The California Society of Printmakers’ 2017 Artist in Residence exhibition presents work created by selected CSP members in collaboration with Bay Area master printers. This year’s CSP Artists in Residence are Susan Belau at Gruenwald Press with John Gruenwald; Colleen Sullivan at The W.O.R.K.S with Thomas Wojak; and Kim Vanderheiden at Mullowney Printing with Paul Mullowney. The exhibition will be held at Mullowney Printing at 931 Treat Avenue, San Francisco on October 8, 1 – 4pm.   

Participating Artists: Megan Adie, Nora Akino, Shunsuke Ando, Peter Baczek, Sandra Beard, Bonnie Randall Boller, Margo Bors, Robert Brokl, Martha Castillo, Kathryn Cirincione, Zach Clark, Jen Cole, Hélène Paulette Côté, Cathie Crawford, Alice Cronin, Shari Arai DeBoer, Holly Downing, Beth Fein, Kim W. Fink, Jack Stone, Barbara Foster, Lola Fraknoi, Linda L. Fribley, Karen Gallagher Iverson, Ewa Gavrielov, Thomas Goglio, Jane Gregorius, Rozanne Hermelyn Di Silvestro, Yuji Hiratsuka, Susan Leone Howe,

Art is a gift that allows us to experience the visible world through the unique lens of the individual artist. It takes us out of our own habitual framework of seeing, naming and understanding and gives us an opportunity to re-see, re-name and create new understandings. The twenty-seven prints in this exhibition do just that. With discerning eyes, engaged hearts and adept hands, they present both the seen and felt

Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave. , Pacific Grove, CA  January 6 – February 23, 2017 Participating artists: Adrienne Momi, Arline Reimann, AV Pike, Angélica Carrasco Acevedo, Barbara Nilsson, Bob Rocco, Carol Montgomery, Colleen Sullivan, Cindy Davis, Cynthia Milionis, Dana Harris, Hj Mooij, Dixie Laws, Evelyn Klein, Beth Fein, Frances Valesco, Gustavo Mora, Ginger Crawford, Hélène Paulette Côté, Herlinde Spahr, Joanna Kidd, John Babcock, Katherine Venturelli, Laurel Prieto, Luz Marina

“Beneath the Surface” features artwork by members of the California Society of Printmakers, an international organization that promotes the practice and appreciation of contemporary printmaking. The printmakers use traditional and innovative printmaking techniques to express their individual interpretations of the theme. Some artists look, literally, beneath the surface of land and water. Others explore beneath layers of time and hidden meaning or visually peel back layers of marks, texture, and