"Puttin’ Ink on Paper" is on exhibit in the Emily Davis Gallery through Sept. 25.
Amos Paul Kennedy will visit The University of Akron Myers School of Art the week of Sept. 14 to conduct student workshops, present a public lecture and participate in a gallery reception as part of his one-man exhibition, “Puttin’ Ink on Paper.” The exhibit, which is on display in the Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 East Exchange St., continues through Sept. 25.
Amos Paul Kennedy
Kennedy’s visit is supported with funding from the Myers School of Art - Graphic Design Area, Student Design League and Emily Davis Gallery.
The exhibition is the latest work of the letterpress printer. During the spring and summer of 2015, Kennedy printed a series that included more than 8,000 6” by 8” cards in multiple colors using a variety of maxims and epigrams. Students, alumni and faculty volunteers from The University of Akron and Kent State University gathered in late summer to select and assemble the cards into 40 panels measuring 4 feet by 16 feet in size. The panels were then mounted for the exhibition in the Emily Davis Gallery.
Kennedy has lectured and/or been a visiting artist at such institutions as Dartmouth College, Mills College, Texas Tech and Auburn University. He has had many solo exhibitions around the United States as well as in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria and Argentina. His printed matter is collected by the University of California Santa Barbara, Northwestern University, Emory University, the State Archives of Alabama, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Newberry Library, the Chicago Public Library and Yale University. Kennedy is the subject of the documentary film, “Proceed and Be Bold.”
Here is the schedule for Amos Paul Kennedy’s visit:
- Public Lecture: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m., Folk Hall 165.
- Workshops with Students: Sept. 15, 17 and 18, Folk Hall.
- Reception and Print Sale: Friday, Sept. 18, 6 p.m., Emily Davis Gallery.
Media contact: Lisa Craig, 330-972-7429 or lmc91@uakron.edu.