A master printmaker, painter, teacher, and author, Dan Welden is the originator of a safe and green printmaking technique called the Solarplate Method, a simpler and less toxic alternative to traditional printmaking techniques such as etching, which uses strong acids. Welden will be working in the Kwan Fong Gallery from Jan. 30 to Feb. 28. The community is invited to join him and make some amazing art. The exhibition will remain through March 7.

Admission is free.

According to CLU Printmaking instructor, Kristi Colell;

“His Solarplate Etching /Relief printmaking methods are challenging, creative and inspirational. I wanted my students to experience working with the originator and master of this contemporary printmaking process…my goal here at CLU is to develop a strong printmaking program by inviting members of the world printmaking community to work with my students, thus  providing and enriching the creative printmaking environment for artistic expression through dialogue, instruction, and active learning with world renown masters.”

Welden has offered to create a special edition print  to be sold before the print is pulled. (These prints will cost the investor $250.00) This amazing opportunity will allow art collectors in our community to purchase the work of an international master printmaker, teacher, and author. A Welden print sells for $900.00 to $1,200.00. The proceeds  will be donated to  the University Art program.

To learn more about the artist, visit his website:

http://www.danwelden.com/Home2.html

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Amit Sood, a Group Marketing Manager for Google, has created and complete to museum of the century. A site where one can virtually walk through a museum in Paris, while sitting in bed in Thousand Oaks California. The most a exciting aspect of GoogleArtProject is its high resolution viewing of any desired piece; said best by  Julian Raby, director, the Freer Gallery, Washington, DC:

“The giga-pixel experience brings us very close to the essence of the artist through detail that simply can’t be seen in the gallery itself. Far from eliminating the necessity of seeing artworks in person, Art Project deepens our desire to go in search of the real thing.”

The Directions to use the site are EASY, simply select a museum from the homepage and then either choose ‘Explore the museum’ or ‘View Artwork’. Once you are in the main site use the drop-down menus or the side info bar to navigate between artworks and museums.

Cited From:

• http://www.ted.com/speakers/amit_sood.html

Barry Burns (Art Faculty), who has pioneered Digital Engraving over the last
ten years, has spent part of this summer helping Andromeda Software develop
new stippling techniques for the Wall Street Journal.

Barry is able to take simple grayscale photos and turn them into digital
engravings -very similar to the actual intaglio process found in classical
engraving.  He has been collaborating with Wall Street Journal artists to
achieve exact computerized versions of the portrait work seen in the
Journal.
If you have ever wondered what CLU President, Chris Kimball, would look like
in the Wall Street Journal, look no further. In this version, we see
President Kimball as he might appear on CLU currency. Don¹t worry, the Art
Department has no plans to create a CLU monetary system!

The show’s in the gallery, almost ready for the opening reception tomorrow. We will have food and drinks, good company, good music and FABULOUS ART. Come and meet our seniors and imagine yourself joining them as a CLU student.

3.oo pm Saturday afternoon 26th April. Kwan Fong Gallery.

Works upstairs by Krista.

Bret Bays loads in his sculpture.

Works line the stairway. 

By Laurence Pons

On Friday evening, John Solem was at the gallery at Overton Hall for the opening of his exhibition,” The McKinley Suite: Encounter with the Sacred”.

Seated: center, John Solem, right, J.T. Ledbetter

In the slide show he told us more about the adventure and how the etchings emerged. “1976 was the bicentennial year, and the plan was to reach the summit of Mt McKinley on July, 4. Of course at such latitude the light never disappears during the day at that time of year.” The difficulty of the climb, the weather, the importance of the team effort, and endurance shaped their experience. “We had a feeling of being close to the spiritual aspect of the world” John said.
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By Laurence Pons

John Solem, a former art professor will exhibit his viscosity etchings of Alaska’s Mount McKinley from Oct. 5 through Nov. 13 at the gallery at Overton Hall. Read more »