Head over to the “prints” section of the website to check out four new woodcuts from artist Marie Watt (Seneca).
The new prints are titled Tether, Plow, Camp and Vest and are available for purchase.
Marie graced the printmaking studio with her creative presence back in August 2011 to complete her fourth collaborative Crow’s Shadow residency and fourth body of four editions (yes, that’s a lot of fours). The edition size for each of the new woodcuts is 20.
Also, be sure to watch our video interview (posted below) with Marie, in which she confesses to her self-designated status as a Crow’s Shadow “poster child.” Marie talks about the use of blankets in her work, as well as the collaborative and economic benefits of printmaking.
If you live in the Northwest, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, will soon be showing a mid-career retrospective exhibition of Marie Watt’s work that you won’t want to miss. The exhibition, titled Marie Watt: Lodge, will be on display February 4 through April 1. The exhibition will later travel north to the Tacoma Art Museum, June 11 through September 24, 2012.
From the Hallie Ford website about the exhibition:
“For the past decade, Watt has worked as a mixed media artist whose work explores human stories and the ritual implicit in everyday objects. Organized by anthropology professor and faculty curator Rebecca Dobkins, the exhibition will feature a range of work from the past decade, including stacked blanket sculptures, portrait blankets of Jim Thorpe, Ira Hayes, Susan B. Anthony, and Joseph Beuys, and Engine, a felt cave-like structure that honors the act of storytelling and the storytellers in the artist’s life.In addition to the objects on display, the exhibition will be accompanied by text panels, labels, a video component, and a 96-108 page full color monograph written by professor Dobkins that places the artist’s work within the broader context of contemporary art. The book will be distributed by the University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, assuring worldwide distribution and readership.”
Stay connected to the Crow’s Shadow website over the next several weeks as Master Printer Frank Janzen completes printing editions for Storm Tharp, Eva Lake, Jenene Nagy and Crow’s Shadow founder James Lavadour.
We will post more artwork images as they become printed and available.
Those interested in purchasing prints can call us at (541) 276-3954 or e-mail fjanzen@crowsshadow.org.