The Ink Shop Printmaking Center & Olive Branch Press
330 E. State Street, Ithaca NY 14850
2nd floor of the CSMA Building
(607) 277-3884
Tuesday to Friday 12 pm - 6 pm
Saturday 12pm - 4 pm
artists@ink-shop.org

JENNY POPE BECOMES THE FOURTH KAHN FAMILY FELLOW AT THE INK SHOP PRINTMAKING CENTER / OLIVE BRANCH PRESS

Jenny Pope has joined us from Grand Rapids, MI. She graduated with a BFA from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. Jenny also studied at the University of Tasmania, in Hobart, Australia and at the Ox-Bow Summer School for Fine Art in Saugatuck, MI. Jenny works mostly in woodcut

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	A Safe Place of Rest color reduction woodcut 30"x 26.5"		Egret-able color reduction woodcut 16"x 12"

H. Peter Kahn (1921-1997) is fondly remembered by generations of Cornell students and Ithacans as a man whose life was dedicated to art, especially the arts of fine printing and the handmade book.  A prolific typographer, illustrator and book designer as well as a painter, the German-born artist was a member of the Cornell community for forty years.  The Ink Shop Printmaking Center/Olive Branch Press, as well as making the Kahn Family Fellowship a key element of its programming, hopes further to follow in the artist's footsteps by drawing together artists and writers in collaborative projects of the kind that were so important to him. About the Kahn Fellowship, his widow, Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn says, "It is an affirmation of Peter's enthusiasm for graphic arts and his own life as a teacher." Ruth has written the book  "My Father's Dragon," a children's classic.
 

The Kahn Family Fellowship, an annual award to a promising young book and print artist, includes a year's part-time residency at The Ink Shop Printmaking Center/Olive Branch Press.  Founded in 1999 by local artist/printmakers, the center provides facilities for professional fine art printmaking, including etching and lithography presses, computer equipment, letterpress equipment and other processes for generating fine prints and handmade books.  The center also serves as a gallery for exhibiting prints. The Ink Shop offers classes in print-making and book arts both for professionals and the general public.

For further information about donating to the Kahn Family Fellowship (checks to “The Ink Shop -- HPK Fellowship”),  for subscription information for the H. Peter Kahn Memorial Books or for The Ink Shop's schedule of workshops and exhibitions, please call 277-3884 or send an e-mail to artists@ink-shop.org .