The poems easily separate into two categories-those that describe and those that invent. The result is a show vibrantly diverse in its prints (etchings, intaglio, woodcuts, monoprints) and poetry (narrative, metaphoric, confessional, descriptive). The printmakers read the poems and choose the one they feel best suits their print. The premise is this: printmakers make prints (under any topic, using any technique) and digital images of those prints are passed to the poets, who write poems to complement the prints. Its success prompted artist and gallery owner Cecelia Lieder to make it a biannual event.
Their first outing together was “Shared Vision” at NPG in 2004. It’s a joint project of the Lake Superior Writers and the Northern Printmakers Alliance, their second. Poems are paired with prints in “Response,” on exhibit at Northern Prints Gallery (NPG) through November 11.
Words or pictures– it’s hard to know which to look at first.
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