NDSU’s Visual Arts and Printmaking Education and Research Studio (PEARS) Visiting Artist Program has invited printmaker, Nancy Palmeri, associate professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, for the 12th annual summer printmaking workshop, June 6-17.

During the two-week opportunity, participants will attend printmaking workshops and prepare an exchange portfolio using presented methods and theory. Participants may register for three undergraduate credits or non-credit through NDSU-ART or graduate credits through NDSU-DCE.

Palmeri’s prints have been included in several international and national venues. Recently, her work has been exhibited at the Istanbul Museum of Graphic Art; Museo de Artes Contemporaneas Plaza, Bolivia; Proyecto’ace Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. She is a recipient of the Frans Masereel Graphic Arts Center fellowship in Kasterlee, Belgium, and a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, Bogliasco, Italy. She has presented numerous times at the Southern Graphics Council Conference and has lectured and demonstrated her printmaking techniques at colleges and universities throughout the nation. Palmeri’s prints have been included in “Color Print USA,” Lubbock, Texas; “Global Matrix International Print Exhibition,” Perdue University Art Gallery and the “Jubilee Exhibition,” Kasterlee, Belgium.

The PEARS program promotes printmaking production, education and innovation in the Midwest. Directed by Kent Kapplinger, associate professor of visual arts, PEARS offers educational printmaking classes, workshops, artist residencies, internships and studio rental to qualified artists. 

For more information, visit www.ndsu.edu/finearts/visual_arts/PEARS.