Rooted in Minnesota, Schanilec is best known for his own writing and illustrations on regional topics as wide-ranging — and esoteric — as St. Paul’s now-demolished High Bridge, Mississippi waterfalls and “Mayflies of the Driftless Region.” An award winner at the 2005 Oxford Book Fair, the “Mayflies” book involved four years of research ……
Our first visit in Philadelphia was Temple University’s Special Collections Research Center with Josue Hurtado, Librarian and Coordinator of Public Services, and Kimberly Tuley, Curator of Rare Books. Kimberly had a wide selection of work for us to view including the Kelmscott Chaucer, which was bound in white goatskin. William Morris’ work really set a…
Our conference guest artist, Gaylord Shanilec organized our first stop at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. John Bidwell, Astor Curator and Department Head, provided valuable context and insight to the items we viewed – a huge highlight of the journey was seeing Gustave Doré engraved blocks. Many of the wood blocks…
The 2017 Annual Wood Engravers’ Network conference, hosted by Michael McGarvey and Stockton University, has officially started! There is so much going on – if you missed the Spring/Summer issue of Block & Burin (B&B) – get on it – you’re missing a great issue! The interview with DeborahMae Broad is stellar with loads of…
The Wood Engravers’ Network is thrilled to announce its Third Triennial Exhibition, featuring sixty-four (64) engravings by thirty-seven (37) artists from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Belgium. Starting its three year journey through North America, Stockton University will kick off the new exhibit during the Wood Engravers’ Network’s annual conference (June 25–July 1) hosted…
The Society of Wood Engravers’ (U.K. based group) 79th Annual Exhibition is currently at Zillah Bell Gallery through March 25 and then travels to Kevis House Gallery, April 1 – 29. Leicester Print Workshop then hosts the exhibit May 6 – July 8. Many of the Wood Engravers’ Network members are represented in the exhibit including…
Angie Lewin: A Printmaker’s Journey The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre March 11 – April 30, 2017 Sainsbury Gallery, The Willis Museum, Basingstoke May 6 – July 19, 2017 St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington Sept 16 – Nov 11, 2017 Angie Lewin is one of the foremost British designers of our times. Her highly…
The Wood Engravers’ Network Annual 2017 conference/workshop will be held at Stockton University in Galloway, NJ. from June 26 to July 1, 2017, hosted by Michael McGarvey with organizational assistance from Rebecca Gilbert and Michelle Post.
As a follow-up to Carl’s solo exhibition at Arundel Bookstore (Seattle, WA) during December 2016 and January 2017, Chatwin Books published a book that catalogs Montford’s entire body of work. Inspired by the natural world, and the places and things that hold significance for him, Carl’s body of work is intimate and familiar. Order yours…
High School students from a 2016 summer writing camp, Words With Wings (organized by the Missoula Writing Collaborative) visited the Wood Engravers’ Network Triennial Exhibition and Dramatic Movements: Frederic Remington’s Early Engravings, 1882–1893 at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture in July 2016 and wrote Ekphrastic poems inspired by their favorite works. The Second…