A Traditional Printmaking Show is on display at the Batavia gallery of the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council (GO ART!). It runs though April 29 and features pieces by 21 local artists.
The Batavia gallery is located inside the Genesee County Senior Center, 2 Bank St. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The printmaking show is the brainchild of AmeriCorps worker Joe Langen. Although digital (computer-generated) prints are fairly commonplace, this show celebrates the time-honored, hand-generated traditional printmaking process.
In photography, a print is considered a copy of a photographed image. In printmaking, prints are original images produced by applying layers of ink to a background, usually paper.
Silkscreen, linoleum, wood block, collography and stencils are perhaps the most common ways of producing prints. Other, more difficult methods include etching, lithography and engraving, to name a few.
Printmaking is a way for artists to share their vision of reality and fantasy. This exhibit gives you a chance to delight in the creativity of established artists and the new generation of gifted teens.
Just because the method is a traditional one, doesn’t mean the themes necessarily are. Lady Gaga, anyone? Please come and share enjoy this delightful variety of perspectives on life and nature.
Student artists whose works are on exhibit at the Batavia gallery are:
Le Roy High School -- Allison Weaver, Karl Graff, Kylan Carter, Rayleigh Staba, Sarah Ehrmentraut, Alexandrea Zoccali, Bobbi Welker, Maggie Kibler, Jonathan Dimick, Rachel Graham and Charlotte Carmel.
Batavia High School -- Rebecca Zinni, Maria Yefremenko, Jamie Whitmore, Annie Janofsky, Samantha Brenkus, Catie Boerschlein, Chelsea Anthony, Hayley Jensen, Bianca Grazioplene and Allison Bryant.
GO ART! exhibits are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, contact GO ART! at 343-9313, info@GOart.org or visit www.GOart.org.
