100 Prints Celebrating 100 Years A Selection of Student Work from the Print Department Archive of The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
As The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University celebrates its Centennial we are pleased to showcase the accomplishments of our Printmaking Department. The works exhibited here have been selected from the vast archive of student prints made at AIB over the past twenty-five years. This collection serves as a key educational tool, allowing faculty to show students first-hand examples of printmaking techniques and printing options with a wide range of approaches to both concepts and imagery. These prints are invaluable for Instructing and inspiring new students year after year, and the quality of these works sets the standards of excellence and professionalism expected by the faculty. Strong drawing and design skills with a high level of technical confidence and flexibility are consistent attributes of the Fine Arts Department at AIB. Regardless of the approach or medium, the imagery in this exhibit reflects our department’s emphasis on developing each student’s individual artistic vision. We wish to congratulate the artists whose work was selected for this exhibit and to thank the hundreds of others whose prints continue to be an equally vital part of the Print Department Archive. Michael David Professor and Chair of Fine Arts Liza Folman Professor of Fine Arts
Printmaking at AIB Printmaking is one of several departments housed within the Fine Arts Department. Classes are structured by medium (eg. intaglio, lithography, woodcut, etc.) and offered at multiple levels. The Advanced Printmaking class brings together upper level students from these various print courses to further explore, and often combine techniques, with an emphasis on conceptual development and creating a cohesive, personal body of work. A highlight of all printmaking classes is a visit to view selections from the print collections at the Boston Public Library or at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Faculty and students are extremely grateful for these intimate and inspiring experiences. In 1988 The Art Institute of Boston received accreditation to grant BFA degrees and new faculty were hired. Michael David and Liza Folman began teaching at AIB in the late 1980s, with Constance Jacobson joining the faculty in 1998. A new printmaking department was developed that focused primarily on intaglio (etching) techniques. In the following years additional faculty, Renee Covalucci and Carolyn Muskat, have contributed their expertise in relief printmaking and lithography respectively.
Monotype, collagraph, digital and photo-based printmaking are also part of our current curriculum, with plans to add silkscreen. Among other faculty who have recently taught or are presently teaching printmaking at AIB are Gretchen Ewert. Judith Brown, Catherine Kernan, James Stroud, Clara Lieu, Tim Peck, Dasha Petrov, James Mustin, Joel Janowitz, and Alex Gerasev. The printmaking facilities are presently located in two large, sunlit rooms on the fourth floor of 700 Beacon Street, and house five presses and a state-of-the-art ventilation system. A larger, more fully equipped printmaking studio will built at AIB’s future home on the Lesley University North Campus in Porter Square, Cambridge. The successful day-to-day operation of the print studio would not be possible without the assistance of our student print studio monitors. They are selected by the print faculty to help keep the print shop orderly and assist their fellow print students during non-class hours. Their presence sets the tone for a serious work ethic. continued on back inside cover
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Loretta Adams ‘12
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silk aquatint with surface roll 18x15.5”
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Adam Amara ‘97 engraving and mezzotint 8x7.5” (4)
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Jodie Baehre ‘06 multiple-plate color intaglio with à la poupée 12x18”
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Brian Bell ‘92 intaglio 15.5x19.5”
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Quinton Bemiller ‘00 intaglio 29x26”
7 Christopher Bond ‘02 sugar-lift aquatint with surface roll 15.5 x15.5”
Denise Banet ‘02 color woodcut 24x16”
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14 Kiran Chandra ‘02
8 Sarah Bourgeois ‘10
lithograph 12x 9”
lithograph 20.5x14.5”
15 Serena Cheong ‘94
9 Mason Branch ‘95
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intaglio
viscosity intaglio
18x24”
16x 20”
Katherine Brannon ‘99 viscosity intaglio 24x36”
16 David Sovanmony Chum ‘04 intaglio 24 x18”
17 Candice Coleman ‘04
11 Julie Bugden ‘92 viscosity intaglio
color woodcut
10x 8”
22.5x11”
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12 Sarah Caprario ‘09 aquatint 23.5x 9”
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Kelsey Champlin ‘10 color woodcut 36x23”
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Will Craig ‘04
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intaglio 18x13”
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woodcut 18x11”
Yvonne Crane ‘00
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color woodcut 33.5x13”
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Norman Dandridge ‘04
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Amanda Engels ‘02 viscosity intaglio 25
7x9” (2)
Marco DePaolis ‘08 intaglio 24x18”
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Jamie Dye ‘04 intaglio with hand-coloring 5.5x10”
intaglio 13x17.5”
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Cathy Durso ‘08
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Rex Enseki ‘99 mezzotint 8x8.5”
Ellie Dockstader ‘07 multiple-plate color intaglio 12x 9”
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27 Michael Fahey ‘94
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28 Sean Fullum ‘02
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Yuko Hashioka ‘04
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Rachel Herring ‘12
aquatint with surface roll 24x18”
31 Lauren Grassi ‘05 woodcut 10x 9”
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Lillian Handley ‘04 viscosity intaglio 24 x18”
intaglio 16x16”
30 Madeleine Gagne ‘03
Mathew Gillis Hall intaglio with surface roll 24x15.5”
two-plate color intaglio 8x9”
29 Ittetsu Funada ‘00
Matthew Hagel ‘04 engraving 6x12”
color woodcut 12x12”
viscosity intaglio with stenciled color 10” diameter
mezzotint 6x11.5”
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Brendan Hoover ‘06
15.5x19.5”
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Shunsuke Iwanuma ‘04 aquatint 16.5x13.5”
Rachel Jackson ‘09 intaglio 12x12”
Orly Khon ‘02 viscosity intaglio 18x24”
color woodcut 23.5x35”
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Larissa Jourdan ‘94 multiple-plate color aquatint
intaglio 6x6” (2)
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Jacqueline Knight ‘95 woodcut 12x11”
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Aneta Kolodziejczyk ‘96 woodcut
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22x34”
41 Suhail Jhangiani ‘03 multiple-plate color aquatint 9x11”
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Shaun Lawler ‘02
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Hallie Lee ‘95
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Jessica Merrell ‘06 color lithograph 17x17”
intaglio with à la poupée color 10x14.5”
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Peter McGrath ‘95 intaglio 17.5x12.5”
aquatint 12x18”
Aya Miyazaki ‘97 etching 20x18”
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Elizabeth Mooney ‘00
James Leitch ‘94
intaglio
intaglio
15.5x18”
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18x24”
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Al Lewis ‘06 two-plate spit bite aquatint 12.5x10”
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Julie McAskill ‘00 intaglio 10x18”
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Marc Morin ‘07
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James Mustin III ‘06
12x9”
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aquatint 24x6”
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Tim Mutzel ‘96 intaglio 17.5 x11.5”
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Yoko Nanri ‘92
Catherine Norcott ‘11 two-plate color intaglio
mezzotint 3.5x8”
Jon Nutting ‘04 intaglio 29.5x9”
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Katie O’Brien ‘10 lithograph 26x18”
63 Jack O’Hearn IV ‘04
color woodcut 24x11”
multiple-plate color intaglio 12x15”
64 Luke O’Sullivan ‘06 woodcut 25.5x38.5”
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Victoria Peatman ‘94
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aquatint
intaglio with chine collé 18x24”
8x6”
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Tim Peck ‘95 monotype 12.5x10”
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Hannah Reiff ‘09
Christine Reynolds ‘94 monotype with chine collé 18x13.5”
Tong Pei ‘09
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color woodcut 24x18”
Lauren Rumley ‘02 viscosity intaglio 13x20”
Dasha Petrov ‘98
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intaglio 12x12”
Angela Ruo ‘06 multiple-plate color intaglio
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18x12”
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Stephanie Pierce ‘95
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Ruth Recht ‘93
woodcut 21x18”
watercolor monotype 7.5x12”
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Jonathan Santos ‘93
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intaglio 15.5x20”
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intaglio 24x18”
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two-plate color intaglio 15.5x10”
Ko Smith ‘06 laser transfer print
intaglio 12.5x18”
78 Jason Schneider ‘00
color intaglio 18x11.5”
83 Bryan Smith ‘11
intaglio with surface roll 16x20”
77 Kyle Sartini ‘99
Mia Siven ‘06
10x8”
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Yoshimi Sonobe ‘10 etching and spit bite aquatint 24x18” 85
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79 Jennifer Seaboyer ‘95 multiple-plate color aquatint 10x12.5”
80 Luba Shapiro ‘96 etching with stenciled color 19.5x15.5”
81 Krista Siana ‘05 multiple-plate spit bite aquatint 24x18”
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Abigail Stanwood ‘08
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17.5x20”
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Tara Strongosky ‘07
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Alicia Thomas ‘11 stencil print 22x30”
collograph 12x20”
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Katie Theodoris ‘06 intaglio with chine collé 13x23.5”
etching
Belle Struck ‘10 intaglio 24x18”
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Nicole Surawski ‘09 two-plate color etching with spit bite aquatint 18x12”
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Alana Tashjian ‘11 multiple-plate color intaglio 12x18”
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Sarah Tietje ‘06
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monotype
two-plate color intaglio 24x18”
22x30”
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Sarah Trainer ‘09 woodcut, monotype, intaglio and stencil 30x22”
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Brandi Twilley ‘06
Megan Yarnell ‘07 multiple-plate color intaglio 24x14”
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Megann Zwierlein ‘00 engraving with surface roll 11.5x6.5”
intaglio with à la poupée color and monotype 18x12”
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Joshua Willis ‘09
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Chelsea Vigue ‘06 multiple-plate color aquatint 18x12”
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Printmaking at AIB
Visiting Printmakers Leonard Baskin Kim Berman Chuck Close Deborah Cornell Marc Cote Nancy Friese Betsey Garand Nona Hershey Sidney Hurwitz Dong Jiangsheng Clara Lieu Michael Mazur Zhang Minjie Candy Nartonis Andrew Raftery Roseanne Retz Susan Schmidt Liz Shepherd James Stroud Robert Townsend Kurt Wisneski Malgorzata Zurakowska
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The AIB Printmaking Department has a history of engaging students in dialogue with contemporary printmakers. In 2003 AIB was one of several co-hosts for the annual Southern Graphics Council printmaking conference, held for the first time in Boston. This international event introduced AIB students to the global print community. AIB students continue to attend this event in other U.S. cities, as well as the annual Print and Artist’s Books Fairs in NYC. Since AIB students are required to complete an internship during their studies, printmaking students get the chance to have professional experiences at galleries, public institutions or in the studios of master printers. These opportunities have greatly increased since 2010, when a special alliance was created between Lesley University and the Boston Printmakers, an international artists’ organization. The relocation of their headquarters to our campus opened a direct link for our students to its vast network of artists, exhibitions and internship possibilities. Throughout the academic year printmakers of local, national and international renown are invited to AIB for presentations and critiques. These artists share personal techniques and experiences that inform and inspire students in intimate classroom settings or at the annual final department critique, Print Talk.The AIB Printmaking Department had a particularly rewarding relationship with artist Michael Mazur (1935-2009). He was the recipient of a Lesley University honorary degree in 2001 and filled many invaluable roles, including visiting artist, mentor, seminar professor, internship supervisor, and most importantly as a passionately admired artist. Our students, faculty and administration feel very privileged and thankful for this special relationship, and are exceedingly grateful to Gail Mazur for the donation of his etching press to AIB. Contemporary and past printmakers have been showcased in several outstanding print exhibits in the AIB main gallery. Individual shows have been dedicated to the prints of Käthe Kollwitz, Chuck Close, Sue Coe and Leonard Baskin. Additional exhibitions have included: Double Identities; Master Printmakers/Master Teachers (1997), organized by Michael David, which highlighted several of the Boston area’s leading artists/teachers;
Realized in Wood: Contemporary Prints from China (2003), curated by Renee Covalucci, that introduced Boston to four contemporary master Chinese woodblock artists; A Century of Photogravure (2011), presented by Bonnell Robinson and Andrew Mroczek; Ink Wipe Roll Print (2008), an exhibition of work by the AIB print faculty. Off campus, print exhibitions specifically dedicated to AIB students have taken place at Mt. Wachusett Community College (1988), the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1995) and Mourlot Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston (1993 and 1994). Additionally, our students participate in the biennial Arches Student Print Exhibition, a juried show of work from numerous regional print departments, hosted by the Boston Printmakers.
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Each spring the Advanced Printmaking class creates an exchange portfolio based on a theme chosen by the class. This project, initiated by Liza Folman in 1992, culminates in each student’s building a portfolio box and trading prints with their classmates so every student and AIB get a complete edition. Two of these portfolios have entered the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and seventeen are in the permanent collection of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. Advanced printmaking students have participated in exchange portfolios with students at other local institutions, including the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. They have also participated internationally with the China Art Academy, Hangzhou, the DeKooning Art Academy, Rotterdam, and the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris. Along with the new art building and print studios planned for the Cambridge campus, new programs are presently being developed for an undergraduate major and a Master of Fine Arts degree, specifically in printmaking. Additional print media, faculty, visiting artists, exhibitions, internships and opportunities will continue to strengthen and expand our offerings for AIB students in printmaking over the next 100 years.
AIB Advanced Printmaking Class Portfolios 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
Palimpsest Figments (with MassArt) Cognates: Remembering Michael Mazur Musings On the Periphery From Absence to Presence Cataclysm Assimilation Entropy Digging Up Boston MMII: Homage to Twentieth Century Printmakers Personae Specimen Looking East Dichotomies Origins Personal Places (with UMass Amherst) Homage to Nolde Zoo Story Self-Portraits The Eye is the Only Dangerous Thing
100 Prints Celebrating 100 Years
Catalog Credits:
A Selection of Student Work from the Print Department Archive of The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
Text: Michael David and Liza Folman Design: Brenna Donovan and Colton Barber Photography: Justin Kaneps and Liza Folman Student Intern: Alison Madole
October 1– November 30, 2012 Massachusetts State Transportation Building Second Floor Atrium 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116
Special Thanks to: John Michael Gray and Timothy J. O’Connor, Exhibition Coordinators, at the Massachusetts State Transportation Building Constance Jacobson, Renee Covalucci and Carolyn Muskat Barry Willis, Lansdowne Frames Michael Ames, Kathleen Rowe, and Daniel Weiss at Puritan Press Colton Barber and Geoffry Fried Atha Demopoulos and Becky Bettencourt Stan Trecker, Dean of The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University Margaret Waugh, Assistant to Dean Stan Trecker The Boston Printmakers AIB Centennial Committee The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University 700 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02215 aiboston.edu Lesley University 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lesley.edu
Educating artists and designers for 100 years.