To etch their own
Throughout the past 51 years, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology has inspired visitors from near and far, fostering ecological and creative thinking in those who come for residencies and workshops or to teach.
The Lincoln City Cultural Center has had the honor of collaborating with this fine organization on many occasions and is now proud to welcome the Sitka Center's Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency 20th Anniversary Folio Exhibit to the Chessman Gallery.
An in-person opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 10, from 5 to 7 pm, and a virtual gallery tour will be on offer on Saturday, Sept. 11, on the center’s Facebook page.
The Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency was established in 2002 to provide established artists with little or no printmaking experience the opportunity to explore a new creative medium with guidance, instruction and technical assistance from an expert etching printer.
The exhibit will showcase prints created by nine Schnitzer Residency alumni brought back to create a special anniversary folio. Master printmaker Julia D'Amario, who was involved in the conception of the printmaking residency program and has taught every artist in the program, has created a 10th image.
In order to demonstrate the relationship between mediums, artists will showcase artwork made in their own tradition, alongside the print made during their time at Sitka.
Featured artists for the folio are: Baba Wagué Diakite, Sabina Haque, Linda Hutchins, Dana Lynn Louis, Ryan Pierce, Larry Thomas, Patti Warashina, Heather Watkins, Marie Watt and Julia D’Amario. In addition to the folio, Sitka will feature work from other printmaking residency alumni including Ellen George, Chris Antemann, Samantha Wall and Claire Rojas.
The exhibit will be on display through Oct. 4 at the Chessman Gallery, located inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center at 540 NE Hwy. 101. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
For more information, go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.org.
• While at the cultural center, take a stroll down the hall to enjoy Kirk Jonasson’s large-scale abstracted photography. This body of work deals with the environmental impact of modern living, paired with an esthetic that focuses on small elegant details as well as parts of the whole.
An artist's talk by Jonassen is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 12, at 4 pm at the cultural center.