WORKSHOPS
Connecting Through Time - Carving, Printing, Tools, Paper and Ink... Sacred Order of the Hand
On Friday, May 19th, 2006 at 7pm, Peregrine Press hosted a lecture and slide presentation called, “Connecting Through Time: Carving, Printing, Tools, Paper and Ink…Sacred Order of the HAND” by Boston artist, Annie Silverman. The lecture was held at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress Street, in Portland. Silverman, an established printmaker, book artist, and writer spoke about her exploration of woodcuts, story telling, and her methods of creating unique impressions and patterned surfaces. Silverman is a studio artist and skilled teacher who has been working with experimental relief printmaking for the past 19 years. One of her woodcut prints was chosen in 2005 as a purchase prize for the PARKSIDE SHOW at the University of Wisconsin, Kenosha. She is a member of Boston Printmakers. Her prints and unique books have been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally, most recently in Havana, Cuba, Johannesburg, South Africa and Yokohama, Japan.
Silverman has been affiliated with Massachusetts College of Art in Boston for over 15 years where she teaches Relief Printmaking and Artists’ Books. She has also taught at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, Art New England at Bennington College in Vermont, Pyramid Atlantic in Maryland, Mixit Studios in Somerville, MA and the South Shore Arts Center in Cohasset, MA.
“My current work is in the exploration of the woodcut, a printmaking process that is both elemental, ancient, and expresses my love of mark making into surfaces.”
The Kate Mahoney Memorial Fund, sponsor of this lecture was established in 2003 to benefit the work of Peregrine Press. Kate Mahoney, who passed away in the spring of 2003, was a founding member of Peregrine Press. Created with the generous support of her friends, family, and husband, Bill Curtsinger, the fund has grown into a vehicle for encouraging printmaking in southern Maine. In addition to the lecture, and a workshop for members the following day, a scholarship has been established in both Kate Mahoney and Marcia Carner’s memory, to offer a free year of membership to a graduating printmaking major from the University of Southern Maine or Maine College of Art. Through these, and other activities, we celebrate Kate’s long commitment to Peregrine Press, and her love of printmaking.
Kate Mahoney Workshop and Lecture Series
April 9, 2005
With Boston Artist Peter Scott
From left to right in the left photo are Sooze Large, Jeanne Hayman, Lou Lipkin, Peter Scott and Mary Brennan;
in the middle photo: Judy Allen; and the right photo is Peter Scott.
On the left: press member Soozie Large critiques her print with Rich Entel, Kit Pike and Mary Brennan;
on the right: Mary Hart pulling prints during KMMF Workshop 4/9/05 as Sandy Quinn looks on.
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