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.

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

On campus this past weekend, Mitch Lyons offered a 4-day workshop to demonstrate his very own printmaking process, which he has been developing since 1968. His innovative approach…

”does not require a printing press. [Instead], a clay slab is used as the matrix and rich monotypes and collage pieces can be created with non-toxic Akua waterbased inks and modifiers. 
The approach is energetic and open to each individuals style.”-Kristi Colell

Having taught at West Chester University, Moore College of Art, Rowan University, Alfred University, and the University of Delaware, and led over 150 workshops, Lyons is an experienced instructor. He holds a BFA in Graphics from the University of the Arts, and an MFA in Ceramics from the Tyler School of Art. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Noyes Museum of Art.

Yet another way California Lutheran is imPRESSING its students.

Any students interested in printmaking are encouraged to check out Kristi Colell’s on-campus printshop classes. Ranging from beginner to advanced, they offering a wide array of printing processes.

The annual Thousand Oaks Art Festival took place this weekend, so we set up a booth to make sure that the art community in the County is more aware of our presence, offering our calendar of events and chatting with interested prospective students and parents.

In the photo Devin, Cody and Joe man the table, while Kristi demonstrates how to make clay mono-prints in the background.

Watercolors in the background by Terry Spehar-Fahey.

Dan Welden’s workshop with faculty, guests and students was a glowing success.

International Printmaker Dan Welden, originator of the solar print etching process, sharing solar print examples of art with Jason Nguyen, student; Kristi Colell, printmaking instructor; Terry Spehar-Fahey, art instructor, and Stephanie Shulstad, CLU student during the April 27th workshop.

Explaining the solar process to Stine Tjaden, Myrna Ratcliffe, Jason Nguyen and Terry Spehar-Fahey. 

Dan Welden works with local Artist Myrna Ratcliffe during the CLU Master Printmaker’s solar workshop. 

Kristi has posted more here.  

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. 

Master Printmaker Neal Cox visited CLU to work with Print Instructor Kristi Colell. He is a Master Printer for the UTSA Collaborative Editions project, working with a group of Mexican-American artists. He shows his work internationally and teaches at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

CLU student Karli Watland has been quietly breaking ground as a successful artist. She told me that she has now sold two of her recent series of paintings. 

Karli and her colleague Bret Bays have begun the run of solo shows by our senior students by installing their excellent exhibit into Overton Hall, so come and see why her work is selling. The two artists have worked hard to make their exhibit a great success and I’m very impressed. Their show includes paintings, photography, prints and drawings. Closes 24th March.

Overton Hall is opposite the Humanities building near the flagpoles on Memorial Drive. 

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The inventor of solar printmaking, Dan Welden, will be at CLU Sunday April 27th leading a special workshop for our students and faculty. He will do an introduction and and an initial demonstration of solar printmaking beginning at 3:30pm.

The workshop will continue Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Dan would like all faculty, students and guests to come Sunday for the initial presentation. CLU’s own Kristi Colell will be in A-1 with Dan for the next three days for those who want to do some work. Please contact Kristi for more information.

Solarplate printmaking is a wonderful new development in intaglio printmaking technique that allows for quick plate making with a non toxic process.  A polymer plate is selectively masked then exposed to the sun. The polymer reacts with light when exposed and can be rinsed away under water, leaving the masked parts of the plate intact. It can then be used as a plate to make prints similar in quality to etchings. 

Kristi has posted more here.