Highlights from Adelaide, Melbourne and Impact7

From September 13 to October 1, 2011 I was in Adelaide and Melbourne, Australia where I taught a few printmaking workshops and attended Impact7, the International Printmaking Conference.

I taught a short non-toxic copper etching workshop at the University of South Australia (UniSA) in Adelaide which was followed up by a 3-day workshop in the same subject at Adelaide College of the Arts (AC Arts). This workshop was organized by my friend, graduate school mentor/instructor and former studio partner, Sandra Starkey Simon, who now lives and works in Adelaide. The workshop was funded by a grant from the Helpmann Academy and was attended by students from AC Arts, UniSA and Adelaide Central College of Art. It was a blast. The students were amazing. You can check out pictures of the workshop here.

I also partnered again with Sandra at her studio, known as Magpie Print Studio, and taught a one-day Chine Colle workshop. Magpie is a beautiful facility located in the hills above Adelaide. It is surrounded by eucalyptus forest, and yes, koalas. In fact, there was a koala in a tree just outside the studio as we taught. It’s true. That’s him in the picture below. See more pictures here.

When the teaching was done I traveled to Melbourne for Impact7, the International Interdisciplinary Printmaking Conference. I attended 4 days of lectures, exhibitions and demonstrations. Basically all printmaking, all the time. One of the highlights for me was seeing the Australian Print Workshop. What a beautiful studio and great program! And overall a great trip! Or, as they say in South Australia, it was heaps of fun.

Print Fair Artist Profile #24: Vladimir Sepetov

Name: Vladimir Sepetov
Website url: Working on it!
Education: About to graduate Harker High, Class of 2011
Reside in: Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
Making works on paper since: 2010
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype and silk screen
Most recent exhibition:  AP Studio Art Exhibition 2011
Three words to describe your work: geometry, words, me
What everyone should know about printmaking: Process, process, process.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: A chef or a unicorn.
Cats or Dogs? Catz

See more of Vladimir’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30,  from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #23: Mary Souza

Name:
  Mary Souza
Website url: http://www.msouza.com
Education: UC Berkeley + LIFE + Print Mentors  (Judy Lozano, Robin McCloskey, Steven Holloway, Theodora Varnay Jones, Fanny Retsek)
Reside in: Cupertino
Making works on paper since: Mrs. Otterstein’s 1^st & 2^nd Grade Class – One of a kind originals signed by Mary Wold. Full bleed works such as “Dirt Truck” from the truck/train study and  “We Keep Quiet While Others Are Reading” (with accompanying essay: “We are good workers. We do are (sic) best and do not talk. We are always finding something to do. I like to draw on paper. We help each other.”)
Preferred printmaking process: monotype
Most recent exhibition:  ICA Auction and Monotype Marathon
Three words to describe your work: complex, thoughtful/spontaneous
What everyone should know about printmaking: the thrill of peeling the print from the plate + happy accidents
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: eating chocolate & procrastinating
Cats or Dogs? Cat Stevens, Grateful Dawg

See more of Mary’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30th,  from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #22: Sydell Lewis

Name: Sydell Lewis
Website url:www.sydellart.com
Education: Cooper Union Art School, ( painting major) NY, University of Michigan ( B.S. in Chemistry)
Reside in: Sunnyvale
Making works on paper since: 1980
Preferred printmaking process: acrylic monotype
Most recent exhibition: “Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery, Sausalito, CA “Abstract Painting by Selected Gallery Artists Nov-Dec. 2010
Three words to describe your work: complex, abstract, colorful
What everyone should know about printmaking: It requires thinking in reverse, and preplanning
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: a ballroom dancer
Cats or Dogs? Plants

See more of Sydell’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1,  from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #21: Barbara Morris

Name: Barbara Morris
Website url:
Education:  MFA UC Berkeley
Reside in: Forest Knolls, CA
Making works on paper since: Began with stone lithography in grad school in 1985, took up again in 2008
Preferred printmaking process: Monoprint
Most recent exhibition:  Barbara Morris Recent Work, San Geronimo Community Center August 2010
Three words to describe your work: Vibrant, personal, expressionistic
What everyone should know about printmaking: Every time you pull a print is like opening a present.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Missing out!

See more of Barbara’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #20: Liz Maxwell

Name: Liz Maxwell
Website:http://www.lizmaxwell,com
Education: UC Berkeley 1976, followed by about 10 years evening, weekend, and summer sessions at CCAC Oakland
Reside in : Oakland
Making works on paper since: about 1980
Preferred printmaking process: monotype, mixed media
Most recent exhibition: Arts on Fire XV, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica
Three words to describe your work: Color, symbolic abstraction
What everyone should know about printmaking: Try it! Nothing like it!
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: wanting to be one
Cats or Dogs? Cats!

See more of Liz Maxwell’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #18: Michael Cutlip

Name: Michael Cutlip
Website url:  http://www.michaelcutlip.com
Education: BA Studio Arts (painting)
Reside in: Berkeley CA
Making works on paper since: 1996
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype
Most recent exhibition: Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael CA / Solo Exhibition, March 2011
Three words to describe your work: Spontaneous, humorous, painterly
What everyone should know about printmaking: Try it!!
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: a Super Hero
Cats or Dogs? Dogs!!!

See more of Michael’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse on Sunday, May 1 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #17: Andy Muonio

Name: Andy Muonio
Website: muonio.com
Education: AA Illustration, Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, BS Graphic Design/Illustration, SJSU, BFA Pictorial Art, SJSU, MFA Pictorial Art, SJSU
Reside in: Home, Mountain View, CA; Studio: San José’s Japan Town
Making works on paper: Illustration: 1990 – 2000; Printmaking (lithography, intaglio, monotype, serigraphy): 2000 – today
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype; Lithography (if I had a litho press)
Most recent exhibition(*solo show): Paintings and Works on Paper,*Cañada College, Redwood City, CA; Main Theatre & Gallery, November 8th – December 7th 2010
Three words to describe your work: Painterly Figurative Expressive
What everyone should know about printmaking: The monotype process does not start with an etched plate while the monoprint process does (or some other reproducible matrix).
If I wasn’t a printmaker (or painter, sculpture, photographer, videographer, art historian, art educator, art critic, illustrator ), I’d be: an Archeologist

See more of Andy’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #16: Kerry Vander Meer

Name: Kerry Vander Meer
Website url: http://www.kerryvandermeer.com
Education: MFA Mills College
Reside in: Oakland CA
Making works on paper since: 1994
Preferred printmaking process: monotype
Most recent exhibition: Trition Museum
Three words to describe your work: organic, colorful, variety of mixed mediums
What everyone should know about printmaking: how easy and fun it is
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: an architect
Cats or Dogs? one Abyissian

See more of Kerry’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #15: Donna Orme

Name: Donna Orme
Website url: http://www.donnaorme.com
Education:   Studied with Master Printmakers Alan May and Joe Zirker
Reside in: Santa Clara, CA
Making works on paper since: 1992
Preferred printmaking process: Acrylic Monotypes, Collagraphs
Three words to describe your work: Nonobjective, spontaneous, experimental
What everyone should know about printmaking: Making prints keeps my mind in a state of tranquility.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Prior to becoming a full-time printmaker, I raised three children and was a legal secretary.

See more of Donna Orme’s work at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1, from 11am-4pm.