Hi Maryly and All!
Indeed sad, yet wonderful to celebrate Joe Zirker.  I believe your mention of Mendicino and your meeting him was the same event that Inez Storer and myself were faculty participants.  Yes, it was definitely before 2000 and could have been before 1990??? Time flies.
It was absolutely wonderful working with Joe and his humble approach to art making, his talent, and personality.  Interesting witnessing Eva and her contrasting personality of a little dynamo whose reputation extended from the US to Belgium.
Dan Welden

> On Jul 10, 2022, at 3:32 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
> Member since 1991.
> Past Secretary, Past Treasurer, Past Historian.
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