ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
Another World is Possible
September 8 - October 8, 2022
Artists' Reception on Friday, September 9th 5-8pm ANO
Another World is Possible, a juried group exhibition of prints and print-related artwork by members and former artists-in-residence of Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA.
Artists, indeed all of us, can and often do attempt to predict or imagine possible outcomes for the crises-filled world in which we now live. This exhibition calls on printmakers to reflect on future scenarios, both near and far, and envision expansion or a sort of end game. Do we imagine dystopias or utopias? Do we believe that tomorrows may be worse than yesterdays or do we visualize the possibilities of a cleaner and clearer, more balanced world?
Juried by Juana Valdes, multi-media artist and Associate Professor (printmaking), UMass Amherst, and Shichio Minato, printmaker, curator, Professor of Art, Fukui University, Fukui, Japan and organizer of first Green Printmaking Symposium in Asia (2019).
This large group of international and local artists utilize a vast array of printmaking techniques in imagining their response to the challenge of Another World is Possible. Exhibiting artists are:
Suzanne Artemieff, Anne Beresford, Linda Bills, Martha Braun, Meredith Broberg, Liz Chalfin, Sarah Creighton, Nancy Diessner, Victoria Elbroch, Marnix Everaert, Betsy Feick, Lydia Giangregorio, Mary Hart, Sarah Hulsey, Elisa Lanzi, Doris W. Madsen, Tekla McInerney, Therese Dwyer Moriarty, Rhea Nowak, Malgorzata Oakes, Susan Osgood, Lynn Peterfreund, Erika Radich, B.Z. Reily, Julie Rivera, Susan Rood, Jennifer Scheuer, Joyce Silverstone, Matthew Simons, Robynn Smith, Judith Wolf, Angela Zammarelli
Brief Statements by the Curators:
Shichio Minato:
“Through the screening of the entries, I felt the power of art to solve problems that transcend common sense. While "another world is possible" is an extremely open-ended theme that can be taken in a variety of ways, it also poses the difficulty of having to reexamine one's own stance as an artist. …From natural disasters such as major earthquakes and fires to wars, terrorism, financial crises, and even very personal but life-shattering losses and traumatic events, there are a wide variety of catastrophes occurring in modern society. It is difficult to find the right answers to these questions, but we artists have reaffirmed that it is possible to give many people the courage to face these difficult issues through our printmaking.
Juana Valdes:
“Another World is Possible," as the title for the exhibition, suggests there is still time to create, imagine or restore our world. In their varied printmaking processes, the artworks I selected for the show take on the challenge of imagining a better future, restoring an unbalanced past, and reexamining our current state of being. In their many forms, they offer us a vision forward, a place to reflect on the human condition, and hope to amend our relationship with the planet we inhabit.
Zea Mays Printmaking is a studio, workshop, gallery, educational facility and research center dedicated to the safest and most sustainable printmaking practices available.
For more information contact: Liz Chalfin, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA — [email protected]; 413.584.1783
September 8 - October 8, 2022
Artists' Reception on Friday, September 9th 5-8pm ANO
Another World is Possible, a juried group exhibition of prints and print-related artwork by members and former artists-in-residence of Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA.
Artists, indeed all of us, can and often do attempt to predict or imagine possible outcomes for the crises-filled world in which we now live. This exhibition calls on printmakers to reflect on future scenarios, both near and far, and envision expansion or a sort of end game. Do we imagine dystopias or utopias? Do we believe that tomorrows may be worse than yesterdays or do we visualize the possibilities of a cleaner and clearer, more balanced world?
Juried by Juana Valdes, multi-media artist and Associate Professor (printmaking), UMass Amherst, and Shichio Minato, printmaker, curator, Professor of Art, Fukui University, Fukui, Japan and organizer of first Green Printmaking Symposium in Asia (2019).
This large group of international and local artists utilize a vast array of printmaking techniques in imagining their response to the challenge of Another World is Possible. Exhibiting artists are:
Suzanne Artemieff, Anne Beresford, Linda Bills, Martha Braun, Meredith Broberg, Liz Chalfin, Sarah Creighton, Nancy Diessner, Victoria Elbroch, Marnix Everaert, Betsy Feick, Lydia Giangregorio, Mary Hart, Sarah Hulsey, Elisa Lanzi, Doris W. Madsen, Tekla McInerney, Therese Dwyer Moriarty, Rhea Nowak, Malgorzata Oakes, Susan Osgood, Lynn Peterfreund, Erika Radich, B.Z. Reily, Julie Rivera, Susan Rood, Jennifer Scheuer, Joyce Silverstone, Matthew Simons, Robynn Smith, Judith Wolf, Angela Zammarelli
Brief Statements by the Curators:
Shichio Minato:
“Through the screening of the entries, I felt the power of art to solve problems that transcend common sense. While "another world is possible" is an extremely open-ended theme that can be taken in a variety of ways, it also poses the difficulty of having to reexamine one's own stance as an artist. …From natural disasters such as major earthquakes and fires to wars, terrorism, financial crises, and even very personal but life-shattering losses and traumatic events, there are a wide variety of catastrophes occurring in modern society. It is difficult to find the right answers to these questions, but we artists have reaffirmed that it is possible to give many people the courage to face these difficult issues through our printmaking.
Juana Valdes:
“Another World is Possible," as the title for the exhibition, suggests there is still time to create, imagine or restore our world. In their varied printmaking processes, the artworks I selected for the show take on the challenge of imagining a better future, restoring an unbalanced past, and reexamining our current state of being. In their many forms, they offer us a vision forward, a place to reflect on the human condition, and hope to amend our relationship with the planet we inhabit.
Zea Mays Printmaking is a studio, workshop, gallery, educational facility and research center dedicated to the safest and most sustainable printmaking practices available.
For more information contact: Liz Chalfin, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA — [email protected]; 413.584.1783
