On March 9, 2022, in partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild is pleased to present, via Zoom, Artist Benjamin F. Calvert III who will demonstrate ” Woodblock Relief Printmaking” and go over techniques used while carving on a wood block. He started wood block printing by taking an independent study course at Knox College and his first print, “Invasions” was published in Catch, Knox’s literary magazine. This medium became a sustaining passion for him. He has a strong feeling for nature and the wood compliments his images. He prints on Japanese Kozuke and French Rives papers using oil-based inks. Recently he has expanded his relief printing onto tinted canvas with oil paint. He has exhibited his works in solo, juried, and group exhibitions and is an instructor at the Elmhurst Art Museum and DuPage Art League. In the summer of 2021, he took part in a public exhibition with the Illinois State Museum called “Lockport Ducks” in which he decorated a 3 foot tall fiberglass duck and they were on display throughout downtown Lockport (his was outside of the Vegan Café, to view, visit www.lockportducks.com). He has won awards for his artwork and currently, through March 18, 2022, Benjamin has 63 prints at the Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University (One University Parkway, Romeoville, IL 60446). You can view his website at www.benjamincalvert.com.
We hope you can attend this program which is free and open to the public on March 9th at 7 PM.
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Note: This event is open to the public, so please sign up if you want to go to it, that is the only way you can attend through registering through the Homer Library website. You do not have to be a library member or LAG member to attend.
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After registering, you will receive a link FROM THE HOMER TOWNSHIP PULBIC LIBRARY to the Zoom meeting at least 15 minutes in advance of the program.....Don't see the email? Make sure you check your SPAM/JUNK MAIL folder!
The Lemont Artists Guild thanks you for your interest in this! You can find more out about them at www.lemontartistsguild.org and you can email them at lemontartistsguild@gmail.com.
