I promised a look at MoPrint events not specifically related to my work. These are still up for a little while, in some cases, just days. I saw these with friends on lighthearted social outings, and did not take notes, so artist info is scanty, but please take my word on how striking they are.
DU/Abecedarian: In the Davis Gallery At Schwayder art building there is a tidy little print show curated by DU Print Head Catherine Chauvin, called Heroes and Art Crushes, taken from a small selection of artists who have created prints at DU. Ernest Chagoya and Melanie Yazzie are two who contribute large works, but others are just as spectacular.
Across the quad and over Evans Avenue, in the main lobby of Anderson Commons (Library) is what Alicia Bailey has called her ‘last’ Abecedarian show of handmade books. She’s earned the right to retire from organizing these things after years, and concentrate on her own work, but we’ll see how that plays out. You can double up on two small shows, then hit Jerusalem for the time honored Veggie Combo plate, which still oddly and gratifyingly comes with French Fries. That’s what we did, anyway.
Eduardo Robledo show: Botanic Gardens, in their new Entrance Hall. Again, spectacular large woodcuts in a rainbow of colors with a real influence from Posada. Hurry! Ends Sunday, and will not intersect with the Open Portfolio event March 28, which I am a part of, so unfortunately, you can’t double up.
Kirkland Museum, Around the Clock in Colorado: I am included in this show, but in Part 2, which isn’t till September. Part one includes Open Press Master Printer Mark Lunning along with other Colorado Printmakers through the years. Most of these are lithography, and traditional execution as litho tends to be, but it’s a nicely curated show, and the rest of the museum provides lots of context regarding Colorado art.
Futures, Metro CVA, Santa Fe District: There is plenty here. I’m proud to say I have former students in the show, now having worked and thought themselves well past my humble beginners classes, but I will mention non-students Melissa Pickering and Kate Leonard for very different takes on woodcut and etching, respectively, for kicking down the doors of traditional print room protocol with large, iconoclastic works.
D’Art: More former students. But again, well on track to offer lessons of their own in this small but fulsome show in SFAD. Donna Schnitzer, Cindy Veltman-Marshall, Theresa Davis and Cathy Havener-Greer are the artists.
Classes: Monotypes for Advanced Beginners at Art Students League of Denver, beginning in late April, used to be called Monotype Portfolio, and the focus remains the same: a brief refresher on basic print procedure you’ve learned before, then some updated demos to help you refresh your body of work, including ideas for refining and framing your prints and get into, or back to, showing. Click on ‘Contact’ above, if you have questions about it.
Here’s a pic of of my November Dusk, slated to appear at the Kirkland in Around the Clock in Colorado, but not till September. Other prints from the edition are available and also a T/P (test proof). This is an example of the sort of thing I price to sell and bring to a portfolio show, such as Open Portfolio at the Botanic Gardens, March 28, 10-4.
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