CONNECTIONS: a Printmaking Exhibit
The “Connections” exhibit links us to each other and the human condition. In this time of the corona virus and sheltering at home, we yearn for connection. We long to return to our interrelated lives, to hug our friends and loved ones. We remain at home, unable to celebrate together. Alone, we mourn the loss of those who have died. We are overwhelmed by the over 400,000+ lives lost worldwide due to the pandemic.
“Connections” ties us to the healing power of nature, our history and our memories. The art provides a window of hope for the current moment. It helps us to remember the past and to face the future.
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“Connections” printmaking invitational features eleven artists: Jody Bare, Molly Brown, Marcus Cota, Esmeralda DeGiovanni, Emma Formato, Jane Gregorius, Anita Heckman, Bridget Henry, Glenn Joy, Stephanie Martin and Melissa West.
SCROLL DOWN to the bottom to view a 2nd SLIDESHOW featuring Melissa West’s prayer flags and twelve prints from the Ayotzinapa 43 folio. The prayer flags celebrate hope and action. The portraits acknowledge the 43 students from Mexico who were disappeared in 2014. presente.
Most work from “Connections” is for sale. See gallery below with titles and prices. For purchases: inquire directly with the artist (links above) or contact anita [at} rcnv [dot} org
The printmaking styles and subject matter are wide ranging but all relate to the theme of Connection. Methods represented include linoleum cut, photo-polymer, monotype with chine collé, reduction woodcut, etching, and lithography.
We hope to present the “real-life” exhibit in person at RCNV at some point in the future. The exhibit was originally scheduled for April – June, 2020 at RCNV. The exhibit has moved online due to Covid-19, since RCNV is temporarily closed to the public. RCNV has offered numerous Art of Nonviolence exhibits since the 612 Ocean St. facility was remodeled in 2017.
Junipero Serra, linocut, Melissa West, $125
Dorothy Day, linocut, Melissa West, $125
Tropical Kingbird, etching, Stephanie Martin, $280-framed
Merlin, etching, Stephanie Martin, $360-framed
Night Heron, etching, Stephanie Martin, $280
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, etching, Stephanie Martin, $220
American Pipit, etching, Stephanie Martin, $150
Entwined II, monotype /chine Collé, Anita Heckman, $1100-framed
Magpie Bridge, Monotype, Anita Heckman, $800
Infinitree, Monotype/ Chine Collé, $1000-framed
Artichokes IV, linocut/chine collé, Anita Heckman, $250
Follow Your Heart, linocut, Melissa West, $155
Harriet Tubman, linocut, Melissa West, $195
Arroyo, linocut, Emma Formato, $60
#20 Birds Series, photopolymer, Jane Gregorius, $200
#52 Birds Series, photopolymer, Jane Gregorius, $200
#29 Birds Series, photopolymer, Jane Gregorius, $200
#25 Birds Series, photopolymer, Jane Gregorius, $200
#38 Bird Series, photopolymer, Jane Gregorius, $200
Redwood Cathedral, linocut, Glenn Joy, $55
The Giant, linocut, Glenn Joy, $65
Scorch, linocut, Glenn Joy, $66
Monterey Cypress, linocut, Glenn Joy, $64
Tower, linocut, Glenn Joy, $42
A Very Tall Tree, linocut, Glenn Joy, $64
Arroyo, linocut, Emma Formato, $60
Day, woodcut relief, Emma Formato, $50
Origins I, woodcut relief, Emma Formato, $80
Everything Always, woodcut relief, Emma Formato, $100
Battle Between Memory and Time, color reductive woodcut, Bridget Henry, $425
A Comfort, color reductive woodcut, Bridget Henry, $425
Paradise, woodcut, Esmeralda DeGiovanni, $80
Drowning, linocut, Esmeralda DeGiovanni, $60
Pool, woodcut, Esmeralda DeGiovanni, $75
Entangled, woodcut, Esmeralda DeGiovanni, $80
Grasp, linocut, Esmeralda DeGiovanni, $75
2077 Nuevo Aztlan, photobased etching, Marcus Cota, NFS
Mujeres Detras del Movimiento, lithograph, $50
No Más (dyptych), etching, Marcus Cota, NFS
Nuestra Senora de Sacraficio, lithograph, Marcus Cota, NFS
Wilder Oak, linocut print, Molly Brown, $400
Echo Lake Cedar, linocut print, Molly Brown, $400
Que Frontera?, 60
Grandfather Oak, Molly Brown, $500
The Gathering, linocut print, Jody Bare, $185
Water Muses Dance, linocut print, Jody Bare, $185
Polar Power, linocut print, Jody Bare, $185
Night Owl, linocut print, Jody Bare, $175
Hummingbird Fiesta, linocut print, Jody Bare, $150
Elephant World, linocut print, Jody Bare, $170
Water is Life, color reductive woodcut, Bridget Henry, $425
We Honor and Remember: Melissa West’s Prayer Flags and images from the Ayotzinapa 43 print folio:
Melissa West’s prayer flags celebrate hope and action and represent her prayers for the world. The Ayotzinapa 43 folio portraits acknowledge and remember the 43 students from Mexico who were disappeared in 2014. Their mothers and fathers still cry… Truth and Justice! “No forgiveness, no forgetting .” presente
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Melissa West prayer flags 
Prayer for the Healers 
For those who till the soil 
Prayer for the Bees 
Prayer for the Lonely 
Visit mswest.com for prayer flag purchase information. 
Printmakers for the Ayotzinapa 43 
Somos Todos! Padres y Madres De Ayotzinapa 
Ayotzinapa by Elena Ospina, 2016, Colombia 
Madre del Desaparecido (Mother of the Disappeared) by Carlos Barberena 
Saúl Bruno García by Iztlaxhuathl Dominguez 
Carlos Lorenzo Hernandez Munoz by Cedar Kirwin 
Marcial Pablo Baranda by Alana Matthews 
Jose Angel Navarette Gonzalez by Felicia Rice 
Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideno by Melody Overstreet 
Emiliano Alen Gaspar De La Cruz by Barry O’Keefe 
Giovanni Galindes Guerrero by Michelle Wilson 
Christian Alfonso Rdriguez Telumbre by Susana Terrell 
Abel Garcia Hernandez by Stephanie Martin 
Alexander Mora Venancio by Lee Ann DiCicco 
Bernardo Flores Alcaraz 
Julio Cesar Ramirez Nava by Jennifer Cordery
It’s 5+ years since 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Normal School disappeared overnight in the state of Guerrero in Mexico. After an episode that has yet to be clarified of crossfire between police and alleged narcos, the buses where students traveled were intercepted. Five people were killed and the rest was only known. Since then, the families of these young people have continued to ask for justice and truth from a State that many consider to be accomplice.
Artist Carlos Barberena drew ‘Mother of the Missing’ to denounce this tragedy that, says, ′′ exposed the level of impunity and corruption of the Mexican state .” He regrets that there has not yet been a credible and transparent investigation that gives answers and justice to the relatives to the missing. He says goodbye with the slogan repeated tirelessly by those who demand dignity: “They were taken alive, we love them alive .”
More information: Printmakers for the Ayotzinapa 43. Padres Y Madres De Ayotzinapa New York Times Article: Ayotzinapa 43– Five Years Ago, 43 Students Vanished. The Mystery, and the Pain, Remain.