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Baren Digest               Thursday, 6 April 2000       Volume 11 : Number 961

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From: Gayle Wohlken <blueman@pantek.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:08:55 -0400
Subject: [Baren 9151] Re: Baren Digest V11 #960 

Welcome new person, Andrew.  

Julio, what can we say other than thank you for bringing Baren to
Skokie.  You have won all our admiration for the job you have done with
this.  The photos take us there and we appreciate it.  

Josephine, I like what you have said about black and white printmaking. 
There are dynamics in a black and white design you can't achieve in any
other way.  Color is beautiful, but black and white equals the bones of
design.  We all need to appreciate how difficult it is to achieve a good
balance with black and white and to 
express those shades of gray using only black and white.

Pete, your print's essence of wood is its most exciting feature!  Well done.

Gayle
Ohio USA

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From: "Jeanne Norman Chase" <studiojnc@prodigy.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:26:33 -0400
Subject: [Baren 9152] 



Yes, yes, I love black and white also. Art starts with black and white in
learning to draw and proceeds from there. It is dramatic and just look at
how wonderful black and white photography is , compared to colored. Well,
thats my opinion. I also love color but still marvel at a good black and
white, print, drawing, photo, etc.

Congrats, JULIO, what a great job, enjoyed the pics.

Jeanne N.

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From: Julio.Rodriguez@walgreens.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:24:29 -0500
Subject: [Baren 9153] Photos 

Just so that you know who everyone is......here are some photos of Sunday'
setup.  I used one of those throw away cameras so the pics are not great....but
you get an idea.  My nephew Vinci (purple shirt) and my brother in law Vince
( gray shirt & glasses) helped out with #3 & #4.....Barry is the very
busy-looking guy with the blue shirt....and I am the good-looking fellow
(baseball cap & kids............leather jacket & tie). My older boy, Jorge with
the Bandits jacket and my little guy Julio Andres with the red & blue shirt.
Barener Sharen Linder had a family emergency but I'll get some photos of her at
Thursday night's Opening.

http://www.skokienet.org/bandits/jcrstuff/libsetup.html

Thanks...Julio

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From: Shireen Holman <shireenh@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 15:27:22 -0400
Subject: [Baren 9157] Baren-Suji 

Maria,
The Baren-Suji is wonderful. I am now the editor of the Maryland 
Printmakers' newsletter, so I look at all similar things very closely. I'm 
impressed. Thanks! I'm thinking that I should have an article about Baren 
in the Maryland Printmakers newsletter - maybe I could "e-interview" some 
of you?
Shireen

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From: ArtfulCarol@aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:54:20 EDT
Subject: [Baren 9158] Re: Photos 

 Julio,
I saw what you did and I think you are doing a great job and I am so pleased 
to have found  you all and be a  part of this exhibit!!!!!!!!
   Carol  in Savannah

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From: "Maria Arango" <maria@mariarango.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:04:30 -0700
Subject: [Baren 9162] Re: Baren-Suji

Once more for everyone that wrote nice things about our newsletter, THANK
YOU!!! from all the staff...
While we are on the subject, think about contributing something on your
favorite topic for the next issue.
Deadline is June 16th, two weeks before publication on July 1st.

Shireen,
please do e-interview "Bareners!" This is an awesome and varied group. And
congratulations on your editing job; you will find many hours of work and
many many rewards.

Maria

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From: "pwalls1234" <pwalls1234@i-55.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:54:34 -0500
Subject: [Baren 9164] busy busy busy baren 

Baren is one busy little site!!  Tons of great stuff as of late-

I have question not concerning tech stuff.  Have been having debate with
others about content and form, etc . . . . .

    Does anyone feel social or moral obligation is the driving force behind
their work??  Do you do the work for ME ( I ) only??  I saw some discussion
at one point that talked of letting go of the brain and letting the work
flow.  I there any responsibility for making the work though??  I don't
know,  just asking-  I am pretty new so this may have been discussed before
but someone could humor me,  yes?

    I promise to state my view but would love to hear some input as new
editions are underway and some wonderful print exhibits are being seen
around the US right now.

peter walls
baton rouge

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From: Arafat Alnaim <ar_alnaim@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:29:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Baren 9165] Re: New Print, Helio relief and Sand plasting  

Dear pete,
Thank you for cooperation. Any information about
manufactures of this kind of machines or pictures
online.
Regards
Arafat

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From: slinder@mediaone.net
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:50:32 -0500
Subject: [Baren 9166] Re: New Print, Helio relief and Sand plasting 

Hi, Arafat!
This site will show you some varieties of sandblasting chambers
and portable blasting equipment.
<http://www.salesco.com/blast/>  I'm eager to try this myself!
We have a sandblasting chamber at the college where I print.
(There are on line warnings about silicosis and other health
warnings when using sandblasters that aren't enclosed.)
Sharen

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From: Gregory Robison <grobison@swiftuganda.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 12:02:30 +0300
Subject: [Baren 9167] Kampala show update 

Kampala, 6 April 2000

I don't want to take any attention away from the Skokie show, on which all eyes
should now be trained (the pictures of the set-up look great...can't wait to see
more), but just wanted to give the participants in this more modest and far away
little effort some updated information.

1. Number one, thanks to Maria for gently but effectively cajoling, encouraging and
exhorting the X5 participants into getting their work in to her on time.  I should
get the first batch of prints from Maria at the end of next week, in plenty of time
for framing.  Of course, I know it was just self-interest that got us all to yield
to her blandishments, because if we didn't, it could have got very ugly (I think
'arango' is Spanish for 'one who harangues'...thank God we didn't have to find out
if that's what it *really* means...:-)).

2. As it turns out, more than half of the X5 participants were also in X4 -- the
self-portrait exchange -- and when the Director of the Nat'l Gallery here found
this out he was very excited and wanted to find a way to display these as well.
I'm working on this, and intend to have a sort of 'side show' to the main exhibit
to display the self-portraits.  I mention this because there are a few X5
participants who were not in X4 but who have done self-portraits (I think I saw
them on Brad's site...is that right?) and if they were so inclined and wanted to
send me their work -- or if anyone else in junin toiro wants to whip off a quick
autoretrato before dinner -- they would be most welcome to be included in this part
of the show.

3. In this connection, and because we are going to be presenting the backgrounds of
the Ugandan participants in the show, I'd love to have a short blurb from each
Baren exhibitor that gives a few biographical details and perhaps some reflections
on your connection with this art form.  I'm not interested in a long CV with all
the shows you've entered, etc., but what would be fascinating to the Ugandan
viewing public and the Ugandan artists participating would be such information as
how important is printmaking, and particularly relief printmaking, in your artistic
activities?  Are you self-taught in printmaking?  Are you formally or academically
trained in other art forms?  What's your day-time job?  And any other reflections
resembling a sort of 'artist's statement' or philosophy if you like.  The whole
blurb can be as short as this paragraph you are now reading.  All the other
information I need, such as who you are and where you live, I can get from other
sources (esp. the colophon data you submitted to Dave last month about the print
itself -- however, if you did not do a colophon, or if in it you did not discuss
the explicit connection between what you rendered and the junin toiro theme, can I
ask you to send this to me, too?)

4.  It looks like we'll have at least fifteen Ugandan artists producing for the
show (although I have not yet seen their work, so some may not be exhibited).  If
most of them come through, this will make a very well-balanced exhibition.  Baren
is, however, clearly the main draw and the heart of the show.  There is a real
interest in Baren among many of the local artists, and one of the 'residuals' of
this show, I hope, will be inclusion of one or more indigenous Ugandan artists as
members of our group.  There is some really distinctive work being done here, but
in isolation and with hardly any resources (I have given blocks, paper, ink and
lent tools to some participants).

5. Thanks to all who have sent me checks (or have sent checks to Maria to on-send
to me).  I have tried to acknowledge receipt individually, but in a few cases
(Lynita, Bobbie...) I did not have your e-mail addresses.  Nevetheless, I would
like to assure all who have kindly helped support this show financially that I am
making your dollars go far...getting free stuff wherever I can, beating down
prices, etc.  The full story will be told in a narrative in Baren-Suji.  (Keep your
subscription current!)

6. I don't think I will need to make any more broadcast announcements on the
Kampala show; I will most likely contact some of you individually and off-List as I
proceed.  The next bit of data of interest to the whole membership will be the URL
of the show itself...stay tuned!

Gregory Robison

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