Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Second Supper Feature on GBSS

Recently, the Second Supper interviewed some of the artists of GBSS for a feature. The story was an update on a story a year ago that heralded the grand opening of the studio. Now, one year later, they wanted to do an update to see what we had been up to since the initial story ran. The article turned out pretty well. Check it out here or read on:

Green Bay Street Studio Presses On
By Briana Rupel
briana.rupel@secondsupper.com

It had been too long since Jenn Bushman made art. Sure, she could draw in her sketchbook. She could still take gorgeous photographs. But the former UW-La Crosse art major had a small apartment that didn't allow for the necessary space to paint, and she didn't have access to the equipment needed to practice her true love of intaglio printmaking.

"Basically if you're going to school, you have access to the (printing) press," Bushman once explained. "But once you graduate, you're cut off. You don't have access anymore. And nobody on an individual basis can afford to buy or store a press on their own." She paused before continuing. "There's really no reason to stay in La Crosse if you want to do fine art,
because there are no studios around."
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