WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY ART EXHIBIT CELEBRATES PRINTMAKING

Northeast Prints 2002, a juried exhibit of works by 42 professional printmakers from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine will be on view at William Paterson University’s Ben Shahn Galleries from March 25 through April 26. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

The show, in Ben Shahn’s South Gallery, includes a variety of printmaking media, including woodcut, etching, monotype/monoprint, lithography, intaglio, silkscreen, and processes involving photography-derived imagery and digital collage. The exhibit was curated by Judith Hecker, assistant curator of prints and illustrated books for the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Nancy Einreinhofer, director of the Ben Shahn Galleries, says the exhibit contains a "variety of ideas and expressions representative of the current East coast art world, which are explored through both the traditional print mediums, such as etching and woodcut, and the latest digital technology. Through this annual exhibit we are building the University’s collection of prints and we are excited to be acquiring such fine examples."

Patricia Cudd of Freehold won the grand prize for her monoprint "Sampler," a lithograph with hand stitching and hand stamping. As grand prize winner, Cudd will receive a one-person show in the Ben Shahn Galleries in spring 2003.

"The focus of my work is the world that women inherit," says Cudd. "Whether I utilize photographic images, both past and present, or whether I depict the items in our lives…I explore thoughts and ideas that are transmitted through generations, without or in spite of words, either spoken or written."

Maureen Cummins of Brooklyn won second prize for her silkscreen titled "Footnotes." Virginia Bruner of Martinsville earned third prize for her digital print "Berlin Atrium." Honorable mention awards were given to Carlie Hewitt of Lewiston, Maine; William C. Mathie of Edinboro, Pennsylvania; Nicole Maynard-Sahar of Tinton Falls; Erena Rae of Highland Park; Ruth Rieber of Teaneck; and Carol Rosen of Califon.

The exhibit is one of three shows on view concurrently in the Ben Shahn Galleries. On view in the East Gallery is "Cityscapes: Remembrances of Things Past," a one-person show by Carol Westfall of Jersey City featuring her photographs of the World Trade Center, the Statue of Liberty, and New York Harbor. In the Court Gallery, artist Lucio Pozzi presents "People and Things – 2002," a painting in four parts that covers the four freestanding walls of the gallery from floor to ceiling. All exhibits are free and open to the public and are wheelchair accessible.

This exhibit is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

For additional information, please call the Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson University at 973-720-2654.

4/10/02

Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966