Each year since its founding in 2013, PrintAustin celebrates the thriving printmaking community in Austin through a series of in-house artist talks, signings, panels, printmaking demonstrations, and print-focused art happenings. And this year, as in many before it, alumni from The University of Texas at Austin can be seen throughout the festivities and programming. Below is an outline of UT's participation.
Exhibition: Figures and Faces
January 2 - 29, 2020
Theresa Bond (BFA in Studio Art, 2004) and Carol Hayman present a two-person exhibition at Old Bakery & Emporium.
TalkAbout: Beverly Acha
February 1 // 11:30 am
Print Professor Beverly Acha will speak at Women & Their Work about her work and the role print plays in her overall practice.
A Sightlines Panel Discussion with Claudia Zapata
February 15 // 12 pm
Art History alumna and The Contemporary Print 2020 juror Claudia Zapata (BA, 2005; MA 2009) will be in conversation with Austin-based Sightlines magazine. "[Zapata's] passion for Chicanx and Latinx art, and identity-based exhibitions has inspired her previous work as the Curator of Exhibitions and Programs at Mexic-Arte Museum, the co-founder of the Puro Chingón Collective, and now the pursuit of a Ph.D. in Rhetorics of Art, Space and Culture at Southern Methodist University."
Exhibition: The Contemporary Print
January 17 - February 15, 2020
Juried by alumna Claudia Zapata, this annual survey of traditional printmaking techniques and innovative approaches in contemporary printmaking features the work of two department alumni: Daryl Howard (MFA in Studio Art, 1976) and Brian Johnson (MFA in Studio Art, 1997).
Artist Talk: The Art of Collecting
January 31 // 8 pm
Art History alumna Karen Pope (Ph.D., 1981) discusses how and why to collect prints in this lecture at Blue Genie.