Re: Alternatives at Rochester Re: George Eastman House grant

["Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>]

big snip>
Betty Hahn, first star of revival of gum printing in the new generation,
> learned it in the midwest, as Indiana University student of Henry Holmes 
> Smith (interview with Hahn in P-F #8 tells more -- and Jack Brubaker, who 
> knew HH Smith later, might have more current info.) Hahn ultimately taught 
> at RIT, then New Mexico, hired by Van Deren Coke.)
> VSW had a wonderful collection (I remember especially Alicia Welles' 
> solarizations) and marvelous library... Place was run for years by Joan 
> Lyons, also a book artist & terrific printmaker, and/or her husband Nathan 
> Lyons, critic, photographer (Notations in Passing,et al.).  A workshop I 
> took with Lyons probably left its mark more than any other-- what he said 
> was so wonderfully against the conventional "wisdom" of that very long ago 
> time.
> Judy
>
> Well, now, after several of you recommended the VSW, I am just going to 
> have to go there!
Judy, I may have to pick your brain in the coming months--who practiced gum 
when--and it is a lot easier to find that for the 1850's-1920 because of the 
wonderful records of the BJP and books written, which usually mention the 
names of the greats.  But I'm very interested in the forerunners of alt 
during the late 60's early 70's.  I know Betty Hahn is in there, as is Bea 
Nettles.  Todd Walker did gum, but it seems solarization and silkscreen are 
what I see of his work nowadays.  But who else who did not get such public 
acclaim who was working hard at the process??  When did you start doing gum? 
Those kinds of things. I am interested in the continuum of gum from its 
inception, and these pockets of "blips" on the gum screen.
Chris