Southern Graphics Conference

Students and faculty from the Frostic School of Art will be attending the Southern Graphics Council International conference in Milwaukee from March 20-23, 2013.

http://printmke2013.org/

TRACE + GESTURES

Patricia Villalobos and Nichole Maury, Professors of printmaking at the Frostic School of Art, will be exhibiting an exchange portfolio at SGCI which they organized with 19 artists from the US and abroad.  The portfolio will be on view March 20-23.  Reception is Friday, March 21, 5-8 pm.

Grey Matter Gallery
207 e. buffalo st.
suite 222
milwaukee, wi 53202

Trace, by Claudia Sbrissa

Visiting Artist | Mike Sims

Mike Sims, of the Lawrence Lithography Workshop, met with advanced printmaking students at the Frostic School of Art on Thursday, Feb. 21

Lawrence Lithography Workshop Exhibition

We are honored to have a fantastic alumni of WMU on site this week, Mike Sims, of The Lawrence Lithography Workshop. 

On view are approximately 70 prints from TLLW.  Some of the artist included are:  Nick Bubash, Peregrine Honig, Tom Huck, Luis Jimenez, John Newman, Ed Paschke, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Roger Shimomura, Robert Stackhouse, Akio Takamori, and Ted Waddell, and others.  Prints from the early days of the shop to the very recent are included in the show.  The show runs from February 21st through March 22nd.

Mike will be giving a public lecture about his history as an artist, entrepreneur, and master printer  this THURSDAY, FEB. 21, at 5:30, in Room 2008 of the Richmond Center for Visual Arts.

http://www.lawrencelitho.com/

Willie Cole Workshop | Day 3

Students focus on transforming their deconstructed objects into sculpture and finalizing the installation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willie Cole Workshop

DAY TWO |   Draw + Draw

Students continued working on two drawings:  an exploded view drawing and a silhouette drawing

Willie Cole Workshop

We are thrilled to have visiting artist Willie Cole working with students from throughout the School of Art this week on an installation to be exhibited in the Frostic School of Art.

Exhibition Reception:  Wed, Feb. 6, 5-7 pm, Rm 1206, S. Kohrman Hall.
Willie Cole, Public Lecture: Thurs, Feb. 7, 5:30, Rm 2008, Richmond Center for Visual Arts.

Students were asked to bring meaningful objects to be physically and conceptually deconstructed.  The exhibition will include 2-D works on paper and sculpture objects created by the students.

DAY ONE  |  Deconstruct + Draw

Willie and students talk about their objects

Kevin Gibb and Lauren Thiele work to dismantle a sewing machine

A blender has come undone by Emily Gadzinski

M’Bwende Anderson works on an exploded view drawing

Willie talks with students

 

 

Bodies & Bones

AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS FROM THE WMU PRINT COLLECTION
Curated by students of the Print Workshop class taught by Prof(s). Nichole Maury & Patricia Villalobos Echeverría at Western Michigan University’s Frostic School of Art

Netzog-Kerr Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts
January 10 – March 22, 2013

http://www.wmich.edu/art/exhibitions/galleries/current.php

print | works

2013 Annual Student Print Exhibition
DeVries Student Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts
Western Michigan University

Jan 7 -18

CPS Meeting

First CPS Meeting

CPS will be meeting on September 17th at 5:00pm in the paper room.
The tentative agenda: Generating ideas for events/shows New officer positions Willie Cole Workshop MAPC trip Elkhart Gallery trip [...]

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