About the Prints

We made these prints after looking at some artwork by Mexican print artist Elizabeth Catlett...she's known for her woodblock prints that call attention to oppression and injustice. We also checked out some Prints by Mississippi artist Walter Anderson..which is why we enhanced them with color. Anyway, because we wanted to conserve funds, we used styrofoam meat trays and pottery tools to make these amazing relief prints and then painted them with watercolors. Each of these protests something that the student thought was important. (example: the KKK, the War in Iraq, the mistreatment of animals, high gas prices..) I really have some of the brightest students in the state!

Socially aware printmaking