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Printmaking Exhibit in Burris Hall Gallery Through March 13

2/24/2010

Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands University

“Six Sides 2 Every Story” is a large, collaborative international woodblock print piece that is part of a printmaking exhibit on display at Highlands University’s Burris Hall Gallery through March 13.

Printmaking Exhibit in Burris Hall Gallery Through March 13

A free printmaking exhibit featuring national and international artists is on display at New Mexico Highlands University’s Burris Hall Gallery, 903 National Ave, through March 13.

“The exhibit covers a huge variety of printmaking techniques, including woodcuts, silk screens, lithography, etchings, linoleum cuts, and more,” said Todd Christensen, the Department of Fine Arts professor who organized the exhibit. “The exhibit is an opportunity to see the work of accomplished U.S. printmakers along with international artists.”

Christensen organized this printmaking exhibit, as well as a first-time printmaking conference earlier this month for fine arts students and the community. The conference included guest artists presenting lectures, demonstrations and open studios.

“It brings excitement, energy and experimentation to our students’ work when they get to participate in a conference like this, and see this caliber of printmaking exhibit,” Christensen said. “It’s good for students to learn different techniques from a variety of artists. It gives them a lot of new ideas.”

A large collaborative wood block print piece that displays the international flavor of the exhibit is “6 Sides 2 Every Story.” Nearly 600 artists cut wood blocks for the piece, each drawing inspiration from international news stories. “Six Sides 2 Every Story” is touring the United States.

“This piece shows how art can be collaborative and community based,” Christensen said.

Christensen, a professor at the university since 2008, teaches printmaking, painting and drawing. His printmaking work is also included in the exhibit.

Christensen said the Department of Fine Arts’ annual Iron Tribe event inspired him to create a similar event for printmaking. Iron Tribe features an iron art exhibit, art foundry performance casting, an iron art symposium, and more.

Christensen is already planning ways to expand the printmaking conference and exhibit in the future.

Pics of Install at WNC

2010-01-22T09:21:00.000-08:00

First Exhibit Scheduled at Western Nevada College

2010-01-13T20:54:00.000-08:00

Western Nevada College

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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 Contact: Anne Hansen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 775-445-3235

WITH PHOTO anne@wnc.edu

WNC Gallery Exhibit

Printmaking Exhibit Reaches to All Sides of the Planet

CARSON CITY – A collaborative art project that reaches out to artists around the world will show at Western Nevada College January 25-February 25. “6 Sides 2 Every Story,” a printmaking exhibit organized by Reno artist Candace Nicol, will show in the Atrium Gallery to open the spring semester. A public reception is Wednesday, Jan. 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Bristlecone Building galleries.

More than 500 participants were asked to illustrate their own perspectives by carving one side of a wooden cube. Each cube represents a current story found in a national/international article, internet posting, or magazine. The culminating project includes artists from the United States, Canada, England and South Africa. Within two years, 95 cubes were carved.

“By sharing a cube consisting of the same story, some artists connected with each other in their communities, while others shared one story with strangers in other places,” Nicol said. “Participants responded to one another’s marks, their visual images and the initial story.”

Candace Nicol teaches printmaking at Truckee Meadows Community College, and is a co-founder of the Northern Nevada Printmakers’ Conspiracy. Her work is frequently exhibited nationally and internationally and is part of many permanent collections.

This project is funded in part by an Artist Fellowship grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and by an artist grant from Sierra Arts.

The WNC Carson art galleries, located in the Bristlecone Building on the Carson City campus are open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All exhibitions and related activities are free and open to the public.

PHOTO CUTLINE: Cubes created by artists from around the world.

First Name Last Name City State

Rosemary Jones Australia

Wendy Willis Phoenix AZ

Sonja Johnson Tucson AZ

Joe Marshall Tucson AZ

Danny Martin Tucson AZ

Andrew Polk Tucson AZ

Kathryn Polk Tucson AZ

Triston Myna Baldwin Window Rock AZ

Ila Crawford Kamloops BC

Garry Davies Kamloops BC

Lydis Garcia Kamloops BC

Linda Jules Kamloops BC

Manny Jules Kamloops BC

Cea Winter Kamloops BC

Javier Martinez Azvsa CA

Katie Belknap Bayside CA

Solomon Lowenstein III Bayside CA

Dan Samborski Carmichael CA

Gemma Elk CA

Sarah Whorf Eureka CA

Katherine Venturelli Fiddletown CA

Danny Serfaty Los Angeles CA

Neal Taylor Los Angeles CA

Rachael Winn Yon Los Osos CA

Paul LaRiviere Morro Bay CA

Linda Katzdorn Sacramento CA

Art Hazelwood San Francisco CA

Peter Leone McCormick San Francisco CA

Amanda Padilla San Francisco CA

Tania Padilla San Francisco CA

Debbie Hawkins San Luis Obispo CA

Lauren Kinney Santa Rosa CA

Deborah Nevius Kinney Santa Rosa CA

May Hariri Aboutaam Sunnyvale CA

William Kubow Sunnyvale CA

Pui Yu Esther Au Boulder CO

Helen Baribeau Boulder CO

Clark Barker Boulder CO

Whitney Burns Boulder CO

Dana Crary Boulder CO

Heather Crespi Boulder CO

Heidi Crespi Boulder CO

Allienna Gonzalez Boulder CO

L.T. Hammett Boulder CO

Eric Macdin Boulder CO

Susanne Mitchell Boulder CO

Audrey Schaiberger Boulder CO

Emily Schmidt-Beuchat Boulder CO

Sam Scruby Boulder CO

Abby Stangl Boulder CO

C.Maxx Stevens Boulder CO

Mara Tegethoff Boulder CO

Melanie Yazzie Boulder CO

Lydia Young Boulder CO

Lauren Brasher Boulder CO

Robin (aka Edenink) Ruston Boulder CO

Lili Francuz Fort Collins CO

Anne Getts Fort Collins CO

Courtney Pulver Littleton CO

Lika Gitis Longmont CO

Leslie Benson Snowmass CO

Stephen Sanchez Westminster CO

Christina I. Smith Westminster CO

Rebecca Nicol Washington DC

Vincent Cougreau Haiku Maui HI

Carla Bravo Boise ID

Carla Bravo Boise ID

Katie Cepek Boise ID

Jill Fitterer Boise ID

Kirsten Furlong Boise ID

Holly Gilchrist Boise ID

Nicole Herden Boise ID

April Hoff Boise ID

Lorin Humphreys Boise ID

Deborah Jones Yensen Boise ID

Angela Katona-Batchelor Boise ID

Marissa Keith Boise ID

Elizabeth Kidd Boise ID

Sue Latta Boise ID

Denise Lauerman Boise Id

Benjamin Love Boise ID

Amy Nack Boise ID

Dan Scott Boise ID

Melissa Stephenson Boise ID

Jin You boise ID

Deb Yensen McCall ID

Zach Haight Nampa ID

Anne Peterson Klahr Star ID

Angee Lennard Chicago IL

Megan Sterling Chicago IL

Greg Tarbox Biddeford Pool ME

Laura Berman Kansas City MO

Will Burnip Kansas City MO

Maura Cluthe Kansas City MO

Ben Jones Kansas City MO

Estrella Payton Kansas City MO

Julia Welles Kansas City MO

Laos Fois Jersey City NJ

Jaz Graf Jersey City NJ

Barbara Landes Jersey City NJ

Brigid Curran Glorieta NM

Nolan Winkler Hillsboro NM

R.WM. Winkler Hillsboro NM

Todd Christensen Las Vegas NM

Carol Brown Carson City NV

Galen Brown Carson City NV

Joliene Dexter Carson City NV

Mary Dillon Carson City NV

Sarah Gularte Carson City NV

Darian Horrigan Carson City NV

Susan Kotler Carson City NV

Frisco Merrill Carson City NV

Claire Penn Carson City NV

Sharon Rosse Carson City NV

Craig Steele Carson City NV

Alex Wing Carson City NV

Amber Keating Dayton NV

Sadie Broadhead Gardnerville NV

Louise Howes Gardnerville NV

Danny Judd Garnerville NV

Megan Neilon Genoa NV

Megan Neilon Genoa NV

Dafne Ordonez Genoa NV

Daryl DePry Henderson NV

Val Hylin Incline Village NV

Liz Pagnelli Incline Village NV

Kris Vagner Lafayette NV

Lynne Kistler Lamoille NV

Maria Arango Las Vegas NV

Brianna Bangle Las Vegas NV

Katherine Christensen Las Vegas NV

Hildy Faultersack Las Vegas NV

Travis Feiner Las Vegas NV

Marco A. Garcia Las Vegas NV

Megan Labadie Las Vegas NV

Karen Parry Las Vegas NV

Brian Porray Las Vegas NV

Mary Warner Las Vegas NV

Andrew Guddat Minden NV

Brook Kelley Minden NV

Andrew Gaddax Mindon NV

Brook A. Icelley Mindon NV

Cory Aguilar Reno NV

Paris Almond Reno NV

Robert Barron Reno NV

Katherine Baumgartner Reno NV

Jeb Benthin Reno NV

Jorge Cervantes-Diaz Reno NV

Jorge Cervantes-Diaz Reno NV

Sarah Chvilicek Reno NV

Nick Critser Reno NV

Amelia Currier Reno NV

Julie Duncan Reno NV

Ingrid Evans Reno NV

Jeannie Franklin Reno NV

Sky Fuzell-Casey Reno NV

Vince Garcia Reno NV

Kelsie Harder Reno NV

David Harger Reno NV

Fletcher Hill Reno NV

Fletcher Hill Reno NV

Tiffany Hill Reno NV

Jennifer Ishimatsu Reno NV

Shawn Jaime Reno NV

Suzy K. Reno NV

Suzan Kahraman Reno NV

Suzy Kahraman Reno NV

EunKang Koh Reno NV

David Laws Reno NV

David C. Laws Reno NV

Scottie Lockrem Reno NV

Vicki LoSasso Reno NV

Traye Lovejoy Reno NV

Ike Lubiniecki Reno NV

Erica Lysdal Reno NV

Kathleen Marshall Reno NV

Ramiro Martinez Martinez-Saenz Reno NV

Jim McCormick Reno NV

Jim McCormick Reno NV

Susan Moore Reno NV

Claire Munoz Reno NV

Caroline Musselman Reno NV

Naomi Nickerson Reno NV

Candace Nicol Reno NV

John Nicol Reno NV

Dana Nollsch Reno NV

Marcus Olson Reno NV

Yoganathan Palani Reno NV

Maria Partridge Reno NV

Nolan Preece Reno NV

Carol-Ann Ricketts Reno NV

Sue Roberts Reno NV

Jacy Robinson Reno NV

Cesar Ruiz Reno NV

Denise Rush Reno NV

Ramiro Martinez Saenz Reno NV

Lynn Schmidt Reno NV

Dianna Sion-Callender Reno NV

Greg Sion-Callender Reno NV

JR Smith Reno NV

Chad Sorg Reno NV

Stacy Spain Reno NV

Jessica Staggs Reno NV

Susan Stewart Reno NV

Kim Swearingen Reno NV

Rossitza Todorova Reno NV

Lana Vasylyeva Reno NV

Natalie Vasylyeva Reno NV

Jim Zlokovich Reno NV

Javier Reno NV

Suzy Reno NV

Shaina Renner Smith NV

Shaina Renner Smith NV

Cory Aguilar Sparks NV

Alex Arciniega Sparks NV

Alex Arciniega Sparks NV

Jessica Cabanilla Sparks NV

Nicole Hamlin Sparks NV

Shawn Jaime Sparks NV

Morgan Lott Sparks NV

Leta Medina Sparks NV

Chris Misanik Sparks NV

Alexandria Nicol Sparks NV

Dana Nollsch Sparks NV

Mary Nollsch Sparks NV

Lola Winckelmann Sparks NV

Ronald Wood Sparks NV

Sandra Garrison Stagecoach NV

Chris Higgins Sun Valley NV

Kevin Wowo Sun Valley NV

Elaine Parks Tuscarora NV

Gene Gardella Verdi NV

Jill Bruglar Washoe Valley NV

Sharon Tetly Washoe Valley NV

Samantha Millard Yerington NV

Kathy Wood Sparks NV

Florence Neal Brooklyn NY

Melinda Yale Brooklyn NY

Sarah Hauser New York NY

April Vollmer New York NY

Ina Kaur Bowling Green OH

Maggie Goat Wewoka OK

Diane Tarter Adair Village OR

Gale Everett Albany OR

Jennifer Gimsewski Aumsville OR

Kathryn Nichols Beaventon OR

Emily Bean Corvallis OR

Kathryn Cellerini Corvallis OR

Kelsi Cross Corvallis OR

Emily Germond Corvallis OR

Seth Jefferson Corvallis OR

Greg Luckeroth Corvallis OR

Chi Meredith Corvallis OR

Danuta Muszynska Corvallis OR

Kim Myers Corvallis OR

Noah Strycker Creswell OR

Elaina LaBoda Jamieson Eugene OR

Jane Vanderzanden Gales Creek OR

Mona Dinger La Grande OR

Kathelene Galloway La Grande OR

Deborah Hoffnagle La Grande OR

Jo Jopholm La Grande OR

Amber MacLean La Grande OR

Harold Mason Monmouth OR

Sue Mason Monmouth OR

Rebecca McCannell Monmouth OR

Lacey Mar Brown PDX OR

Julie Manning PDX OR

Carol Chapel Philomath OR

Debby Sundbaum-Sommers Philomath OR

Jill Clark Portland OR

Luke Foresyth Portland OR

Ken Manning Portland OR

Courtney Monsantofils Portland OR

Angelita Surmon Portland OR

Dance Commander P-Town OR

Jennifer K. Abbott Ttood River OR

Jennifer Derkert Union OR

V. Hitzert Beaverton Oregon

Eleanor H. Erskine Portland Oregon

Matthew Clark Lancaster PA

Matthew Clark Lancaster PA

Sheila Carnduff Dunfermline Scotland

Maria Ginnerup Dunfermline Scotland

Catherine King Dunfermline Scotland

Alison Leeper Dunfermline Scotland
Aine Scannell Dunfermline Scotland
Clare Yarrington Dunfermline Scotland

Julia Britou GAUTENG South Africa

Phumzile Buthelezi GAUTENG South Africa

Mduduzi Gumede GAUTENG South Africa

Simphiwe Gumede GAUTENG South Africa

Charles Kholobeng GAUTENG South Africa

Themba Khumalo GAUTENG South Africa

Phillip Mabote GAUTENG South Africa

Lehlogonolo Mashaba GAUTENG South Africa

Thabo Mofokeng GAUTENG South Africa

Tebogo Moloi GAUTENG South Africa

Moffat Nkosi GAUTENG South Africa

Molefe Thwala GAUTENG South Africa

Diane Victor Gauteng South Africa

Christine Dixie Grahamstown South Africa

Nyaniso Lindi Grahamstown South Africa

Dominic Thorburn Grahamstown South Africa

Robyn Sassen Johannesburg South Africa

Bevan OE WET Johannesburg South Africa

Molly Branton San Antonio TX

Dinah Coakely San Antonio TX

Paula Cox San Antonio TX

Margaret A. Craig San Antonio TX

Nicole Geary San Antonio TX

Joey Behrens Salt Lake City UT

Erik Brunvand Salt Lake City UT

Sandy Brunvand Salt Lake City UT

Stefanie Dykes Salt Lake City UT

Randy Hankins Salt Lake City UT

Catherine Mataisz Salt Lake City UT

Aaron Murphy Culpeper VA

Jenn Erwin Richmond VA

Clare Emhiser Brattleboro VT

Mildred Beltre Burlington VT

Max Madalinski Marlboro VT

MaLynda Poulsen-Jones College Place WA

John Fiala Duvall WA

Arvid Anderson Fox Island WA

Dan Barnett Gig Harbor WA

Susan Paredes Gig Harbor WA

Carol Lynn Kirchner Kirkland WA

Earl Kirchner Kirkland WA

Sue Stewart Puyallup WA

Maurene Smith Tacoma WA

Dawn Forbes Walla Walla WA

Margaret Jamison Walla Walla WA

Kynde Kiefel Walla Walla WA

Lisa Rasmussen Walla Walla WA

Susa Roberts Walla Walla WA

Rachel Feerick Meguon WI

Ellie Honl Stevens PT. WI

Bart Fetz Green River WY

Suzanne Morlock Wilson WY

Ahmad Hariri Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hiba Hariri Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mazen Hariri Lebanon

Samira Hariri Lebanon

Yaumna Hariri Omaha NE

Today (Dada Cube pt. 1)

2009-04-16T20:48:00.001-07:00

Getta' loada' this will ya'..
6 Sides To Every Story (thanx Candace Nicol) brings 600 artists together to carve on the sides of these lil' cubes. Woodblock prints ensue as well as a large international collaborative exhibition.
This video of my cube is the best video of a carved block of wood on Internet right now, you can bank on that one charlie! It has a great soundtrack, the lyrics are precious, please enjoy.
It was based on a story in L A Times about LACountyMuseum
's new collection of old oceanic masks and the influence these designs had on the Dadaists.

Sleep Is Wrong (Dada Cube pt. 2)

2009-04-16T17:25:00.000-07:00

Sleep Is Wrong
by nadasorg

Wake Up (Dada Cube pt. 3)

2009-04-16T17:21:00.001-07:00

Wake Up
by nadasorg

oops, forgot one

2009-04-15T20:12:00.001-07:00

Cube #58 Close Call at Cove High
Original News Source: by Mardi Ford, The Observer, April 29, 2008, La Grande, Oregon
Artists: Kathelene Galloway (OR), Jo Topholm (OR), Mona Dinger (OR), Deborah Hoffnagle (OR), Jennifer Deckert (OR), Amber MacLean (OR)

ALMOST DONE!

2009-04-15T16:42:00.001-07:00

Cube #76 The World Only Cares about Pirates
Original News Source: Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7740417.stm
Artists: Laos Fois (NJ), Jaz Graf (NJ), Abby Stangl (CO), Mara Tegethoff (CO), Allienna Gonzalez (CO), Heather Crespi (CO)

Cube #5 Genetics
Original News Source: none
Artists: Malynda Poulsen-Jones (WA), Margaret Jamison (WA), Lisa Rasmussen (WA), Dawn Forbes (WA), Susa Roberts (WA), Kynde Kiefel (WA)

Cube #10 A Woman's Heart
Original News Source: Quote by Maya Angelou
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/100086
Artists: Lynne Kistler (NV), Liz Paganelli (NV), John Nicol (NV), Fletcher Hill (NV), Travis Feiner (NV), Joliene Dexter (NV)

Cube #61 Possible abuse of boys in polygamous sect
Original News Source: yahoo news and the tv..its all over about the cult
Artists: Nicole Hamlin (NV), Candace Nicol (NV), Rebecca Nicol (NV), Cory Aguilar (NV), Sue Roberts (NV), Rosemary Jones (NV/Australia)

Cube #59 DADA mask
Original News Source: inspired by http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-lacma9-2008jul09,0,4846366.story
Artists: Chad Sorg (NV)

Cube #92 The Fall of the Sparrow
Original News Source: excerpt from the "The Fall of a Sparrow" by Robert Hellenga, NYT Best Seller
Artists: Eleanor H. Erskine (OR), V. Hitzert (OR), Lacey Mar Brown (OR)

Cube #85 Target Earth
Original News Source: by Richard Stone, National Geographic, August 2008
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/earth-scars/stone-text
Artists: Fletcher Hill (NV), Shawn Jaime (NV), Jessica Staggs (NV), Lola Winckelmann (NV), Natalie Vasylyeva (NV), Samantha Millard (NV)

Cube #75 Dead Sexy
Original News Source: from "DEAD SEXY, Jillian McDonald Makes Zombie Art You Can Really Sink Your Teeth Into" by Molly Simms, Bust Magazine, Oct/Nov 2008
Artists: Jaz Graf (NJ), Laos Fois (NJ), Abby Stangl (CO), Mara Tegethoff (CO), Heidi Crespi (CO), Robin Ruston (a.k.a. Edenink) (CO)

Cube #2 Guy tears hair out over hairdresser's phone
Original News Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL296575120080429?feedType=nl&feedName=usoddlyenough
Artists: Jenn Erwin (VA), JR Smith (VA), Nick Critser (NV), Ike Lubiniecki (NV), Frisco Merrill (NV), Shaina Renner (NV)

and even more! we are more than half way done printing!

2009-04-15T16:12:00.000-07:00

Cube #74 The Price of Greed
Original News Source: by Andy Serwer and Allan Sloan, Time Magazine Sept. 29, 2008
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1846709,00.html
Artists: Kathryn Polk (AZ), Danny Martin (AZ), Andrew Polk (AZ), Joe Marshall (AZ), Sonja Johnson (AZ), Wendy Willis (AZ)

Cube #71 Soccer Fashion Craze
Original News Source: http://www.urbanclothingwholesalers.com/urban-clothing-wholesales/62
Artists: Carol Brown (NV), Cesar Kuiz (NV), Shawn Jaime (NV), Fletcher Hill (NV), Sarah Guiarte (NV), Alex Arciniega (NV)

Cube #66 Australia Starts Kangaroo Killing
Original News Source: Associated Press May 19, 2008
Artists: Chi Meredith (OR), Carol Chapel (OR), Gale Everett (OR), Debby Sundbaum-Sommers (OR), Danuta Muszynska (OR), Angelita Surmon (OR)

Cube #63 The Artist Horse
Original News Source: by Sandra Chereb, Associated Press
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-10-15-painting-horse_N.htm
Artists: David C. Laws (NV), Cory Aguilar (NV), Naomi Nickerson (NV), Scottie Lockrem (NV), Ellie Honl (WI)

Cube #62 The Big Yellow Taxi
Original News Source: "The Big Yellow Taxi" song and poem by Joni Mitchell
http://artists.letssingit.com/joni-mitchell-big-yellow-taxi-tsgr9wh
Artists: Carol Lynn Kirchner (WA), Earl A. Kirchner (WA), Ramiro Martinez-Saez (NV), Suzy K. (NV), Darian Horrigan (NV), Joliene Dexter (NV)

and more.....

2009-04-15T15:48:00.000-07:00

Cube #50 Receiving sexual favors from a vacuum
Original News Source: Associated Press Oct. 18, 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/18/national/a165630D66.DTL
Artists: Candace Nicol (NV), Ramiro Martinez-Saenz (NV), Jessica Staggs (NV), Nick Critser (NV), Brook A. Kelley (NV), Frisco Merrill (NV)

Cube #49 Cannibal Chef
Original News Source: BBC NEWS October 20, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7680244.stm
Artists: Robert M. Barron (NV), Sky Fuzell-Casey (NV), David C. Laws (NV), Sandra Garrison (NV), Mary Dillon (NV)

Cube #47 Hey Las Vegas, it's the water
Original News Source: by ALAN CHOATE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Oct. 14, 2008

http://www.lvrj.com/news/30934269.html
Artists: Katherine Christensen (NV), Megan Labadie (NV), Karen Parry (NV), Brianna Bangle (NV), Hildy Faultersack (NV), Marco A. Garcia (NV) ....students from Anne Hoff's printmaking class, College of Southern Nevada

Cube #45 Jackson Pollock Photo
Original News Source: Springs, NY Time, Inc. 1949
Artists: Jim McCormick (NV), Eunkang Koh (NV), Lynn Schmidt (NV), Danny Judd (NV), Mary Warner (NV), Brian Porray (NV)

Cube #44 Earth Day... "we have met the enemy, and HE is US."
Original News Source: clipping "Pogo' comic strip by Walt Kelly
Artists: Sue Roberts (NV), Ingrid Evans (NV), Suzanne Morlock (WY), Brigid Curran (NM), Lili Francuz (CO), Bart Fetz (WY)

MORE CUBES....

2009-04-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

Cube #40 Starving Dog as Art
Original News Source: Baltimore Sun, www.baltimoresun.com by John Woestendiek
Artists: Morgan Lott (NV), Alexandria Nicol (NV), Candace Nicol (NV), Carla Bravo (NV)

Cube #38 Music Life Enrichment
Original News Source: OPPapers.com http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Music-Article-Life-Enrichment/145467
Artists: Erica Lysdal (NV), Lola Winckolmann (NV), Cesar Ruiz (NV), Ramiro Martinez-Saenz (NV), Dafne Ordonez (NV), Amber Keating (NV)

Cube #37 Hard Liner with Soft Touch Reaches out to U.S. Flock
Original News Source: New York Times, 4/12/08

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/us/nationalspecial2/13pope.html
Artists: Vicki LoSasso (NV), Greg Tarbox (ME), Clare Emhiser (VT), Max Madalinski (VT), Candace Nicol (NV), Alexandria Nicol (NV)

Cube #36 Attacker Beheaded in India
Original News Source: Reno Gazette Journal 10/08 Associated Press

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_291615.html?vgnmr=1
Artists: Alexandria Nicol (NV), John Nicol (NV), Sky Fuzell-Casey (NV), Suzy Kahraman (NV), Sadie Broadhead (NV)

Cube #34 They didn't ask: what's after death
Original News Source: inpired by Butterfly's Burden by Mohamoud Darwich

Artists: May Hariri Aboutaam (CA), Ina Kaur (OH), Nolan Winkler (NM), Susan Paredes (WA), Arvid Anderson (WA), John Fiala (WA)

A SHIT LOAD MORE CUBES PRINTED!

2009-04-15T11:14:00.001-07:00

Cube #31 The Natural World
Original News Source: a clip from National Geographic Traveler, date unknown
Artists: Lana Vasylyeva (NV), Natalie Vasylyeva (NV)

Cube #27 Mother steals daughter's cheerleading identity
Original News Source: by Nick Meo, Telegraph.co.uk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2908885/Mother-stole-daughters-identity-to-become-cheerleader-in-US-school.html

Artists: Cory Aguilar (NV), Alexandria Nicol (NV), Lola Winckelmann (NV), Jessica Staggs (NV), Amber Keating (NV), Dafne Ordonez (NV)

Cube #22 Dinosaur Dance Floor
Original News Source: by Mike Stark, Associated Press reno gazette-journal october 22, 2008
Artists: Sue Roberts (NV), Suzy Kahraman (NV), Ike Lubiniecki (NV), Cesar Ruiz (NV), Danny Judd (NV), Sandra Garrison (NV)

Cube #21 Radioactive Elevator Buttons
Original News Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSLM28235720081022
Artists: Sky Fuzell-Casey (NV), Ike Lubiniecki (NV), Nick Critser (NV), Erica Lysdal (NV), Suzy Kahraman (NV), John Nicol (NV)

Cube #20 College students busted in drug sting
Original News Source: Associated Press, May 6, 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24487818
Artists: Shawn Jaime (NV), Fletcher Hill (NV), Cesar Ruiz (NV), Jessica Staggs (NV), Samantha Millard (NV), Travis Feiner (NV)

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Cube #19 China led word executions in 2007
Original News Source: CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/15/amnesty.chinacnn/index.html
Artists: Jacy Robinson (NV), Matthew Clark (PA), Elaine Parks (NV), Danny Serfaty (CA)

Cube #18 Torch Concludes Topsy Turvy Tour of S.F.
Original News Source: San Francisco, CA Examiner.com April 9, 2008
Artists: Paris Almond (NV), Candace Nicol (NV), David C. Laws (NV), Robert Barron (NV), Alex Arciniega (NV), Brook Kelley (NV)

Cube #15 Protest against xenophobia in blogs
Original News Source: Sunday Indpendent (South African version). The byline is Debbie Smit published on May 25, 2008
Artists: Robyn Sassen (South Africa), Diane Victor (South Africa), Bevan De Wet (South Africa), Christine Dixie (South Africa), Nyaniso Lindi (South Africa), Dominic Thorburn (South Africa)

Cube #11 Gray Thunder
Original News Source: An excerpt from article by Cyril Christo, May/June 2008 Orion Magazine
Artists: Jill Fitterer (ID), B. Love (ID), Denise Lauerman (ID), Zachary Haight (ID), Marissa Keith (ID), Melissa Stephenson (ID)

Cube #8 GOP spent $150,000 on Palin look
Original News Source: Associated Press, October 22, 2008
Artists: Ike Lubiniecki (NV), Candace Nicol (NV), David C. Laws (NV), Frisco Merrill (NV), Sharon Tetly (NV), Megan Neilon (NV)

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Cube 44 Earth Day…"we have met the enemy, and HE is US."

2009-03-01T12:34:00.000-08:00

Hi Candace..
Here are the pictures I took. I'm not very good at photos! The fish is mine and the car with trash thrown out is # 1 person, I believe. The hand with trash in air is # 2.... I don't have their names. Bye for now, Brigid

Walla Walla Cloning

2009-03-01T12:21:00.000-08:00

Dear Candace,

Enclosed are the images from our cube. Finally. There is one more
side to carve which will be done today and I will have the cube over-
nighted to you tomorrow. Thank you so much for allowing us to
participate in this project.

Best,

Dawn

Cube Subject: Genetics

"Clone on the Range" by Malynda Poulsen-Jones

"Primordial Stew" by Margaret Jamison

"Knick Knack Paddy Whack- Give the Dog a Clone" by Lisa Rasmussen

"The Better to Ear You With, Dear Mouse" by Dawn Forbes

"Wonder Y" by Susa Roberts

"Knowledge" by Kynde Kiefel

DEAR ARTISTS:

2008-12-01T12:33:00.000-08:00

Dear 6sides2every story Artist:

Here is you print from the cube you carved on. I would like to say thank you very much for participating in this project and I hope you are as excited as me with the progress of 6sides so far. We have a long way to go to finish the project. Here is the timeline:

TIMELINE:
April 1, 2008 – Project Announced, blog up and running, collating and sending out cubes
May 1, 2008 – Website up and running, participants working on cubes, continue recruiting new participants across the nation
December 31, 2008- Remaining cubes should be carved and sent back to Candace
January-February Working on printing cubes and printing up the larger prints for framing
February 15, 2009 - All prints ready for installation and portfolio
February 28, 2009- Participant book of stories and images sent to publisher
March 1, 2009- Installation and Exhibition proposals ready to send out to potential shows

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Sierra Arts and Nevada Arts Council. Both these agencies have given us grant money to finish the project and to help with the cost of shipping, printing, and framing of the large portfolio pieces. If you have some time, please could you email them and thank them for their sponsorship? The project might not have happened without that funding. Here are the email addresses:

Jill Berryman, Executive Director, Sierra Arts jill@sierra-arts.org
Susan Boskoff, Executive Director, Nevada Arts Council sboskoff@nevadaculture.org

Keep checking the blog and the website for new developments and for exhibition whereabouts and dates…..

Hugs to you all!
Xoox
c

Current INFO on 6sides2every story

2008-12-01T12:29:00.000-08:00

TITLE:
6sides2every story
International collaboration of artists and printmakers
www.6sides2everystory.com http://6sides2everystory.blogspot.com/
Organized by Candace Nicol, Reno, NV

6sides2every story essentially is a social experiment involving 600+ artists from around the world. Each artist is carving one side of a wooden cube and then I am acting as the master printmaker, printing editions to be sent back to each participant. The project will highlight the inherent democracy that printmaking gives to artists of all levels: Professionals, amateurs, non-printmakers, mentors and students will all contribute to the project. The purpose of this project is to connect artists from different backgrounds and places.

CONTACT:
info@candacenicol.net or cnicol@tmcc.edu
www.candacenicol.com

6sides2every story represents a collaboration that illuminates the artist/printmaker relationship and printmaking’s inherent collaboration characteristic. By sharing a cube consisting of the same story, some artists will connect with each other in their communities, while others will share one story with strangers in other places. Participants will respond to one another’s marks, their visual images and the initial story. There is a tremendous amount of trust needed between each of the artists working on cubes and between myself (the printmaker) and every participant giving up their substrate with the understanding that all sides will be printed together and they each will receive a print. Each image/story and participant will also come together in what will be a virtual community via unique website - www.6sides2everystory.com and a blog - http://6sides2everystory.blogspot.com/.

MORE DETAILS: (initial project)
6sides2every story is a collaboration that starts with an individual artist carving a side of a wooden cube. The first person has to clip a phrase from a newspaper, magazine, or internet, and carve a visual narrative on one side of the cube. (The cube is provided by Candace Nicol) The first person can also organize a group of artists within his/her community that will work together on the cube. This is NOT a requirement, though. Many artists that are starting the cube are sending it back to Candace Nicol. The stories are posted on the web and emailed to potential carvers. This method will allow for the movement of cubes across the country. When one artist is done, he/she will give the cube to another person along with the clipping. Each person responds to the clipping and to the previous marks carved into the cube. Artists do not have to be printmakers. They just have to be willing to participate and to carve the cube in a timely manner. There is no fee, but each person needs to either hand the cube to someone in his/her community or be willing to send the cube to another person outside of his/her community; and at the end, send it back to Candace for printing. Once the cube is finished, Candace will print an edition of 8. Each participant will receive a print with all 6 sides of the story. Blocks will be printed on 8”x10” paper.

Greetings from Scotland

2008-11-16T13:40:00.001-08:00

Aine Scannell organized this cube in Scotland (Note from Candace --- I didn't know which direction the character went... probably lost in translation?)

Below is Aine's summary of this article she found on the website called “China Now”

XIN HANZI (her title extracted from main article)

Written Chinese, is made up of 55,000 ideographs (hanzi).
Lu Hsun, (a key proponent of the New Writing movement of the 1930s.) called for a “Latinized” vernacular phonetic system to replace these. What he wanted to see was a language system that was truly democratic and not something that had been until then, as he saw it, the preserve of the elite.

Chinese characters have been reformed, reorganized, re-numbered, regulated, restricted and simplified., resulting in the language format that is taught in primary education in China today.

Jiao Yingqi, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Art, says “the Chinese written language has become more accessible. but the basic composite elements of Chinese characters are increasingly archaic, inflexible and poorly equipped for the 21st century.”

The approximately 55,000 extant Chinese characters are based on root components known as “radicals” (pianpang bushou in romanized Chinese). These 189 ideographs include archaic representations such as man, woman, tree, water, soil, rock, sky, heart, field, roof, dish, tiger, bamboo, bird, metal, hand and foot.

To address the gulf between China’s writing system and the post-Modern world, Jiao has embarked on a personal and theoretical project he calls New Characters (Xin Hanzi). Via a trial-and-error process that tightly integrates his artistic, design and theoretical interests, he has thus far created 32 new radicals.

ARTISTS: Aine Scannell, Alison Leeper, Catherine King, Clare Yarrington, Maria Ginnerup, Sheila Carnduff

And Even More!

2008-11-16T12:42:00.001-08:00

Cube #83 The Juarez Murders
Original News Source: By Debbie Nathan, Amnesty Magazine www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/juarez.html
Artists:
L.T. Hammett (CO), Eric Macdin (CO), Pui Yu Esther Au (CO), Emily Schmidt-Beuchat (CO), Audrey Schaiberger (CO), Lauren Brasher (CO)

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Cube #81 The Juarez Murders
Original News Source: By Debbie Nathan, Amnesty Magazine www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/juarez.html
Artists:
Stephan Sanchez (CO), Courtney Pulver (CO), Christina I. Smith (CO), Whitney Burns (CO), Sam Scruby (CO), Dana Crary (CO)

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Cube #68 In the Platypus Genome, an Odd Map of Evolution
Original News Source: By Rick Weiss, Washington Post, May 8, 2008
Artists:
Rebecca McCannell (OR), Sue Mason (OR), Jennifer Gimsewski (OR), Harold Mason (OR), Diane Tarter (OR), Elaina LaBoda Jamieson (OR)

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Cube #42 Burka Barbie
Original News Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/29/iran.barbie.ap/index.html
Artists:
Maria Partridge (NV), Susan Moore (NV), Naomi Nickerson (NV), Vicki LoSasso (NV), Lola Winckelmann (NV)

MORE and More cubes printed

2008-11-16T11:36:00.000-08:00

Cube #41, Nevada Ranks Among the Most Seismically Active States

Story Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/nevada/history.php

ARTISTS: Dianna Sion-Callender (NV), Greg Callender (NV), Kim Swearingen (NV), Javier (NV), Kris Vagner (CA), Elaine Parks (NV)

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Cube #24 The Art in UFC's Violence by Kevin Lynch, Las Vegas Sun, May 22, 2008

News story source:

http://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/22/art-ufcs-violence/

ARTISTS: Lorin Humphreys (ID), Angela Katona-Batchelor (ID), Deb Jones Yensen (ID), Jin You (ID), April Hoff (ID), Amy Nack (ID)

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Cube #14 Prescribed Burns Will Continue in Tahoe Area

News Source: Reno Gazette Journal, April 2008

ARTISTS: Susan Stewart (NV), Lynn Schmidt (NV), Sarah Chvilicek (NV), Rachael Winn Yon (CA), Paul LaRiviere (CA), Debbie Hawkins (CA)

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Cube #7 "a woman trapped in a woman's body (tales from a life of cringe)" 2007 by Lauren Weedman

Story Source: Published by Sasquatch Books 119 S Main St, Suite 400 Seattle WA 98104

www.sasquatchbooks.com

ARTISTS: Sue Latta (ID), Anne Peterson Klahr (ID), Jill Clark (OR), Ken Manning (OR), Julie Manning (OR), Dance Commander (OR)

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Cube #6 Global Food Crisis

Story Source: National Post

ARTISTS: Linda Jules (Canada), Manny Jules (Canada), Ila Crawford (Canada), Lydis Garcia (Canada), Garry Davies (Canada), Cea Winter (Canada)

MORE CUBES PRINTED!

2008-09-24T19:28:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,
More cubes have been printed. Here they are:

Cube #64 Busy Bees

Original News Source: June issue of Martha Stewart "The Sweet Side of Summer" recipe and article from: about the crisis in pollination! www.xerces.org

Artists:

April Vollmer, NY; Barbara Landes, NJ; Sarah Hauser, NY; Melinda Yale, NY; Mildred Beltre, VT; Florence Neal, NY

Cube #91 Abandoned Owls Blamed on Harry Potter

Original News Source: BBC NEWS 6/19/2008

Artists:

Laura Berman, MO; Maura Cluthe, MO; Will Burnip, Kansas; Julia Welles, MO; Ben Jones, MO; Estrella Payton, MO

Cube #95 Just Another Week on Earth

Original News Source: Harper's Weekley, May 20. 2008, Weekly Review, By Chantal Clarke

Artists:

Linda Katzdorn, CA; Dan Samborski, CA; Katherine Venturelli, CA; William E. Kubow, CA; Nolan Winkler, NM; R.Wm. Winkler, NM

Cube #53 Earth day planned for Regina, Canada

Original News Source: Leader-post (internet article)

Artists:

Leta Medina, NV; Traye Lovejoy, NV; Jeb Benthin, NV; David Harger, NV; Chris Higgins, NV; Kathy Wood, NV

Cube #60 Magnitude 6.2 - Vanuatu

Original News Source: USGS April 28, 2008

Artists:

Traye Lovejoy, NV; Jeb Benthin, NV; Leta Medina, NV; David Harger, NV; Chris Higgins, NV; Kathy Wood, NV

This is a fun pic!

2008-08-27T09:30:00.000-07:00

Hi Candace!I'm the last one to carve in Laura Berman's group. I'll be sending the cube tomorrow (Tuesday, August 26th) and you should receive it by next week. It's a couple of days late, so thanks for being patient. I loved being involved! It was fun...I can't wait to get the prints. :) Enjoy the picture of the cube featuring my side!Estrella Payton

5 NEW CUBES printed!

2008-08-25T15:03:00.000-07:00

Cube #4 Both Sides of the Street
Story Sources: By Diane Lefer, The Sun April 2008
Artists: Stefanie Dykes (UT), Catherine Mataisz (UT), Randy Hankins (UT), Joey Behrens (UT), Erik Brunvand (UT), Sandy Brunvand (UT)

Members of Saltgrass Printmakers http://www.saltgrassprintmakers.org/

Cube # 9 It's Official: Caribbean Monk Seal is Extinct
Story Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25007277
Artists: Melanie Yazzie (CO), C.Maxx Stevens (CO), Maggie Goat (OK), Triston Myna Baldwin (AZ)

Cube #12 How to Feed the World

Story Souce: Newsweek, May 10, 2008

Artists: Angela Katona-Batchelor (ID), Nicole Herden (ID), Dan Scott (ID), Deb Yensen (ID), Elizabeth Kidd (ID), Kirsten Furlong (ID)

Cube #39 Biological from the Artificial

Story Source: Art in America clipping April 2008
Artists: Margaret A.Craig (TX), Molly Branton (TX), Paula Cox(TX), Dinah Coakely(TX), Nicole Geary (TX), Matthew Clark (PA)

Cube #67 Developing Safe Water, Developing Communities

Story Source: http://water.org/

Artists: Susan Paredes (WA), John Fiala (WA), Dan Barnett (WA), Arvid Anderson (WA), Maurene Smith (WA), Sue Stewart (WA)

CUBE 39

2008-08-19T10:27:00.000-07:00

Candace,
From reading your blog it looks like you are getting some titles and commentary about some of the images you have. Well, mine is called "Humilobite with Pet Trilobite" (pronounced hyou-MEYE-lo-bite). Humilobites are basically transitional creatures between trilobites and humans (like Homo habilis). Except with trilobites. Not apes. Enjoy!

Visit my stores at
http://www.cafepress.com/sillybugs
http://www.cafepress.com/drawingmatthew

website:http://www.drawingmatthewclark.com
-Matt.

CUBE 95 "BOMB" Just another week on earth

2008-08-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

Bee Cube Almost Done!

2008-08-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

hey candace I didn't send this to you before. My side is done.
I want to call it bee architecture, empty house (not empty city).

Mildred Beltre

Dada Masks -Cube #59

2008-08-14T18:36:00.000-07:00

UPDATE on CUBE 64

2008-07-07T13:28:00.000-07:00

Hi Candace, April and Barbara, this is from Sarah Hauser. I have completed my print (a scan of which is below), "Bee Sanctuary", as part of Cube 64, and will be sending the cube on to Melinda Yale.

Here is a bit of a story about my print:
A month or two before I was contacted by April for this project, I read a teensy article which I found buried in the NY Post. The article is about a Serbian beekeeper who began to build monasteries for his bees because he decided that "bees have a soul too".
I saved the article, taping it to my bathroom mirror, knowing that some art would come forth from it at some point.
When April told me about this project, I felt that this article related to her original article, and so my print, "Bee Sanctuary", is really a response to both articles.

Below you will see my article. I have enclosed a hard copy of that plus a more detailed version of the story which I found on the Internet, along with a proof of my print, etc in the box with the cube and other materials.

all the best
Sarah Hauser

FROM: APRIL VOLLMER

That is too strange! I was so surprised when I found a beehive in Belgrade that was a miniature (4 feet tall) version of one of the most important Serbian Orthodox churches (in Kosovo)! It was in St. Mark's church in downtown Belgrade. All the monasteries in the countryside were surrounded by bee hives and sold honey, propolis and wax candles.
I think there is a bee-goddess at work here! The Minoans had bee priesteses called "Melissae" so it is very ancient. It is also strange that Melissa Potter has that name! She was a fulbright scholar in Serbia several times, and has been very helpful to me in understanding Serbia.

"No Bees, No Blueberries"

2008-06-20T09:58:00.000-07:00

Barbara Landes has finished her side to cube 64 "Busy Bees" -

"Honeybees pollinate about one third of the foods consumed by Americans according to a Cornell University study. Blueberries are one of the many crops we will lose without honeybees."

Now cube 64 is off to Sarah Hauser!

Block 91- Off and Cutting!

2008-06-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

Laura Berman has initiated block 91 with the news prompt:

Abandoned Owls Blamed on Potter
An increase in the number of owls abandoned at a rescue centre
in Flinshire has been blamed on the Harry Potter books.

Block 91's six-person team of Kansas City artists includes:

Laura Berman
Julia Welles
Maura Cluthe
Will Burnip
Ben Jones
Estrella Payton

Side 1 in progress:

"BUSY BEES" cube 64 started by April Vollmer

2008-06-08T11:28:00.000-07:00

April Vollmer's side of cube 64 "BUSY BEES"My print is "the Hive Goddess of Belgrade". I found her on the side of a building, in Belgrade with a hive in her hand. (I just had an exhibition there www.aprilvollmer.com/belgrade2008) I proofed it with sumi ink on Nishinouchi Japanese paper, printed with a baren.

My chosen news article is the June issue of Martha Stewart "The Sweet Side of Summer" which not only has a recipe for a honey cake in the shape of a bee hive, but includes a well researched article about the decline of the bee population in the U.S. Both the imported honeybees and native bee species are threatened. For more information The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has a great website with information about the crisis in pollination! www.xerces.org

The artists who have agreed to contribute to six sides of "Busy Bees" are:

Barbara Landes
Sarah Hauser
Melinda Yale

The Process of Printing the Cubes

2008-06-03T13:18:00.000-07:00

Hey, Candace:
Those are some pretty intriguing photos you have on the blog. What are you doing with the big block of cubes?
When you get some spare time, do you mind explaining on the blog your process for printing the cubes? Maybe some more of those great pictures?
Do you burnish the paper onto the cubes, or use a roller?
Linda Jules

I needed a structure that would hold the 2" cubes in place while I was printing. So- I ended up gluing cubes together except in the middle where I can move them around. The cubes are not all exactly 2"x2"x2" I noticed, so I have to shim section with pieces of matboard (seen above).
The cube that I'm going to print is raised 1/16 inch from the bottom so I can ink it with a roller. I am using oil based ink here but have decided in the future to use waterbase ink so the prints dry faster. I'm using a stencil to protect the registration platform while I'm inking.
I place the paper down, registering from the corner and hand-rubbing with a plastic spoon.
WOOLAH!!! Didn't goof up...yeah!

These cubes have been started and need more artists

2008-06-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

Would anyone like to work on one of these cubes? Let me know - info@candacenicol.com

4 CUBES are DONE!

2008-06-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

Exciting and what a blast to print! I found it relaxing to sit and print these cubes. It was interesting to examine each side, how each person carved into the wood and the challenges in printing. I didn’t always know how each side was oriented (up, down) and it was fun to try to interpret the signs and make connections to the original story.

So here are the first four:

Cube #52 Sweden Road Signs Going Feminine
Original Story: http://social.moldova.org/stiri/eng/115655/

Artists: Noah Strycker (OR), Emily Bean (OR), Jennifer Abbott (OR), Kathryn Nichols (OR), Rachel Feerick(WI), Courtney Monsantofils (OR)

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Cube #51 Things that are handy in an emergency
Original Story: http://www.topix.com/forum/state/va/TNKLOUTHNDK4CT568

Artists: Kathryn Cellerini (OR), Greg Luckeroth (OR), Emily Germond (OR), Kim Myers (OR), Seth Jefferson (OR), Kelsi Cross (OR)
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Cube #16 Alaska Now Has 2 Gas Pipeline Proposals
Original Story: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998861/posts

Artists: Melanie Yazzie (CO), Leslie Benson (CO), Todd Christensen (NM), Helen Baribeau (CO), Susie Mitchell (CO), Rossitza Todorova (NV)

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Cube #13 Olive Ridley Turtle
Original Story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/05/asia/AS-GEN-India-Threatened-Turtles.php

Artists: Melanie Yazzie (CO), Todd Christensen (NM), Lydia Young (CO), Clark Barker (CO), Likia Gitis (CO), Anne Getts (CO)

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Happy carving... I'll be updating the website soon with participants names and web addresses.

xoxo

Let's play!

2008-05-25T23:20:00.000-07:00

When we're all done carving and printing the blocks, I want to play with them. Imagine the intersections of stories being adjoined in a towering structure! It'll be like a three-dimensional scrabble game, only way better - with stories and pictures instead of just letters.

The Cube.... thoughts by May Hariri Aboutaam

2008-05-23T10:26:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,
May wrote this and sent it to me. I thought it was beautiful and wanted to share it with everyone:

The cube supposedly a dull, and a straightforward shape is transformed into a dynamic interactive circular form with no ending. Circling from one hand to another the cube symbolizes the shape of a universal home, housing not living people but living stories and histories. Like a story teller, the cube encapsulates different moments of our lifes, different issues that touch us, it is capturing the essence of art being a mean of communication.

You know, since we're creating a book----- I invite you all to share thoughts and writings to include in the book.

Hugs!
c

First picture of cube #56

2008-05-18T20:32:00.000-07:00

Hey... Everyone I finely got a chance to post my picture of the first side of block #56... The cube has moved on to my father...then to my uncle...I will post pictures of those as soon as I get them...

I love seeing all the other pictures of sides when they are done... Hope to see more soon...

Kathy (Nevada)

Update: Cube 59

2008-05-14T01:16:00.000-07:00

Hi. I'm Cube 59, and I gotta' tell ya', Chad's had me for like a week and he's totally slouching. He hasn't done a damm thing with me. I don't think he really even has a handle on what type of story to put on me. How do I light a fire under this dude's ass? What kinda' stories are my fellow cubes getting carved with? anybody?

Fire and Rebirth Cube #15

2008-05-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, this is May from Sunnyvale, California, enjoying Candace company. In the spirit of celebriting mother's day we are printing Fire and Rebirth is my title of my story. This cube is going to Oakland tomorrow and I am very excited to see where Hiba Kalache is taking the other side of this story.

Happy mother's Day to everybody.
May

WE'VE GONE INTERNATIONAL

2008-05-05T12:33:00.000-07:00

Okay,
Time to change our sub-title to International Collaboration....
Thanks everyone in Canada and South Africa and Carol Brown who is travelling to Europe and exchanging the cubes there this summer.
xoxox
c

Welcome New Participants

2008-05-05T12:27:00.001-07:00

Welcome to 6sides2everystory:

New participants as of May 5, 2008:

April Vollmer, New York, NY
Peter Leone McCormick, San Francisco, CA
Becca McCannell, Monmouth, OR
Printmaking Students at Western Oregon University
Robyn Sassen, Johannesburg, South Africa
Kim Berman, Johannesburg, South Africa
Members of ARTIST PROOF STUDIO, Newtown, Gauteng, South Africa
Carol Brown, Carson City, NV
Anne Getts, Boulder, CO
Sarah Chvilicek, Reno, NV
Lynn Schmidt, Reno, NV
April Townley, Reno, NV
Serena Skularek, Reno, NV
EunKang Koh, Reno, NV
Jill Brugler, Washoe Valley, NV
Kathelene Galloway, LaGrande, OR
Chad Sorg, Reno, NV
Traye Lovejoy, Reno, NV
Nicole Hamlin, Reno, NV
Carol Lynn Kirchner, Kirkland, WA
Chi Meredith, Corvallis, OR
Susan Paredes, Gig Harbor, WA
Morgan Lott, Sparks, NV
Alexandria Nicol, Sparks, NV
Jeff Dabney, Pembroke, NC

what's everyone doing for carving?

2008-05-05T10:47:00.000-07:00

Is there info on the blog about how to people are stabilizing the cube to carve?
THis will be good!
Susan

Hi Susan,
I've carved two cubes (the first one was really hard... birch.... then I ordered fir cubes which are pretty soft and seem to be easy to carve.) I have dull student grade carvers, too. The ends of the cube are the hardest to carve out. A lot of the participants are using a small dremmel tool to carve with and even one participant used a wood burning tool.

No one has said anything about how they are stabilizing the cube. I just held mine, although I had a few "close" encounters with my fingers when I was carving at the corners.
It's an intriguing little piece of wood. My students seem to be having fun with them... I wish one cube would be finished soon, so I can print... I have the paper and the printing structure all ready to go!

There are two deadlines: End of August and End of December (for me to get them printed and sent back to everyone).... So I'm hoping that participants only take a week or two each person. I'll keep "reminding" everyone via email as we go along. The sooner a group gets one done, the sooner they get a print back.

Candace

Just Got My Cube

2008-05-03T09:47:00.000-07:00

Hey, Wanted to let every one know that I started carving my block # 56 this week... and will Pass it on to my Father, Ron Wood and then to His sister (who lives in Oregon) then on to Virginia for the forth side... I think that I will be able to find the last two people to carve 5 and 6... no worries everyone I have talked to seems very excited to participate...

This is one of the neatest thing that I have taken part in... thank you Candace for the opportunity...

I will post a picture when I finish the week... I enjoy looking at the other pics...

Kathy

Both Sides of the Street

2008-05-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

Candace,

Saltgrass Printmakers is off and running with our cube. I have finished carving side one and have handed it off to the next person at the shop.

Cheers,
Stefanie Dykes

Fantastic Experiment http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

2008-04-30T19:00:00.000-07:00

It is going to be very exciting to see the final prints. I love this idea! The fact that it's a national project is a great experiment. Nice job C!

I'll be shipping my cube off soon. My husband Greg is a fantastic artist and his forte just happens to be wood carving, so I'll make that man work!

I'm looking forward to carving myself. Thanks for the opportunity!

*hugs,
Di

Cube 16 moving around...

2008-04-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Rossi in Reno, NV has finished her side of cube 16 and has given it to Melanie Yazzie in Boulder, CO.

Story title: Alaska Now Has 2 Gas Pipeline Proposals

What to share in story?

2008-04-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

Hi Candace,I am wondering – do you want the STORY to accompany our cube print, or a PHRASE, (ie) the headline or the whole newspaper story? Linda

Hi Linda,
Good question – I was waiting for someone to ask it.

Okay, this is going to be a roundabout answer :>)
I’ve been thinking a lot about what the first participant would do. Would they include the entire story with the cube or just a phrase…. I was unclear in my instructions in order to see what would happen… Part of this is a social experiment….
The picking of the story.... does one chose to share just a phrase with the other artists? Just the title? (Which can be misleading) or include the entire newspaper article? I'm thinking about the way information is consumed in our society. The bits and pieces of a story are never complete. And we as consumers take the bits, create our own meanings. Eventually we fuse parts of the story with our own experiences, sometimes sharing that with another person who will interpret the story differently, too.

So, it’s up to you, what do you want to share? A phrase, a headline, or the whole newspaper story.
(Note: the headline will be the title of the print.)

Have you chosen a story? If you have the title and the source, I can look it up online and create a PDF file so we have it for bibliography purposes.

UPDATE on CUBE #14

2008-04-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

I wanted to give you an update on cube #14. I burned the design in my cube, I didn't have carving tools and since my headline was about "prescribed burns" I thought it fit. I have sent out an email to friends to see if any one will want to contribute. If not I will send it back to you this week so it can keep going. This is exciting and looks good!

Susan Stewart

Title: Prescribed Burns Will Continue in Tahoe Area

Launch of Website: 6sides2everystory.com

2008-04-27T10:22:00.000-07:00

Dear Participants,
The website is up and will be continually updated as cubes are printed. Those of you that would like a link to your personal website, please let me know and I can add that next to your name and image. Also, any print shops or organizations involved, I will add those links, too. Let me know that it is okay with you to do so.

www.6sides2everystory.com

Check it out!
xoxo
c

Participants so far

2008-04-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

Here is a list of participants so far:

Rebecca Bailey Fort Wayne, IN
Jenn Erwin Richmond, VA
Katie Cepek Boise, ID
Stephanie Dykes Salt Lake City, UT
Saltgrass Printmakers Salt Lake City, UT
Yuji Hiratsuka Corvallis, OR
Oregon State University Faculty and Students Corvallis, OR
MaLynda Poulsen-Jones College Place, WA
Linda Jules Kamloops, BC, Canada
Kamloops Printmaking Society Kamloops, BC, Canada
Megan Sterling Chicago, IL
Sue Latta Boise, ID
Margery Hall-Marshall Kyle, TX
Kimiko Miyoshi Long Beach, CA
Lynne Kistler Elko, NV
Sharon Tetley Carson City, NV
Western Nevada College Art Faculty and Students Carson City, NV
Jill Fitterer Boise, ID
Angela Katona-Batchelor Boise, ID
Melanie Yazzie Boulder, CO
Susan Stewart Reno, NV
May Aboutaam Sunnyvale, CA
Rossitza Todorova Reno, NV
Kathleen Marshall Reno, NV
Paris Almond Reno, NV
Jacy Robinson Reno, NV
Sarah Whorf Eureka, CA
Theresa Bond Austin, TX
Orisegun Bennett-Olmidun Ettrick, VA
Vicki LoSasso Reno, NV
Margaret A. Craig San Antonio, TX
Woman Printmakers of Austin Austin, TX
Printmakers’ Conspiracy Northern Nevada
Alison Harris South Lake Tahoe, CA
Dianna Sion-Callender Reno, NV
Maria Partridge Reno, NV
Gene Gardella Reno, NV
Sue Roberts Reno, NV
Jim McCormick Reno, NV
Anne Hoff Las Vegas, NV
Southern Nevada College Faculty and Students Las Vegas, NV
Leta Medina Reno, NV
EDW Martinez Virginia City, NV
Jayna Conkey Carson City, NV
Kathy Wood Reno, NV

First side of cube #10 sent back

2008-04-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone-

Lynne Kistler is the first to send carve her side of cube #10. Lynne resides in Elko, NV. The cube now has moved to Carson City, NV for another to carve out an image that responds to the story: A Womans Heart: Maya Angelou.

Launch of national collaboration

2008-04-13T19:37:00.000-07:00

As humans, we have the incredible ability to perceive the same events as completely different happenings. This collaboration project will give consideration to these individual points of views. Participants are asked to illustrate their own individual perspectives by carving one side of a wooden cube. Each cube will represent one current issue found in a national/international article, internet posting, or magazine. This project will expand across the United States, starting with 100 (2”x2”x2”)cubes, 600 participants.

Instructions:1. The first person has to clip a phrase from a newspaper, magazine, or internet, and carve a visual narrative on one side of the cube. (Please email me at info@candacenicol.com to have me send you the cube.) You do not need to print it.

2. When you are done, you will give the cube to another person along with the clipping. (A small baggie will be provided with cube along with participant info cards.) Each person responds to the clipping and to the previous marks carved into the cube. Artists do not have to be printmakers. They just have to be willing to participate and to carve the cube in a timely manner. EACH PERSON NEEDS TO EMAIL CANDACE NICOL WHEN THEY RECEIVE AND WHEN THEY PASS THE CUBE TO ANOTHER PERSON.

3. There is no fee, but each person needs to either hand the cube to someone in his/her community or be willing to send the cube to another person outside of his/her community; and at the end, send it back to me for printing.4. Once the finished cube has been sent back to me, I will print an edition of 8. Each participant will receive a print with all 6 sides of the story. One print will be used for exhibition purposes and one set will be donated to a permanent collection (to be determined).