For the last quarter century, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking has hosted week-long “Monothons” that bring together master artists and printmakers to Norwalk, Connecticut for intense five-hour sessions in which monotypes are created and produced.
CCP explains the process this way: “A monotype is made by drawing or painting with ink or paint directly onto a printing plate, then placing paper over the surface and passing it through a press to produce a one-of-a-kind work of art.”
The results are shared in an exhibition as part of its annual “Monothon” celebration and fundraiser.
“It reinforces the determination of our founders and the artists and printers who believed so much in our organization that they established this program as a way to support them and the Center at the same time,” said CCP’s executive director, Kimberly Henrikson. “I think it’s such a unique fundraiser, and I’m grateful to Grace Shanley, our founder, and her friend Susie Salomon who went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to meet Ron Pokrasso, the originator of the Monothon concept.”