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Friday Jan 08 2016
12:00 PM
Nevada Museum of Art
160 W Liberty St., Reno, NV map
Join printmaker Tom Killion for a discussion and presentation about the history of the prints and printmakers who have made work about Lake Tahoe. Educational and public programming sponsored by Dorothy Lemelson.
$10 General, Free for Museum members; for more information visit 48677.blackbaudhosting.com/48677/Meet-the-Artist-Tom-Killion-on-Prints-and-Printmakers-of-Lake-Tahoe.
Woodcut and letterpress artist Tom Killion grew up in Marin County, California, on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, where the rugged scenery inspired him from an early age to create landscape prints strongly influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock prints. Along with publishing fine art letterpress books, Killion holds a PhD in African history from Stanford University and has taught history at several Bay Area universities. He is the founder of The Quail Press and his extensively illustrated books include 28 Views of Mount Tamalpais, The Coast of California, and Walls: A Journey Across Three Continents. Killion and Gary Snyder previously collaborated on The High Sierra of California, which was published by Heyday in 2002 and Tamalpais Walking, published in 2009. You can find out more about his artwork at www.tomkillion.com.
Photo by Katsunori Yamazato