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  • Salon Zurcher: 100 Women of Spirit

    Salon Zurcher: 100 Women of Spirit

    A compendium of earlier Women of Spirit shows at Salon Zurcher

  • International Mokuhanga Conference Board Member Exhibition

    International Mokuhanga Conference Board Member Exhibition

    Board Member Exhibition was held at the Furusato Gallery SHIKURA, and included work by past and present board members. On display during the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference.

  • 2024 Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference Echizen

    2024 Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference Echizen

    April 4-6, 2024 This conference focused on Japanese traditional papermaking and the innovative use of handmade washi by contemporary mokuhanga artists. The province of Echizen is renowned for its production of Japanese washi and other traditional crafts. A hundred and twenty mokuhanga artists met for demonstrations and workshops by expert craftspeople, along with an open…

  • 2024 Golden Road Arts Mokuhanga Demonstration

    2024 Golden Road Arts Mokuhanga Demonstration

    A half hour discussion of mokuhanga technique while demonstrating printing with the two kingfisher blocks from BIRD TWINS book.

  • 2024 Golden Road Arts Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop Book Discussion

    2024 Golden Road Arts Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop Book Discussion

    A two minute trailer with a discussion of Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, published by Watson Guptill in 2015. This book discussion was shot in Portland, Oregon studio of Golden Road Arts before the half hour printing demonstration video.

  • Women of Mokuhanga, The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

    Women of Mokuhanga, The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

    Women of Mokuhanga features works in the Japanese method of mokuhanga (watercolor woodblock printmaking) by contemporary artists and traditional works in the medium, connecting its history with the vibrant output of women artists working today. The exhibition features work by five celebrated contemporary women printmakers—Katie Baldwin, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Yoonmi Nam, Lucy May Schofield, and April…

  • 2023 Platemark Podcast with Ann Shafer

    2023 Platemark Podcast with Ann Shafer

    In Platemark s3e29, host Ann Shafer speaks with April Vollmer, an artist working in mokuhanga (Japanese color woodblock printing), who also wrote the indispensable guide to that form: Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop (Berkeley: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2015) Platemark Interview

  • Mokuhanga Resources

    Vollmer actively promotes cultural exchange through a study of mokuhanga, Japanese waterbased woodcut. She has taught many classes and given lectures on contemporary mokuhanga. She is on the advisory board of the International Mokuhanga Association. The Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference took place in the papermaking area of Echizen, Japan, from April 4 – 6, 2024International…

  • Salon Zürcher: 11 Women of Spirit, Part 7, 28th edition, New York

    Salon Zürcher: 11 Women of Spirit, Part 7, 28th edition, New York

    Salon Zürcher offers visitors an intimate alternative to the large-scale, superstore style fairs during the The Armory Show and Frieze in New York City and FIAC in Paris. Zürcher Gallery is located in New York’s NoHo / East Village neighborhood, in walking distance from the the New Museum, Lower East Side and TriBeCa art scenes.…

  • Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop Book Publication

    Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop Book Publication

    Three years in the writing, a lifetime in the making, Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, A Modern Guide to an Ancient Art, by April Vollmer, was released by Watson-Guptill August 4, 2015. A comprehensive handbook of materials, techniques and resources the book is intended to make this waterbased technique accessible to contemporary artists. Press ReleasePenguin Random…

  • Birds on the Edge: Collaboration and Change by April Vollmer

    Birds on the Edge: Collaboration and Change by April Vollmer

    The California Printmaker: The Journal of the California Society of Printmakers2023 Changing Gears EditionBirds on the Edge: Collaboration and Change by April VollmerThis article describes new collaborative projects developed during the pandemic while caregiving away from home. Courtesy of California Society of PrintmakersMagazine available from the California Society of Printmakers

  • A Continenal Divide, My Quarantine Year in Santa Cruz

    A Continenal Divide, My Quarantine Year in Santa Cruz

    A Continenal Divide, My Quarantine Year in Santa Cruz is a book about a year spent in pandemic isolation in Santa Cruz, photographing the birds and thinking about art history. Available from Blurb Books.