{"id":169,"date":"2014-01-28T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/?p=169"},"modified":"2014-01-29T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:46:47","slug":"print-shop-time-capsule-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/print-shop-time-capsule-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Shop \u2018Time Capsule\u2019 Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lithographic<\/a><\/p>\n

Intaglio\u00a0print by Jenna Simmons ’12, which is representative of the\u00a0quality of\u00a0work produced in UConn’s Print Shop.\u00a0 The print was not among the work\u00a0discovered in the ‘time capsule’ but created there.\u00a0(Artwork courtesy of\u00a0J. Simmons)<\/p>\n

The building was squat and old. We used a lot of older equipment, which was alright because it felt like they had a history of use. It made me feel closer to the UConn art program to be using things that other students had used in the past. We used old benches and tables. It always smelled strongly of oil and other chemicals. The presses were fun to learn, and the entire processes involved with printmaking were very intricate. I produced some of my favorite work from UConn there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A remembrance of UConn\u2019s Print Shop by Jenna Simmons \u201812<\/p>\n

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UConn’s Print Shop, formerly located on Route 195.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kristin<\/a>

Kristin Eshelman reviews some of the student work discovered in the Print Shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Gus<\/a>

Gus Mazzocca, professor emeritus of art and art history makes a print at the new printmaking facility at the Bishop Center.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

Gus Mazzocca, professor emeritus of printmaking, taught at UConn for four decades until his retirement in 2012.\u00a0 As Mazzocca\u2019s rich and distinguished career was drawing to a close and as the UConn print shop \u2013 the small, old white house on Route 195 \u2013 was scheduled to be replaced by new, more modern quarters in the Bishop Center, Mazzocca contacted Kristin Eshelman, curator of multimedia collections in Archives & Special Collections.\u00a0 His question: was she interested in acquiring several decades of work made by students in his lithography course, specifically 146 artists\u2019 books? \u00a0\u00a0Her answer: \u00a0a resounding \u2018yes\u2019!<\/p>\n

Mazzocca began teaching lithography in 1971 and continued until his retirement.\u00a0 Revived in the 1960s as a creative medium, lithographs became less expensive to produce with the introduction of aluminum plates instead of lithographic stones. \u00a0Art school programs could then afford to offer lithography and the resulting use by artists peaked in the 1970s and 1980s.\u00a0 The greatest volume of student work preserved by Mazzocca dates from the 1980s.\u00a0 Not only is the work reflective of popular culture during Mazzocca\u2019s tenure, but Eshelman believes closer inspection will reveal other printmaking techniques and the influence of visiting artists.\u00a0 Professional artists already identified include master book binder Terry Buckley of the U.K who was among those who participated in special curricular programs sponsored by the Art Department.<\/p>\n

Student work from the 1980s will be included in an upcoming exhibition entitled, \u201cOut of the Frame:\u00a0 Alternative Arts of the 1980s,\u201d in the Gallery in the Dodd Research Center beginning in March. To learn more, contact Kristin at Kristin.eshelman@uconn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Intaglio\u00a0print by Jenna Simmons ’12, which is representative of the\u00a0quality of\u00a0work produced in UConn’s Print Shop.\u00a0 The print was not among the work\u00a0discovered in the ‘time capsule’ but created there.\u00a0(Artwork courtesy of\u00a0J. Simmons) The building was squat and old. We … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}