April Vollmer
NEW PRINTS 2010/Autumn, International Print Center New York
508 West 26th Street, Room 5A, NYC
October 21 to November 20, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 21, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Kosha Series #6, 12 x 12 x2 inch woodblock and mixed media on panel
Printopolis Conference at Open Studio, Toronto
October 21 to 24, 2010
Exhibition and Demonstration with Elizabeth Forrest
Mokuhanga, Beyond the Basics
Location: The Japanese Paper Place
This demonstration goes beyond the basics of mokuhanga and offers the unique perspectives of two experienced practitioners. Vollmer will demonstrate the use of kento registration notches cut directly in the block and how to repeatedly print multiple blocks to illustrate the process of creating an image that is larger and more complex than can be made from straightforward printing from a single set of blocks. Forrest will demonstrate pigment layering and bokashi—the blending of colours and values—recommending various approaches to overcome printing challenges, such as accurate registration and use of binders to permit crisp, separated colour superimposition. This demo is relevant to printmakers with some previous knowledge of mokuhanga.
Open Studio Printopolis Toronto
radial patterns from Buds Transformed, 11 x 14 inches
Radial Patterning, Group Exhibition, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery
555 Eighth Avenue, New York City
September 8 to October 9, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 15, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Kosha Series #1, 12 x 12 inch woodblock and mixed media on panel
New Prints 2010/Winter at International Print Center New York, January 12 – February 20, 2010
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, March 8 – April 6, 2010, during Philigrafika and Southern Graphics Council Conference
Flying Gyre 5, 2009 26 x 26 inch Japanese woodblock print on washi
August 2010 - Boston Printmakers in Guanajuato at La Casa de Espiritus Allegre
with Carol Summers, Hugo Amaya and Karen Kunc
BRISTOL IMPACT CONFERENCE: September 2009
Impact is an international printmaking conference that meets every two years. In Bristol I met with the Nagasawa group of woodblock artists.
Our exchange portfolio "Surimono International" was shown at the conference.
Impact participants iith Keiko Kadota, director of the Nagasawa Art Park Japanese woodblock program.
Addditional photos of the conference are at IMPACT6 - Bristol
INDIA photos from January 2009: India Trip Highlights