2016 Newark Library; Summer Classes; Exhibitions

Summer News from April Vollmer

Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Impressions of the Natural World
April 18 to August 6, 2016


April Vollmer print: Delirious Birds and Bees, 2007, 26 x 26 inches
mokuhanga on washi

Delirious Birds and Bees, 2007

Included in the exhibition
Impressions of the Natural World
curated by Nadine Sergejeff
 

BOOK NEWS

Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, A Modern Guide to an Ancient Art, by April Vollmer was released August 4, 2015 by Watson-Guptill, a division of Random House.
www.japanesewoodblockprintworkshop.com

book cover


Book Reviews:
G&E, Grabado y Edicion, Print and Art Edition Magazine, Madrid, Spain In English and Spanish.
Issue 49 of Washi-Dyori Review, Kyoto, Japan In Japanese.
Upcoming: Printmaking Today, London, England fall issue by Ralph Kiggell.
 


2016 UPCOMING MOKUHANGA CLASSES

Mixit Print Studio, Boston, Massachusetts
June 20 to 24, 2016

One week class at this open access studio

MakingArtSafely, Santa Fe, New Mexico
July 11 to 15, 2016

A week in Santa Fe, scheduled to coincide with the International Folk Art Festival

Cabrillo College, Aptos, California
August 15 to 18, 2016

A four day class in beautiful Santa Cruz

The Morgan Art of Papermanking Conservatory and Educational Foundation,
Cleveland, Ohio
August 27 and 28, 2016

A two day class with a public evening talk on Friday, August 26


April Vollmer, Three of Hearts, mokuhanga and gold leaf

2016 Summer Exhibitions
September 26 to October 16
CAWJ (College Women’s Association of Japan)
Special Print Exhibition and Sale “Intimate Dimensions”
at the Fred Harris Gallery of Tokyo American Club, Japan
August 5 to 27
Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 2 to 25
Print Club of Rochester at Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, New York


2016 SGCI CONFERENCE PORTLAND Photos

March 30 to April 2, 2016
Southern Graphics International Conference with panels, exhibitions and a great vendor fair, included my panel “Dynamic Mix: Mokuhanga in the US”
with Yoonmi Nam, Keiko Hara and Florence Neal.

The 2017 conference will be in Atlanta.


IMC2017: the 2017 INTERNATIONAL MOKUHANGA CONFERENCE
September 28 to October 1, 2017 at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, followed by Satellite Space events at the Donkey Mill Art Center in Holualoa. 

Mi-Lab woodcut training residency website: endeavor.or.jp/mi-lab/