Oaxaca-Humboldt Print Exchange

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Humboldt State University First Street Gallery presents The Oaxaca-Humboldt Print Exchange Apr. 7 through May 20. Featured artists include Shinzaburo Takeda and his students from la Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca (UABJO), in Mexico and Professor Sarah Whorf and her students from Humboldt State University (HSU). This cultural exchange between the two universities and their communities features a wide variety of printmaking processes. Humboldt State University and UABJO participate in a number of intercollegiate exchange programs.

Image removed. Most of the student prints in this exhibition were printed from reliefs that the artists carved into sheets of plywood. The carving process lends itself to the natural qualities of the content as the artist responds to the grain and rhythm of the woodblock. Other processes used in the exhibition include lithography, intaglio, silk-screen, and monotypes.

The Oaxaca-Humboldt Print Exchange will be on exhibit from April 7 through May 20, 2007. A public reception for the artists will be held during Eureka’s Arts Alive celebration on Sat., May 5th. Humboldt State University First Street Gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5:00 p.m. and is located at 422 First Street, Eureka. Admission is free. Those planning group tours are encouraged to call 707-826-3424. The gallery’s website is at www.humboldt.edu/~first