Thanks for the opportunity (or excuse) to enjoy a marathon event in my Connecticut print studio for a day of creative magic. Our group of eight began in the morning and finally ran out of steam around 11pm.
Our Art Party group is a small group of arts oriented couples in town who gather every couple of months for an eventing of art, music, food, drink and lively conversation. Our projects are typically low key and stress free; art salon style setting creating collage, prints, painting, clay, origami or simply tossing art supplies on the dining room table and seeing what happens. This being our 21st. organized event , we like to think of ourselves as contemporary art colony.
Deciding to participate in the Print Day in May involved a bit more planning since we wanted to not only have a bit of fun and celebrate printmaking with artists around the world but also have some great art to share and take home at the end of the day.
We actually began a couple of weeks ago by setting everyone up with some linoleum blocks to get a jump start on the carving. By Print Day some artists were set to go and a few needed a bit of bench time to finish the carving, which worked well to stagger the press time on the single press.
In all we worked great as a collaborative group helping everyone finish enough prints to share. Everyone went home with an example of each other artist’s work.
We had a special guest at our Print Day Event; Susan Shulman the well known painter and visual artist from Montreal spent the weekend preparing several prints to publish and share with the group. See more of Susan’s work on her website.
Congratulations to all the artists worldwide who celebrated and shared their remarkable work.
Regards, William Evertson
This makes me so happy!