In the mid-1980s, Betsy Davids, my book art and letterpress professor at California College of Arts and Crafts, introduced me to Helen C. Frederick, the founder of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Maryland, so Pyramid Atlantic has been on my radar for a very long time, although I have never been there. The recent call for work for a letterpress show at Pyramid Atlantic, juried by Celene Aubry of Hatch Show Print (Nashville, TN, where I have visited), and Allison Tipton, Globe Collection and Press at Maryland Institute College of Art, raised my antennae, and I entered five art quilts, all letterpress printed with wood type. Two were accepted into the show, Fire Line: Do Not Cross, and Where's Owl. I just got notice that Where's Owl received one of three juror's awards for "excellence in letterpress."
They very kindly sent all the artists a link to the opening of the show, PRESS ON!. Here are a few photos by @stereo.vision.photo of the exhibit that include my work.
"the award winners stood out as creators whose work continues to push the medium, using familiar tools in new ways, or in the case of two of these artists, working in an additional medium or process without losing focus on letterpress printing. All three of these artists elevate the process and offer insight at what more ART there is yet to attempt to bring into the world with this ridiculously outmoded technology."
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