2015 More Fall Book Events

News & Invitations from April Vollmer

(above) Zova, Gold_,_ 2008 mokuhanga on washi, 18 x 18 inches (46 x 46 cm)

Tokyo Exhibition: Narrative Patterns

Held October 2 to 18, 2015

NEWS &
INVITATIONS

Back from Tokyo
for more book events!

NEXT EVENT NOVEMBER 6-8, 2015:

Lower East Side Book Signing Friday November 6 6-9 pm; Saturday and Sunday November 7 and 8, 12-6 pm 21 Ludlow Street, New York

CENTRAL BOOKING GALLERY’S BUY THE BOOK FAIR 2015

A book signing along with a display of some of woodcut prints and woodcut tools illustrated in the book will be held at Central Booking Gallery’s BUY THE BOOK FAIR. A gallery devoted to work on paper and artist’s books, this is the second time Central Booking has hosted the fair. As part of New York Fine Art Print Week, organized by the International Fine Print Dealers Association, fourteen exhibitors from around the country and the world present work in this intimate gallery setting. Join us for a Special Friday evening Preview Event. Demonstrations, discussions and print performances featured all weekend.
 

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2015 FALL JAPAN EVENTS REPORT
Tokyo Exhibition: Narrative Patterns
October 2 to 18, 2015

CfSHE Gallery, Arts Chiyoda 3331 #B109 Tokyo, Japan 101-0021; Reception and Talk: Friday, October 2, 2015, 6:30-9:30
the Hibiya Library.

Back in Tokyo I enjoyed visits to the Edo-Tokyo Museum, the Eisei Bunko Museum, the Japan Print Association Exhibition and the National Museum of Tokyo, before spending my last two days welcoming visitors and signing books at the CfSHE gallery. It was rewarding to have so much good response after many years of quietly working on the book. I am grateful to the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs for a writing residency at Mi-Lab in 2014, and to the University of Maine, Orono for time and space to work on the photography. I feel fortunate that Random House provided me with a great editor and a wonderful designer, as well as excellent publicity and wide distribution network.
 

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2015 CONFERENCE REPORT SEPTEMBER 18 TO 21, 2015
IMPACT, Hangzhou, China Printmaking in the Post-Print Age

The four day conference at the China Academy of Art included impressive exhibitions and talks by international educators and printmakers, including Wayne Crothers and the always amazing Ralph Kiggell, as well as paper and printmaking presentations organized by Awagami Paper. Amazing exhibitions, talks and demonstrations, too many to list here; the best might be meetings with old friends from Japan, Denmark, Australia and other countries. A special event was the demonstration of traditional Chinese woodcut printing by contemporary artists at the Purple Bamboo Studio. I am especially grateful to Wang Chao for demonstrating the unique characteristics of traditional Chinese woodcut, a technique that grew from the same roots as Japanese woodcut.
 

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2016 UPCOMING MOKUHANGA CLASSES

An introduction to traditional Japanese woodblock printing, used to make ukiyo-e prints during the Edo period, with precise registration, rich color, and a connection to an important chapter in the history of printmaking

CABRILLO COLLEGE,
Aptos, California, Four Day Class

January 11 to 14, 2016

four days in beautiful Santa Cruz! www.cabrillo.edu/services/extension/creative

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING
South Norwalk, Connecticut, Four Day Class
February 23 to 26, 2016

Book Talk Thursday night February 25

This class is planned for four days, with a public book talk scheduled for Thursday evening.

OREGON COLLEGE OF ART AND CRAFT
Portland, Oregon, Three Day Class

tentative dates: March 23 to 25, 2016

In conjunction with the Southern Graphics Council International meeting in Portland Oregon, the Oregon College of Art and Craft is organizing a three day class at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, with an evening book talk in the plans. Details are yet to be confirmed, please check the conference schedule or email the college if interested.

LOWER EAST SIDE PRINTSHOP
New York, spring evening classes tba

please check website for announcements

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