Parsons Hosts Pop Up Print Shop and Show
Print Week is back, and Parsons School of Design is getting in on the fun with its own Pop Up Print Shop showcasing fine art prints, illustrations, graphic designs, zines and book arts.
The one-night show, which is organized by students in the Strategic Design and Management program at Parsons, takes place Friday, Nov. 6, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Lobby, Book Arts Studio and the Bark Room, 2 West 13th Street/66 Fifth Avenue.
The event will feature an exhibition of printed works, and a series of printmaking demonstrations and hands on workshops with master printmaker and Associate Teaching Professor Michael Kirk, Communications Design Assistant Professor Steven Kennedy and painter and Assistant Professor in the Foundation Year Program Emily Lambert. Additionally, Parsons alumni Juana Valdes will present her interdisciplinary ceramic and printmaking work and Cem Kocyildirim will lead a demonstration of the risograph printer. Andrew Cornell Robinson and his students will display their limited edition prints.
Celebrated at venues throughout New York City, Print Week features lectures, exhibitions, demonstrations and gallery talks focused on printmaking and its vitality as an artistic practice.