Barbara Thomas Print Series
to Support Endowment Fund
Seattle artist and Press author Barbara Earl Thomas and the Francine
Seders Gallery have offered us the opportunity to sell a four-piece print
suite entitled Book of Fishing to support the Jacob Lawrence Series
on American Artists. The four unframed prints are being sold as a set for
$2,400 and are available in three different color combinations: black with
yellow and orange, blue with yellow and orange, and black and white. A
portion of the proceeds from sales of the prints will be earmarked for the
endowment established by Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence.
Thomas's exploration of the print medium marks a new phase in her
twenty-five-year career as a visual artist. Her book,
Storm Watch: The Art of Barbara Earl Thomas, (1997) was the first book published in
the Lawrence Series. Additionally, Thomas has overseen programs for Seattle's
Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs and Bumbershoot, and she now
serves as Curator and Deputy Director for the Northwest African American
Museum, due to open later this year.
A limited number of prints made by Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight
Lawrence are also available for purchase through the Press. Lawrence's
Celebration of Heritage originally donated by the Francine Seders
Gallery to help fund the publication of The Complete Jacob Lawrence (2000) and
Knight's New Orleans, also donated by the Francine Seders Gallery,
assisted in the publication of Never Late for Heaven: The Art of Gwen
Knight (2003).
The Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists supports publication of
books dealing with American art history. The series includes historical
and critical studies of schools of American art, biographies of individual
artists, and critical studies. The newest title in the series, The Prints of Roger Shimomura, was published in
July 2007. The catalogue raisonné of Shimomura's prints
features color reproductions of his signature style which blends pop art and
Japanese wood cuts. For more information on the Barbara Earl Thomas, Jacob
Lawrence, and Gwendolyn Knight prints, or about the Lawrence endowment contact
Nina McGuinness at (206) 543-4053 or ninamg@u.washington.edu.
