Norma Pfaff

Creede Arts Council: 14th Annual National Small Print Show

Three of my white line reliefs, "Pond," (below, middle) "Irish," (below, right) and “Morning Glory” (below, left) are in the Creede Arts Council 14th Annual National Small Print Show. "Morning Glory" was also chosen as one of the 30 prints selected for the traveling show.

Curator Arlene Ameel says, “Every spring those of us who unpack the prints have the same reaction – excitement and anticipation. This year we were thrilled with the prints we received.”

Judge Stephen Quiller says, “It is my honor and pleasure to be the juror for this show. As opposed to most exhibitions, this is one that the viewer must take a close look and have an intimate interaction with the art work. The show has some great examples of all the major printmaking processes: intaglio, lithography, relief and serigraphy. There are also monotypes that combine painting with printmaking.

To view the full 2014 catalog, click here.

For more information on the Creede Arts Council, click here.

Four New Images Added to Galleries

I've added four new images to the site. You can see "Silver Dollar Fish," "Iris," and "At Rest" in the Woodcut gallery.

"Calla" can be found in the White Line Relief gallery.

If you're interested in a print, please feel free to contact me via email.

"Joint Venture" Portfolios on Sale!

"Joint Venture" is a boxed collection of 31 small, original, handcrafted prints on paper sized 5x7 inches by artists from the Providence Art Club and Torpedo Factory Printmakers Inc studio/gallery in Northern Virginia.

There are only four left, so if you're interested, check out the details on this Providence Art Club poster.

To see more image from this project, visit their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/jointportfolioproject.

Creede Arts Council 13th Annual National Small Print Show

Two of my white line reliefs, "Blossoms" (seen here, top) and "Cascade" (bottom), are in the Creede Arts Councile 13th Annual National Small Print Show. "Cascade" was also chosen as one of the 30 prints selected for the traveling show.

To view the full  2013 catalog, click here.

For more information on the Creede Arts Council, click here.

Causeways, Pathways & Interfaces: Bridging The Unseen

On Saturday, March 29, my work will be featured in a portfolio at the Academy of Art University, Print Studios at 60 Federal Street (3rd Floor), as part of the theme'd showing "Causeways, Pathways & Interfaces: Bridging The Unsee n." 

This portfolio is an exploration of the metaphorical and literal structure that facilitates or creates a causeway, pathway or interface between one physical form and another thus formulating a “bridge” between disparate systems. This bridge acts as a means of transferring information, thought, feeling, sound, and light — without it the sustainability of the “system” either fails or becomes vulnerable to external influences. This portfolio’s aim is to explore a variety of “bridging systems,” both seen and unseen, that form and inform the functioning of our daily lives.

Other participants include Meaghan Busch, Catherine Cole, Fleming Jeffries, Minji Myongsook Kim, Nahid Navab, Rae Ouellette, Jorge Luis Porrata, Alice Quatrochi, Justin Raphael Roykovich, Kelli Sincock, Steven Skowron, and Elizabeth Janis Sweeney.

More information about Bridges can be found here.

(Image: "Fraught With Thought", linocut)

Now on Sale: 2011 Washington Area Printmakers Calendar

The 2011 Washington Area Printmakers Calendar is now on sale. The calendar is 12 original, hand-pulled prints. The prints, black-and-white and color, represent a variety of techniques. Katherine Blood, curator of prints and photographs at the Library of Congress, was this year’s juror. This is the 35th year of the calendar. The 150 calendars are priced at $190.  If you'd like to purchase one, please contact me at 703-978-7925.

My print included in the calendar is Dahlia Blast, can be seen in my seen in my White Line Relief gallery here (and below):

Artwork updates

My print, "Gradient," has been accepted into the Workhouse's Greenspiration exhibit, running May 12 through June 13. "Burst" and "Dahlia Blast" have been juried into the 10th National Small Print Show in Creede, Colorado.  "Burst" will be in their traveling exhibit.

Positively Negative About May

In May, I will be the featured artist (along with scratchboard artist Tuula Ross) in the exhibit "Positively Negative," showing in the Workhouse's Building 5. A reception will be held on May 8, from 6 to 9 PM.

I hope to see you there!

(Here's the postcard I'm sending out for the event.)

Gallery Updated

I uploaded 17 new images to the Woodcut, White Line Relief, and Miscellaneous photo albums. Check them out!

More art and gallery shows

Just a few updates:

I've added a few new images to the Collograph and White Line Relief sections.

Also: I will be exhibiting with the Washington Printmakers at Pyramid Atlantic in Feb. 2010. And then, in June and July, I will be at the Applegate Gallery in Vienna, Virginia.