Exhibition:
Art, Science and the World Around Us
Art Center Waco
October 3, 2008 – January 9, 2009
Including Illustrating Nature: Natural History and the Printmaking Processes

Opening reception Friday October 3, 2008

Closing reception Friday January 9, 2009

In a homage to its natural diversity, six Texas printmakers put minds, hearts and skill into depicting the creatures of the Lone Star State. From Mockingbirds to rattlesnakes, the artists give tantalizing insights into the lives and personalities of the birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects and mammals that share our landscape.

Featuring the work of: Margie Crisp, linocuts; David Everett, woodcuts; Melanie Fain, handcolored etchings; Billy Hassell color lithographs & etchings; William B. Montgomery handcolored etchings & lithographs; and Rosemary Nichols Swann, handcolored lithographs.

Illustrating Nature: Natural History and the Printmaking Process
Historical prints from private collections illustrate the popular and scientific background to natural history prints. Includes engravings from Napoleon’s Expedition to Egypt, Martinet engravings, Seba etchings, chromolithographs from the German Encyclopedia Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon, along with wood engravings, lithographs and etchings. A display of tools, plates and blocks illustrate different printmaking processes.

Event:
Printing in Nature
A Printmaking Workshop for Kids!
Art Center Waco

Saturday October 18, 9 AM – 12 AM

Put your naturalist hat on and join Margie Crisp for a printmaking workshop. We’ll explore the grounds of the Nature Center for inspiration and then create prints in the Museum art studio.
Contact the Art Center Waco for additional information.

http://www.artcenterwaco.org
1300 College Drive, Waco, Texas 76708 | 254.752.4371

Contact the artist for more information about scheduling a workshop or presentation.

• Nature Journaling
• Landscape Drawing Fundamentals
• The Artistic Anatomy of Trees
• Artist’s Work Slide Presentation
• Drawing & Printing in Nature for Children
• Natural History of the Galapagos Islands
• Snakes of Central Texas
  
  

Classes taught for The Art School include:

• Introduction to Landscape Drawing
• Sketching at the Lagoon
• Drawing & Printing the Landscape (With Slugfest Printmaking Workshop)
• Charcoal Drawing
• Drawing & Printing in Nature (for Children)