Highlights from the printmaking students of the 2008-2009 semesters include visiting the Getty Museum, participating in four art shows held in the Kuan Fan Gallery on campus, and all of our own CLU senior art shows.( See Chase Hamano from Printmaking I working on a drawing) Printmakers from Winter 2008 and Spring of 2009 have produced some wonderful pieces of art as seen in the senior art shows. (See photo of Caitlin Bailey at work and her wood print.) Printmakers have sold their work and successfully entered work in art contests. (Jason Nuygen with Colell at the Ink and Clay Invitational art show in Pomona) Sophmore Jason Nuygen won entrance into the the prestigious Clay and Ink invitational art show. He was granted a financial award from Tryptych Art to study in Florence Italy this summer. Jason has also been invited to show his artwork at the Santa Reparata Art Gallery in Florence.
All Printmaking students have produced solar prints from either drawings, paintings, computer illustrations or modified photographs. In the Spring of 2008 Dan Welden, International printmaker, came to CLU and offered a workshop to the CLU printmaking students as well as faculty members. Check out Welden’s website (http://www.danwelden.com) . Printmaking instructor Kristi Colell is teaching a mixed media art course this August for Dan Welden’s month long summer workshop held in Florence Italy. She too will be showing her artwork at the Santa Reparata gallery.