Thank you Maryly for sending this. I was just thinking about Joe a couple of weeks ago. He was a kind, generous and inspirational man. His encouragement got me fellowships at Kala and Frans Masereel, when I I didn’t dare yet think of myself as a printmaker. His innovative techniques will live on, and will spawn new ways of working in perpetuity. Just as Joe would have wanted.
RIP Joe.
Robynn Smith

> On Jul 10, 2022, at 2:32 PM, xxxxxx@snowstudios.com wrote:
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> Printmaker Joseph Zirker was once an active presence in the Bay Area printmaking scene. From my limited perspective, he specialized in monoprints and taught several innovative techniques.
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> I don't remember when I took his monoprinting class at the Mendocino Art Center, but it was probably before the 2000s.
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> His obituary appears in today's S.F. Chronicle.
> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/joseph-zirker-obituary?n=joseph-zirker&pid=202329318
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> Of his 2 books, Translucent Transformations is a very short exhibition catalog, and The Cast Acrylic Print longer at 82 pages. I bought a copy, will post a review later.
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> Maryly Snow
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