My work is included in the "31st Annual National Print Exhibition" at the Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The exhibition will be up from April 15 to May 25th. The opening reception is on April 15th from 6-7pm.
Artists Image Resource…
I love Artists Image Resource (AIR). Since moving to West Virginia in 2004, I have gotten to work with and know Bob Beckman and the AIR staff. It is a great facility with a strong educational and outreach mission. They are located in a very large space on Pittsburgh's North Side, by the Mattress Factory.... Continue Reading →
“Muddy Banks” at AIR…
Well, in a jam packed night, AIR also showed the "From the Muddy Banks of the Monongahela" portfolio. This was portfolio was organized by me and features some of the great alumni and past professors that have worked in the Printmaking Program over the years. Below is the portfolio... Michelle Moode, “What, like a parade?”,... Continue Reading →
Aaron Williams at AIR…
Aaron Williams was the other WVU students showing work at AIR last Friday. Aaron is also an undergraduate student, primarily he works with sculpture; but Aaron is the kind of interdisciplinary student we love to have in the Division of Art and Design. His show was called "somnwhere" and was made up of digital prints... Continue Reading →
Kasey Kesner at AIR…
The closing reception of Kasey Kesner's exhibition "Specimens" at Artists Image Resource in Pittsburgh was last Friday. Kasey is an undergraduate printmaker here at WVU. It was a great show, a good crowd, and good music. Below is a selection of pics of Kasey's installation. The work is very three-dimensional and is silkscreen, colored and... Continue Reading →
WVU printmakers at AIR…
WVU Undergraduate Printmakers Aaron Williams and Kasey Kesner will be having a two-person show at Artists Image Resource in Pittsburgh. The closing reception is this Friday, April 01 from 6pm-9pm. Aaron and Kasey were interns at AIR during the Fall 2010 semester. WVU Printmakers have been interning at AIR for over 6 years now, but... Continue Reading →
Flash Gordon portfolio exchange…
Below is the print I created for the portfolio exchange/exhibition titled "Flash Gordon", celebrating the film version of the cartoon released in 1980. The portfolio was organized by Pittsburgh based printmaker Gene Marsh. The exhibition version will be shown at Judson College in Alabama. The image was taken from a Flash Gordon comic strip published... Continue Reading →
Then and now…
I recently visited Artists Image Resource with my students who were interning there last semester. I took this picture of the mural I painted in 2006...it is 15 feet high and 33 feet long, and time has taken its toll... then... now...
Black Sheep…
Melissa Harshman is organizing a portfolio of UGA Graduates called Black Sheep due this March...Below is my entry... "Best Friends" CMYK Silkscreen 2"x9.5"
Printmaking and the Mundane Exchange Portfolio…
I am co-organizing an exchange portfolio with Janet Marcavage that will be shown at this year's SGC International conference. We have a great line up of artists, and the prints have been coming in...they look FANTASTIC! Please check it out if you make it there this year, we will not disappoint. It is called "Printmaking... Continue Reading →
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