New Woodcut Edition
Love Beyond Reason
printed from blocks cut at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts,
this 18 x 11 inch print was exhibited at the Third International Mokuhanga Conference, Hawaii
A highlight of the year was IMC2017 Hawaii
IMC2017 PHOTO ALBUM
2017 Year in Review
This is the second year since the release of my book Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop. It was again busy with classes, exhibitions, lectures and book signings. The high point was a trip to Hawaii for the Third International Mokuhanga Conference, where I gave a paper and taught a class at Donkey Mill Art Center. In July I taught at Art Print Residence, outside Barcelona, and in August enjoyed a residency at the 12th Century Studenica Monastery in central Serbia, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Studenica Photos
In October I started work on new laser cut blocks of insect mandala patterns at the University of Orono in Maine. Orono Photos
My work and book were represented at the EAB Editions/Artists’ Book Fair in Chelsea, NY by publisher Purgatory Pie Press, presenting our collaboration, Pests of Public Importance, 3 x 2.25 x .35 inch accordion book.
I gave talks and signed books at each of these places. February 1, 2018 I will speak at Union Collee in Schenectady, New York, at the mokuhanga exhibition Impressions Past and Present, curated by Sandy Wimer.
UPCOMING 2018 MOKUHANGA CLASSES
Lower East Side Printshop, New York
February 22 to March 29, six Thursday evenings 6-9pm
Art Print Residence, Spain
A beautiful studio and residency just north of Barcelona
September 10 to 14, five days
UPCOMING 2018 CONFERENCE Talks and Exhibitions
Southern Graphics Council International, Las Vegas
Altered Landscapes April 4 to 7, 2018
Themed Portfolio: Sustained Ingrain from East to West: Contemporary Woodcuts
curated by Scott Ludwig and Liu Jing
IMPACT10, Santander, Spain: Encuentro
September 1 to 9, 2018
Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, A Modern Guide to an Ancient Art, by April Vollmer, released 2015 by Watson-Guptill, was reviewed in Printmaking Today by Ralph Kiggell, Volume 25, 2016, Autumn Issue.
The International Mokuhanga Conference took place September 28 to October 1, 2017 at the East-West Center in Honolulu, followed by Satellite Space events at the Donkey Mill Art Center in Holualoa. Photos and videotapes of the demonstrations and roundtables can be seen on the new website: 2017.mokuhanga.org
CfSHE programs in Japan including the Mi-Lab woodcut training residency has ongoing deadlines check the website here.