By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The darkened room inside the Fine Arts Building at the University of Nebraska at Kearney allowed the camera to capture their motions. Using cellphone lights, the group of high school students was instructed to write their names in the air. It seemed silly to some, but the result was mesmerizing as they viewed the image on a computer screen. The long-exposure photo showed eight distinct signatures, with some penmanship better than … [Read more...]
Printmaking Perfection: Goro-Rapoport experiments, refines techniques in demanding medium
By KIM HACHIYA UNK Communications Like many artists, Victoria Goro-Rapoport’s world is wrapped up in journey, process and discovery. This print maker has experimented with a number of ways to make prints, with each method containing technical limitations that ultimately proved unsatisfying as a medium. But as she has experimented and refined techniques, she may have landed, through serendipity, on a new printmaking method that combines technology and materials in different and fulfilling … [Read more...]
