california printmakers   Juror  -  Simon Blattner   November 5 – December 19, 2004 Reception: November 5 – 7-9pm Juror's Talk, November 11 at 7:00 Becky Alprin Untitled I, 2004 paper lithography 30” x 22” Becky Alprin Redbird, 2004 paper lithography 30” x 22” Dorothy Connelly Roasted Passion, 2004 7-color reduction linocut 19” x 15” Shari Arai DeBoer Wave of Script, 2002 monotype /intaglio 24” x 14” Angie Garberina Little Black Wagon, 2002 hand colored lithograph 16” x 14” framed Jennifer "Nif" Hodgson Untitled, 2004 intaglio 11-3/4” x 23-3/4” Jennifer "Nif" Hodgson When All the world is Green, 2004 intaglio 5-1/4” x 8-1/8” Nancy Hom Secret Chinese/Secret American, 2003 silkscreen 24” x 20” Jennifer Jervis Self Portrait #2, 2004 sugar lift / aquatint / monoprint 16” x 20” Ann K Johnston Collateral Damaged, 2004 woodcut 20” x 25” Mike Kimball Four Containers #3, 2004 multiple techniques print 12” x 12” Mike Kimball Four Containers #5, 2004 multiple techniques print 12” x 12” Andrew Leone #1-#4 (From 1000 Diagrams on The Meaning of Life), 2004 monotype 32” x 32” Andrew Leone #6 Duality (From 1000 Diagrams on the Meaning of Life), 2004 monotype 15” x 15” Stella Ling Artocarpus Communis, 2004 photolithography, archival inkjet, monotype 13” x 19” Christina Loya Aztec Serpent, 2004 linocut 14” x 11” Christina Loya Sacrifice, 2004 linocut 14.5” x 11” Peter Leone McCormick One Thousand Pieces of Snow, 2004 monotype 22” x 15” Katya McCulloch Compost Heap, 2003 woodcut monoprint 17” x 17” Carol Montgomery The Ant & The Grasshopper, 1999-2000 collograph, etching, solar plates 6 ft x 12” (folded 24” x 12”) Donna Orme Domino Effect, 2004 monotype 19” x 25” Donna Orme Inner Probe, 2004 monotype, collage 25” x 21” Kate Orrange Ancient Pathways, 2003 monotype with chine colle 11” x 14” framed Leigh Radtke Echos of Mechensney, 2000 monotype 20” x 24” Dennis Raines Lipstick and Vibrators?, 2003 intaglio, chine colle 24” x 19” Nancy Stein Bay Forest, 2004 aquatint 21-3/4” x 20” Nancy Stein Bucket of Clams, 2003 aquatint 13” x 13” Nancy Stein Farm Building, 2004 mezzotint 20” x 16” Dan B Underhill North Wind block print 12” x 12”   Teresa Zepeda Cat Garden, 2004 silkscreen 18” x 21” Teresa Zepeda Little Dog, What Now?, 2002 etching 14” x 16” The Main Gallery will feature a California Printmakers exhibition juried by Simon Blattner. This exhibition presents works on paper by artists from all over California who use a variety of printmaking techniques such as etching, lithography, monotype, intaglio, linocut, chine colle, silkscreen and woodcut. With images that range from elegant to humorous, the selected work shows the diversity of technical and conceptual issues being addressed by contemporary printmakers. In addition to the juried work, curator Simon Blattner will present a suite of prints that beautifully illustrate the different stages of the printmaking process.   Simon Blattner is the publisher of Eastside Editions a fine arts press editioning handmade paper prints. He is also chair of the Board of the California College of Arts in San Francisco and Oakland. He also serves on the Board of the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. Blattner apprenticed in handmade paper making at Magnolia Editions in Oakland and has been interested in the arts all of his life. His particular expertise includes all types of prints and works on paper. He is a crafter of hand papermaking in both Western and Japanese styles and he dedicates much of his time to the creation of art in his East Side Editions studio. Blattner will give a presentation and juror’s discussion about the California Printmakers exhibition on Thursday, November 11 at 7:00pm.