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2021 MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION — BEST IN SHOW

AWARD RECIPIENT, DIANE CHERR

EXHIBITION DETAILS:
LOCATION: Lithography Room Gallery
OPENING DATE: Sunday, December 12, 2021
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, December 12, 2021, 2 – 4 PM
CLOSING DATE: Sunday, February 20, 2021

Diane Cherr received the 2020 award for Best in Show from the Annual Members Exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking for her print Left Hand Jenny. This exhibition is a celebration of Cherr’s recent prints built around narratives pulled from personal histories, mementos and storytelling. The prints feature intriguing, well-informed interpretations of iconography and symbology joyously expressed as playful physical manifestations which retain important ties to her personal vision of her heritage.

These colorful prints include a combination of photopolymer intaglios, screenprints, and collagraphs printed in small editions and as unique prints. In each, the artist creates a richly-layered palimpsest of symbols imbued with personal meaning, introducing and elevating objects from her family, such as vintage fashion accessories, into universal symbols of femininity in combination with organic objects, those holding cultural significance as traditional symbols associated with heritage and mysticism, such as fertility, protection, or righteousness.

Cherr transformed and abstracted the original source images into varying iterations that are both immediately recognizable or loosely evocative of their origins. In this push and pull between direct and indirect reference for these traditional accoutrements of femininity and fertility, she creates a narrative positioning them as signifiers of female empowerment as they take on new forms balanced with traditional and mystical meanings.

Featured image: Diane Cherr, A Show of Hands 2, Screenprint and monotype on Evolon

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January 20, 2022

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Center for Contemporary Art Printmaking
299 West Ave
Norwalk, CA 06850

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MISSION
Our mission is to support, preserve, and advance the art of original prints.

HISTORY
The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, known initially as the Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, was founded as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) in 1995, by Grace and William Shanley and a group of like-minded artists and community leaders. From its beginning, CCP’s mission has been to support, preserve and advance the art of original prints. The Center is dedicated to increasing awareness, knowledge and appreciation for prints and the process of printmaking through exhibitions, publications, educational programs and artist workshops.

CCP is located in an historic landmark 19th century stone carriage house in the Mathews Park cultural complex in Norwalk. The space is an architectural gem that has been transformed into an important and dynamic printmaking facility and gallery space. It is fully equipped to accommodate all printmaking techniques: intaglio, lithography, monotype, silkscreen, woodblock printing, papermaking, book arts and digital processes. The Grace Ross Shanley Gallery is host to many world-class historic, contemporary and thematic exhibitions of original prints including alternating biennial international exhibitions – Miniprint and Footprint – that attract submissions from artists in more than 90 countries. All exhibitions at CCP are free and open to the public.

For 26 years, CCP has given artists and art lovers alike a place to expand their knowledge of the print medium. It serves as an oasis of creativity where emerging and professional artists from throughout Fairfield County, the tri-state area, and beyond, are experimenting and learning traditional and contemporary print techniques. The Artist-in-Residence Program housed in the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage attracts artists from print centers around the world who come to CCP to print and to teach a broad spectrum of workshops and Master classes.

CCP offers internship and scholarship opportunities for students throughout Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the larger metropolitan region. In September 2015, CCP launched the Grace Ross Shanley Memorial Scholarship Program with the goal of educating future printmakers. As part of this program, the Center offers two-year apprentice/mentor opportunities for high school juniors through their senior year, enrolling students from many of our area high schools.

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Mathews Park
Norwalk, Connecticut 06850

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