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 #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 #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 #19:Ann Knickerbocker

Name: Ann Knickerbocker
Website url: http://annknickerbocker.com
Education: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York (BA in English Literature) and Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York  (Master’s in Literary Criticism)
Reside in: Oakland, California (for last three years… previously in Normandy, France, and before that, Upstate New York)
Making works on paper since: 2009; paintings on paper, canvas and wood since 1989
Preferred printmaking process: monotype
Most recent exhibition: at dot real estate in Jack London Square, Oakland, from March 2010
Three words to describe your work: abstract, color, movement
What everyone should know about printmaking: that it pairs beautifully with painting, but that the spontaneity and the surprise elements combine to grant monotypes a special, luminous quality
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Ella Fitzgerald
Cats or Dogs? Cows…we lived next to a dairy farm for 2 years in Normandy

See more of Ann’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1,  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 #7: Sukey Bryan

Sukey’s glacier-inspired prints really convey the color and feel of ice. See more of  her prints at the Print Fair on Sunday, May 1 from 11am-4pm.

Name: Sukey Bryan
Website url: http://www.sukeybryan.com
Education: BA from Yale University, MFA from Maryland Institute
Reside in: Stanford, CA
Making works on paper since: 1993
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype
Most recent exhibition: Works, San Jose
Three words to describe your work: cycles in nature
What everyone should know about printmaking: the variety of ways plates are created
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: just a painter
Cats or Dogs? Cats

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

Print Fair Artist Profile #6: Livia Stein

You may remember Livia’s energetic paintings and prints  from her recent show at the Triton Museum. We look forward to see her prints at the Print Fair April 30.

Name Livia Stein   
Website url: http://www.liviacstein.com
Education: BA UCBerkeley in History, MA Center for interdisciplany and Experimental Art, SF State University
Reside in:Oakland
Making works on paper since:1981
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype, mixed media,
Most recent exhibition: Triton Museum, Santa Clara
Three words to describe your work: bold, dynamic, thought-provoking
What everyone should know about printmaking: that the possibilities are endless
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: a painter (which I am) or an architect if I used a ruler better.
Cats or Dogs? No but I wish I had a dog.  I get my fix by babysitting for my son’s dog

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

Print Fair Artist Profile #5: Laura Callin Bennett

We are looking forward to seeing these precious linocuts by Laura Callin Bennett.

Name: Laura Callin Bennett
Website url: http://www.LauraCallinBennett.com
Education: BFA from Stanford University. Studied printmaking with Enrique Chagoya.
Reside in: San Jose, CA
Making works on paper since: 2000
Preferred printmaking process: Linocut (linoleum block printing)
Most recent exhibition: La Gran Pachanga at 111 Minna, Blue to the Roots at Canvas Ghost, and Benefit Auction at Works/San Jose
Three words to describe your work: Rabbits, birds, women
What everyone should know about printmaking: Start with potato prints and learn as you go.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Someone who works with spreadsheets and databases, probably.
Cats or Dogs? I’m more of a cat person, although I am also fond of Irish wolfhounds.

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

Print Fair Artist Profile #4: Katherine Warinner

Katherine’s work is dazzling! I love her use of stencils and layers to create depth in her organic and balanced compositions. I can’t wait to look at her prints at the Print Fair!

Name: Katherine Warinner
Website url: http://www.katherinewarinner.com
Education: BFA/painting Illinois Weslyan University, Bloomington, IL, MFA/graphic design, Kent State University, Kent, OH, Graduate studies/painting, Queens College, Flushing NY
Reside in: San Anselmo CA
Making works on paper since: birth, monotypes since 1994
Preferred printmaking process: monotype
Most recent exhibition: Into the Flow, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
Three words to describe your work: colorful organic abstraction
What everyone should know about printmaking: it is the perfect metaphor for life.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: a modern dancer
Cats or Dogs? both

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

Print Fair Artist Profile #3: Robynn Smith

I just saw Robynn’s show at Michaelangelo Gallery in Santa Cruz. Her prints are rich, layered and have an air of mystery. Robynn runs the Monterey Peninsula College printmaking department which also hosts an extremely active and talented Print Club. I am excited to see her work up close and personal at our Print Fair on Saturday, April 30th.

Name: Robynn Smith
URL: http://www.robynnsmith.com
Education: BFA Painting Rhode Island School of Design, MA Painting San Jose State University, MFA Sculpture/Spatial Arts San Jose State University
Reside: Aptos, California
Making works on paper since: the early 1990′s
Preferred printmaking process: Work mainly in Monotype, Photopolymer Etching and Hybrid Processes
Most Recent Solo Exhibition: Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Three words to describe my work: Beautiful, Apocalyptic, Evocative
What everyone should know about printmaking: It’s powerful and addictive
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: missing something very powerful in my life
Cats or Dogs? Dogs, cats, horses

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