Corcoran College of Art and Design
Image by Denny Henry
Shadows of History
On View
Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War
February 4–May 6, 2012
Holly Bass
Moneymaker
An Endurance Performance by Holly Bass
Saturday, February 11, 2012
10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
July 3, 2010 – September 12, 2010

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Lucas WoodcutChuck Close, Emma, 2002. 113-color Japanese-style ukiyo-e woodcut, 43 x 35 inches, edition of 55. Pace Editions Inc., New York, printer (Yasu Shibata). Pace Editions, Inc., New York, publisher. Courtesy of the artist and Pace Editions, Inc.


 

 

 

Chuck Close: Printmaking Techniques for Educators
Thursday, July 8, 10:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Educator Workshop
Members $12; Public $15
Explore printmaking techniques for your classroom in this workshop that complements the exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. Museum educators facilitate discussions in the galleries about the various processes on view. Printmaker and Director of Education Studies, Dr. Pamela Lawton, leads a hands-on relief, etching, and lithography workshop. An exhibition tour, educator resources, and light refreshments are included. Registration is required.

Adult Workshop: Pulp to Paper
Saturday, July 10, 2-3:30 p.m.
Members $8; Public $12
Paint and canvas are not the only tools artists use to create. See portraits made from wood blocks, strings, and even paper pulp in the special exhibition Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. Following the tour, create your own hand-made paper from bits of paper pulp.

Chuck Close
Wednesday, July 21, 7 p.m.
Film
Members $8; Public $12
Chuck Close is an illuminating depiction of one of the world’s leading contemporary painters. Directed by the late Marion Cajori, the film masterfully captures the process and technique used by Close to create his iconic portraits. Through a series of intimate interviews featuring not only Close, but also his friends, colleagues, and subjects, Cajori creates an in-depth portrait of the artist and his methodology. The screening complements the exhibition, Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration.

Community Art Project
Saturday, July 24, 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
FREE. Pre-registration is required.
Visitors work collaboratively on a Chuck Close-inspired mystery portrait project in the Corcoran’s education workshop. Create a large-scale image of an artwork from the Corcoran collection that will then be displayed in the atrium.

Community Art Project
Saturday, August 7, 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
FREE. Pre-registration is required.
Visitors work collaboratively on a Chuck Close-inspired mystery portrait project in the Corcoran’s education workshop. Create a large-scale image of an artwork from the Corcoran collection that will then be displayed in the atrium.

Community Art Project
Saturday, August 21, 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
FREE. Pre-registration is required.
Visitors work collaboratively on a Chuck Close-inspired mystery portrait project in the Corcoran’s education workshop. Create a large-scale image of an artwork from the Corcoran collection that will then be displayed in the atrium.


Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration was organized by Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. The exhibition and publication have been generously underwritten by the Neuberger Berman Foundation. Additional support was made possible by the Lannan Foundation, Jon and Mary Shirley, The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation and Houston Endowment Inc., Jonathan and Marita Fairbanks, Dorene and Frank Herzog, Andrew and Gretchen McFarland, Carey Shuart, The Wortham Foundation, Inc., Karen and Eric Pulaski, Suzanne Slesin and Michael Steinberg, and Texas Commission on the Arts.

Support for the presentation at the Corcoran Gallery of Art is made possible in part by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.