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Printmaker’s works, leadership win recognition
The professor was invited to exhibit her work, The Eye of Transformation, in Colorprint USA, a national invitational show at Texas Tech University, and she is one of five exhibition printmakers invited to participate in its national symposium, “The Future of Education in Contemporary Printmaking.” In addition, Lane’s essay “The Principles of Printmaking Transcend the Medium” is being published in the Colorprint USA catalog. She also has been invited to have a one-person exhibition at the Texas Tech University’s Landmark Gallery in the spring. Her etching, Uplifted, has been included in a national juried traveling show, “Theatre of the Mind,” sponsored by the American Print Alliance, a national consortium of more than 12 print societies. The exhibit was shown at UD this fall. Lane also has been awarded a fellowship as an artist in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts from Jan. 17-Feb. 6. One of the largest year-round artists’ communities, the center is a retreat for visual artists, writers and composers, providing them an opportunity to focus on their own creative projects. Using flowing human figures, Lane’s works, such as The Eye of the Transformation, Uplifted and Resurrection have a spiritual quality, representing the inner being of the figure. As Lane wrote in a statement about her work, “My figurative art work is motivated by my expression of personal transformation, including the spiritual realm. I view the body as a temple containing life force energy that alters matter as one reaches a higher state of consciousness.” In her essay on printmaking, Lane emphasizes the role of the artist, writing, “Invention married to message has historically been the power of printmaking” and that printmakers can use their “perceptions, abilities and compelling creativity to awaken the heart of mankind.”
In her essay, Lane points out that advanced technology, including digital imaging, print animation, laser-cut plates, billboard-sized images, installations and videos of sequential prints offer new opportunities and endless possibilities for printmakers. During the past few years, Lane has enjoyed being involved in the design and use of space in UD’s new Studio Arts Building, which houses four state-of-the-art, separate printmaking studio spaces for etching/woodcut, lithography, screen printing and papermaking/monoprinting. "The new facility provides students with the opportunity to fully explore diverse printmaking media," she said. A graduate of the California College of the Arts in Oakland, Calif., Lane received her master of fine arts degree from the University of Oregon at Eugene and joined the UD faculty in 1974. Her work has been exhibited in more than 100 national and international juried and invitational shows and is included in several permanent collections here and abroad. She has been listed in Who’s Who in American Art since 1986. Lane has been an artist in residence at the Fran Masereel Center in Belgium, the Center for the Creative Arts, Moscow, and Frogman’s Press at the University of South Dakota. Lane said she is dedicated to teaching and will miss it and interaction with students but is looking forward to her retirement when she plans to return to the Northwest and focus primarily on her art. Article by Sue Moncure To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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