On Sunday I took a day trip to Green Bay, Wisconsin to visit professor and artist Christine Styles and to see the University of Wisconsin at GB studios. Chris teaches printmaking at UW and is also heavily involved in the art scene in Wisconsin. She serves on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Visual Artists Group and also Print Forum and ARTgarage. She has a private studio located just minutes from the UW Green Bay art building which we stopped at first. She has a huge studio space and I got to look at some new and wonderful intaglio prints she has recently been working on that are inspired by mold patterns on paper from her previous print series. Chris has shown her work all over the United States as well as internationally.
From her studio we drove over to the UW studios where Christine is a professor in printmaking. The studios accommodate photo plate lithography, relief, intaglio, and silkscreen. There was even an old, original Ed Hardy litho plate. It has been destroyed so that the image cannot be reprinted, but it was still really cool to see his drawing up there. While talking to Chris I learned of another great opportunity that she offers to her students. Every other summer students have the chance to travel to the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy for an intensive month long studio program lead by Chris. It was inspiring to meet such a passionate and driven artist and I'm glad I was able to make the extra trip to Green Bay.
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From her studio we drove over to the UW studios where Christine is a professor in printmaking. The studios accommodate photo plate lithography, relief, intaglio, and silkscreen. There was even an old, original Ed Hardy litho plate. It has been destroyed so that the image cannot be reprinted, but it was still really cool to see his drawing up there. While talking to Chris I learned of another great opportunity that she offers to her students. Every other summer students have the chance to travel to the Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy for an intensive month long studio program lead by Chris. It was inspiring to meet such a passionate and driven artist and I'm glad I was able to make the extra trip to Green Bay.
http://www.christinestyle.com/index.html
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