A New Space For Printmaking
The new print studio planned at FAWC will be a complete and up-to-date facility for printmaking. It will serve both the Fellows and the community-at-large, and will be the principal studio for the summer program and the low-residency program with Mass Art. Etching, lithography, and Plano graphic media (woodcut, silk screen, etc.) will all be available in a space of almost 800-square feet. The studio will incorporate modern environmental protection for our students and Fellows with ventilation and air quality controls.
Once the print studio is operational, a new program will bring graduating master-printers from various training programs to work with the Fellows and others in designing and producing edition prints. Experienced Master Printers will be invited to visit as mentors in this program. This is, as far as we know, a totally unique opportunity for both our Fellows and the graduate printers.
This new FAWC facility brings a new phase to the history of printmaking in Provincetown, known from the early years of the 20th century for its "white-line woodcuts" popularized by Blanche Lazzell and others. In 1990, "The New Provincetown Print Project" was initiated by FAWC, creating variant editions with such artists as Mary Frank, George McNeil, Sylvia Mangold, Yvonne Jacquette, John Walker, Joan Snyder, Fred Sandback, Mary Heilman and Dimitri Hadzi. Former Fellows Sam Messer, Paul Bowen, and Richard Baker were also among the twenty-nine artists who participated through 2004 under the auspices of the Florsheim Foundation. Many of these prints are on display in the rear of the Stanley Kunitz Common Room and some copies remain available for sale.
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