Last week our advanced printmaking class was visited by Emmitt Merrill. Big thank you to Emmitt for taking time to speak to our students and talk about their work! I’m such a big fan and it was really great to hear what goes into the creation of these images and the stories that inform them.... Continue Reading →

Friends and art lovers, come out to Morgantown’s new gallery space, Gallery 287 at the Wiles Hill Community Center! THIS SATURDAY DEC. 10th from 6-8pm, they will host a reception for “WVU Emerging Printmakers” a student exhibition organized by undergraduate and graduate student printmakers. A FREE acoustic concert by Trey and Levi of the Hillbilly... Continue Reading →

MONTH FOUR of the Morgantown Billboard project has begun! New billboard images by different artists will rotate every month for 8 months! This month features Sage Perrott (Johnson City, TN), Qiaoyi Shi (New York, NY) and Brian Pickens (Morgantown, WV). The billboard is off 705, by the Mon Hospital Campus right above the Med Express.... Continue Reading →

MONTH THREE of the Morgantown Billboard project has begun! This month features David Wischer (Lexington, Ky) and collaboration between Tonja Torgerson (Bloomington, IN) and Christa Carleton (Missoula, MT) and Christina Kang (Boston, MA). The billboard is off 705, by the Mon Hospital Campus right above the Med Express. This project is funded by a West... Continue Reading →

Last weekend was a busy as the WVU Print Club also held a very successful live t-shirt and tote bag printing event next to 123 Pleasant Street! A big thank you to everyone who came out to buy something and support our students and student organization! Funds raised during these events support students in attending... Continue Reading →

Thanks to everyone who came out to the closing reception to "Emerging Printmakers" at StopWatch Gallery in Greensboro. The show featured student work from two great printmaking programs; PennWest Edinboro University and West Virginia University! A BIG THANK YOU to friend and fellow printmaker Marc Snyder for coming up with this and letting us invade... Continue Reading →

MONTH TWO of the Morgantown Billboard project has begun! New billboard images by different artists will rotate every month for 8 months! This month we are celebrating the Morgantown Studio Tour with local artists Liz Pavlovic, Bryn Perrott, and Eli Pollard. The billboard is off 705, by the Mon Hospital Campus right above the Med... Continue Reading →

So much fun having visiting artist Marie Watt in our studio making pressure prints with students! Pressure prints was new for me, and I am already trying to figure out how we can use this method with elementary and middle school kids! I cannot thank Marie enough for her expertise and positive presence in the... Continue Reading →

So great to see the printshop humming with activity as we hosted a portion of our ART 191 Freshman Orientation class. These workshops give students early access to processes they may have not encountered in their high school art programs. Students were able to run a three color screen print, print a tote bag with... Continue Reading →

Thank you to WVU Office of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Program Coordinator Erin Fields for asking me to be on “The Summit Ahead” podcast. This podcast is published by WVU and takes on all topics related to graduate school from making an application to life as a graduate student and beyond! It’s always an honor... Continue Reading →