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Prints and Community on the Lower East Side from 1986 to 2004
Print Room Culture: Thwarting Expectation and Edition at Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, a series of panels at the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation that explores the collaborative and experimental space of the print studio. In our final panel, New York based artists Dana Robinson, Jacquelyn Strycker, and April Vollmer reflect on their innovative printmaking…
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Spring Exhibitions, Demonstrations, Classes
This spring has been busy. I am still rebounding from a few quiet years around covid and caregiving, but now I am grateful to have work in several shows and to be participating in some talks and classes. More information always on my website www.aprilvollmer.comRecorded Talk from April 29I was especially pleased to be invited…
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Prints and Community on the Lower East Side 1986 to 2004
Recorded Talk Prints and Community on the Lower East side I recorded a twenty minute video of my presentation “Prints and Community on the Lower East Side 1986 to 2004” for the panel Print Room Culture: Thwarting Expectation and Edition at the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 6–7:30 PM EDTPart of a panel:…
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Watermark at Foundry Gallery, Walla Walla
May 2-13, 2025, Reception May 2 from 5:30-7:30Mokuhanga Project Space residency in Walla Walla will exhibit work by residency artists at Foundry Vineyards Gallery, 1111 Abadie St., Walla Walla, Washington. It showcases prints made by artists who have taken part in the residencies since summer 2023, 12 artists in five separate 10-day residencies. Co-directors are Keiko Hara…
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2025 Snake New Year News
Sending solstitial greetings at Chinese New Year! I write to remember what I did in 2024 as much as to keep my friends informed. I am grateful to Keiko Hara for starting my year with an inspiring residency at the Mokuhanga Project Space in Walla Walla, Washington. The residency program will be celebrated this summer…
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April Vollmer: A Life in Woodcut, Santa Rosa Junior College Presentation
This artist talk was given at Santa Rosa Junior College at the closing reception for the California Society of Printmakers 110th Annual Membership Exhibition. It includes information on contemporary practice, mokuhanga opportunities and the work of many contemporary artists. Hannah Skoonberg of the Santa Rosa Junior College Art Department invited students and the general public…
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Opening Doors: The Mi-Lab Residency and the International Mokuhanga Conference
The unique programs of printmaker Keiko Kadota have opened doors for international printmakers since she began inviting artists to Japan in the 1990s. At the time, her five week residencies were a rare opportunity for artists outside Japan to learn traditional Japanese woodcut techniques. She was inspired by the work of US pioneers like June…
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2024 Winter News
View this email in your browser 2024 News of the Season *** April Vollmer will give a public talk A Life in Woodcut on Thursday afternoon, December 5, followed by a demonstration at the closing reception of California Society of Printmakers 110th Membership Exhibition at Santa Rosa Junior College’s Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa…
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IMC5: Prints to Remember
October 2024 Journal of the Print World publishes Prints to Remember, April Vollmer’s review of the exhibitions at the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference, Echizen, Inheritance and Innovation: Mokuhanga Artists Explore Japanese Paper. With reviews of eight outstanding exhibitions including the Juried International Mokuhanga Exhibition. Subscribe at Journal of the Print World.
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NAVIGATIONS at Little Giant Collective
Etchings and Woodcuts by Stephanie Martin and April Vollmer at Little Giant Collective, Santa Cruz
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Santa Cruz Exhibition: NAVIGATIONS Opening August 2
Stephanie Martin introduced me to birdwatching at the ocean during the pandemic. We found many connections in our love of the north coast beaches and in our printmaking work. I am very happy to show my recent bird woodcut collages with her at Little Giant Collective in Santa Cruz, California, 115 River Street (next to…