Print Center New York's 'New Voices: Design' Highlights Eight Emerging Printmakers
The Print Center in New York is featuring the fourth edition of 'New Voices: Design,' highlighting the works of eight emerging printmakers curated by Andrew Raftery from the Rhode Island School of Design. The exhibition emphasizes contemporary printmaking patterns, presenting works by artists including Noah Breuer, Zoran Dobric, Johannah Herr, and others. Standout pieces are Dobric's 'Crochet Chronicles,' which incorporates doilies with gold fabrics, and Millington's 'Flower Tongue,' made of quilted felt to reflect nature's forms. Raftery reviewed nearly 400 submissions, tracing the evolution of patterns from ancient Indian textiles to today's varied applications in fashion and decor.
Key facts
- Print Center New York's 'New Voices: Design' is the fourth edition of the New Voices program.
- Curator Andrew Raftery is a professor of printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design.
- Eight artists are featured: Noah Breuer, Zoran Dobric, Johannah Herr, Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Michael Menchaca, Melih Meric, Anette Millington, and Amy Yoes.
- Raftery assessed nearly 400 applications to select the cohort.
- Zoran Dobric's 'Crochet Chronicles' uses gold emergency blankets as material.
- Anette Millington's 'Flower Tongue' uses quilted, digitally printed felt and metal armatures.
- Amy Yoes' 'Tidesweepings' uses halftones, Ben Day dots, and dot matrices.
- The exhibition traces pattern history back to 9th century BCE Indian block-printed fabrics.
Entities
Artists
- Noah Breuer
- Zoran Dobric
- Johannah Herr
- Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
- Michael Menchaca
- Melih Meric
- Anette Millington
- Amy Yoes
- Andrew Raftery
Institutions
- Print Center New York
- Rhode Island School of Design
Locations
- New York
- United States