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Studio VU 2018-2019 welcomes printmakers, Bill Fick & Carlos Hernandez; Lectures and workshop

Posted by on Monday, August 27, 2018 in News and Events.

 

The Vanderbilt University Department of Art and the Studio VU Lecture Series: 2018-2019 welcomes the Speedball Roadshow printmakers Bill Sick and Carlos Hernandez to Vanderbilt University on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 through September 21, 2018 in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center, 1204 25th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240.

During their visit, Fick and Hernandez will provide a lecture on their work on September 19, 2018 at 6:00pm in Room 220.  The workshop component will take place on Friday, September 21, 2018 from 1pm to 4pm in Room 320 and will be collaboration between students from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN), Belmont University (Nashville, TN), and Murray State University (Murray, KY).

All events are free and open to the public.  The  Print-O-Rama Workshop has limited capacity, please contact Mark Hosford, Professor of Art in Printmaking at mark.hosford@vanderbilt.edu with any questions.

Meet the Visiting Artists:

Bill Fick
billfick.com

Bill Fick is a printmaker who lives and works in Durham, North Carolina. He is currently a Lecturing Fellow at Duke University in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies. Over the past 25 years, he has exhibited his prints nationally and internationally and has taught at many institutions across the United States including the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill and Greensboro), Pratt Institute and Rutgers University. Fick’s work can be found in the collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, The New York Public Library, and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. In 1993, Fick was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Visual Artist Fellowship and in 1995, a North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship. Along with Beth Grabowski, Fick co-authored the book, Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes. The book was published by Laurence King and is currently in its 2nd edition.

 

Carlos Hernandez
carloshernandezprints.com.
Burning Bone Press

Carlos Hernandez is a founding partner of Burning Bone Press, a full-service printmaking studio located in the Houston Heights, and has served as an instructor of Screen Printing at Rice University, Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts. His work has been featured in the 2011 Communication Arts Typography annual, the 2011 & 2012 Communication Arts Illustration annual and was also recently published in the 2012 book, Mexican Graphics by Korero Books-UK. He has designed and printed gig posters for such artists as The Kills, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Santana, and More.  Corporate work has included Miller Brewing Company and more. He has recieved awards from American Advertising Federation, “Judges Favorite” from the Art Directors Club Houston, and “Best in Show” from the American Marketing Association.

 

For more information contact the Vanderbilt Unversity Department of Art at
phone: 615-343-7241
email: martha.l.dale@vanderbilt.edu or mark.hosford@vanderbilt.edu