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| Meadow Quench - upper left |
Friday, April 27, my friend and fellow exhibitor Ruth Egnater and I attended the opening reception of
The Print at Ann Arbor Art Center. This was Ruth's first competition and I was very excited to be there with her. Although I have been accepted several times this was the best one I have seen and am so proud to be a part of.
"The Print invites Michigan artists to showcase experimental print techniques encompassing those of contemporary standards as well as those of time honored tradition." The past few years it seemed that this was interpreted as "digital" with hardly a hand made print in sight. It has been discouraging, not only in their content but in what it portrayed as printmaking to the general public. In my opinion.
This year’s juror. Norm Stewart chose over 60 prints - everything from a potato print, screen prints, intaglio, colograph, and - YEAH! woodblock prints! Mr. Stewart is an Artist, Masterprinter and owner of the printing and publishing company of fine art prints, Stewart & Stewart. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Michigan. He also earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art where he worked with Tamarind masterprinter, Irwin Hollander.
Please enjoy these photo's. I apologize for not having the names of the
artists at the time of posting but will make every effort to add them
as soon as possible.
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| Norm Stewart, Juror |
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| Middle print is a woven etching |
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| Ruth Egnater with Country Road |
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| Honorable Mention potato print! |
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| Kimono with clouds |
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| The blue face was made with rubber stamps that said, "Sincerely I Thank You". |
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| Letterpress, sugar lift intaglio, colograph, woodblock......... |
1 comment:
those must have been big potatoes!
Thanks for sharing. I was a bit too far to attend.
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