GAP is able due to generous support from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to offer another FREE workshop for the holidays, on December 8, taught by ex-Pres and very longtime GAP member Mindy Shapiro!
Mindy will be teaching us how to make her beautifully designed Zentangle® Papercut Holiday Gift Boxes.
Description of the Class
In this workshop you will create a holiday gift box inspired by Zentangle® designs and translated into papercutting patterns. Ahead of class you will receive the box template to be printed out on cardstock or somewhat heavier paper than copy paper. You will learn and draw Zentangle® patterns to cut. You can choose to decorate your box with light decorative papers or leave your box plain. You might even want to paint the outside!!
Supplies List
- Printed template (which you will receive)
- Pencil, eraser
- Scrap paper
- Scissors
- Light decorative paper
- Glue
- Knife and cutting mat
About the Artist
Mindy Shapiro, past GAP president, is a Jewish papercutting artist, Certified Zentangle® Teacher (CZT) and book artist whose groundbreaking creativity, intricate designs and use of color distinguish her as an artist. View Mindy’s work at www.mindyshapiro.com
Date and Time: Sunday, December 8, 2024; 4-6pm EDT / 1pm-3pm PDT / 9-11pm BT / 10pm to midnight Europe (apologies!). Zoom link emailed before workshop. Workshop will be videorecorded, but please try to attend in person!
Fee: free to members and non-members; registration required
Cutting Edge: Contemporary Papercutting Exhibit
On display till April 1, 2025, at the National Museum of the Guild, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Please join us at The National Museum of The Guild of American Papercutters for artists’ reception and talks–or just come and see the amazing works in person! Don’t miss our latest exhibition, Cutting Edge: Contemporary Papercutting featuring the work of Lorraine Bubar, Béatrice Coron, Hazel Glass, Rebecca Rose Greene, Mark Curtis Hughes, Rosa Leff, and Swoon (aka Caledonia Curry).
Light and Shadow: GAP Members Exhibition
in Hayward, California, organized by member Debra A. Collins
Envelope Light Catcher with Helen Hiebert an October Success!
The third of our 3 free fall workshops had over 70 registrants (!), and was a wonderful success. Many thanks to Helen for her presentation and teaching. Please consider as a holiday gift to yourself or another, a signed copy of Helen’s The Art of Papercraft. Find this and more on her site: https://helenhiebertstudio.com/
And look out for an upcoming FREE DECEMBER WORKSHOP with yet another great GAP artist!
About the Artist
Helen Hiebert is a Colorado artist who constructs installations, sculptures, films, artists’ books and works in paper using handmade paper as her primary medium. She teaches, lectures and exhibits her work internationally and online, and is the author of the several how-to books about papermaking and papercrafts. Helen has an extensive network of paper colleagues around the world and her interest in how things are made (from paper) keeps her up-to-date on current paper trends, which she writes about in her weekly blog called The Sunday Paper. She interviews papermakers and paper artists on her podcast Paper Talk, and she holds an annual paper retreat and papermaking master classes in her Red Cliff studio.
Featured Members Artwork
GAP Members! If you would like to be featured here for the season, please send a high resolution image of one or two pieces of your artwork, with your name, titles and sizes indicated, to events@papercutters.org !
Report back on the June 7 Opening Artists’ Reception of the GAP Exhibition at Old Forge, NY
by Dave Reichard
“Amazing!” That was the word heard most frequently from guests at the opening reception for the GAP Paper Trails exhibit at View Arts Center in Old Forge, NY. GAP members in attendance were thanked by both visitors and gallery staff for organizing an exhibit of an artform of which many had been unaware. (READ MORE and view opening reception pictures!)
Special Note: GAP Juror of Selection, Melanie Kehoss, gave a virtual talk by Zoom on June 24, 7-8pm EDT, during which she discussed her process and some of the pieces in the show.
See more: https://www.viewarts.org/experience/talks-and-lectures/paper-trails-juror-of-selection-virtual-talk-melanie-kehoss/
Snowflake Exchange 2023
Every year, GAP Members participate in a joyous midwinter exchange via postal mail of small works of art. This year’s theme for our annual small art exchange, organized as always by the amazing Lucrezia Bieler, was “Snowflakes.” Here are some of the amazing artworks created and sent by members to other members.
Ex Libris: GAP’s Traveling Exhibit of Papercut Bookplates
GAP Artists created these beautiful bookplate designs a few years ago, and they are traveling! If you have a local place you think would be willing to host this miniature exhibit of papercut artwork, please contact GAP President Randall Williams to get onto the touring list!
Last year, Guild members contributed their papercut artwork to an exhibit of bookplates at GAP’s National Museum in Somerset, PA, curated by Rebecca Raupach. And now, all of these beautiful member-created designs have been traveling through the country, hosted by GAP members and their communities. If you think your area could host a showing at a specific place you have in mind, please let us know: Write us at exhibitions@papercutters.org or president@papercutters.org
Online Resource: 2021 Ctrl+V(irtual) GAP Conference
Our virtual conference was a hit! Thanks to everyone who participated, in all ways! You can still access some of the fun at our Conference2021 website. Enjoy!
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