What We Do: Printmaking and Bookbinding
As Programme Manager for Printmaking and Bookbinding (including Calligraphy!) I am privileged to work with some of the best artists in town. Each tutor brings expertise and years of artistic practice to their work at Morley College- their classes reflect that. The current team are artists and craftspeople, plus great teachers with a love of sharing their knowledge and enthusiasms, from tutor Carol Wilhide Justin sharing her love of Japanese Woodcut to Ian Rawlinson helping students learn the photo-etching techniques that are so important in his own work.
I have enjoyed curating this exhibition that highlights the ways in which tutors work across a range of different media. What is immediately apparent is the level of skill in the work, and the sense of personal discovery that each is engaged in. It reflects current preoccupations, addresses memory, loss, creativity and invents worlds. There is a sense of the difficult year that we have all experienced and other work that is playful and light-hearted.
I hope you enjoy delving into our exhibition, What We Do to find out more about us.
-Michelle Avison, Programme Manager and Exhibition Curator
Upcoming talks
What we Do, Rob White 29th June
TALK POSTPONED UNTIL THE AUTUMN
What we Do, Michelle Avison 13th July
TALK POSTPONED UNTIL THE AUTUMN
Talk Videos
What we Do, with Paul Dewis - Online talk 8th June
What we Do, a talk with Ian Rawlinson, 18th May 2021
Selected Works
Click on the images below to see more work from the individual artists and to read about their practice.
To learn more about this exhibition and the artists behind it, you can listen to Episode 9 of the Morley Gallery podcast, with Gallery Officer Melissa Baksh in conversation with Michelle Avison, Carol Wilhide Justin, SooMin Leong and Richenda Court.
Feeling inspired by what you see? Why not try a Printmaking and Bookbinding course at Morley College? Click on the image below to find out more.
Online exhibition designed by Melissa Baksh, Gallery Officer.