Playaz Doin' Layerz with Brayerz
March
25-29th,2013
Reception for the Artists: March 28th, 5-7pm
Cora Stafford Gallery, UNT
Oak Street Hall, First Floor
1102 W. Oak St. at Ponder St.
The University of North Texas is honored to highlight the
artwork of six talented young printmakers: Jonny Riecke, Jezzalie
Gill, Payton Lower, Noelle Hays, Kathleen Clark, and Hannah Taylor. These students’ work will be displayed in the Cora
Stafford Gallery March 25-29th,2013. On the eve of March 28th, a great jubilee
will sound from the corner of Ponder and Oak as young and old alike bond in
print viewership.
The diverse body of work covers a range of subjects and
styles. The work appeals to a variety tastes and complement each other due to
shared mediums yet different approaches. The works are created using a range of
printmaking techniques, lithography, relief, etching, screenprint, and
monotype. The artworks explore satire, monster anatomy, spiritual identity, and
nonobjective abstraction.
“First This, Then That” is a portfolio exchange including
works from both the aforementioned senior BFA students and MFA candidates: Luke
Ball, Preston Bradley, Nuray Packard, Adam Rowlett, and Jon Vogt. It
exemplifies the work of each artist in relation to the title’s notion of
process in creating art itself.