ArtSpace/Lima will mount the special exhibit, Hand-Pulled: Ohio Printmakers opening on Saturday, June 16, 2012, with a public reception for the artists and their friends from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Ellen Nelson Gallery.

Hand-Pulled: Ohio Printmakers entries were solicited from any Ohio artist working in traditional print-making media. The show, which includes 32 works by 18 printmakers, will feature a wide variety of print media, including intaglio, wood, linoleum, and plastic reliefs, lithographs, silk-screen prints, collographs, and monoprints.

Featured artists are Timothy Albon, Lauren Bagley, Janet Ballweg, Jaye Bumbaugh, Benjy Davies, Douglas Fiely, Craig Fisher, Jon Gaberdiel, Steve Garst, Melissa Haviland, Angie Jones, Joseph Karlovec, Russ Revock, Amanda Rouse, Catherine Rozmarynowycz, Heather Sandy, Philip Sugden, and Abigail Wright.

Jurors for the Hand-Pulled: Ohio Printmakers are David Cayton, Professor of Art Emeritus, Bowling Green State University, and Joseph D'Uva, Assistant Professor and Printmaking Area Coordinator,
Youngstown State University.

A highlight of the opening reception will be the announcement and awarding of prizes, including Best of Show ($500), First Award, Second Award, and Third Award. Awards will be presented at 7:15 pm.

ArtSpace/Lima is a not-for-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the arts in northwest Ohio and to provide artists with a venue to present and to sell their work.

ArtSpace/Lima is supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. For further information on Hand-Pulled: Ohio Printmakers or for information regarding other ArtSpace/Lima programs, please call Bill Sullivan, Operations Manager, at ArtSpace/Lima 419-222-1721.