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Join The Mark Twain House & Museum’s own Dr. Erin Bartram as she talks with Carol FitzSimonds, Lisa Goddard, and Barbara Pagh about the themes, inspiration and techniques on view in The Evocative Mark Twain Inspires the Printmakers Network of New England exhibit taking place at the Mark Twain House & Museum March 24, 2022 through January 23, 2023. Carol FitzSimonds will be talking about how Mark Twain’s work Letters from the Earth led her to create 3 books, which took her over a year to take from inspiration to concept, to design, and finally to the execution. Those interested in her work will learn about the techniques she used to create the works themselves.
Elizabeth Goddard will talk about how she arrived at her concept for the quilt after reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what deliberate design decisions, techniques and images went into its production and why Twain's quote is relevant today.
Barbara Pagh states, “As a lithographer, I have been interested in the ability to print variations from the same set of plates or stones. So I often work in a series rather than producing an edition. In this set of one-of-a-kind prints I worked with the quotation, images of Isabella Beecher Hooker and Mark Twain, and a decorative pattern from the foyer of the Mark Twain House. Each plate was printed in two color variations and then they were collaged onto handmade paper. Gold and violet are colors of the suffragette movement.”
Virtual conversation via Zoom. Tickets: $5 per stream. REGISTER HERE: https://marktwainhouse.org/event/virtual-gallery-talk-on-race-slavery-and-womens-suffrage-with-printmakers-network-artists/
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Programs at The Mark Twain House & Museum are made possible in part by support from CT Humanities; the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts; Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign; The Hartford; The Mark Twain Foundation; The National Endowment for the Humanities; and Travelers.
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