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In this newsletter: Letter from the Editors Research News Studio News Featured Workshop Exhibitions at Loo Gallery Online Exhibition Residency
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In this newsletter:
Letter from the Editors
Research News
Studio News
Featured Workshop
Exhibitions at Loo Gallery
Online Exhibition
Residency News
Members News
Faculty News
Exhibition Opportunities
Featured Website |
The interns have now taken over the Zea Mays Newsletter! Each pair of interns will have the opportunity to create and publish two newsletters during their time interning at Zea Mays. Our current interns, Stephanie and Kristina, will start us off with December's newsletter.
The style of the newsletter will remain the same with a few small changes. One change will be that the "Letter from the Director" will be included in "Studio News". You can also find the recent research on Soy Wax Litho Ink Softground below and expect another exciting research find in the New Year from Stephanie and Kristina!
Enjoy the Holidays and New Year!
Stephanie & Kristina |
The interns, Kristina and Stephanie, have been experimenting with how far the Soy Wax Softground can be pushed. Similar to the traditional characteristics of an asphaltum based soft ground, the Soy Wax ground begins as a solid, liquifies when exposed to heat, but reverts back to a solid when cooled on a plate. Marnix Everaert of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gent, Belgium shared his recipe and process for the “Soy Wax Litho Ink Soft Ground” when he came to Zea Mays Printmaking as a residency artist in 2015. The Soy Wax Litho Ink Soft ground is a simple two part ground consisting of soy wax and stiff lithographic ink.
The interns have found it to be much more flexible than expected. The possibilities of etching the softground for longer periods of time and in a stronger ferric chloride bath have presented to be feasible options. |
Stage biting and stopping out was also tested to be a great way to work with the soft ground.
For more information on these tests and to see examples of the research, click here! |
Last month Zea Mays Printmaking made its debut appearance at the Editions/Artists Book Fair in New York. We showcased eleven artists from the studio at our booth in the Tunnel in Chelsea. Ten of the exhibiting artists came along for the adventure and we all took turns sharing work in portfolios with the multitude of visitors who came through during the fair.
What a fantastic experience! Over the course of four days we met so many people interested in prints and had wonderful conversations with collectors, curators, students and the art loving public. We also had a chance to visit with other exhibitors: professional print shops, individual artists, publishers and galleries.
We sold a few prints, and made connections with collectors and art consultants for possible future sales, but more importantly we placed ourselves among many more well-known and established studios and really held our own. This opportunity to enlarge the visibility of our studio is so valuable as we continue to grow. The art that is being made at Zea Mays Printmaking is an untapped resource and deserves to be seen in the wide world of art. Editions/Artists’ Books served as a great entrée into this world. We hope to be back next year.
You can view the work of the eleven artists exhibited at the Zea Mays Printmaking booth this year on their websites. You can view some of the other fantastic prints
coming out of our studio on our two webpages: Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File and Zea Mays Printmaking Members’ gallery. |
Last summer we rolled out our three week program Certificate in Green Printmaking: Intaglio. It was such a success that we will be offering it again this summer (July). We are still working out the details, exact dates, etc. which will be online in the coming weeks. I'll send out a special e*newsletter announcement when registration opens. It's limited to 8 people, and I expect it to fill this year as it did last year. Stay tuned for more info soon! |
Six member artists have contributed artfully embellished chairs to Take A Seat!, a fundraiser for the University Museum of Contemporary Art. An exhibition of 40 chairs will take place at the University Museum at UMass January 28 - February 28, 2016 with an opening reception on January 27, 5-7 PM. The party and silent auction will take place on Sunday, February 28, 5-7:30 PM. Zea Mays Printmaking participants include: Anne Beresford, Anne Burton, Liz Chalfin, Lynn Peterfreund, Sally Clegg and Angela Zammarelli.
In celebration of its 30+ year history, A.P.E. gallery in Northampton is hosting Microworks, an exhibition of small works by over 100 artists who have exhibited in this fantastic gallery. Many, many Zea Mays Printmaking artists are included in the show that runs from December 17 - January 4 with a reception/party on Friday, December 18, 5-8 PM. |
Introduction to Screenprinting: with Jenny Gover
Saturday & Sunday, January 16 & 17, 2016, 10-5
$245 members, $275 non-members
$40 materials fee
This workshop will introduce participants to the new screenprinting studio at Zea Mays and the basics of non-photographic screen printing. Participants will learn direct drawing processes, proper printing techniques as well as non-toxic processes for screen preparation. This class will emphasize a layered approach to image making using stencils, screen drawing fluid, and screen filler along with transparent inks.
Sign Up Here to ensure your spot today! |
Monotype as Drawing/Drawing as Monotype: with Joyce Silverstone
Saturday, January 23, 2016, 10-5
$140 non-members $125 members
$25 materials fee
In this workshop, explore and play with color and line, with an emphasis on understanding the drawing qualities possible in monotype. This workshop also serves as a great introduction to Akua inks by one of their official "demonstration artists".
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Introduction to Etching with BIG with Louise Kohrman
Saturday, January 30, 2016, 10-5
$140 non-members $125 members
$25 materials fee
In this workshop, you will learn how to apply the fantastic etching ground BIG to a copper printing plate and manipulate it as a hard ground and as a soft ground, to achieve a variety of line and texture. This workshop is a great way to introduce yourself to etching if you haven't tried it, or to familiarize yourself with this versatile etching ground if you are a seasoned, traditional etcher.
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gifts!
Give the gift of printmaking bliss to the artist in your life! A Zea Mays Printmaking gift certificate can be used for workshops, membership, materials, even art from our Flat File. Call or email the studio to purchase a gift certificate in any denomination.
Also...we have amazing prints for sale through our Flat File Project - for every taste and budget. Preview the work online, then come in during our open hours to look and shop! |
 Doris Madsen |
For the month of December, Doris Madsen will have her work on display in the Loo Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking. Her work represents three different series she has been working on: small still lives, autumn water lily floating leaves, and works inspired by map reading. The last series is her visual interpretation of a six-week road trip she took with her husband this past summer. Doris will have an informal reception on December 13th, 10:30-noon.
In January, Paul Lewis will be displaying his work in the Loo. This is Paul’s first year working at Zea Mays as both a studio member and part of the Artist Mentorship Program. His studio time is split between monoprints and embossments. His monoprints are created using carved Sintra plates in conjunction with stencils and line drawings to explore color. His embossments are more experimental, working with the form and texture of objects in image development.
Kristina Key, one of our interns here at Zea Mays, will be displaying her work during the month of February. She plans to show some work from her final BFA exhibition, which includes abstract screen prints and etchings. She will also show some more recent work that includes reassembled woodcuts and abstract linocut prints. |
 Susan Silverman, Grassy Steps, photo etching |
Zea Mays Printmaking's exhibition committee continues to showcase work in our Flat File through online exhibitions that present work based on a theme selected by an artist member/curator.
This season's exhibition is PULSE, curated by Nancy Haver. Here's a little something that Nancy wrote about this body of works:
The parallels between art and music are clearly evident in certain works of art—images featuring areas of quiet space that heighten the motion and vigor of the piece, for example. The works selected for this exhibit share this musicality. Spaces become measured silences; patterns, borne of repetition, are the record of recurring movement—the beat. Contrasting colors function similarly to accents/sounds of different frequency. Exhibited here are artworks that celebrate the physical labor of mark making, where the active texture of gouges, wipes, and brushes traces the artist’s movements and establishes the temporality of the piece—alongside works that suggest motion through layering and use of strong diagonals and contrasts, with varying size of shapes. |
 Maria Doering working in the Annex |
Since our last newsletter Zea Mays has hosted 4 artists in residence from both near and far.
We had the pleasure of welcoming back Ana Fernandez from Michigan and Elizabeth Sacca from Quebec for mini-residencies. A mini-residency involves working in our members’ studio side by side with our active members, and living in the on-site apartment. Ana had taken our Certificate in Green Printmaking program last summer and returned to delve deeper into etching. Elizabeth was interested in working in Spit Bite Etching and did a refresher tutorial with Liz Chalfin and worked on multiple plates during her residency.
Returning resident Eileen Bushnell from Rochester, NY was here for two weeks in late October. Eileen worked on several prints during her time in the private studio, combining multiple techniques including silkscreen, photopolymer intaglio and copper etching. As a faculty member at R.I.T., Eileen was involved in making a tribute print for Keith Howard - her colleague and pioneer in the non-toxic printmaking movement who passed away this year. She also worked on several other mixed-media editions.
Maria Doering from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia spent 2 weeks in the Annex in November printing linoleum blocks that she had already carved. They ranged in scale from small to very large and included a reduction linocut. Maria is interested in cellular imagery and the Annex filled more each day with large scale, patterned prints. Maria is writing about her residency at Zea Mays Printmaking on her blog.
Our first residency artist of the month, Leah Pillsbury arrived this week for a two-week stay. Leah will be working in several mediums, including intaglio and photo screen printing.
The 2016 Winter and Spring months are filling quickly but there still some openings for both full and mini-residencies. Fill out the application online as soon as possible to apply a spot as a Zea Mays Printmaking Artist-in-Residence. |
Therese Moriarty had two prints on the west coast during November. The first, "Letters Home III", was included in “Just Sayin” in San Diego at the Art on 30th Gallery, an exhibit featuring images and text. “Puddles, What’s in YOUR Water” was featured in “Water: A Necessary Conversation” sponsored by the SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ART and held at Avenue 50 Studio in Los Angeles. This show featured 26 contemporary works with 12 historical posters from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
Mark Zunino exhibited paintings, prints and drawings in a solo exhibition at the Thoreau Gallery at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire. He also gave a demonstration on his chiaroscuro etching printing technique and gave a gallery talk. The show will run until December 5th. He had a print included in the Society of American Graphic Artists Centennial exhibition held at the Art Student's League in NYC and will be part in a group print exhibition at the Five Points Gallery in Torrington, CT in December.
Kristina Key will have her linocut print, "Manhattan" included in the New Hampshire Institute of Art Biennial from December 3- January 11th and in Ice Breaker Gallery's 7th national juried exhibition in Denver, Colorado from January 7-30th.
Elisa Lanzi's work is part of the Fifth Annual Small Works Show at Hope and Feathers Gallery in Amherst, MA.. The show is on view from November 21, 2015 - January 15, 2016. All are invited to meet the exhibiting artists and celebrate the season at an opening reception and holiday pie party on December 3, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM in conjunction with the Amherst Art Walk Winter Festival.
Tekla McInerneywas invited to participate in 2 small works shows: Through December 20 at the Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport, MA; and December 17 through January 4 at the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton, MA.
Peter Cangialosi will be exhibiting his monotypes at the Green Bean in Northampton for the month of December.
Peter will be selling work at the Yeti Market, a holiday art market showcasing high-quality handmade goods from offbeat makers and artists. It will take place in East Works December 5th, 12-5 PM. For more information click here. |
Anita Hunt has work included in these current and upcoming exhibits:
1st International Miniature Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York. On view through December 18; Sixty Square Inches,18th North American Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN. January 20 - February 11, 2016; 2016 Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Bradbury Art Museum, Jonesboro, AR. January 28 - February 28, 2016; Shift: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. January 14 - April 2, 2016..
“Feathery Devils,” a collection of woodblock prints by artist Lyell Castonguay, will be on display in the Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery in the Richmond Art Center at Loomis Chaffee School November 3 through December 10. Inspired by the animal depictions of artists Leonard Baskin, Antonio Frasconi, and John James Audubon, Mr. Castonguay’s collection features familiar images of birds although the artist describes them as “distorted into allegorical beasts.” Castonguay will spend time working with and among Loomis students as a Visiting Artist in December. More information is available here.
Esther S White's xerographic book, July 2015, will be exhibited at the "Odds and Ends" Art Book Fair at Yale University Art Gallery, December 11, 2015. July 2015 is part of 12X12, an artists' book swap collecting work by 12 artists and artist-pairs.
Kate Jenkins and her husband, Ben, have an exhibit at the Hampshire Regional YMCA for the month of December, showing Kate’s watercolor monotypes and her hand weaving and Ben’s landscape photographs.
Louise Kohrman is exhibiting a series of six mixed media prints at the Penn. State Abington College Gallery from January 11th through March 18th, 2016. The exhibition is titled “Destination(s) without Location(s)” and focuses on objects and images that locate a memory or premonition of a place. This exhibition will be part of the inaugural year exhibition series of the new gallery at Penn. State Abington College.
Liz Chalfin's print "Peso Taxi" has been accepted by juror Willie Cole into the Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, November 8 - December 12, 2015 at Roberts Gallery, Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University).
Two of Chalfin's new series "Woman in Ruins" and "You Are Here"are currently on view at the Curator Gallery, Chelsea, New York through December 13th. Chalfin's artist's book, "Another Day" is included in the upcoming exhibition "Shift: Environmentally Responsible Print Practice"at McMaster University Art Museum, Hamilton, ON, Canada, January 14-April 2, 2016. Liz will participate in the symposium on February 26, 2015. |
January 2016 Deadlines:
The Cambridge Art Association is currently accepting entries for its 15th National Prize Show, a juried exhibition by Paul Ha. Includes cash prizes.
Deadline: January 8th, 2016
Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery is accepting submissions for 36th Annual National Print Exhibition. The deadline is January 23, 2016. For more information, click here.
February 2016 Deadlines:
Maud Morgan Arts: Small Works Salon 2016: Thesis / Antithesis
A juried exhibition of artwork at the Chandler Gallery
Juror: Distinguished artist Gerry Bergstein Deadline February 1st, 2016.
The Chandler Gallery invites artists to submit artwork dealing with reconciling contradictory impulses – realism and fantasy, surreal and banal, sincere and ironic, abstract and representational, natural and synthetic, geometric and organic.
The Monotype Guild of New England is accepting submissions for Fourth National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition. Deadline February 1st, 2016.
March 2016 Deadlines:
Historic Northampton, in collaboration with The Northampton Center for the Arts and A.P.E., welcomes proposals from artists to exhibit work inspired by objects from the museum’s permanent collection. Before applying, please consult the museum’s online catalogue of its permanent collection of photographs, documents, manuscripts, fine art, furniture, ceramics, glass, metals, toys, tools, textiles and costumes from the 17th to the 21st centuries. All submissions should be emailed to ArtforHN@gmail.com, or snail mailed or dropped off at Historic Northampton, labeled Attention: Contemporary Art Proposal. The deadline is March 15, 2016.
BIG INK is pleased to announce a partnership with Whiteaker Printmakers, for two one-day large woodcut printing sessions Saturday and Sunday June 4th – 5th, 2016 utilizing Whiteaker’s massive 48” x 96” etching press to pull prints. Artists are invited to submit a proposal to create a woodcut, at least 24” x 36” in dimension, online at www.bigink.org before March 21st, 2016. |
This month we're highlighting member artist Joyce Silverstone's website, found here.
You can find a full directory of links to member and faculty websites here. |
 Joyce Silverstone, On Edge Series / Shivery Light 2015 relief, monotype, collage 22" x 30" |
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