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Art for the Asking: 60 Years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library

Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Doe Library
The reception for the exhibition Art for the Asking: 60 Years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library will be Friday, October 5th from 4-6pm in the Morrison Library. The reception will feature talks by Professor Lauren Kroiz of the UC Berkeley History of Art Department and Bay Area printmaker Keith Cranmer. There well also be a tour of the exhibition at 4pm and 5:30pm by UC Berkeley History of Art graduate student Ramon De Santiago. A pre-reception event will take place from 2-3:30pm in the Printmaking Studio (265 Kroeber Hall) where artist and Lecturer in the UC Berkeley Art Practice Department Randy Hussong will give a demonstration and talk about the printmaking process. Participants will have the option of printing their own souvenir prints for the reception in the Printmaking Studio at this event. Both of these events are open to the public. Details: Friday, October 5th Pre-Reception Printmaking Event 2-3:30pm Printmaking Studio 265 Kroeber Hall Exhibition Reception and Tour 4-6pm Morrison Library 101 Doe Library Art for the Asking: 60 Years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library will be up in Doe Library’s Brown Gallery until March 1st, 2019. This exhibition celebrates 60 years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection, and includes prints in the collection that have not been seen in 20 years, as well as prints that are now owned by the Berkeley Art Museum. There are also cases dedicated to the history of printmaking told through prints in the Graphic Arts Loan Collection and cases devoted to the different printmaking processes.