JONESBORO – The Arkansas State University Department of Art and Design printmakers will host a Printmaking Symposium celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the Delta National Small Prints Exhibition (DNSPE) on Friday, Feb. 16, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The symposium will be in Room 108 of the Fine Arts Center (GPS 2412 Quapaw Way). Admission is free.
A-State printmakers will welcome artists Travis Janssen [BFA ’00], Tatiana Potts and Marilee Salvator along with students from Lyon College, Southeast Missouri State University, Western Kentucky University and Arkansas State.
The day will begin with demonstrations by Potts and Salvator. Potts will move participants off the flat surface with her book and folding techniques. Salvator will demonstrate monoprinting using mixed media, an example of which is currently on view in the DNSPE exhibition at Bradbury Art Museum. It received the Chancellor’s Purchase Prize.
Janssen will give an artist’s lecture about his artwork in print and video. After a break for lunch, the day will continue with a series of short artist’s talks by students from Lyon College, Southeast Missouri State University and Western Kentucky University.