pull, cut, thread, mold, collage
This exhibition features workshops that contribute to the broad landscape of print media and handmade paper. The work on display draws from the collections of Dieu Donné in Brooklyn, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City, Institute for Electronic Arts in Alfred, NY and The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. These long-standing organizations have made a significant impact on the arts by developing expertise and creating opportunities for artists to work with traditional printmaking, fabric printing, digital print technologies and hand papermaking. Making art in any medium is a collaborative process. By sharing spaces, knowledge, tools and materials, this show highlights the good work that is nurtured by artists working together.
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Founded in 1976, Dieu Donné is the leading nonprofit dedicated to serving artists through the creation of contemporary art using the process of hand papermaking. Through extensive collaborations, Dieu Donné introduces emerging and established artists from a wide variety of practices to the creative possibilities in hand papermaking – fostering experimentation and creating innovative works of art. Works made at Dieu Donné that are featured in pull, cut, thread, mold, collage celebrate over twenty years of artist collaborations and demonstrate a wide range of hand papermaking techniques, including embedding, multiple couching, pulp stenciling, pulp painting, blowouts, and more. We are excited to introduce a new generation of artists and scholars at Purchase to the art of hand papermaking.
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The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (EFA RBPMW) is the oldest and longest-running community print shop in the United States. Today it is a cooperative printmaking workspace that provides professional-quality printmaking facilities to artists and printmakers of every skill level. It is committed to inspiring and fostering a diverse artistic community. It seeks to improve the overall quality of fine art printmaking by providing low cost, unfettered access to printers, equipment, and education. It is with this spirit of openness and inclusion that Robert Blackburn’s vision of sustaining this welcoming, creative environment continues to serve as the backbone of the workshop today.
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The Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) is a high technology research studio facility within the School of Art and Design, NYSCC, Alfred University, New York. IEA encourages and supports projects that involve interactive multi-media systems, experimental sonic/video production, digital imaging, and publications. Beginning in 1969, the Alfred University School of Art and Design was the first fine-art program in the country to incorporate video and electronic technologies into its curriculum. This helped to lay the groundwork for 1989’s cross-disciplinary, Electronic Arts Initiative at the School of Art and Design. This initiative was started by faculty members within the Division of Two Dimensional Studies and grew out of a response to the profound impact that emerging technologies were having in the fields of print, time-based, and interactive arts. IEA was then established in 1997 with the focus of developing electronic imaging studios to support cross-disciplinary work and to sponsor interactive artist residencies for the promotion of professional dialogues.
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Since its inception in 1977, The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) has developed from an ambitious experiment to a significant contemporary art institution, featuring a museum collection documenting over 40 years of artistic innovation, highly acclaimed exhibitions, and an educational program featuring apprenticeships and a diverse range of public programming. FWM is an internationally acclaimed contemporary art museum devoted both to the creation and presentation of innovative works of art. Its Artist in Residence Program provides artists at all stages of their careers with the opportunity to collaborate as they experiment with new materials and new media, taking their work in fresh and often unexpected directions.
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This exhibition features work from the following artist:
Xenobia Bailey, Robert Blackburn, Nancy Blum, Victoria Burge, Elizabeth Catlett, Katharine L. DeLamater, Natalie Frank, Gary Hill, Ann Hamilton, Jim Hodges, Michael Kelly Williams, Evelyne Leblanc - Roberge, Rita MacDonald, Dindga McCannon, Jiha Moon, John Moore, Louise Nevelson, Lina Puerta, Vernal Reuben, Faith RInggold, Alison Saar, Justin Sanz, Jessica Stockholder