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WVU Printmaking student Jordan Welsh was awarded 2nd Place in the annual College of Creative Arts "Faculty-Student Mentored Research Award" competition. Jordan won for his research into beetles, their habitats and relation to human habitats, and his visual representation of the information. Great job Jordan!
West Virginia University (WVU) School of Art and Design students will be showing their work at the Pittsburgh gallery Artists Image Resource (AIR). Two exhibitions titled Old hat and Confluence will run from March 24 to April 19. There will be a closing reception on April 19 from 7-9 pm with free food and drink.... Continue Reading →
On April 8th, the WVU Printmaking Program hosted visiting artist Tonja Torgerson. The day was filled with crits, an artist's talk, and we topped it all off by looking at some of her prints. It was a really great day, she gave a great talk and gave my students some great advice. Everyone gathered in... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, March 29th, during the 2014 SGC International Conference, I was given the "Honorary Member of the Council" award. This award is given in appreciation of the work I have done on the SGCI Executive Board and when I was President from 2008-2010. I would like to give my most sincere thank you to... Continue Reading →
Below are magnet prints cut up from test prints for an event at the 2014 SGCI Conference in San Francisco. "Pint n' Print" is an even organized by Michael Krueger and Amze Emmons. It is sort of like a live action print exchange: "Pint n Print was developed to operate at a point of intersection... Continue Reading →
Below is a new print I made for the "REVIVAL" Print Portfolio organized by Josh Dannin, Adam Leestma, and Sage Perrott. It is the text from page 23 in the comic, with a white layer overlay printed on gray paper. I wanted to find a new way of showing the correlation between the narrative and... Continue Reading →
I recently completed another version of the book. This version is still a visual deconstruction of each page of the original Iron Man comic. This time all the original imagery is removed, and only the frames and empty talk bubbles remain. I hope this book helps to give the viewer a sense of how the... Continue Reading →
On Thursday March 07, I gave a gallery talk at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia. Alongside curator Arif Kahn, and Marshall faculty collaborators Peter Massing and Hayson Harrison, I spoke about my current body of work and answered questions from the audience. It was a terrific night, I can't... Continue Reading →
The second half of my BIG XII Fellowship was carried out last week. The first half consisted of a two day visit from University of Kansas printmaking professor Michael Krueger. On Feb 24-25, it was my turn to visit the University of Kansas. Michael, Yoonmi Nam, Shawn Bitters and all the graduate and undergraduate students... Continue Reading →
Much of the work I have produced over the last few years will be shown at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia in Charleston. "Gallery Divided II" features work from both WVU and Marshall faculty. Jason Lee, Shoji Satake, and myself are representing WVU, while Jonathan Cox, Peter Massing, and... Continue Reading →
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