Featuring 55 artists working in 6 countries, the Wood Engravers’ Network Fifth Triennial Exhibition will be on display at the Western New York Book Arts Center Gallery September 19th through November 1st, 2025.
Three opportunities to engage with wood engraving in Western New York:
Attend the opening reception this Friday September 19th, 5 to 8pm at the Western New York Book Arts Center!
THEN Get into the WOOD ENGRAVING MOOD with a talk at the Flower City Arts Center on Friday September 26th at 7pm by Joanne Price, President emeritus of the Wood Engravers’ Network, sponsored by the Rochester Print Club.
Price will discuss the art of wood engraving as part of the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal: “Canal Week”. Wood Engraving was the primary method of including illustrations in books and newspapers in the early 19th Century. The development of the techniques will be discussed with examples of this unique form of printmaking.
$10 general admission at the door
FREE admission for members of The Print Club of Rochester, Flower City Arts Center, or the WNY Book Arts Center
Talk at:
Flower City Arts Center
713 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
flowercityarts.org
ALSO – sign up to learn this historic and meditative art that holds the core of Buffalo and the Erie Canal in its bones. Joanne Price, President emeritus of the Wood Engravers’ Network, will guide you through the process during a weekend course at WNYBAC: “Historic Letterpress Illustration” – sign up today!
Feature image Directions Home, wood engraving by George Dirolf (NY)
