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Friday Dec. 06th marks the opening reception of AIR's second annual national juried exhibition "PRINTWORK 2013". Organizing this exhibition was a lot of hard work, but it is really fulfilling to create a fantastic opportunity for other artists. It was a very competitive show, and juror Tina Kukielski did a great job! Hope to see... Continue Reading →
Printing happening this week...some shots of my latest work for the Future Tenant show.
The newly founded WVU Printmaking Club is hosting a print sale at the Mountainlair on Monday Dec. 02. All proceeds go towards travel to the 2014 SGCI Conference in San Francisco, come check it out! WVU coverage: http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2013/11/25/art-students-to-hold-print-sale-at-wvu-mountainlair-dec-2
As part of the BIG XII Fellowship guidelines, I hosted University of Kansas Associate Professor of Art Michael Krueger. Michael was in Morgantown from Nov. 13 to Nov. 15. We had a jam packed visit for him planned: meals, critiques, lecture, demonstrations, printing, and of course bowling. The visit was a ton of fun, Michael... Continue Reading →
There are a few projects I am working on right now as November is building up to be a busy month. I am organizing a group exhibition for Future Tenant, in Pittsburgh. "SHAME OF THE CITY: Deconstructing and reconstructing comic book narratives" will feature new work made by 23 artists. Every artist was assigned a... Continue Reading →
This Friday, the newly formed WVU Print Club participated in the annual Morgantown Arts Walk. Below are some pics of the event. There were plenty of prints for sale, as usual $25 and less. WVU printmakers are hoping to raise some funds this year to attend the 2014 SGC International Print Conference in San Francisco.... Continue Reading →
Every so often, Dr. Janet Snyder, Art History Professor at WVU, offers a "studio for Art Historians" class. This class allows Art History majors to visit the different studios at the School of Art and Design, learn more about different process, and get the chance to make something too. This year, Dr. Snyder's class came... Continue Reading →
It’s the start of a new school year, which means it’s time to get the new interns ready for their time at AIR. Last Friday, we headed up to Pittsburgh for the official start of the semester. The WVU Printmaking Program has been providing internships at Artists Image Resource since 2004. Our students are given... Continue Reading →
PRINTWORK 2013, national juried exhibition at Artists Image Resource is on! See the prospectus at http://artistsimageresource.wordpress.com/juried-exhibition-2/. We are really proud to announce Tina Kukielski as the juror. Tina is a curator of the 2013 Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Last year's PRINTWORK exhibition was really successful. We want these exhibitions... Continue Reading →
This summer I was awarded a BIG XII Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship was awarded to only seven faculty from WVU which will fund a special project with another BIG XII faculty member. This year I will be working with University of Kansas printmaking professor Michael Krueger. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a... Continue Reading →
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