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The Shell Prints of Jean Charles Chenu
April 30, 2009 through October 10, 2009
Opening
Reception Thursday, May 14, 2009 from 6-8pm
Thursday, June
4, 2009 at 6:30pm
Lecture by Candace Clements, Professor in Art
History at the University of Houston
Thursday, July
30, 2009 at 6:30pm
Lecture by Tina Petway, Curator of Malacology
at Houston Museum of Natural Science
This exhibition showcases
selections of Jean Charles Chenu’s, Illustrations
Conchyliologiques, a sumptuous publication produced in Paris
from 1842 to 1853. On display are 37 of the original 482
hand-colored, copperplate engravings of shells. Loaned from the
collection of Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Body Language: WIVLA Print & Photography
Show
June 25, 2009 – September 19, 2009
Opening Reception Thursday, June 25, 2009
In conjunction
with Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, the Museum of Printing History is
pleased to present Body Language: the WIVLA Print & Photography Show.
Open to all WIVLA members, participating artists are encouraged to explore the
visual language of the body, using abstract, literal or conceptual approaches to
the subject. This exhibition showcases all printmaking techniques, including
photography, computer generated art and giclees. Work must have been completed
in the last three years, without supervision, and not previously exhibited in
the Museum of Printing History
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Filigrane: a History of Watermarks
May
14, 2009 through September 5, 2009 Papermaking
demonstrations led by Kathy Gurwell: Attendees
will learn how to pull a sheet of paper from a vat of pulp, using a
mould and deckle. Then they will couch the sheet and learn how
to press and dry the paper. Basic papermaking at home will be
covered.
Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 1:00pm
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at
1:00pm
This exhibition features a survey of
papermaking in Europe and the United States from the sixteenth
century to the present, with a special focus on the art of the
watermark. Important themes explored in the exhibition include the
earliest history of watermarks, the significance of imagery, and the
contemporary uses of fine paper for limited edition books and
prints. On display, visitors to the exhibition will see the tools of
the trade, including moulds and deckles, as well as examples of
watermarks from Europe and America from the last four hundred years.
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The Museum of Printing History
1324 W Clay Street, Houston, TX, 77019
Tel: 713 522 4652 · Fax: 713 522 5694
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