October 19, 2010
Printopolis, Open Studio, Toronto, Oct 21 - 24, 2010
I leave tomorrow for Toronto to attend Printopolis, a 4-day symposium with an international focus on contemporary printmaking being presented by Open Studio. I am looking forward to participating in the panel sessions, artist talks and printmaking demonstrations and viewing the exhibitions highlighting contemporary print media works. I cannot resist mentioning that along with the printmaking students of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, I organized a public printmaking event called Printopolis? in March 2009! It was a great success and I have posted pictures from the event on my website under professional activities.
I leave tomorrow for Toronto to attend Printopolis, a 4-day symposium with an international focus on contemporary printmaking being presented by Open Studio. I am looking forward to participating in the panel sessions, artist talks and printmaking demonstrations and viewing the exhibitions highlighting contemporary print media works. I cannot resist mentioning that along with the printmaking students of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, I organized a public printmaking event called Printopolis? in March 2009! It was a great success and I have posted pictures from the event on my website under professional activities.
May 14 – 23, 2010
“Natural Beauty"
I am exhibiting two prints in the fourth annual LAWN Juried Exhibition, as part of the Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival, Norris Point, NL.
I am exhibiting two prints in the fourth annual LAWN Juried Exhibition, as part of the Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival, Norris Point, NL.
March 20, 2010
Philagrafika and SGC Philadelphia 2010, March 24 - 27th
I am getting ready to leave Corner Brook on Tuesday morning to attend the Southern Graphics Council's 40th printmaking conference; this year entitled Mark Remarque. I will also check out Philagrafika at the many participating museums, galleries and schools in Philadelphia and meet up with colleagues from grad school to enjoy Philly's printmaking extravaganza! I will update with some images when I get back.
http://www.philagrafika.org/
http://www.sgcphiladelphia.com/
Info from the website:
Printmaking is a paradigmatic artmaking process with the potential of recording all stages of the creative process. For artists, it exists as a living media not as an obsolete manufacturing process. Mark/Remarque will examine traditional and digital print processes (marks), critical discourse important to the field (remarks), and consider the concepts associated with the historical print term remarque: rarity, testing, concept amplification, and boundary extension.
The conference is timed to coincide with Philagrafika 2010, an international festival of contemporary art focusing on artistic practices that engage the visual, intellectual, and creative frontiers in printmaking. Galleries and museums throughout Philadelphia will host print exhibitions. Of interest to all conference participants with be Philagraphika’s centerpiece exhibition: The Graphic Unconscious, which will present the pervasive role of the print in contemporary artistic production.
I am getting ready to leave Corner Brook on Tuesday morning to attend the Southern Graphics Council's 40th printmaking conference; this year entitled Mark Remarque. I will also check out Philagrafika at the many participating museums, galleries and schools in Philadelphia and meet up with colleagues from grad school to enjoy Philly's printmaking extravaganza! I will update with some images when I get back.
http://www.philagrafika.org/
http://www.sgcphiladelphia.com/
Info from the website:
Printmaking is a paradigmatic artmaking process with the potential of recording all stages of the creative process. For artists, it exists as a living media not as an obsolete manufacturing process. Mark/Remarque will examine traditional and digital print processes (marks), critical discourse important to the field (remarks), and consider the concepts associated with the historical print term remarque: rarity, testing, concept amplification, and boundary extension.
The conference is timed to coincide with Philagrafika 2010, an international festival of contemporary art focusing on artistic practices that engage the visual, intellectual, and creative frontiers in printmaking. Galleries and museums throughout Philadelphia will host print exhibitions. Of interest to all conference participants with be Philagraphika’s centerpiece exhibition: The Graphic Unconscious, which will present the pervasive role of the print in contemporary artistic production.
August 10 – 14, 2009
Making a Four-Colour Copper Plate Photogravure
This past week I created my first four-colour copper plate photogravure with the generous help of Marlene MacCallum and David Morrish. It was exciting and very intense, having just finished the workshop the week before, but we were able to integrate new knowledge and research into the process and all three of us came away with great looking plates. I am currently working on figuring out the correct colour balance and plate order and then I will post the print along with some images from the workshop.
This past week I created my first four-colour copper plate photogravure with the generous help of Marlene MacCallum and David Morrish. It was exciting and very intense, having just finished the workshop the week before, but we were able to integrate new knowledge and research into the process and all three of us came away with great looking plates. I am currently working on figuring out the correct colour balance and plate order and then I will post the print along with some images from the workshop.
August 3 – 7, 2009
Four-Colour Photogravure Workshop at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
Visual artists Marlene MacCallum, David Morrish, and Pierre LeBlanc conducted a workshop on four-colour photogravure at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. The trio created the Sequential Imaging Laboratory or Sillis and in 2007 was awarded a multi-year Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research/Creation Grant for their project Creating the Visual Book Through Integration of the Divergent Technologies of Photogravure and Digital Processes. In their research, they explore how historical and contemporary technologies co-exist and expand on each other’s limitations. The impact of integrating the different tools/technologies is considered in all stages of the work, from the initial genesis through to transmission to the audience and its reception. This workshop marked the halfway point in their research and is part of the knowledge mobilization/dissemination of the project.
The invited participants were David Scott Armstrong from York University - Toronto, Mark Bovey from NSCAD University - Halifax, Steven Dixon from University of Alberta - Edmonton, Nancy Fox from University of Toronto and Asa Muir-Harmony from Crown Point Press - San Francisco. Also contributing to the workshop were Rachel Anstey and myself as research assistants. During the five day workshop the group went through the entire process of creating a four-colour photogravure from the starting point of a digital file to the final stage of a traditionally printed four-colour photogravure print.
Visual artists Marlene MacCallum, David Morrish, and Pierre LeBlanc conducted a workshop on four-colour photogravure at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. The trio created the Sequential Imaging Laboratory or Sillis and in 2007 was awarded a multi-year Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research/Creation Grant for their project Creating the Visual Book Through Integration of the Divergent Technologies of Photogravure and Digital Processes. In their research, they explore how historical and contemporary technologies co-exist and expand on each other’s limitations. The impact of integrating the different tools/technologies is considered in all stages of the work, from the initial genesis through to transmission to the audience and its reception. This workshop marked the halfway point in their research and is part of the knowledge mobilization/dissemination of the project.
The invited participants were David Scott Armstrong from York University - Toronto, Mark Bovey from NSCAD University - Halifax, Steven Dixon from University of Alberta - Edmonton, Nancy Fox from University of Toronto and Asa Muir-Harmony from Crown Point Press - San Francisco. Also contributing to the workshop were Rachel Anstey and myself as research assistants. During the five day workshop the group went through the entire process of creating a four-colour photogravure from the starting point of a digital file to the final stage of a traditionally printed four-colour photogravure print.
June 16th - September 12th, 2009
Time and Place
The Third Annual Juried LAWN Exhibition is currently on display at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery and I have a print in this exhibition.
The Third Annual Juried LAWN Exhibition is currently on display at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery and I have a print in this exhibition.
March 29th, 2009
We hosted Printopolis? on Friday night and it was a great success! We had many visitors of all ages come to make prints and check out what the printmaking students are learning. I will be posting images from the event soon. Thanks to all who came and participated!
PRINTOPOLIS? 2009
The printmaking students at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College believe that art is the heart and soul of every community. To that end, they are hosting an all ages public printmaking event on March 27th, 2009, between 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm, at the Fine Arts Building Atrium and Print Studio.
Everyone is invited to come and participate or just observe the students employing and demonstrating a variety of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques including: etching, drypoint, photogravure, woodcut, linocut, stone lithography, monotype, water-based silkscreen and digital approaches. The students will be giving away their printed artworks while supplies last. As well, works by the student artists will be displayed to exemplify the vitality of printmaking today. There will be light snacks and refreshments and music. Ultimately, the students hope to foster the vitality of printmaking and to promote understanding, awareness of, and participation in making prints by students and community members.
Everyone is invited to come and participate or just observe the students employing and demonstrating a variety of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques including: etching, drypoint, photogravure, woodcut, linocut, stone lithography, monotype, water-based silkscreen and digital approaches. The students will be giving away their printed artworks while supplies last. As well, works by the student artists will be displayed to exemplify the vitality of printmaking today. There will be light snacks and refreshments and music. Ultimately, the students hope to foster the vitality of printmaking and to promote understanding, awareness of, and participation in making prints by students and community members.
Wayzgoose 2008
Wayzgoose 2008, Book Arts Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL, October 15-19th, 2008, Attended workshops and lectures by Crispin and Jan Elstead of Barbarian Press
Drawapalooza
Public Drawing Event, March 28th, 2008, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
This event was organized by myself and students from a Intermediate Drawing course that I instructed.
This event was organized by myself and students from a Intermediate Drawing course that I instructed.
