HCC participates in PrintHouston 2015
Jun 30, 2015
Every summer, galleries throughout Southeast Texas proudly join together to exhibit print work in the PrintHouston 2015 exhibition.
Houston Community College is once again partnering with PrintMatters Houston to host Impressions 2015. The West Loop Campus installment is one showing out of 25 of the most prestigious museums and galleries spanning from Houston to Galveston, including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. It showcases some of the most noted print artists in the Gulf Coast area.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the process and what the other artists have done with printmaking,” said HCC Southwest Exhibition Coordinator Maureen Lewis. “Some of these print makers are very advanced and they are combining multiple processes in a single piece, so it’s pretty advanced work.”
The HCC West Loop Gallery will display work from 31 different PrintMatters member artists. Free and open to the public, Impressions 2015 Artist Reception is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 16. Gallery goers will have a chance to meet with artists and talk to them about their training and techniques. The West Loop Gallery is located at 5601 West Loop South.
This exhibition showcases a variety of print work, from traditional woodcuts and etchings to explorations with multiple processes and new technologies. PrintMatters is the largest printmaking organization in the Gulf Coast Region. It originally began with five artists all sharing a love for print work, a desire to promote traditional and non-traditional printmaking and work and to help promote print artists.
HCC is one of three of colleges represented in this year’s nationally-recognized exhibition. PrintHouston provides a plethora of opportunities for viewing original printmaking pieces. This is the second year that HCC is hosting the Impressions exhibit. The exhibition is one of many to come to the West Loop Gallery. The West Loop Campus Art Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 10a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday and Saturday.
The artwork will be available for viewing through the end of July.