Private Screening

Dan Welden Last Impressions
Dan Welden Last Impressions

Private Screening at The Art Guild

Come and meet Dan Welden, Judge for our Abstract Show as he presents his film “Lasting Impressions”

Join us in a 58-minute intimate journey through the life & work of world renowned painter/printmaker, innovator and teacher, Dan Welden. Told in chapters as art unfolds through the thoughts and observations of his friends & colleagues including Kiki Smith, Eric Fischl, Alice Aycock, Helen A. Harrison among others. This film conveys the essence of the artist and also explores inspirations and motivations that drive the act of creativity. Filmed on location in Sag Harbor and The Catskills with support from Freudenberg Arts and Inspiration Plus Foundation the production revolves around the artist’s creativity and innovative thinking.

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DATE: December 8th

TIME: 1:30pm (immediately preceding the reception for Abstract Realms, where Dan Welden is the judge. Doors open at 1pm.)

FEE: Members $10/ Non-Members  $15.

Seating is limited so RSVP quickly!

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Dan Welden

Dan Welden

As the original pioneer of alternative printmaking since 1970, Dan Welden has been in the forefront of ‘health and safety’ in the arts.  As co-author of ‘PRINTMAKING IN THE SUN’ and director of Hampton Editions, Ltd., his 50 plus years of collaboration include artists such as Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, and Dan Flavin.  He has received international recognition through his residencies in China, Belgium, Cuba, Peru New Zealand, Australia, and other countries.

 

With 102 solo exhibitions to date, including the paramount exhibitor at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and travels to 54 countries on all seven continents, he was awarded a ‘lifetime achievement award’ from A/E Foundation in New York; a title of Professor Emeritus from Escuela de Bellas Artes in Cusco, Peru and most recently a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant.

https://danwelden.com/

I  am an experimenter, explorer and a seeker of beauty. When I set out to  work, there is no image in mind, but the vision unfolds as the work  evolves. It usually begins with simple forms and marks with broad areas.  It then becomes more refined and delicate and knits itself together  through line.

I am a process person, interested in employing  materials and techniques to the ‘landscape’ of my mind. My drawings,  paintings and prints evolve from the idea of linear pathways echoing  from the tracks of animals in nature, fissures in rock palisades and the  patterns created by my hands becoming ‘playful’ with my tools.  

Learning  to read a printing plate before inking, is like sensing the log before  wielding the axe. So goes my act of creativity, being aware of what  resonates in front of me and responding with marks, colors and  textures. 

​                                                                                                                                                                                                                       –Dan Welden

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