Rudy Pozzatti, Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus, Indiana University and Ann and David Keister, Grand Valley faculty in the department of Art and Design will participate in the program on Thursday, September 21. The event at Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, 401 W. Fulton, Grand Rapids, includes a gathering at 5 p.m. and the lecture at 5:30, followed by a wine and cheese reception. Grand Valley music students will perform before and after the lecture. Free parking is available in the Front Street lot. Grand Valley President Thomas J. Haas and his wife Marcia will also make an appearance.
"Marcia has graciously agreed to continue, starting in 2007, the tradition of serving as honorary chair for the series," said Henry Matthews director of GVSU galleries and collections.
Rudy Pozzatti, now 80 years old, is an esteemed artist, printmaker, and teacher who developed Indiana University's printmaking program, which is considered to be one of the finest in the country. His work has been the focus of numerous one-man exhibitions in various museums and galleries throughout the United States, Italy and Germany, and is included in many world class collections including those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Gallery in Washington D.C.
David Keister was the professional printer and shop manager of Landfall Press in Chicago. He later developed the idea of Echo Press with Rudy Pozzatti and became Echo's master printer and technical director. By tradition, as master printer he received a printer's proof of each edition, and accrued a remarkable body of contemporary prints while at both Landfall Press and Echo Press.
In 2003, Ann and David Keister chose Grand Valley as the recipient of their vast collection of over 300 prints, an important addition to the university's growing Print and Drawing Cabinet.
For more information call the GVSU Art Gallery at (616) 331-2564, or visit www.gvsu.edu/artgallery.
