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Coffee and Art -- Maryland Printmakers outings 2008
Join Lisa Tayerle and other members of Maryland printmakers for coffee and art gatherings monthly in 2008. We will meet to chat and look at art every third Sunday afternoon from 1:00 PM until 4:00, starting Sunday January 20, 2008. The site will vary every month, but will include galleries and museums in the Washington DC suburban, and the Baltimore areas. The dates will be: January 20, Feb 17, March 15, April 20, May 18, June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19. (Dates may be subject to change if they interfere with other MD Printmakers events.) The first outing will be National Gallery; we will meet in the East Wing basement cafeteria, in view of the waterfall at 1:00PM Sunday January 20, 2008. NO RSVP IS REQUIRED JUST SHOW UP. If you have an interesting idea for a place to visit email me at: Lisa.tayerle@mncppc-mc.org |
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Workshops with Maryland Printmaker, Liz Wolf
Maryland Printmaker, Liz Wolf, will be teaching a weekend workshop in pronto plate lithography and 2 mini courses in collograph printing and photopolymer plate making at the Lee Art Center in Arlington, Virginia (about 20 minutes from Bethesda.) You can find more info about these and other print classes at www.arlingtonarts.org/masterworkshops.htm And, will also be teaching a bookarts workshop at Glen Echo Park -- see more information the web site for Glen Echo Park. |
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Encaustic Monotype Workshop 2007
Visit Santa Fe and participate in a workshop on encaustic monotype printing - a no solvent and no press process. www.paularoland.com/workshops2007.htm |
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New Printmaking Book Due on Shelves September 16, 2006
Water-Based Screenprinting Today: Hands-On Techniques to Digital Technology by Roni Henning is due for release just around the corner on September 15th. Richard Hellman (past Maryland Printmaker President) wrote a twenty page chapter, which is included as the last chapter in the book. on using Photoshop for Screenprinting. Good information for beginning students as well as advanced artists. List price is $24.95 but it can be ordered on Amazon.com for $16.43 |
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The New Season for Baltimore Museum of Art's Print, Drawing & Photograph Society Begins!
Sherri Katz reports big news -- the new season for the Baltimore Museum of Art's Print, Drawing & Photograph Society begins this month - September 2006. There is a new curator and department head in the Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Rena Hoisington, as well as a new assistant curator, Ann Shafer. For more information, contact Sherri Katz: skatz@artbma.org or visit that area of their web site. The Print, Drawing & Photograph Society (PDPS), founded in l968, was the Museum's first collection support group. It fosters interest in the appreciation, collecting, and study of graphic arts, both historic and contemporary. The Society offers its members a continuing series of lectures by curators, critics, and artists, as well as frequent trips to visit special museum exhibitions and private collections. The PDPS supports educational programs for the Department of Prints, Drawings & Photographs and the acquisition of significant works on paper for the Museum collection. The society also sponsors the biennial Baltimore Fair for Contemporary Prints & New Editions to be held March 2008. |
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BTW -- No More Admission Fees!
By the way, effective Sunday October 1st the Baltimore Museum of Art, along with The Walters Art Museum, have announced that they will no longer charge an admission fee, thanks to a unique government partnership with Baltimore City and Baltimore County (with additional support from Anne Arundel County) that will provide greater access to these two world-class museums. The free period is scheduled to commence in conjunction with Free Fall Baltimore, a new arts initiative and cultural tourism program. Now we can all enjoy their shows even more often! |
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New Volunteer Chairpersons as of September 2006!
Sally Hopkins has accepted the Membership Chairperson position for the MD Printmakers. Alice-Marie Gravely will take over Exhibits Chairperson from Janet Maher. Janet has done a super job, and Sally’s new energy will be terrific. Thanks for all the hard work (up until now and in the future), all! The new Exhibits Committee consists of the following: Matthew Clay Robison -- matthewclayrobison@hotmail.com Luis Flores -- CUQUIXIII@aol.com Alice-Marie Gravely -- amgart@aol.com Richard Hellman -- rhhprints@comcast.net Sally Hopkins -- shopkins2106@yahoo.com Darryl Marsan -- darryl_marsan@yahoo.com Janet Maher -- art.matters@verizon.net Martha Oatway -- martha.oatway@comcast.net Carolyn Roth -- momofjello9@comcast.net Bernie Schleien -- bshleien@comcast.net John Sweeney -- John.Sweeney@john-s.com Sandra Wasko-Flood -- waskoart@comcast.net |
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Workshops at Pyramid Atlantic
Pyramid Atlantic offers a wide range of fascinating, educational workshops in bookmaking, papermaking, printmaking, and much more. The newly relocated Pyramid Atlantic is situated in the heart of the Arts & Entertainment District in downtown Silver Spring, MD. The new facility features a paper mill, print shop, letterpress studio, bindery, and cutting-edge digital studios. Pyramid Atlantic 8230 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone # 301-608-9101 or email info@pyramid-atlantic.org Pyramid's online presence can be found by surfing to www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org |
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New Home for Maryland Printmakers' Folios
The new permanent home for Maryland Printmakers' folio archive is Washington County Museum of Fine Art, in Hagerstown. We are in the process of gathering all of the groups past folios to be delivered to the museum as soon as possible. |
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