Recap: SCGI Printmaking Conference

We’re super grateful to Taro Takizawa for covering the SGC International conference for us. Taro has a BFA in Printmaking from Central Michigan University, and his prints are fantastic. He made the trek down to St. Louis for this conference, which is the largest annual gathering for printmakers and is held in a different city each year. Taro showed his work at Open Portfolio and was featured on Printeresting.

One of the keynote speakers at SCGI was Swoon. While she was in town, she worked with the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts to install a mural (watch video)…as well as a few other “unofficial” pieces. Behind the cut, Taro breaks down his SCGI experience in great detail, including his take on hearing Swoon speak, pictures from Open Portfolio, meeting Tugboat Printshop and visiting Firecracker Press.

DEAR ARTISTS: If you see your prints pictured in Taro’s Open Portfolio recap, please comment and credit yourself!

Read Taro Takizawa’s SCGI 2011 Recap…

Helen Gotlib

I discovered Helen Gotlib a few weeks ago when OK Great posted about her and was happy to see that she was local. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Helen’s background is in scientific illustration. My favorite items in her portfolio are her prints and drawings of plants.

I am in love with her grey and ochre color scheme. See more work in Helen’s Etsy shop or on helengotlib.com.