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The Bates College Museum of Art will exhibit the prints of Charlie Hewitt from October 27, 2006 through March 18, 2007. Born in Lewiston in 1946, Hewitt grew up in Auburn and Brunswick. A student of Philip Guston, David Hare and Elaine DeKooning at the New York Studio School, Hewitt has played a significant role in printmaking in Maine since 1984, when he returned to the state to work at the Vinalhaven Press. As the repository for Hewitt’s graphic work, the Bates College Museum of art has an extensive collection that will provide the material for this retrospective exhibition, including woodcuts, drypoints, etchings and digital prints.

The exhibition and related programming will explore several different aspects of Hewitt’s printmaking. With intaglio and relief techniques as background, one focus of the exhibition will be the process of printmaking. Hewitt is proficient in a variety of graphic media and the Museum of Art has a number of original blocks, states and working proofs, in its collection. The exhibition will also explore the print as a multiple, using both traditional print forms and digital media.