Spring 2012 Lecture Series
All of our lectures are free and open to the public! However, pre-registration is strongly encouraged to ensure proper seating. Click here to download a registration form, which may be returned by e-mail to jgeiger@umw.edu, fax to (540) 654-1171, or by regular mail to the address listed on the form.
Ink, Wood, Copper, Stone: Identifying the Techniques of Prints
Dr. Eric Denker, Senior Lecturer in the Education Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2 PM, Sunday, March 18, 2012
Combs Hall 139
Ink, Wood, Copper, Stone will provide technical and creative insight into the origination, duplication, and originality of prints. Dr. Denker will include a description of the materials employed in making prints, the techniques and tools used in working on the various surfaces, and the means to distinguish between woodcuts, engravings, etchings, lithographs and reproductions. Those who attend will be able to apply the knowledge gained in the lecture to our spring exhibition Making an Impression: Prints from the Permanent Collection.
Renaissance Innovations in Color Printing and Etching
Gregory Jecmen, Associate Curator of Old Master Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2 PM, Sunday, April 1, 2012
Combs Hall 139
During the late 15th and early 16th century, two new forms of printmaking were invented: printing woodcuts in color and the intaglio technique of etching. The printer and publisher Erhard Ratdolt (1447-1528) was the first to print images in multiple colors from separately carved wood blocks, first in Venice, and then after 1486 in Augsburg. Around 1500, also in Augsburg, Daniel Hopfer (c. 1470-1536), a trained decorator of armor, was probably the first artist to make a print from an etched plate. This talk will focus on these two new innovations, highlighting some of the most important color woodcuts and etchings of the Renaissance. This lecture is based on the upcoming National Gallery of Art exhibition Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, opening September 30, 2012 and closing December 31, 2012.
Currently On Display
Ridderhof Martin Gallery
Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2012
January 20 – February 24, 2012
Click here for more information about MANP 12.
You can view and/or download a PDF version of the MANP catalog here.
duPont Gallery
CROWDED SPACES: Allison Long Hardy
January 20 – February 5, 2012
“Crowded Spaces” will showcase the work of artist Allison Long Hardy, adjunct professor in the Department of Art and Art History at UMW. The exhibit explores the ebb and flow of crowds; how crowds exist, move and dissipate as a cohesive unit; and how communication travels through crowds. Hardy’s works of pen, graphite, colored pencil and collage were inspired by her recent residency at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA. For more about the artist, visit allisonlonghardy.com.
Mission Statement
The University of Mary Washington (UMW) Galleries, comprised of the Ridderhof Martin Gallery and the duPont Gallery, are dedicated toadvancing the educational goals of the University through the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of works of art in accordance with the highest professional museum standards. While the primary mission is to promote and enhance student awareness and understanding of the visual arts, the UMW Galleries also serve as a significant academic resource contributing to the intellectual and cultural enrichment of the entire University community, the local community and, in a broader sense, the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The museum belongs to the American Association of Museums, the American Association for State and Local History, and the Virginia Association of Museums.
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