Washington Print Club Member
Laura Roulet to Offer
Program at Baltimore Print Fair
Saturday, April 30, 2:30 pm
Independent curator Laura Roulet will interview artists Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston, whose suite of eighteen color woodcuts, Doomscrolling, will be presented at the print fair by Catalyst Contemporary in association with Petzel Gallery. Sidhu and Swainston’s woodcuts debuted in New York in January to great acclaim. Hear about their process and passion for their subject: the political, social, and public health events and circumstances that have shaped the country in recent years.
A selection of woodcuts from Doomscrolling by Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston are on view at the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair in booth 108. The presentation by Catalyst Contemporary is in association with Petzel Gallery, New York.
Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston are a collaborative art duo exploring the intersection of historical print processes and digital fabrication technology. Their projects investigate the complexities of contemporary social issues, drawing from the history of print as the medium par excellence of social movements.
Laura Roulet is an independent curator and writer specializing in contemporary, Latinx, and Latin American art. She has organized many exhibitions and programming including: Mothering in a World Turned Upside Down (Brentwood Arts Exchange); Landscape in an Eroded Field (American University Museum); Brian Reed: In the Crosscurrent (Huntington Museum of Art, WV); A Dark and Scandalous Rockfall (Mexican Cultural Institute); Come Back to Rockville! (VisArts, Rockville, MD); the National Drawing Invitational (Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR); and Medios y ambientes in Mexico City. Roulet is a frequent contributor to Sculpture magazine. Her other publications include many catalogue essays, encyclopedia entries, articles in American Art, Art Journal, Art Nexus, and the book Contemporary Puerto Rican Installation Art, the Guagua Aerea, the Trojan Horse and the Termite.
The Washington Print Club is a program sponsor of the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair. The Fair runs April 28 – May 1. Tickets and more information about the Fair are available on its website. The tours of the Fair and other programs are free for attendees. Master printer Phil Sanders will offer tours of the Fair both Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am. Registration is required.
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The Works of Artist Werner Drewes
Saturday, May 7, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Please join us for a members-only, in person program at the Chevy Chase home of WPC member Karen Drewes Seibert, granddaughter of artist Werner Drewes and representative of Drewes Fine Art. Karen will offer us a look at works by Drewes, a Bauhaus trained printmaker, a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, a manager of the Works Progress Administration, and member of the Washington Print Club. Drewes worked in a variety of visual media from woodcuts to collage to mini-oils, which served as inspiration for his larger pieces. Karen will also offer us a look at some never-before-seen travel studies and will share her insights into the artist’s career.
Click here to register. Registration is limited to 25 people and you may register for yourself and one guest. Note: If you plan to bring a guest, you must register your guest ahead of time.
The registration deadline is May 4. The location’s address will be provided to registrants.
Save the Dates
May 25, an in-person presentation by Library of Congress curator Katherine Blood and paper conservator Basia Nosei on the prints of artist/printmaker Robert Blackburn. The program will be members-only and held at the Library of Congress.
June 4, The Washington Print Club’s Annual Meeting, hosted by Pyramid Atlantic. Guests welcome.
June 25, a studio visit with artist Julie Wolfe. This program will be in-person and members-only.