Open Studios in Lowell and Amesbury

Muriel Angelil Open Studios
@ 14 Cedar Street
Saturday May 2 & Sunday May 3.
Murial's Studio is #307
Muriel Angelil Installations monotype prints and paintings
murielangelil.com

Susan Jarworski Stranc
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Western Ave Studios open studios from 12noon to 5PM.
http://www.westernavenuestudios.com/

Mary Pollak receives award at MGNE Exhibit

Mary Pollak, of Ipswich , MA received an honorable mention for her monotype print entitled "Out With The Tide". The exhibit will be on view at Lynn Arts Center, 25 Exchange St., Lynn, MA until May 1st.

Newburyport Printmakers chosen to Exhibt in NAA Regional Show

Five printmakers from the interest group are showing work in the current show at the Newburyport Art Association, Mary Pollak, Christine Riccardi, Elaine Insero, Barbara Kedesdy, and Linda Germain. The show theme is "The Artist’s Voice” – Spring Member’s Open Show. Each work of art is accompanied by a statement explaining the Artist’s voice: a fingerprint of style, substance, process and inspiration.

April 24 to May 17 Reception: Sat., April 25, 7 - 9 PM

Susan Jarworski Stranc, Barbara Kedesdy, and Linda Germain were chosen to exhibit prints in the 12th Annual Regional Juried Art Show @ NAA

May 22 to June 14

Reception: Sat., May 23, 7 - 9 pm

Juror: John Stomberg, Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Williams College Museum of Art

Be sure to support these local artists and visit their websites and galleries.

Elaine Insero Announces Upcoming Exhibits

ELAINE INSERO a member of the Newburyport Art Association Printmakers interest group is pleased to announce the following: I will have artworks on exhibit during the following events.
Hope to see you there!

“The Artist’s Voice” at the Newburyport Art Association,
65 Water Street, Newburyport, MA.
April 24 thru May 16
Reception Sat April 25th 7 -9 PM

Two of Elaine Insero’s watercolor monoprints will be on exhibit with the Greater Haverhill Art Association at the Buttonwoods Museum,
240 Water Street, Haverhill, MA. from May 13 thru May 23rd.
Wine & Cheese Reception - Friday May 15th- 6:30 to 9:PM.

I will also be showing new work with the
Newburyport Art Association Printmakers Group
July 23rd thru August 5th
Reception – Saturday July 25 7-9 PM

To see more of Elaine's work go to http://www.elaineinsero.com/

“Bringing Out the Dory” by Susan Stranc chosen for New Hampshire Print Exhibit

Susan Stranc's print “Bringing Out the Dory” will be part of the upcoming print show @ the New Hampshire of Art
Printmaking Exhibition
4/8/2009 through 4/30/2009
@ the French Building Gallery

Opening Reception: April 8, 2009, 5 – 7 pm

The New Hampshire Institute of Art is pleased to host a national juried printmaking exhibition. This exhibition will be juried by print collector Parker Potter and will showcase printmakers from across the country. Works made using a wide variety of printmaking media and styles, including etching, lithography, screen-printing, and monoprinting will be included in this exhibition.

For more os Susan's work go to her website http://www.appleciderpress.net/

Road Trip to 2009 Boston Printmakers Biennial

Several of the Newburyport Art Association printmakers took in the Boston Printmakers 2009 Biennial show today. The Juror, Roberta Waddell Curator Emerita, The New York Public Library had the following to say about the show "I wanted to include as many artists as possible, while documenting the variety of printmaking media available today. As I reviewed the images, several themes gradually emerged: figures and faces; the landscape and still life; architecture, the city and suburbs; abstraction; political and social commentary; and finally, words used as images. These leitmotifs served as useful, but loose guidelines during the selection process and helped shape the show. Once I made my choices and learned the names of the contributing artists, I continued my research and uncovered themes and concerns more subtle and complex than those initial categories could begin to suggest. No matter what their issues and agendas, however, I found that the artists included in the Biennial successfully communicated their artistic intentions through carefully chosen printmaking techniques (sometimes combining processes, sometimes in concert with drawing and painting)." For a full statement by the juror, Roberta Waddell go to http://www.bostonprintmakers.org/biennal.html#jurorStatement

Mary Pollak exhibits Monotypes in Many Local Galleries

Mary Pollak is exhibiting some of her monotypes at several galleries on the East Coast.

March 1-30 ,2009 Hour Glass Gallery Artist of the Month Melrose, MA http://www.hourglassgiftgallery.com/

March 6-29, 2009 Newburyport Art Association - Winter Juried Show
April 4, 2009 Indigo Artist Studio Newburyport ArtWalk
April 4, 2009 Monotype Guild Juried Show ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES: THE UNIQUE PRINT LynnArts, Inc . Opening Reception, 2-4PM 25 Exchange St. Lynn, March 31-May1 MA

Mary Pollak has spent most of her life developing monotype techniques. As an art teacher, clay artist, weaver, painter, photographer and collector, the accumulation of skills and things fit perfectly into the role of printmaker. She creates her prints with oil paint using a Takach press on Rives BFK rag paper. A variety of materials are used, including brayers to apply the paint, string, original stencils, fabric, etc. to create shape and texture. Other mediums are often added to the print, including transfer techniques and chine colle’. Layering color and image are an integral part of Mary’s style. Visit Mary's Studio @ Indigo Artist Studio, 53 Middle St., Newburyport, MA 01950 or email for mor information marypollak@verizon.net