The exhibition originated by the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tex. A fully illustrated catalogue includes over 100 images will accompany the exhibition. The catalogue has been published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and the Mary and Leigh Block Galley and is available in hard and soft cover. This symposium will explore the specific nature of collaboration and to introduce some of the great collaborations between artists, composers, dancers and others in various fields of the arts during the last 30 years. To end the symposium Danielle Fox, Northwestern University, will lead an exhibition walk-through focusing on the working relationship between the artist and the printer and will discuss the collaborative nature on this unique relationship.
Registration is required.
Students with current I.D. are admitted free. Special educational group rates are available. This five-part course will take collaboration as its underlying theme and will explore the history of printmaking, focusing on the activities of artists, printers, and others involved in the making of a print. The course will examine printmaking during the turn of the century, the Great Depression, the 1960s print boom and in today's market. Each session will be presented by a different speaker and in one session enrollees will make a print.