Carving out Freedom Exhibit

I was so lucky to be involved in this fabulous collaborative community project this summer that culminated with the "Carving out Freedom, Piecing a Community" exhibit. This exhibition examines the essence of "freedom," or lack thereof, through visual imagery, stories, poems, and oral interviews. Monumental steamroller-printed woodcuts were created by students and faculty from the Corcoran, the University of Maryland, and members of THEARC community and are displayed in The Art Gallery’s back gallery. On view through October 17, 2014. - See more at: http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/exhibition/carving-out-freedom-piecing-community#sthash.paRy6yCg.dpuf

Community Print Day

Steamroller Woodcut Printing 

Join us on Saturday, June 21 to watch or assist in the steamroll printing of the large-scale woodblock prints created by the Corcoran College of Art and Design, University of Maryland, ArtReach, and members of the community.

Location: THEARC parking lot (1901 Mississippi Ave SE) Washington DC

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm

Carving, Carving and More Carving

The large-scale wood cuts are progressing well. Just a few more days before our big Community Print Day using the steamroller.

Community Based Class

This inter-institutional, intergenerational course provides an opportunity for participants to learn a new medium (we are creating mammoth woodcuts--4ft x 8ft and printing them with a steamroller), and work collaboratively with learners across the lifespan [the youngest is 11 and the oldest is 74] envisioning the concept of "freedom" or "lack of freedom" through visual imagery, stories, poems and oral interviews.

Corcoran art education students and UMD students in art education, English, and elementary education are partnered with members of the community and through discussion created a collaborative vision of freedom (or lack of) for their woodcut.

The four week course/project ends with a community print day in the parking lot at THEARC in SE Washington, DC

on Saturday, June 21 from 10am -2pm (rain date, Sunday, June 22)