Looking for venues to exhibit your wood engravings? Well, here are a few: Society of Wood Engravers 81st Annual Exhibition entries due to arrive in the United Kingdom before June 30, 2018. The Society of Wood Engravers’ 81st Annual Exhibition is an open submission and all forms of relief printmaking are eligible. Prints from the…
WEN member, Gerard Brender à Brandis has produced hundreds of drawings, watercolors, and engravings of plants, landscape, buildings and musical instruments. Gerard’s garden and studio are in Stratford, Ontario Canada. This wood engraving is titled Dodecatheon meadia. Commonly called “shooting star,” this wild flower grows naturally from southern Manitoba through Wisconsin, west to Pennsylvania, D.C. and…
The Wood Engravers’ Network Third Triennial Exhibition is now showing in Lawrence Hall (School of Art + Design) at the University of Oregon. We are thrilled to have the University of Oregon as our west-coast exhibit venue and with plenty of time for our Annual Summer Conference in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon this June 23–30! Juror,…
WEN member, Tony Drehfal gave a 90 minute presentation and demonstration to University of Wisconsin – Marshfield professor, Kitty Kingston’s Intro to Printmaking class (and a few local artists) on February 27, 2018. In addition to the presentation, Tony and Kitty were featured on the WSAW Wausau (Channel 7 CBS) at 4am for their morning…
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The Wood Engravers’ Network’s 3rd Triennial Exhibition is set to stampede its third venue at University of Wisconsin – Marshfield/Wood County’s Gallery 450 January 23 through March 16, 2018! Art Gallery 450 hours are Monday – Friday 10:00 am–5:00 pm – also open during theater performances. Gallery 450 is located in the Helen Connor Laird…
Now is a great time to join the Wood Engravers’ Network! We welcome all wood engravers! If you enjoy following us on social media, and/or on our website blog, why not join and to get the FULL experience of being a member! No wood engraving experience is required – we welcome all levels of experience,…
It is with heavy heart that we say “good bye” to member, Anna Hogan. She died peacefully December 17, 2017 at the age of 96. We’re so glad that Anna’s art has been part of the Wood Engravers’ Network traveling exhibit for the past 4 years now. Each juror mentions her work as a point…
Starting January 1, 2018, the Wood Engravers’ Network, Inc. will be officially Incorporated in the state of Kentucky! Our group has been moving towards 501(c)(7) non-profit status for more than a year now and we’ve made our first big leap towards that goal! Incorporating our group as a social/ recreational club will help focus our…
See this spectacular survey of wood engravings all of December 2017 at Davidson Galleries in Seattle, Washington! This exhibition features over forty contemporary and historical wood engravers from around the world. The featured image here is Juniper and Half Dome by Richard Wagener. Several current WEN members are represented including Richard Wagener, Carl Montford, Abigail…