“What was my work like before the shift? You could call me a traditionalist, old school, classical with a modern twist …”
Read MorePushing the Envelope: Southern California Women Bookmakers
The artist’s books Ch’anel and Entropic Oscillations are in an exhibit curated by Kitty Maryatt exploring books made by Southern California women letterpress printers, artists, calligraphers and binders. The exhibit will be on display at the Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center February 10 through 13, with a panel discussion on February 11 at 1 p.m.
LAPS 22nd National Printmaking Exhibition
Log Pile was accepted for the Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s 22nd National Exhibition, to be held at Mixografia’s Remba Gallery in Los Angeles, October 15 through November 12. Betye and Alison Saar will also be honored.
70 pieces were chosen out of 871 entrants by juror Kenturah Davis.
Mixografia is located at 1419 E. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90011.
A reception will be held October 15 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Catalog available.
Art for the Asking: The Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library
Art for the Asking: The Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library will be up in the Worth Ryder Art Gallery from August 24-September 30. This exhibition celebrates the Graphic Arts Loan Collection, and includes ephemera and prints from throughout the collection’s history that are rarely seen. Francisco Goya, Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso, Jean Arp, Fernand Léger, Max Beckman, Corita Kent, Faith Ringgold, and Ellsworth Kelly are a few of the artists represented by prints in this show.
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Belvedere Stump, two-block reduction woodcut with mica, 2022
Solo show at SHOH Gallery, Berkeley
“Into the Woods: Recent Work of Donna Westerman” will be exhibited at SHOH Gallery in Berkeley August 25 through September 25, 2022.
The gallery is located at 700 Gilman Street in Northwest Berkeley.
A reception for the artist will be held September 10 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Catalog available.
Log Pile: Variation, reduction woodcut, 2020
"New Work" at Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz
“Log Pile: Variation” was one of 29 pieces exhibited in the California Society of Printmakers exhibit “New Work” at Radius Gallery in Santa Cruz, May 6 through 25, 2022. The show was juried by Ann Hazels, director of Radius Gallery. The exhibition was open for viewing during the First Friday Santa Cruz on May 6 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Water Under the Bridge, reduction woodcut, 2018
"Altered States" show at Hawai'i State Art Museum
The Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) has included Donna's reduction woodcut “Water Under the Bridge” in the Hawai‘i State Art Museum’s newest exhibition, “Altered States,” which opened August 6, 2021.
The exhibition included painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, fiber and sculpture selected from the SFCA’s Art in Public Places Collection. Themes reflected upon in the show incude death, spirituality, global warming, politics and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donna's "Water Under the Bridge" has been in the Hawai'i Art in Public Places Collection since 2018 when it won a juror's award as part of the Pacific States Biennial and a special recognition award granted by a committee of local artists.
Hawai‘i State Art Museum
No.1 Capitol District Building,
250 South Hotel Street,
Honolulu HI 968136