Awake! Printmaking in Action

Print with us May 4, 2024!

Post author:Ibis Press Studio
Post published:April 24, 2023
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Awake! Printmaking in Action showcases the current visual language of activist movements. How has printmaking assisted with–and responded to–creating an aesthetic of change? This exhibition features 42 regional and national artists who embolden, seek justice for, and give voice to the various social justice and activist movements in the U.S.

Awake! Printmaking in Action is organized and curated by the Ann Arbor Art Center in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library’s downtown branch location. Additional artwork can be seen at the AADL’s downtown 2nd-floor gallery through May 28, 2023.
(print day in May member, Craig Fisher, etching and mezzotint, “Requiem for Homero”)

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Originally from Holland, Ohio, Craig Fisher is a 1976 graduate of the University of Toledo. Except for a year of study in the Netherlands he has lived most of his life in Northwest Ohio. He is a mid-career artist developed an appreciation for the tactile and nuanced lines of intaglio printmaking. His commercial career spans over three decades as a graphic designer, art director and commercial illustrator. He purchased his etching press upon graduation from the university and now, with retirement, is a full-time printmaker/painter. He studied under Peter Elloine as a fine art student at The University of Toledo’s School of Design. He credits the University and its teachers for his love for printmaking and a natural curiosity for the potential of line and form. Craig currently lives in Sylvania Township, Ohio with his wife Marian.