Santa Barbara Printmakers Exhibition

One of Samantha Jorgensen's etchings, and one of Luis Ramirez's woodcuts have been accepted at the Channing Peake Gallery in Santa Barabara!

The show opens Thursday June 3rd, 5-8 PM, and will be up until September 17. Come by if you are in the area!

Diane McLeod prints accepted into two competitions

Diane McLeod's Exuberant Kabuki, sugar lift aquatint, 12"x9" created 2010 has been accepted into the Irvine Fine Arts Competition, Printmaking & Book Arts Exhibition. Opening reception is Friday, June 18 from 5p.m. - 8 p.m. The show runs through July 31, 2010.

The second print in a recent competition is Tundra Myth, spit bite intaglio, 24"x28" also created in 2010. It has been accepted into the First Street Gallery National Juried Competition. Reception is June 26, 3-5p.m. The exhibition closes July 20. Address is 526 West 26th St., Ste. 915, New York, NY. if your summer plans take you that way.

FYI Art Supply Warehouse

Jackson Sez:
Heads up to all you printmakers! in case you'll be doing any printing over the break, here are the current prices on printing papers at the old ASW:

22x30 Rives BFK White $4.19
22x30 Rives BFK Colored(grey, tan, cream) $4.59

Stonehenge 22" x 30" Natural $2.31
Stonehenge 22" x 30" Pearl Grey $2.41
Stonehenge 22" x 30" Warm White $2.31
Stonehenge 22" x 30" White $2.31
Stonehenge 22" x 30" Black $3.16
Stonehenge 22" x 30" Cream $2.10
Stonehenge 26" x 40" White $3.60

keep in mind if you buy in bulk, you can save some jing
Quantity Discount
5 - 24 5% off
25 - 99 10% off
100 - 499 15% off
500+ 20% off

they also sell oilbased printing inks in small tubes from speedball and redbaron, as well as brayers, squeegees, screenprinting inks and 12xx silkscreen fabric by the foot.

anyway, the prices may change, so be sure to check out artsupplywarehouse.com, you can even special order it in advance so it doesnt go through the store (touched, dropped, drink-slipped-on-muffin-crumbly, etc) or you can just call (714)891-3626 and tell whoever picks up that you'd like to place a special order, it's super easy!

store hours:
m-f 930-8
sa&su 10-6
(714)891-3626

P.s I didn't get paid to post this, it's not an advertisement, but it's good to know

LACMA Exhibition

Lena Rabchevskaya
Etching 378





LACMA “Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner Sources” Exhibition



German Folk Tales and Myths are the main subject of this exhibition. The Exhibition is based on the relationship between Wagner’s music and the inspiration he drew from German folklore. Works featured consist of lithographs , some etchings , woodblock printing and installation art. Most of the works have a realistic, sharp quality to them , some very erotic and some very violent. Definitely not the fairy tale images we are use to seeing in today's cinema.


The first piece I was drawn to was a series of etchings by Stefan Eggeler. The main characters are witches performing series of tasks in each of the etchings. Some are very erotic, depicting several female nudes. All of the etching have a certain energy to them, they are mostly dark and a little “ominous,” the use of light is very minimal , just enough to see what is happening in the scene. My favorite piece in this series was “The Departure” c.1921, this was a first piece in the series, depicting witches flying on the brooms over a city. I liked the feel of the piece, certain “wild” aspect to this etching, you can feel the witches are not following any rules and do as they please.


My very favorite piece of the exhibition was lithograph by Carl Otto Czeschka “Dream of the Falcons” c.1905.It was a beautiful lithograph printed in blue, black and gold on wove paper. The lithograph depicts a reclining female figure on one side of the page and two stunning falcons hovering over a cityscape on the other side. In person the colors are really brilliant and craftsmanship of the drawing is pristine. This piece really caught my eye, it just stood out among the rest. Also, it was one of the few pieces that could be recognized as a modern fairy tale image.

Elaine Carhartt linoleum cuts

Opening Reception - May 23, Sunday, from
2 - 5 PM.

1702 Lincoln Avenue, 626/298-6931, open Friday - Sunday, 1 - 5 & by appt., www.offrampgallery.com

Dirk Hagner's Exhibition Closes

Rivera and Rivera Gallery, 1100 South Hope Street, 310/713/1635

LACMA-Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: by Julieann Spangler

This past weekend I went to Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I went to see the current exhibition "Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner's Sources," that runs from April 15, 2010–August 16, 2010. I couldn’t take pictures in this exhibition. I liked the diversity of art that was in this show. There are lithographs by Emile Nole. I liked his postcards. Stefan Eggeler has B/W etchings, which remind me of the artist Aubrey Beardsley. There are some woodcuts by Ernst Barlach. Hans Groh’s woodcuts were very tragic. The images were of 2 or 3 men. Each man confronted the other close up with a sword. The men looked liked they had on masks of Greek gods. The next artist was Otto Schubert he had sketches. The image of a fox in a fable reminded me of Javier Beltran’s (from class) last piece. Achim Freyer, the Director and Designer of the LA Opera had work in this show as well. His stage costumes, as well as sketches and a sculpture-like installation piece are on view. This exhibition was very mythical, but I felt it also had a circus feel. I liked it very much. David Hockney was the last artist on the wall just before you left this small room. Hockney, a photographer and painter had some etchings on handmade paper. I didn’t know that he did this type of work. I was greatly surprised. His work was based on the Grimm fairy tales.

There were also silent film that were very interesting. Director Fritz Lang who created the film "Metropolis," had his 1924 film "Die Nibelungen," showing. The other film showing is "Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam," (1920).

Here’s what they showed. Check them out on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiUJUTIWUD4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VBm4P9GIJk&feature=related

It’s been a while since I’ve been to LACMA. I forgot how much wonderful art they have on display. Looking around I found many Picasso’s, Paul Klee, and a Kandinsky woodcut. I liked this woodcut. It’s called "School Red & Blue," and was made in 1939. I spent a couple hours in the Ahmanson building, which has all this great art. Before I left I decided to stop by the Japanese Art pavilion. I’m so glad I did. I don't know long this exhibition has been running, but there are some prints by Utagawa Hiroshige that will be on display until June 29th. They’re on the 3rd level in the west wing. Go if you have a chance. It was great seeing these approximately 60 prints. They were so beautiful. I stared at the colors. After seeing this process being demonstrated in class, I realize how difficult the process is. I had many favorites, but here are a couple pictures I took of my some favorites.