La Criss Crosse update

The library is set for July of 2010, but while I'm at it I am going to look into other places that might be interested in showing.

1st Blood for La Criss Crosse

This is the first print recieved for La Criss Crosse by Brandon Sanderson; a stone litho entitled Flight Plan.

La Criss Crosse Lives

La Criss Crosse will be picked up by the La Crosse Public Library, meaning a wider audience and proceeds will be donated to the library.

Changes to La Criss Crosse

Hi,
this is just to notify that there are changes being made to La Criss Crosse. Due to some miscommunication it will no longer be held at the Pump House. I am determined to do it though, and I am looking in to alternate venues, possibly with the library or hospital. Therefore checks and prints should be sent to:

Sarah Piper
1114 S. 5th Ave. #3
La Crosse, WI
54601

Sorry about the change.

Donated Hair

I used to have hair down to my butt, but I cut it Sunday night, and I gave it to Locks of Love. I now have boy hair. I plan on growing it back again though.

La Criss Crosse

In my first collegiate level art class the professor told us that art is a bridge; a bridge between artist and viewer over which visual and conceptual ideas traverse. The idea behind a print exchange is to set up two distinct bridges. One bridge has traffic flow from artist to artist, and the other carries ideas from the artists to the community.
La Criss Crosse is modeled largely after the Print Zero Studio’s Exchanges and the Oregon Ink Spot Exchange. The mechanics of how an exchange works is really very simple. An artist sends in a set edition of original hand pulled prints, when they reach the bridge they are separated and resorted so that the artist receives back prints from other artists participating in the exchange. One print is held back; this is the print that bridges artist and community in the form of an exhibition. Proceeds are going to go towards the Pump House Regional Arts Center, which is a non profit organization for the arts in La Crosse, WI. Further information can be found at http://www.thepumphouse.org/
The rules and regulations of this exchange are as follows: artists who wish to participate will send an edition of 15 8"x10" prints, a SASE (large enough to accomodate returning prints), and an entry fee of $15 (for framing costs). The submission deadline is January 16, 2010. Prints will not be accepted after this date. Also please, no prints on newsprint or bleed prints. Returning prints will be mailed out June 6, 2010, and the exhibition opens the following week on June 16. If you have any questions or I have forgotten anything please feel free to ask.

Prints for Peace

This is the newly completed print for the Prints for Peace exhibition in Mexico. It is a resingrave engraving, and it is kind of hard to tell but stitched over top of it is a mylar dove.