Two printmaking exhibits running concurrently
The exhibition “Printmakers in Poland” presented by professor Barbara Westman includes prints created by the graduate students at the University of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland.
This unique collection includes prints done in intaglio printmaking techniques (engraving, etching, drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint) in the printmaking studio of professor Piotr Szurek. These works were created between 2006 and 2010 and provide insight to the artistic trends.
The University of Fine Arts in Poznan, formerly Academy of Fine Arts, was opened in 1919. Well-known for the printmaking tradition, it offers five large printmaking studios each focusing on a different printmaking technique.
Westman graduated from the University of Fine Arts in 2001 (dual MFA in printmaking and fiber art) and maintains communication with her professors and friends who teach there.
The exhibit “Printmaking Sketchbook, Intercollegiate Collaboration” by Westman is being displayed concurrently through March 26.
Fourteen small format sketchbooks were created in fall 2019 and early 2020, by the students of 10 participating universities including Slippery Rock University. Sketchbooks travelled from one university to another where students added their prints, and that way left a mark of their individual idea and creativity for us all to view.
The exhibit is in the Martha Gault Art Gallery at 108 Maltby Ave. in Slippery Rock. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, though the gallery is closed until Monday for spring break. Admission is free.
