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The Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI) is holding its annual holiday print sale and open house noon-4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 and Dec. 15. Each purchase of artwork supports EPI’s student apprentice program and the visiting artist program.
EPI has a selection of fine art prints created by world-renowned artists and Lafayette students on sale. Many of these prints can be found in important national and international collections and are available at various price levels.
Aside from purchasing art, attendees can experience the production of prints firsthand as they watch student artists who will be creating prints those days. Refreshments will also be provided.
Curlee Raven Holton, founding director of EPI and professor and head of art, stresses the importance of aiding these programs.
“The student apprentice program gives students an opportunity to experience the real professional art world first-hand,” he says. “They also participate in making art with a master artist that is then collected by museums.”
The program offers an open studio concept, where students work together with professional artists in the areas of paper-making, digital image printing, and book-making. Throughout the year, EPI provides exhibitions, visiting artists, international exchanges, and workshops.
EPI is a one-of-a-kind student centered creative laboratory with a growing national and international reputation. This fall, EPI celebrated its 10th anniversary. In April, EPI created the longest print ever made, allowing artists, students, and members of the community a chance to be a part of history. This summer, art major Sara Smith-Katz ’07 (Stroudsburg, Pa.) acted as student curator of the More Than a Book exhibition. The exhibit, which featured work from numerous students, opened May 15 in Costa Rica and will move to Mexico City and Manchester University in England.
EPI works have been placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, High Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and Allentown Art Museum.