently encompasses 24 artists! There’s over 100 slides packed into my presentation.
Thank you Professor Lupo for this opportunity.
Woke up at 5am today to be a virtual guest artist for the print seminar class at Indiana University Bloomington.
Time zones 😑 Amiright?
Thank you Tonja for organizing this opportunity and providing such a vibrant group of students. A full 90+ minutes geeking out about all things printmaking!
Thank you to Nick Ruth for inviting me to be a participant in this discussion regarding print trades. You can watch the archived YouTube video HERE.
This symposium-style event seeks to draw out and amplify the practice of the printmaking portfolio, underscoring its function as a means for creating cultural exchange, artistic support networks, and innovation in printmaking. There will be five short illustrated presentations, each discussing a portfolio or portfolio project, its concept and structure, and its contribution to the printmaking community. Speakers include:
Karen Kunc, Constellation Studios
Rajesh Pullarwar, International Print Exchange Programme, India
Gregory Santos, Mixed Grit
Mizin Shin, Mirabo Press
Tanekeya Word, Black Women of Print (BWoP)
Make One, Take One is presented along with the exhibition A Voice to a Voice. It is sponsored by The Print Club of Rochester, Mirabo Press, and 'A Voice to a Voice' artist Nick Ruth.
It was an honor and privilege to be the juror for the exhibit Impressed: Upside Down, the fourth in a series of national juried printmaking exhibitions in the Art Gym Gallery. As part of the Month of Printmaking this exhibit brings together prints from 30 artists across the country. The work is tied together by the strange and often surreal idea of everything being connected. Plants, animals, the earth, and humankind all began at the same place. Through change and choices, evolution and environment, we have arrived where we are today.
CLICK HERE to view a PDF containing imagery and artist statements.
It’s a treat to have my lithograph Blue-Collar Sugar 9 as part of Printmaking in the Rockies and on the Great Plains, a juried invitational exhibit on display at The Brinton Museum beginning March 15, 2020. This regional show was open to entries from artists living in Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
Blue-Collar Sugar 9
I was visited by a group of students from University of Colorado/Boulder, specifically the Printmaking: Creativity and Methodology class taught by Matt Christie.
We spent two hours looking at my work, talking printmaking and collaboration, and also opening up my collection of Printer’s Proofs.
For the Month of Printmaking the CVA put on an exhibit of the behind the scenes elements of printmaking processes. I was asked to display some of my photo lithography plates as well as the textured items I use to create the positives. Also on display were some proofs of one of my memento mori’s printed at my In Cahoots residency.
Two of my monoprint lithographs, one from the Subway Showtime series and one from the Commuters. Map. series are in this great exhibit, Street Views, at Alto Gallery. Part of the Month of Printmaking.
It’s an honor to have one off my most new lithographs, Vita Brevis (Life is Short), included in Under Pressure: National Printmaking Exhibit, a juried, invitational exhibit on display at The Lincoln Center gallery in Fort Collins. Selections for the exhibition were made by guest juror Mark Lunning. Mark Lunning is the owner and Master Printmaker for Open Press Ltd., a fine art printmaking facility and gallery in Colorado.
For the Month of Printmaking, printmaking co-op Red Delicious Press put on the exhibit Woodcut Prints from Big Ink 2019. These large format woodcuts were printed at Red Delicious as part of their 2019 Big Ink event of which I was part of.
I’m delighted to have selected the work from 25 of Art Gym’s printmakers to put together this wonderful exhibit. And I tossed one of my own lithograph monoprints in their as well!
What a tremendous honor to be included in the Mo’Print exhibit 528.o Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition at the Arvada Center. The jurors were: Karen Kunc, Mark Lunning, and Brandon Gunn.
This is the first opportunity I’ve had to exhibit one of my Hundreds ‘n’ Thousands at Jones Beach monoprint lithographs. It’s an honor to be included in this national exhibit whose work was selected by Master Printer Mark Lunning of Open Press.
I discovered this forgotten lithograph of mine while organizing prints in a flat file. What a joy to see it again! This six color, plate lithograph is from a print trade I participated in with my fellow printers at the Tamarind Institute in 2007. Two flats, three layers of spray paint, and one toner wash. I’ve no memory if the toner was suspended in alcohol or water.
I was asked to be the guest facilitator of this months Creatives At Roundish Tables discussion. The topic I chose to present was “Falling on the Social Sword - How should you genuinely tackle self-promotion in a vast, crowded, competitive, social media market without giving away everything for free?”
Thank you to all the participants who wanted to dive in and tackle the nitty-gritty of social media!
Printing demonstrations with Emily Moyer and Brady Smith, on site, for the staff of the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, OUTSIDE!!!!!! I gave a demo for stone litho, Emily for plate litho, and Brady gave a demonstration of both copper plate drypoint and relief lino.
