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WATERVILLE VALLEY,
NH – The Margret and H.A. Rey Center Art Gallery opens an exciting new art
exhibit on Saturday June 29, 2013. The exhibit entitled “Nature Interpreted: A Printmaker’s View” is a collection of work
from some of the area’s most talented printmakers. This exciting new exhibit
will feature a variety of printing techniques as each artist interprets nature
through their own eyes and using their own process. The exhibit also includes
an exciting printmaking workshop with Golden Artist Colors, Inc. on Saturday
August 3rd from 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. The exhibit runs from June 29
through September 1, 2013. There will be a gallery reception on Saturday, July
6 from 6:30–8:00 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public and refreshments
will be served. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday–Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m.
Meet the artists:
Arlington, MA artist, Adria
Arch, is a non-representational painter and mixed media artist whose work
features strong graphic elements and vivid color. Her recent work explores the
representation of energy through the human mark, in particular the doodles we
all make while in a state of reverie. Adria is a technical consultant for GOLDEN Artist
Colors. She teaches privately and at local museums and art
centers and will be conducting the printmaking workshop at the Rey Center in
August. She lives with her family and dog in Arlington, MA.
Plymouth State University Adjunct Faculty Member, Anita Dillman, is a visual artist with
a Master of Fine Arts degree in Experimental Studios from Syracuse University
School of Visual and Performing Arts. She is primarily a printmaker and
draftsperson, although her interests move in many directions. She has taught
virtually all ages, from pre-school to 78 year olds, and believes that everyone
has artistic potential and that living artfully is a worthy ambition. Anita has
won awards for her prints as well as (antithetically) having had her
lithograph, “Vote Issues not Image,” banned from a pre-presidential election
show in Berkeley, CA. She has exhibited in national venues and has given
workshops in stone lithography at a cooperative studio in New England.
Peterborough, NH artist, Soosen Dunholter, is often inspired by images that are fleeting and
frequently overlooked. Her works on paper investigate images snatched from
those final moments before waking when you grasp the vagueness and mystery of
those last uncertain threads of the dream state with futile attempts to
remember the fading fragments of reverie. She likes to bring order to her world
by collecting, sorting, organizing and categorizing things into their proper
place. Soosen creates calm in her universe by orchestrating the chaos around her
until all the diverse elements find their perfect fit and coexist in harmony.
Professor of Art Annette Mitchell is
Coordinator of the Drawing Program at Plymouth State University in Plymouth,
New Hampshire. She is known for creative innovations in the areas of printmaking
and art quilting. American Artist Magazine published an article titled
"Creating Elegant Prints From A Foam Plate" about her work. Annette
has published articles in many academic publications including SchoolArts
Magazine as well as publishing a book, DVD, and video about the foam plate
printing process that she uses. Foam Is Where The Art Is--New Ways To
Print has become a popular resource for studio artists, art
teachers, and art quilters alike.
Kimberly Anderson
Ritchie is an artist and teacher. She
is the Printmaking Coordinator and Instructor at Plymouth State University in
Plymouth, New Hampshire. Ritchie is constantly reading, researching,
collecting, and exploring the natural world. Her love and respect for the
natural environment has directed her artwork. Her current work evolves around
an in-depth study of environmental issues, from global climate change affecting
Colorado glacial retreat to algae blooms in the Gulf. The artwork is a response
to the research; some works simply use the issue as a starting point while
other work clearly displays the concern. Kimberly is trying to bring the
beauty, mystery, curiosity, and conservation of the land back into our daily
focus through the image-making process. The artwork is her way of internalizing
the natural world and expressing her concern.
Waterville
resident and artist, Maryellen Sakura,
is a practicing artist who has over 38 years of teaching experience. She has
exhibited her work at the Rey Center and in galleries in New Mexico, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. Her work is in collections in Ireland, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Japan as well as this country.
Boston
artist, Anne Silber, was born in New
Jersey and studied at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and has lived and
worked in the Boston area since 1977. Silber's work has been shown in numerous
one-person and group exhibitions around the U.S. and Europe, and her prints are
included in many corporate and museum collections. Her work has also appeared
on the sets of a large number of television series and major motion pictures.
Cambridge artist, Susan Wood, has had a life-long
interest in the visual arts, but it was not until the spring of 2008 that she
took her first drawing course at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education
(CCAE). The following year she took her first printmaking class, also at CCAE.
Since retiring in December 2009, she has made art her primary occupation,
continuing with classes in drawing, printmaking, and watercolor at CCAE, but
also adding classes at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the
Kaji Aso Studio in Boston, and workshops in the US and abroad. Susan has showed
at several juried and invitational shows in Cambridge, MA and Delaware.
Also
showing: Woodprint artist, Matt Brown, PSU’s Karl Drerup Gallery Director, John
(Terry) Downs, and PSU’s, Henreike Strecker.
