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Gallery Demonstration: Tools and Techniques for Making Woodcuts

How did artists like Dürer make their woodcuts? In these 45-minute sessions, Master Printer Chris Shore of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking will explore the techniques and tools used by 15th and 16th century European artists. The two demonstrations will be conducted in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries at 4 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., where the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection is on view September 12 through December 21 (click here to learn more…

when

October 10, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

where

1073 North Benson Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

cost

Free

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Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

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How did artists like Dürer make their woodcuts? In these 45-minute sessions, Master Printer Chris Shore of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking will explore the techniques and tools used by 15th and 16th century European artists. The two demonstrations will be conducted in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries at 4 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., where the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection is on view September 12 through December 21 (click here to learn more about the exhibition).
Please note: We’ve scheduled these two sessions around Halima Taha’s 5 p.m. lecture in the Quick Center for the Arts’ Kelley Theatre! If you’re interested in her talk, click here to register for that event.
Image: Albrecht Dürer, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1496-8, woodcut. Courtesy of the Wetmore Collection, Connecticut College
Please note that only 2 tickets may be reserved per order. If you have questions, please contact museum@fairfield.edu.

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