Last night capped off a two day comic project with a local Girl Scouts troop. This is actually the second workshop I have conducted with this troop. First was a short conversation about comics...we learned about artists like Alison Bechdel and Lynda Barry, the comic book burnings and bans in America in the 1950’s and... Continue Reading →

“In Plain Sight: Rediscovering Appalachian Cultural Identity” was a semester long collaborative project with teachers from Mylan Park Elementary and community members funded by a West Virginia Division of Culture and History STEAM grant. This project included many different instructors and artists who made multiple visits with students. This project had a few major learning... Continue Reading →

On Sunday I had the pleasure of conducting a printmaking workshop with the West Virginia Botanic Garden. A few months ago, we talked about expanding the opportunities offered at the WVBG. I've done so many different workshops and demonstrations with K-12 students, I thought this was a great chance to expand printmaking opportunities to the... Continue Reading →

Today we were so lucky to have a visit from Imin Yeh, Assistant Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University! We have been talking about a visit to WVU for a few years now, and I am so glad that we were able to find time in her very busy schedule to come to Morgantown!... Continue Reading →

Saturday April 06th marked the closing reception for the annual WVU exhibition at Artists Image Resource in Pittsburgh. This year we decided to make the exhibition for the WVU Printmakers only. My printmaking students were responsible for all aspects of the exhibition, installation, promotion, and reception. This has been such a wonderful event for our... Continue Reading →

We are continuing our recent tradition of asking current MFA students or emerging artists from around the country to show their work in our glass cases. Today I am SUPER excited to announce that we have Trishelle Jeffery’s work in our glass classes! Trishelle currently lives and works in Salt Lake City at Saltgrass Printmakers,... Continue Reading →

Today saw the completion of a two day relief printmaking workshop with students from Skyview Elementary this week. On day one of the workshop, students drew images on paper with black marker. I also brought two linoleum blocks already cut with some WVU Printmaking logos for students to print. I then went back to the... Continue Reading →

The annual SGCI Conference in Dallas concluded and was a success! This year was the first time I chaired a panel titled "Critical Comics". I was really lucky to have three great artists talk about their work and comics. Trishelle Jeffery is an artist working in Salt Lake City. She makes mostly autobiographical work that... Continue Reading →

Today we were so lucky to have a visit from Professor of Art Benjy Davies! Benjy teaches at the University of Rio Grande in Ohio. He brought his great sense of humor, kindness, and wisdom as he discussed his career making lithographs, taught us how to draw with sticks, and gave a demonstration about printing... Continue Reading →

The WVU Print Club has been busy these last few days holding a print sale during a Morgantown Arts Crawl and a live printing event at WVU for their weekly "Up All Night" events at the Mountainlair! WVU Print Club downtown at Gary's Comics for a sale during Arts Crawl... There was a consistent crowd... Continue Reading →