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Saturday 21st March 2009 At Stroud Valley’s Artspace

The Past and Future of Printmaking – Where do they meet?
Four Internationally renowned Printmakers and authors will be presenting a one day event of talks, debate and discussion on printmaking methods and techniques – old and new, where they meet and where they are going.
The presentations and participating speakers are:-

Presentation: The History of the Curwen Studios from its conception to the present day
STANLEY JONES – Curwen Studio Director
Stanley’s early training was in Wigan School of Art and from there he attended Slade School of Fine Art in London. Following his studies in London, He moved to Paris to work at the Ecole de Beaux Arts for a time before moving to the Atelier Patris, Montparnasse in Paris where he gained much experience in stone and zinc plate lithography and was also fortunate enough to work with artists like Giacometti, Le Moal, Sugaii, Severini and Soulages etc. In 1958 Robert Erskine persuaded him to return to London to help set up The Curwen Studio and create an environment in which artists had the freedom to work in printmaking. At the same time he took up a post at the Slade School to lecture in lithography. Until recently he has been President of the Print Makers Council, which he helped to found in 1964 and has recently handed over the chairmanship after many years of involvement in the society’s work. His work is in private and public collections throughout the world.

TOM MARTIN – Curwen Studio Manager
Tom first experienced lithography when he joined The Curwen Studio in 1997. Since then, under the tuition of Stanley Jones he has gained a sound knowledge of this versatile method giving him the ability to work hand in hand with practising artists. He is an outstanding artist in his own right producing abstract paintings and prints based on the theme of music, using colour and shape to represent rhythm and mood. You can view Tom’s work on the following site: www.thomasmartin.turnpiece.net

 

Presentation: The New Ecology of Printmaking
RICHARD NOYCE
Richard has in the past twenty years been primarily a writer on the visual arts for magazines in Britain and Europe, although he has also produced and exhibited drawings, photographs, paintings, and latterly is working on a series of digital prints. His latest book (‘Printmaking at the Edge’, A&C Black, London 2006, ISBN 0-7136-6784-2) explores the work of 45 innovative print artists from 16 countries. In 2008 Richard Noyce was commissioned to write the sequel to ‘Printmaking at the Edge’ to be titled ‘Printmaking Beyond the Edge’, to be published in autumn 2010.

 

Presentation: The Collaborative Experience: Printmaking in West Wales
PAUL CROFT TMP RE
Since qualifying as a Tamarind Master Printer from the world renowned Tamarind Institute of Lithography, 1996; Croft’s research and practice as an artist, printmaker and collaborating printer has culminated in the publication of two books on Stone Lithography and Plate Lithography (A&C Black, 2001 & 2003) UK, (Watson-Guptill 2003) USA and (JML Fine Art Press 2003) China.
In 2007 he curated Stone-Plate-Grease-Water, an exhibition of International Contemporary Lithography, an AHRC funded research project that has made a significant contribution to the understanding of the nature and diversity of current lithographic practice. Including 90 prints by 64 artists from the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, Argentina and Jordan; this touring exhibition also included a substantial published catalogue and website www.spgw.co.uk