Continuing Conversations – From Woodblock to Inkjet , and Remnants – Inaugural exhibition for Karen D. Beckwith

Continuing Conversations: Woodblock to Inkjet, an exhibition of works by regional printmakers, including Print Club of Cleveland members Jennifer Leach, Bellamy Printz, and Paula Zinsmeister, will open at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve on January 30 with a reception from 5:30 – 8:00pm, and run through March 22. Curated by Baldwin Wallace University’s Paul Jacklitch, Professor of Art, and Darlene G. Michitsch, Associate Professor of Art History, in conjunction with AAWR Executive Director Mindy Tousley, the show includes regional printmakers whose work both addresses foundational media (relief, intaglio, planar) and inventively expands on them, using techniques ranging from hand-coloring, stenciling, and found objects to laser-cut, digital, and more.

Featuring work from:

Patricia Brett, Max Carrier, Rich Cihlar, Jeanne Debonis, Margaret Denk-Leigh, Amanda DiLisi, Layla Harris Hyman, Dina Hoeynck, Paul Jacklitch, Yuko Kimura, Jennifer Leach, Erica L. E. Lull, Michaelle Marschall, Taryn McMahon, Wendy Partridge, Deborah Pinter, Bellamy Printz, J. Noel Reifel, Lisa Schonberg, Michael Whitehead, Paula Zinsmeister, Jan Zorman

Remnants, is the inaugural Exhibition for Archived Artist and Master printmaker, Karen D. Beckwith. Remnants, will take a retrospective look at her work over the years. Ten works from the Archives collection combined with more recent work will be on display. Beckwith is a contemporary artist and printmaker that utilizes her talent to uncover and define visual depths within everyday scenes. A self-identified truth-seeker, she uses her formidable technical mastery to uncover the deeper, often overlooked stories of everyday existence, by exploring spaces within urban and rural settings that manifest hints, remnants, of inhabitants without revealing their identities.

Featured Image: Amish Laundry by Karen D. Beckwith.