“Sweat Portfolio, Phase 1”

Saturday 9 October – 10 November, 2010

The SWEAT Portfolio is an ongoing project of Visual Artists and Writers to collaborate and provide mutual support. Each work has input from two collaborators, and the works covers a variety of techniques and ideas, and texts of poetry to prose to create broadsheets (hand pulled prints of image and text). You must see these magnificent prints!

Andrew Binder – Crissa-Jean Chappel
Rosemarie Chiarlone – Susan Weiner
Ashley Ford – Brian Lehnen
Park McArthur – Peter Borrebach
Park McArthur – David Gonzalez
Park McArthur – Jessica Machado
Alberto Meza – Pete Borrebach
Betty Monteavaro – Yaddyra Peralta
Lea Nickless – Cyn. Zarco
Lea Nickless – David Gonzalez
Celeste Pierson – Celeste Pierson
Brian Reedy – P. Scott Cunningham
Lydia Rubio – Michael Hettich
Claudia Scalise – Claudia Scalise
Kari Snyder – Michael Hettich
Kari Snyder – David Gonzalez
Tom Virgin – Yaddyra Peralta
Tom Virgin – John Dufresne
Tom Virgin – Gabriel Spera
Onajide Shabaka – Purvis Daniels (deceased family relative)
(Visual Artist – Writer)

Exhibition Dates: 9 October – 10 November, 2010

Meet the Artists: Sunday, 17 October, 12 noon-4 pm

Hours: Tue.-Sat. 11-5 p.m. (by appt.)

Open Every Second Saturday’s Wynwood Art Walk until 10:30 p.m.

Tom Virgin

Making and teaching art occupy most of the time that I am awake. Process is very important to my work; the nature of making woodcut prints (my primary images) is time consuming. Because it is a traditional process that is not widely used, I also teach relief printmaking, so that it will be around in the future. The multifaceted aspect of my creative practice that includes public art and residencies (National Parks, Historical Buildings, small towns, etc.), also embraces the authenticity of American traditions, craftsmanship and skills that are handed down.

Tom Virgin
“Burn” © 2009
letterpress/broadsheet
18 x 12 in.