Events

In the Fall of 2006, the Maine Print Project will sponsor a series of pubic programs in conjunction with the statewide celebration of 200 years of printmaking. Education programs at each organization will be listed on their websites.

October 7, 2006

Historic Moments in Maine Printmaking: A Print Conference hosted by Bowdoin College

9:30 AM-3:00 PM
Bowdoin College
Searles Science Building Room 315
Brunswick, Maine
For more information: 207.725.3064
Free admission. Call 207.725.3276 to reserve a seat. A box lunch may be ordered for $8.50.

"Winslow Homer and the Etching Revival," David Tatham, Syracuse University Professor Emeritus, American Art
"The Zorachs and the Rise of the Modern Print," Efram Burk, University of South Carolina at Beaufort, Associate Professor of Art History
"The Influx of New York Artists," David Acton, Worcester Art Museum, Curator of Prints and Drawings.

October 11, 2006

2006 Bernard A. Osher Lecture: A Conversation with Richard Estes and John Wilmerding
A Portland Museum of Art Program at the Eastland Park Hotel, Portland

6:00 PM
Eastland Park Hotel
Portland, Maine
For information or to purchase tickets: www.portlandmuseum.org or (207)775-6148 ext. 3227.
Tickets: $10

In celebration of their new book, Richard Estes, and in conjunction with The Maine Print Project, the Portland Museum of Art is pleased to present an evening with two of the contemporary art world's most renowned personalities, painter and printmaker Richard Estes and professor, curator, and writer John Wilmerding.

This program is made possible by The Bernard A. Osher fund at the Portland Museum of Art .

October 21, 2006

Symposium hosted by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art:
Printmaking as Collaboration

1:00-3:00 PM
Rockport Opera House
162 Russell Avenue, Rockport, Maine
For more information: 207.236.2875 or www.cmcanow.org
Tickets: $3 for CMCA members and $5 for non-members, available at the door.

Keynote speaker: David Becker, independent curator and author of the project publication The Imprint of Place: Maine Printmaking 1800 - 2005

Panel discussion: "Printmaking and the Collaborative Process"
Moderator: Alison Ferris, curator of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
Anna Hepler: artist, Portland, Maine
Robert Indiana: artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Pat Nick: founder and director of the Vinalhaven Press
Peter Pettengill: owner and master printmaker of the Wingate Studio

Following the symposium, a public reception will take place from 3 to 5 PM to mark the opening of CMCA's exhibition Maine Printmakers: 1980-2005 featuring 225 artists.

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