New exhibition features innovative print projects with a global focus Archived article from Jan 26, 2001 By Ruby Keise   The exhibit includes works focusing on the culture of the Kalahari Bush People of South Africa. Images courtesy of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper Global Imprint: Prints From New Jersey to South Africa and Points Between, an exhibition of unique print projects by artists from around the world, will be on display through Feb. 2 at the Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries in the Civic Square Building. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and weekends by appointment. The exhibition and related activities, which are free and open to the public, are hosted each year by the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (RCIPP) to showcase works by artists who hold New Jersey Print and Paper Fellowships. The annual event also features exhibits by other outstanding New Jersey and national printmakers and artists. This year's exhibition will include: The Hourglass exhibit, which includes works by women from various countries who were artists-in-residence last year at Caversham Press, South Africa. The prints reflect a millennium theme. Lynne Allen, director of RCIPP, was one of the artists-in-residence. Prints by Bush People from the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Eileen Foti, master printer at RCIPP, worked with the Bush People at Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prints by some of South Africa's most outstanding artists from Artist Proof Studio. RCIPP runs a program with the studio that is funded by Johnson & Johnson. Works by Pepon Osorio, Lazaro Saavedra, Hugo Bastidas and Gloria Rodriguez, whose works deal with Latin identity. Two book projects created at RCIPP. One is by Rutgers visual arts Professor Diane Neumaier in collaboration with Chris Chrissopoulis, a novelist and poet from Greece. The other book is by artist Jacqueline Clipsham and comes with a compact disc of the music that inspired her. RCIPP fellows whose works will be included in the exhibition this year include New Jersey artists Maria Lupo, Maria Mihares, Cecily Cottingham and Wei Jane Chir. The New Jersey Print and Paper Fellowships are supported by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State. For more information, call ext. 2-2222 x838.

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