February 23 to March 24 2007
MICROSPACE at Cheryl McGinnis Gallery
1287 Madison Avenue - New York City
Stephanie Adam, Mariestella Astacio, Mary Pinto, Rebecca Riley, Tina Seligman
April Vollmer
photos at: • /aprilvollmer.com/microspace
- 2006 -
13th Annual Fine Arts Assembly, Visegrad, Bosnia, 2006
photos at: • /aprilvollmer.com/visegrad
An art making retreat: March 11 to April 2, 2006
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
color...paper...pressure...print!
I invited everyone to my studio for a printmaking demonstration.
My main job at the Center was to work on new woodblock prints, but I went for a walk in the woods every day and immersed myself in nature. I found a Praying Mantis case, brought it home, and they hatched in my studio.
"Serenity. Light. Space. Privacy. The ability to work uninterrupted for hours, days, weeks in a quiet studio cradled in 450 acres of rolling Blue Ridge farmland. These are just a few of the reasons why more than 300 of the world's foremost writers, composers, and visual artists come to the VCCA each year." • / www.vcca.com
IMPACT CONFERENCE - Berlin and Poznan, Sept 2005
Perhaps the most exciting thing to grow from my trip to Japan was an invitation to speak at the IMPACT printmaking conference in Berlin and Poznan, Poland. This September I traveled there to give a short talk and a portfolio presentation with an international group of printmakers who had also worked at the Nagasawa Art Park. It was a fabulous trip. Berlin and Poznan were great to explore, but the greatest pleasure was meeting so many terrific printmakers: • /www.aprilvollmer.com/berlin05/
Tallinn Impact in 2007: impact5 in Tallinn
NEW WORK
I came back from Japan with hundreds of photos, so I spent the first six months after my return working on a series of artist books. "The Square Flower Portfolio," "Swimming in the Sea of Japan" and "Visiting Japan" all incorporate my digital photos from Japan. "Does it Flow in Belgrade" was created from scans and e-mailed photos from Belgrade for an exchange exhibit. This fall, after teaching my first woodcut class at the new and improved Lower East Side Printshop (on 36th St!), I finally started work on new blocks. It felt great to touch my Japanese tools again!
Southern Graphics Council
meeting in Washington, DC. I attended the meeting along with 1000 other printmakers from across the country (and Lisbon): • /www.aprilvollmer.com/sgcdc/
Over the summer I taught woodblock workshops in California, New York, Connecticut and New Mexico.
Moku Hanga in Japan: the Nagasawa Art Park Program
Sept 17 to Oct 27, 2004
Kobe, Japan
My trip to Japan started in Kobe, where I participated in an exhibition of artists and teachers from the program. During the second half of my trip I visited printmakers in Tokyo, and ended my trip visiting temples and art galleries in Kyoto, Tokyo and Nara: • /www.aprilvollmer.com/japan/
The Body Virtual
Western Wyoming Community College
March 1 to April 23, 2004
An Exhibition of Digital Prints, curated by April Vollmer, traveling to Westchester Community College Gallery in Peekskill, NY, September 2004. The five artists in this show, Shari Diamond, Katy Martin, Kurt Novak, Debra Pearlman and myself use the computer to make digital prints that incorporate images of the body: • /www.aprilvollmer.com/bodyvirtual
"Moku Hanga at Union: An Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts"
January 10 - February 14, 2004
Arts Atrium Gallery at Union College
Schenectady, New York 12308
The exhibition included work by moku hanga artists from the US and Canada who have worked to promote an understanding of Japanese woodblock: Suezan Aikens, Takuji Hamanaka, Daniel Heyman, Mike Lyon, Bill Paden, Yasu Shibata, Keji Shinohara, and April Vollmer . Photos: • /www.aprilvollmer.com/union/