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‘SHY RABBIT Print National 2′
A National Juried Exhibition
September 4 – October 17, 2010
Juror:
Yuji Hiratsuka
Professor of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Please join us for an Artists’ Reception on:
Saturday, September 4
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Several of the artists will be in attendance
Featuring 90 fine-art prints by 45 Printmakers
representing 21 states, Canada and the U.K.
using traditional to contemporary printmaking techniques
Juror: Yuji Hiratsuka
(in the SHY RABBIT Foyer Gallery)
This prestigious Juried exhibit came about as the result of an enormously well attended and highly applauded Inaugural Exhibition – the SHY RABBIT Print National, 2009, Juror: Michael D. Barnes – an event that was so successful that the decision was made at that time to continue it as an Annual event.
Local artist and renowned Printmaker, Ron Fundingsland stated when asked about the 2009 show,”I would call it an exceptionally impressive gathering of prints executed by an equally exceptional group of seasoned professors and emerging independents from across the country.”Fundingsland went on to say what a rare opportunity it was to see such high quality prints exhibited in the Four Corners area.
The Juror selected for SHY RABBIT Print National 2, 2010 is Yuji Hiratsuka, Professor of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Hiratsuka’s work is represented in numerous collections including: The British Museum, Tokyo Central Museum, New York Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Library of Congress, Cincinnati Art Museum, Portland Art Museum and the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco.
The Call for Entries for the Print National 2 resulted in the receipt of 505 submissions from 150 artists located throughout the U.S and abroad.
After a painstaking and often difficult review process, Hiratsuka selected a total of 90 prints for inclusion, representing 45 fine-art Printmakers.
Hiratsuka writes in his Juror’s Statement:
“I was very honored to have been invited to serve as the juror of the Shy Rabbit Print National 2 Exhibition. I would like to thank Michael & Denise Coffee for providing me with the great opportunity to view the wide spectrum of the contemporary printmaking taking place in the USA.”
“Overall, the prints submitted were of very high quality and were visually impressive. It was a difficult task to trim the exhibition to less than one hundred pieces out of the approximately 500 works submitted for this year’s competition.”
“The criteria I set for inclusion was based on technical execution, presentation, originality and consistency of the work presented. In other words, regardless of color or b/w, or any printmaking media used I selected the print if it had a compelling visual message or had intuitive, intriguing elements which drew my attention.”
This exhibition is FREE and open to the public.
For more information on SHY RABBIT, please Click Here.
Works By:
Sandy Applegate, CO
Richard M. Ash, TX
Aaron Bass, NM
Diana Behl, SD
Marti Bledsoe, TX
Douglas Bosley, WI
Estelle Browne, UK
Nathan Catlin, NY
Kyle Chaput, TX
Dale Clifford, GA
Briar Craig, CAN
Robert Creighton, CAN
Andrew DeCaen, TX
Matthew Egan, NC
Erin Elizabeth, MI
Daniel Falco, IL
Megan Frauenhoffer, MN
Jenny Freestone, MD
Jonathon Goebel, SC
Teresa Gomez-Martorell, TX
Yeung Ha, CA
Helen Hoffelt, OH
William Hosterman, MI
Carolyn Hulbert, MA
Heather Huston, CAN
Danielle Johns, NY
Ryan Kangail, IL
Andrew Kosten, IN
Ashton Ludden, MO
Andrea Martens, CO
Jenn McNamara, NY
R. Bruce Muirhead, NY
Elizabeth Nielsen, IL
Julie Niskanen, NC
Johanna Paas, MI
Elvia Perrin, TX
Rodolfo Salgado Jr., IA
Brandon Sanderson, NC
Jason Scuilla, KS
Meredith Setser, IN
Sylvia Solochek Walters, CA
Emily Stokes, MI
Juergen Strunck, TX
Patrick Vincent, AZ
