www.zygotepress.org Fall 2012

. Mission Statement:The mission of Zygote Press, Inc. is to enable artists to produce fine art prints within an atmosphere of collective exchange by providing them with affordable workspace and exhibition opportunities. Zygote is a resource dedicated to increasing awareness about contemporary printmaking by creating active communication among artist-printmakers and the broader community.

. Co-Founders:Liz Maugans

Kelly Novak

Bellamy Printz

Joseph Sroka

. Staff/Volunteers:Liz MaugansExecutive Director

Jen CraunAssociate Director

Corrie SlawsonGrants Associate

Elizabeth EmeryIntern + Residency Coordinator

Christi BirchfieldShop Manager

Brian KramerGallery Associate

. Wishl ist :

Adult Bike Helmets [gently used]

Commercial Printing Paper

End Rolls or Sheets of Newsprint or Butcher Paper for proofing

Industrial Ceiling Fans

Fall Newsletter 2012

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Hey Zygot ians!

As the cool breezes bring us back to reality, we at Zygote are steering our course towards a busy Autumn! What an amazing incredible summer it has been at Zygote. It feels like we have traveled a million miles and just keep circling back to our happy nest on East 30th street.

We started off the spring with the thrilling news that Zygote Press received a Martha Joseph Prize for Distinguished Service to the Arts from the Cleveland Arts Prize for 2012. Liz and I tried to keep with “business as usual” in the midst of a heavy schedule familiar only to celebrities and other glitterati—one of the results is a terrific video created by CAP by Ted Sikora, which can be viewed at our website. What an amazing experience to be so honored by the Cleveland community and our peers. We join an astounding group of artists and advocates that include many Zygote artists: Amy Casey, Audra Skuodas, Don Harvey, Craig Lucas, and Terry Schwartz to name a just a few. The constellation of bright and shining artists that connect to our little supernova is incredible. Even now, as we look towards our Fall schedule, Johnny Coleman (CAP 2003) is completing his work at Zygote for the AIR exhibition, opening September 7th.

It seems too that all roads lead to Zygote—we have been hosting artists from far and wide as part of our ZPASS program. Artists from Puerto Rico, Chicago, New Orleans, were among those selected for our Intern SWAP, the ZPASS artist residency, and by partner institutions needing housing for visiting artists. Continuing with our global trend, we will be infused with international flavors this Fall. While we continue working with the Ohio Arts Council towards our 15th year of the Dresden Residency Exchange, we will also be hosting artists as part of the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program. German artists Tina Wohlfarth and Heike Wadewitz will be staying in the upstairs ZPASS apartment in September and October, joining Ivan Correa from Santiago, Chile, in the workshop. We expect this to be a busy and exciting time in the shop—a great time to stop by and experience these very different cultural and art making traditions at work.

Between our upcoming exhibitions featuring our local and international visiting artists (AIR and Foreign Affairs), New Deal Updated opening in November (see Liz’s Rant on page 6), and our annual Monothon in November and Open House in December, Zygote should definitely be part of your art itinerary. Our commitment towards making Cleveland a star on the national arts map includes CAN Journal. We had a stellar launch party at BAY Arts in early June and CAN is continuing its upward trajectory as one of Cleveland’s key cultural guides. Look for our next issue, due out on Sept.20th with a launch party at 78th Street studios. We’ll also hit the ground pedaling at this year’s Ingenuity Festival with our new PRINT BIKE Print-a-go-go—spreading the word of printmaking.

The wind is blowing us towards great things ahead, and we want you to join us every step of the way. Fall is Membership time, so look for information on how you can continue to wave your Zygotian flag high and get on board for all our fantastic journeys. We’ll save a seat for you!

Bellamy PrintzCo-Founder and Board President

. Sharing the Love of ZygoteAs we begin our 2012 membership drive we are finding ourselves wanting to better appreciate and showcase the richness of our community. We are asking our members–both old and new–to share with us your moments at Zygote. We heartily encourage you to send us your thoughts, photographs of your Zygote experiences, comments and suggestions to info@zygotepress.org. We would like to share this energetic user-feedback on our facebook page, in our e-blasts and within the pages of our newsletters. Check out the terrific new Zygote Press video showcasing the types of experiences that we want to promote about all of the great people and events affiliated with Zygote Press. You can find us on Vimeo by searching “Zygote Press”. Thanks to Rian Brown [Associate Professor of Cinema + New Media, Oberlin College] for the love and talent that went into the filming and editing.

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. Calendar

A I R E x h i b i t i o n : J o h n n y C o l e m a nSome Spirits: The Free Side of the RiverOpening Reception Friday Sep 7th 6-9pmRuns through Oct 6th

A I R Ta l kLecture Thursday Sep 13th 6:30-8:30pmFree and Open to the Public

H a n d P a p e r m a k i n g ’s I n n o v a t i v e P r i n t m a k i n g P o r t f o l i oPart of Watermarks 2012 an International Paper Conference [in partnership with Morgan Conservatory] October 17th-21st -- Stop in during our Open Studio hours or by appointment

F o re i g n A f f a i r s e x h i b i t i o nOpening Reception Saturday Oct 13th 1-3pmRuns through Oct 31st

N e w D e a l U p d a t e : N e w D e a l G r a p h i c Wo r k sFrom the collections of William Busta, Rachel Davis and Tom SoddersOpening Reception Friday Nov 2nd 6-9pmRuns through Nov 24th

N e w G r a p h i c U p d a t e s :Wo r k b y C l a u d i o G i a c o n e O r s o , G u i l l e r m o Tre j o a n d B e c Yo u n gOpening Reception Friday Nov 2nd 6-9pmRuns through Nov 24th

L a b o r L e c t u re / P a n e l D i s c u s s i o nThursday Nov 15th 6:30-8:30pm H o l i d a y O f f - t h e - Wa l l A r t i s t D ro p - o f fSaturday Nov 24th 1-4pm Wednesday Nov 28th 1-4pm

H o l i d a y O f f - t h e - Wa l l S a l e E x h i b i t i o n a n d P a r t ySaturday Dec 1st 1-3pm

. HOT OFF THE PRESST h e H o t t e s t N e w s f r o m Z y g o t e P r e s s

A . I . R .Zygote is honored to have our 2012 Artist-in-Residence artist Johnny Coleman open our fall season with his exhibition of printed works and installation called Some Spirits: The Free Side of the River. Coleman’s artist talk is scheduled for Thursday Sept. 13th from 6:30-8pm. The exhibition will in the gallery through October 6th.

G e r m a n E x c h a n g e R e s i d e n c y 2 0 1 2Zygote is pleased to have so many artist residencies during the fall-winter season. The Ohio Arts Council sponsors our 16th year of the German Exchange Program with Dresden, Germany, by hosting two artists Tina Wohlfarth & Heike Wadewitz. They will be staying at the ZPASS loft from September 24th-October 27th. Wendy Partridge of Zygote Press and Kathleen McGhee of Ohio State University will be heading to Dresden at the same time to work at the Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, Germany.. Taking i t to the Streets!P r i n t - a - g o - g o B i k e S h a re : S c re e n p r i n t i n g C y c l e An opportunity to promote your band, your art, or your cause has finally arrived with our latest mobile printing unit added to our Press-on-Wheels arsenal. Email us a jpeg and we will prep your image onto a screen. You schedule when you pick up the bike and come and get a courier bag filled with requested primary-colored ink, a squeegee and clean-up kit. Zygote has been pleased to work with the Bike Coop and Century Cycles as consultants on this project. Zygote launches the Print-a-go-go at the Ingenuity Festival. For more information about pricing and availablilty, email liz@zygotepress.org.

I n g e n u i t y F e s t i v a l For Zygote Press, Ingenuity[the Cleveland Festival of Art & Technology] is all about fresh ideas and fresh ink. Zygote artists feed printed materials out into the world that communicate their clever ideas. Zygote feeds artists by providing them with equipment, access and materials all wrapped up in a collaborative community. Zygote feeds into the greater region through our mobile press programs, our traveling exhibitions and our proliferation of great graphics made by some of the best artists in this region and beyond! Team Zygote peddles into Ingenuity this year with our screen printing bike Print-a-go-go and our Port-O-Printers (not like a port-o-potty, at all) this year. Be sure to also head over to Zygote’s Ingenuity home base at Cleveland’s COPY JAM–and print your body parts and REPRESENT! Our stamping and bling bar will be the place for you to make your own impression! Thanks to Blue Tech for donating the use of their uber-amazing copiers!

Ingenuity will be in a new location for 2012. The Festival will take place on September 14 – 16 at Docks 32 and 30 which sit on the lakefront north of Browns Stadium and the Great Lakes Science Center. Zygote took Ingenuity’s “FEEDS” theme literally.

T h e C l e v e l a n d F i n e P r i n t F a i r, p re s e n t e d b y t h e C l e v e l a n d P r i n t C l u b Zygote will be a presenter at this years National Print Fair from Sept. 28-30th at 4400 Richmond Road at Corporate College in Warrensville. Zygote will also provide a printing demonstration on Saturday from 12:30-2:30 and will feature the use of some of our fabulously mobile Press-on-Wheels equipment. . Opportunit ies to Hone your Pr int Ski l ls

E d i t i o n i n g P r i n t s 1 0 1 – with Karen BeckwithThis 3-hour intensive is for the experienced printmaker who wants to get the inside scoop on how this Tamarind Master Printer approaches editioning for others. Trade secrets on prep, hints used while editioning and post print documentation will all be revealed. Class runs Saturday October 6th from 1-4pm, and cost is $75.

K e e p i n g i t F l e x i b l eFrom past class evaluations, we have found that flexibility works best for our student participants and sometimes classes are not available when you want to take them. If this is the case, One-on-Ones are for you! It gives you a chance to work independently with one of our skilled artist-printmakers to learn intaglio, relief, screenprinting, letterpress, digital or alternative techniques. Please contact info@zygotepress.org for a roster of artist-print specialists and we will connect you. We charge $35 per hour-($10 for Zygote and $25 for teachers)-some classes take just a few hours –some take a little longer. This is a great way to learn as you go so you can begin utilizing our Open Studio sessions or commence renting a locker or studio.

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. Open Studio

ZPI’s best kept secret is Open Studio. Open Studio is a 4-hour studio session offered every Wednesday from noon-4 pm and 6:30-9pm, and Saturdays from Noon-4pm. For only $20 (members) and $25 (non-members) you can come work in the shop with everything included but paper and zinc and copper plates*. A monitor is on hand to field questions.

No Open Studio on Nov 21st [day before Thanksgiving], September 12th [from 6:30-9pm], October 13th, and December 26th.

. Primer Packages

The Best Deal in Town! Your membership comes with many perks, involvement in Zygote members shows, Special Members events, discounts on classes, and $20 Open Studio Sessions.

Sometimes, even with a great option like Open Studio, printing in a new environment can appear a bit overwhelming. Overview sessions are offered to transition new users to easily understand our facilities, orient them to array of available materials and equipment and refresh their basic techniques. For an individual membership $35 (or a higher tiered membership), simply add $15 and you can attend one of these two-hour informational sessions and receive a free Open Studio pass ($20 value).

Studio Primers are not classes, but informational sessions that will demystify Zygote’s workshop use so you can concentrate on making art. This is a great way to get your foot in the door.

M o n o p r i n t P r i m e r s with Lisa SchonbergSaturday, Sep. 22 from noon-2pmTuesday, Oct. 16 12-2pm

S c re e n P r i n t i n g P r i m e r with Rebekah WilhelmSaturday, Sep. 22 10am-noon

Added to a membership, these primers cost only $15. Register online or by calling 216-621-2900.

. Classes, Workshops and One-on-OnesT- s h i r t a n d a p p a re l p r i n t i n g 2 - d a y w o r k s h o p – with Brain KramerThis course will cover the basics of silk screen printing including sourcing equipment, table preparation, constructing and designing screens, mixing and matching colors and printing. Students will learn a selection of techniques from hand drawn, cut stencil, direct and photographic stencil techniques for application onto printing fabric, garments or other materials. You will be emailed on what to bring to the first class. Class runs 2 consecutive Thursdays: September 20 and 27th from 6-9pm. $150, Includes the use of Zygote screens, emulsion and One Free Open Studio Pass.

W h a t a r e l i e f ! – with Rebekah Wilhelm This course will introduce various methods of creating woodcut and linocut prints. This direct and versatile process is one of the oldest methods of printing. Learn how to prepare wood and linoleum blocks, carve images by hand, apply ink with rollers, and print by hand and on the press using oil based inks. Also covered will be methods for creating images with multiple blocks and colors, reduction printing, and alternative techniques. Rebecca will suggest where to get tools and wood during the first class meeting. Class runs 3 consecutive Thursdays: October 4th, 11th and 18th from 6-9pm. $175, Includes One Free Open Studio Pass.

1 - P a g e L e t t e r p re s s B o o k f o l d – with Michael Gill Come and learn the magic of printing a one page letterpress book that will create your whole story in one pass of the press. Letterpress printing enables you to become your own publisher--but laying out multiple blocks of text to print books is a challenge. This class will show you a method that makes it easy to print 8-page books on a single sheet! Each artist in this class will print a two-color, single-sheet book using movable type plus either stock ornaments from our collection, or type-high relief blocks (wood or linoleum) which you provide. Class runs 3 Saturday mornings: October 6th, 20th, and 27th from 9am-1pm. $250, Includes One Free Open Studio Pass.

P a p e r L i t h o o n C l a y – with Amanda DerrFor those who want to fire it up! This three-part lesson in how to create printed imagery on ceramic medium. It will be a chance for print makers and ceramicists to come together. Terra Vista Studios will be assisting us with firing at their studio upstairs. Students will create a ceramic plate, tile, or other shape.Image techniques will be demonstrated with a Paper Litho transfer process, and will glaze the final pieces. Class runs 3 Consecutive Tuesdays: October 9th, 16th and 23rd from 6:00-8pm. $ 200, includes One Free Open Studio Pass.

I n t a g l i o B a s i c s – with Nicole SchneiderDiscover the diverse possibilities of intaglio, which can be used to create detailed images with a wide range of lines, and textures. Techniques include etching, dry point, soft ground and more. You will work with copper plates using etching tools, learn to print on an intaglio press, and explore variations of color printing. A supply list will be emailed after class enrollment. Class runs 4 consecutive Mondays: October 15, 22, and November 5th and 12th from 6-9pm. $225, Includes One Free Open Studio Pass.

S c re e n M o n o p r i n t i n g 1 - d a y w o r k s h o p – with Michael LoderstedtDraw and print with water-based media directly on screens, then print 3-5 unique impressions. Our open stencil sizes will be 12” square, with enough time for two images. Bring your one foot square reference materials to make your image. This process is fun, fast and furious, and produces surprising results unlike any other print process. Class runs Sunday Oct. 21st from 1-5pm. $100, Includes use of screens and inks, and two sheets of Stonehenge paper!

1 - p a g e Z i n e S c re e n – w i t h J e f S c h a r f Jef Scharf [aka Wolfy] has been making art with others like Amy Sillman, Reed Anderson, and the P.f.P.P. He creates these cool screenprinted formatted books that you can make en masse in large editions. Come and take this Two-day workshop and use this format for future production. Use of Zygote’s Screens and emulsion are available for class use. Class runs 2 consecutive Tuesdays: October 23 and 30th from 6-9pm. $150, Includes One Free Open Studio Pass.

Destination Zygote!We’ve been busy hosting artists from far and wide as part of our growing ZPASS program, and it seems that All paths lead to Zygote! Between all of these artist residencies and our roster of upcoming exhibitions–featuring both local and international visiting artists–it remains our commitment towards making Cleveland a star on the national arts map.

Become a Member today, making Zygote Press one your favorite art stops!

Destination Zygote!We’ve been busy hosting artists from far and wide as part of our growing ZPASS program, and it seems that All paths lead to Zygote! Between all of these artist residencies and our roster of upcoming exhibitions–featuring both local and international visiting artists–it remains our commitment towards making Cleveland a star on the national arts map.

Become a Member today, making Zygote Press one your favorite art stops!

Become a Member Today!$35 Individual

Receive a 10% discount onclasses, Open Studio and invitations to participate in exhibitions (both as artists and collectors), as well as special connections to other Cleveland area

organizations.

$50 Partner/Family

Eligible for all the previous mentioned perks + a special member’s-only art-making workshop for a mega-discounted price, special event invites and other exciting

perks as they develop!

$100 Friend Level

All the bells and whistles above + the added perk of Adopt-an-Artist! Have lunch with a Zygote artist [on us] and watch them work on

their craft while discussing what drives their ideas and creative flow. Artists in turn will have the opportunity to

find out more about the people on the other side of the table — the patrons and audiences in this special

studio session.

$15 Primer!

Can be added to any level of membership.of membership.

Become a Member Today!$35 Individual

Receive a 10% discount onclasses, Open Studio and invitations to participate in exhibitions (both as artists and collectors), as well as special connections to other Cleveland area

organizations.

$50 Partner/Family

Eligible for all the previous mentioned perks + a special member’s-only art-making workshop for a mega-discounted price, special event invites and other exciting

perks as they develop!

$100 Friend Level

All the bells and whistles above + the added perk of Adopt-an-Artist! Have lunch with a Zygote artist [on us] and watch them work on

their craft while discussing what drives their ideas and creative flow. Artists in turn will have the opportunity to

find out more about the people on the other side of the table — the patrons and audiences in this special

studio session.

$15 Primer!

Can be added to any level of membership.of membership.

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. TRADES ProjectZygote is looking for people who are in the union and interested in collaborating with a printmaker on a portfolio called “TRADES”. This idea is centered on trading experiences of what we all do for a living and celebrating that dialogue through the creation of a collaborative print portfolio. No art experience is necessary, just an interest in working together with a skilled artist-printmaker to create a body of work. This will be a long-term project over the course of the 2013 that will culminate with an exhibition of the created work displayed in Summer of 2013. We hope to represent as many unions as possible; from the various trades, to teachers, firemen and police unions. If you are a union worker or if you know someone that is union–Please contact Liz Maugans liz@zygotepress.org.

. Gett ing TechnologicalJaime Hosticka, one of Northeast Ohio’s most respected technology strategists, and the head of Lake and Sky Technology in Cleveland (www.lakeandsky.com) is Zygote’s newest consultant. Hosticka’s charge is to match our technologies to our accelerating growth and, as important, to the human patterns and interactions that are unique to the signature way we work. “The technology needs to match the dynamics of the people that are using them,” says Hosticka. “As much as a printing project demands the right press, Zygote’s technology needs to build on the talents and styles of its staff.” Hosticka, with experience in homes, businesses large and small, and schools, is a technician and strategist who is able to provide more than just excellent IT support. “He is an observer of the ways that individuals work and organizations operate,” said Liz Maugans.

. RantL e t ’s M a k e a N e w D e a l !by Liz Maugans

During the New Deal Era (1933-36), printmakers identified themselves as both cultural workers and craftsmen. During the Great Depression, the largest pictorial record of this country’s economic crisis and its affect on the work force was represented in over 200,000 prints. Identifying closely with the working class subjects they depicted, Federal Arts Project printmakers made exceptional visual responses to the social and political environment in which they worked. Allied with the labor movement, graphic artists and printmakers were team players in progressive causes, political struggles and campaigns for change.

During the 1930s, American printmaking gained new prominence as a vital form of expression, and printmakers created a strong artistic vocabulary that influenced post World War II artistic movements. Artists and skilled craftsmen in the trades were accustomed to working with machinery and laborers were famously depicted in WPA art as muscular, intellectual and in control. Women, as well as racial and ethnic minorities were shown prominently as active participants in the workshop experience.

In the 1930’s (and before), prints were seen as limited to commercial illustration and mass-produced reproductions of paintings. The paradigm shift in of the 1930’s Graphic Arts workshops expanded the shift to a broader based cultural democracy. Project workshops provided space, presses, materials and skilled master printers in supportive communities where artists exchanged ideas and gave each other critical feedback about their works. Printmakers proofed their blocks in the workshop with Stuart Davis and Louis Lozowick. Many labor battles have been won and lost, but the passionate voices have been preserved in the posters, fliers, newspapers, broad sides, lithographs, and other media depicting both the cause and the struggle.

At Zygote, printmakers put a lot of time, resources and energy into their work. Our mobilized fleet of presses heads to the streets offering greater access to the public. Current labor movements have embraced new technologies through social media and fundraising sites like Kickstarter, replacing the direct physical protest that print used to offer. It wasn’t too long ago that printmaking’s future was headed towards obsolescence as print shops were closing and being pushed out by computers.

The future of arts, culture and labor are on the precipice. How do we attract future comrades? What type of education, enlightenment, and historical context will be needed to recruit new practitioners and leadership and sustain those currently fighting the fight and preserving the craft?

There is still an American perception of visual arts as elitist, creating estrangement between artists and non-artists. Because of Fine Art’s historical association with European aristocracy, monarchy and the church, it can seem at odds with democracy. Printmaking bridged this gap because of the ability to make multiples and its response to troubled conditions experienced by the majority of the country. Prints have enjoyed a larger, more diverse audience than other Fine Art media. Many Project administrators supported printmaking as the logical process for creating art for the people. Collective Bargaining, Occupy Wall Street, Student loan debt, GLBT issues, Environmental causes, Fair Trade, are but a few of the causes that directly effect this generation.

I am honored to work with an involved and passionate contingent from Cleveland’s Labor movement and look forward to the many collaborations we can create with our town’s history. Our exhibition in November, The New Deal Updated, raises these questions about printmaking’s long ago and current activities at the height of the election as we pay respect to the histories of the working class and those conditions as it is witnessed by artist-printmakers. Zygote offers an interesting vantage point in a lecture that is moderated by Bill Busta that has a panel of young and international talent to talk about the relevance of their voice and related mission in print.

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. Mini Zygote

Check out our small scale Zygote Press in Lego! The fully built mini-shop was created by the skilled lego-builder JB [age 11, Bay Village Middle School] son of Liz Maugans + John Bando. To see more photos of the brilliantly accurate Lego Zygote, visit our facebook page and check out our Zygote Lego Album!

. Like Us?

Fall is our busiest time of the year, stay connected to all that we are up to by visiting our facebook page [www.face-book.com/ZygotePress] and liking us! We will do our best to keep you up to date with classes, visiting artists and exhibitions.

. Residencies Gone Wild!

T h e C l e v e l a n d F o u n d a t i o n ’s C re a t i v e F u s i o n R e s i d e n c yThe Creative Fusion Program brings seven artists to Cleveland that will be hosted by several Cleveland arts and culture organizations. The program was created to offer intellectual, cultural & creative exchange between the artists and host sites and include a cross-sector and cross-institutional component and the creation of new work with deep community engagement. Zygote welcomes Ivan Andres Lecaros Correa from Santiago, Chile to be here as a resident artist working from September 5-November 30. He is a co-founder of Aguafuerte de Grabado Taller, and his work will be featured in the Foreign Affairs exhibition on October 30th with our German exchange artists.

W i n t e r A r t i s t - i n - R e s i d e n c eZygote welcomes Bec Young from Pittsburgh, PA. as our Winter artist-resident. Bec is an active member of Justseeds [an Artists’ Cooperative that reflects a radical social, environmental, and political stance] as well as a member of Artist Image Resource. Her work will be featured in the New Deal exhibition along with Claudio Giacone Orso [Cleveland] and Guillermo Trejo [the Young Audiences Creative Fusion artist from Mexico] which opens on November 2nd. New Deal graphic works from the collections of Rachel Davis, Wiliam Busta and Tom Sodders will be on view in the adjacent gallery. This work features images of the working class and whets the appetite for a traveling show coming to Cleveland Public Library in February that commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the 1937 Little Steel Strike.

M O N O T H O NEach November, Zygote lures selected artists [who are not printmakers] into our lair to work with Zygote interns and resident-artists to create monoprints during the month of November. Two works are selected for our Holiday show which will be sold for $150 each to benefit Zygote Press. The artists get to keep the rest of the prints they produce and get a chance to see how their work translates using this immediate and painterly print application. 2012 MONOTHON hopefuls are Michael Abarca, Lyz Bly, Judith Brandon, John Carlson, Dana Depew, Don King, Jimmy Kuehnle, Loren Naji, Eric Rippert, Mark Schatz and Beth Whalley.

4 O h i o C o o p s H e a d t o C b u sIf you are in the Columbus area, please check out Peripheral Vision: A View from Ohio Printmaking Cooperatives from August 23 – October 27 at Urban Arts Space, 50 West Town Street, Columbus. Four Ohio Coops come together each year for a Print Gathering to show the strength and vitality of printmaking in Ohio. Each of the prints included in the exhibition will be “linked” to its neighbor with a visual horizon line showing our solidarity with the rest of the printmakers in the state. . Zygot ian-of-the-Year

Wendy Partridge has been a resident artist at Zygote Press since 2006. At Zygote, she is responsible for the letterpress area, where she also teaches several workshops on letterpress printing. Often, she is referred to as the Queen of Zygote’s letterpress facilities -- which have quickly grown under her leadership, and have never been better maintained. It is with great enthusiasm that we celebrate her commitment to Zygote Press. Wendy is a printmaker, painter, and book artist. She studied art at San Francisco State University and the California College of Arts and Crafts. She has a graduate degree in art conservation from NYU and works as a paintings conservator at ICA Art Conservation in Cleveland, Ohio.

.Board of Directors:

Bellamy Printz President

Paula MindesTreasurer

Noel ReifelSecretary

Ben Campbell

Morena Carter

Noelle Celeste

John Corlett

Bruce Edwards

Elisabeth Eitel

Sarah Kabot

Michael Starinsky

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Fall Newsletter 2012