Baren Digest Thursday, 18 April 2002 Volume 19 : Number 1800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: GraphChem@aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:44:24 EDT Subject: [Baren 17870] Re: graphic chemicals Josephine - I went back and checked old e-mail, and sure enough there was yours. It arrived here the day we left for Southern Graphics (two weeks ago). I'm not sure why it wasn't brought to my attention, but I'll read it over and get back to you later today. Susan and I were gone for a week with SGC, and then I turned around 12 hours after we got back and drove down to the state capital for several days of meetings. Sorry about the screw up. Dean Clark ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:45:03 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17871] Am Print Alliance Hi Everyone... In the middle of the night I was putting together the exhibit from Baren...I am just as bad at getting things done as everyone else and woefully short of hours. The more I do the less I sleep. Both a blessing and a curse. I do not seem to be tired, but do seem to be a little wound up. I think we sleep too much, I seem to feel better with only 4 or 5 hours a night. Maybe it is old age.......ha. They say you sleep less...am I old enough for this???? I have 28 prints from Baren for the Memorail Exhibition...not as many as I hoped but not too bad, better than the Print Council here so that is good. Some of you did not send the form with the work, so I am filling it out for you and sending it with the work. Please go to the page on this at http://www.printalliance.org and scroll down to submission form and read it. It just gives the alliance permission to exhibit the work and use the scans for publicity. You as an artist still own the copyright for the work. Not to late to send a piece...so if you were procrastinating and now wish you had done it, send it on to me. Barbara Mason 4440 SW 198th Aloha OR 97007 My favorite thing was the check I got for $1 from Colleen Corradi from Italy. Colleen this was great. What a concientious person you are to send it! I think I will frame it as a print for my collection and not cash it. It is just too special! Anyone from out of the country that did not send the $1 do not worry, we will just take care of it for you. It is half a cup of coffee here these days. Maybe 1/3 a cup as the coffee gets fancier and more expensive daily. Dollars are like dimes used to be, they don't seem to buy much anymore. Thanks to everyone who sent work. Best to all, Barbara ------------------------------ From: Vishnovus@aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:21:01 EDT Subject: [Baren 17872] Re: Am Print Alliance Barbara.Thank you for organizing our prints. I know exactly what you mean about the time factor. I seem to be spinning my wheels lately and never enough time for anything. I reread the form, and I think that I neglected to put my name on the back of the print. Will that be a problem? If it is, could you scribble my name back there? Thanks again, Ld Lawrence ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:24:11 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17873] Re: Am Print Alliance yes, I will check all these little details. barbara - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:21 PM Subject: [Baren 17872] Re: Am Print Alliance > Barbara.Thank you for organizing our prints. > I know exactly what you mean about the time factor. I seem to be spinning my > wheels lately and never enough time for anything. > I reread the form, and I think that I neglected to put my name on the back of > the print. > Will that be a problem? If it is, could you scribble my name back there? > Thanks again, > Ld Lawrence > > > ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:34:04 -0400 Subject: [Baren 17874] April's show Hi all, I went to see April's show today - it looks great! T he gallery space is perfect for her recent series of woodblock prints, and they look lovely floating in simple natural wood frames. You can see the prints up on her website, aprilvollmer.com, but if you can see them (and April) "in person", you should [:)] best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:15:00 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17875] Portfolios Printmakers.... This is absolutely the last chance to order a portfolio for #13....if you want one go to the baren mall and order it. I am sending the order off to Japan this week and anyone not ordering now is just out of luck. If you would like one but cannot pay for it yet, send me an email and we will work it out. Best to everyone, Barbara ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:10:32 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17876] Cases for #13 again Printmakers, These are the people who have ordered a case for #13. If your name is not on this list, and you want one, get in touch with me. This is the last week to order one. Thanks Barbara LD Lawrence Mike Lyon Dan Dew Ray Hudson Julio Rodriguez Maria Arango Bea Gold Roger Lee Monica Bright Janet Holander Jeanne Chase ------------------------------ From: "Bea Gold" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:27:36 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17877] Re: Am Print Alliance Hi Barbara, I noticed I'm not listed in the Gallery Artists. Did you never get my Print Alliance print? Lost in the mail? Not returned to me. Very strange - I sent it way back when you gave a deadline date and you should have gotten it ages ago. Hmmmm. Thanks for your work. Confused. Bea Gold - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" To: "Baren Forum" Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: [Baren 17871] Am Print Alliance Hi Everyone... In the middle of the night I was putting together the exhibit from Baren...I am just as bad at getting things done as everyone else and woefully short of hours. The more I do the less I sleep. Both a blessing and a curse. I do not seem to be tired, but do seem to be a little wound up. I think we sleep too much, I seem to feel better with only 4 or 5 hours a night. Maybe it is old age.......ha. They say you sleep less...am I old enough for this???? I have 28 prints from Baren for the Memorail Exhibition...not as many as I hoped but not too bad, better than the Print Council here so that is good. Some of you did not send the form with the work, so I am filling it out for you and sending it with the work. Please go to the page on this at http://www.printalliance.org and scroll down to submission form and read it. It just gives the alliance permission to exhibit the work and use the scans for publicity. You as an artist still own the copyright for the work. Not to late to send a piece...so if you were procrastinating and now wish you had done it, send it on to me. Barbara Mason 4440 SW 198th Aloha OR 97007 My favorite thing was the check I got for $1 from Colleen Corradi from Italy. Colleen this was great. What a concientious person you are to send it! I think I will frame it as a print for my collection and not cash it. It is just too special! Anyone from out of the country that did not send the $1 do not worry, we will just take care of it for you. It is half a cup of coffee here these days. Maybe 1/3 a cup as the coffee gets fancier and more expensive daily. Dollars are like dimes used to be, they don't seem to buy much anymore. Thanks to everyone who sent work. Best to all, Barbara ------------------------------ From: "Colleen Corradi" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:51:23 +0200 Subject: [Baren 17878] printalliance memorial exhibition Hi Barbara and all, I was just wondering whether I remembered to include or not the form for printalliance... if not I will fill it in right away! Barbara let me know! >"My favorite thing was the check I got for $1 from Colleen Corradi from >Italy. Colleen this was great" I hope I didn't offend anyone with the check which I sent following the guideline on the printalliance site. Wow ... framing a check bearing my signature? - I feel like a superstar now! Bye to all Colleen ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:40:48 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17879] Re: Am Print Alliance Bea, I have your print, the list will come in a few weeks. I just sent the list of Baren participants to Carol Pullin today so it could not possibly be on their site yet..unless she is magic. I did send it in Excell so maybe she is magic. Some members sent prints to her directly. Best to you, Barbara > Hi Barbara, I noticed I'm not listed in the Gallery Artists. Did you never > get my Print Alliance print? Lost in the mail? Not returned to me. Very > strange - I sent it way back when you gave a deadline date and you should > have gotten it ages ago. Hmmmm. Thanks for your work. Confused. Bea Gold ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:57:30 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17880] printalliance memorial exhibition Colleen, I just thought it was so special of you to send such a small check that I want to keep it, so I will put in the dollar to buy this "print" No one is offended, just charmed. Thanks, Barbara > I hope I didn't offend anyone with the check which I sent following the > guideline on the printalliance site. > Wow ... framing a check bearing my signature? - I feel like a superstar now! >> > Colleen > ------------------------------ From: "Lee and Barbara Mason" Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:12:26 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17881] Am Print Alliance Dear printmakers, Many printmakers attending the SGC conference didn't know about the Alliance 's Memorial Portfolio project, so I am sending this note to tell everyone about the portfolio and exhibition and to encourage you to contribute a print. The idea of commemorating the victims of the September 11 attacks with a memorial of art on paper, rather than stone or steel, is a reflection of our art. The portfolio is a simple and prevalent format among printmakers, which allows even a large group of prints to be sent for exhibition to many venues. And this portfolio will be very large, because we want to memorialize each life lost with a work of art. This Memorial Portfolio is not about the economic, political or military consequences of September 11. It's our way to turn the symbolism around. Thousands of people died because they were in a country that respects freedom of religion and speech and that encourages individuals to reach their full potential. We can celebrate their individuality in that spirit of creativity. We can show the families and friends of victims that we care, and we can exhibit the portfolio in many communities to help demonstrate the role of the arts in life. The Alliance board of directors - one representative from each council - thought deeply about the issues; the discussion can be read on our website. They decided to accept any work of art on paper, not just prints. The size, 10" x 8" in a vertical format, would remind people of the rain of papers from the World Trade Center towers, but differ enough to feel more like pictures in a family album. Each image will be as distinct as the artist, and how to commemorate a life is entirely up to you: landscapes, figures, city scenes, abstracts, all are welcome. The only requirement for participation is that you be a member of one of our councils (see the list at the end) or a subscriber to our journal, Contemporary Impressions; student members and subscribers are especially encouraged to take part. Entry is free to members of this community. If you don't have time to cut a new block or etch a plate, won't you pull a monoprint next time you're in the studio? Work into a fragment cut from a proof or enlarge a detail from a snapshot. We can include almost any original 2-d work on paper, including simple ink or pencil drawings, but the paper size must be 10" high x 8" wide. PLEASE read the instructions and print the submission form at www.printalliance.org/exhibits/sept_11_memorial/memorial_portfolio.html. (If you can't access the site, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Alliance office and we'll mail you a copy.) We won't have thousands of artworks for the Memorial if everyone leaves it to someone else: we need you to take part - one work from each artist! Names of all donating artists will be listed on our web site and every image shown on the site will be captioned. The promise of displaying such large numbers of prints (like the international biennials) opens a whole new set of venues to us. We will accept work as long as possible into the summer and will post updates on the web, but the number received by early May will determine our access to certain venues, so please send your work as soon as possible. If you've read the journal, seen an exhibit I've curated, talked with me at a conference, you know that I'm passionate about prints and a vocal advocate for artists. So, even if you don't have any other reason for taking part in this Memorial, please do it for me. Carol Pulin Director, American Print Alliance non-profit consortium of printmakers' councils 302 Larkspur, Peachtree City GA 30269 www.PrintAlliance.org, director@printalliance.org ------------------------------ From: Wanda Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 01:01:02 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17882] Call for entries This just came into my mailbox: Dear Printmakers, Friends of Printmaking and Supporters of the Arts: The Los Angeles Printmaking Society is once again preparing its National Print Exhibition. We hope that the information below can be disseminated quickly amongst the members of your organization and we invite your members to participate. LAPS is a not-for-profit national organization with artist members throughout the USA and Canada. If you publish a newsletter, kindly include the information in the enclosed press release in your next issue. Any help in that regard will be greatly appreciated. If you have a web site, please include the information there as well. We thank you for your attention, and look forward to your participation. Sincerely, Masha Schweitzer Publicity (National Committee) 9626 Monte Mar Drive Los Angeles, CA 90035-4016 (310) 558-0169 ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:41:55 +0900 Subject: [Baren 17883] Big news about horses! Matsumura-san's annual display of the woodblock New Year cards he receives has been updated and is now ready on-line for you to see. Head to his English website at: http://www.woodlike.co.jp/index_en_frame.html ... and follow the 'New Year Cards Gallery' link. He is building - year by year - an astonishing collection of these cards - dragons, snakes, and now horses (hundreds of them!) are ready ... And _every thumbnail_ is clickable to bring up an actual-size image of the print ... Thanks to Sadako Ishizaki for preparing Matsumura-san's English pages for us! Dave ------------------------------ From: Myron Turner Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:33:59 -0500 Subject: [Baren 17884] Re: Call for entries Do you have anything other than just an address? Is there in fact a press release with submission details? Myron At 01:01 AM 17/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: >This just came into my mailbox: > > >Dear Printmakers, Friends of Printmaking and Supporters of the Arts: > >The Los Angeles Printmaking Society is once again preparing its National >Print Exhibition. We hope that the information below can be disseminated >quickly amongst the members of your organization and we invite your members >to participate. LAPS is a not-for-profit national organization with artist >members throughout the USA and Canada. > >If you publish a newsletter, kindly include the information in the enclosed >press release in your next issue. Any help in that regard will be greatly >appreciated. If you have a web site, please include the information there >as well. > >We thank you for your attention, and look forward to your participation. > >Sincerely, > >Masha Schweitzer >Publicity (National Committee) >9626 Monte Mar Drive >Los Angeles, CA 90035-4016 >(310) 558-0169 Myron Turner Coordinator, Manitoba Visual Arts Network | http://www.mbvan.org http://www.room535.org/mt/ --land safely in cyberspace-- ------------------------------ From: Wanda Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:44:34 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17885] Call for entries Oops, I forgot to include the press release part of this. Wanda Dear Printmakers, Friends of Printmaking and Supporters of the Arts: The Los Angeles Printmaking Society is once again preparing its National Print Exhibition. We hope that the information below can be disseminated quickly amongst the members of your organization and we invite your members to participate. LAPS is a not-for-profit national organization with artist members throughout the USA and Canada. If you publish a newsletter, kindly include the information in the enclosed press release in your next issue. Any help in that regard will be greatly appreciated. If you have a web site, please include the information there as well. We thank you for your attention, and look forward to your participation. Sincerely, Masha Schweitzer Publicity (National Committee) 9626 Monte Mar Drive Los Angeles, CA 90035-4016 (310) 558-0169 PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE USE CALL FOR ENTRIES LOS ANGELES PRINTMAKING SOCIETY 17th NATIONAL EXHIBITION Open to USA and Canadian Artists Slide deadline: September 14, 2002 Location: The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California Dates: April 5 to June 8, 2003 Media: All prints except traditional photography Fees: $25 for 3 slides or $30 for 5 slides; LAPS members $20 and $25 Awards: $3,000 minimum, membership in LAPS, and CATALOG Juror: Kevin Salatino, Ph.D., Curator of Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art For Prospectus: Send SAS legal sized envelope to: LAPS 17th National Exhibition Gail Jacobs 719 Gretta Ave., West Covina, CA 91790 Tel: 626-919-4919 - -- ------------------------------ From: "Ramsey Household" Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:03:34 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17886] Fw: UT & ACC Host Steamroller Print Demonstration Maria should be interested in this! Carolyn UT'S DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY AND AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOST STEAMROLLER PRINT DEMONSTRATION Austin, TX -- The Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin and Austin Community College will host a collaborative Steamroller Print Demonstration on Saturday, April 20th. Printmaking faculty from both institutions will conduct printmaking demonstrations and then assist students in printing their own original hand-carved woodblocks.=20 Each student will ink a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood with paint brayers, place a 4' x 8' sheet of paper on the wood, drive the steamroller over the paper, and create an original black-and-white woodblock print. Finished prints will be exhibited in the McCullough Theatre of the Performing Arts Center (PAC) on the UT campus.=20 The event will be held from 9am-2pm at the loading dock of the PAC on Trinity and 23rd Street. In the event of rain, it will be held in the parking lot on the north side of the UT Stadium on Robert Dedman Drive and 23rd Street. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Carolyn Porter in the Department of Art and Art History at UT at (512) 471-3379 or carolynp@mail.utexas.edu. ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:35:13 -0700 Subject: [Baren 17887] RE: Fw: UT & ACC Host Steamroller Print Demonstration ***** Subject: [Baren 17886] Fw: UT & ACC Host Steamroller Print Demonstration Maria should be interested in this! Carolyn Each student will ink a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood with paint brayers, place a 4' x 8' sheet of paper on the wood, drive the steamroller over the paper, and create an original black-and-white woodblock print. Finished prints will be exhibited in the McCullough Theatre of the Performing Arts Center (PAC) on the UT campus. ****************** WHAT!?? BLACK AND WHITE????!! What a bunch of lightweights... I'm currently working on a twelve color block 4' x 8' double reduction ENGRAVING (each color block reduced twice, kind of like twice-fried pork) which I will print--by hand, incidentally, no cheating with machinery--while whistling ten countries national anthems backwards...in three feet of snow...against the wind... So there, Maria <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria@mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:50:48 -0500 Subject: [Baren 17888] Re: Steamroller Prints, plywood ? 04/17/2002 02:51:02 PM Maria, did you say you are using plywood ? Talk about lightweight ! If you want it to go ALL out, you should really put together a nice big 4' X 8' cherry block, 1" thick !.....you know...little plank by little plank....a little glue here, a little glue there. Clamp! Clamp! But seriously, what type of plywood have you ( and others) been playing with ? 1/2" or 3/4" ? There are so many types but only the marine types advertise as being made with solid fillers....are you using ply with a top hardwood laminate ? What are the chances that Mike Lyon has access to a steamroller for the Kansas City -2003 summit ? and...can I drive it ? Curious...Julio Rodriguez (Skokie, Illinois) ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V18 #1800 *****************************