Print Fair to Benefit Art Center

Westmont’s Print Sale and Fair, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Aug. 21, will feature more than 25 artists who will donate 30 percent of all sales to the Westmont printmaking program.

The fair will be held on the lawn in front of Reynolds Gallery on the lower campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Each artist will sell their original fine art prints (not reproductions). The funds raised for the printmaking program will be used for supplies, scholarships and equipment. Printmaking is an elective course as part of the Westmont art major. It specializes in wood block, etching and solar plate printing techniques.

Santa Barbara-area artists who will show their work include: Westmont Art Professor Tony Askew, Gerry Aspen, Virginia Butterfield, Nance Cole, Rica Coulter, Anna Griffin, Elaine LeVasseur, Saritha Margon, Trudi Mazzetti, John Moses, Jerilynne Nibbe, Loren Nibbe, Sara Norquay, Don Zimmerman and Siu Zimmerman. Some student art also will be featured.

Reynolds Gallery will be open during the event. A new show, “The Florence Portfolio: Sacrifice,” runs Aug. 18 - Oct. 23. It features a series of etchings and aquatints done by American artists working in Florence, Italy. The exhibition is on loan from the private collection of Walter and Darlene Hansen. The opening reception is 4-6 p.m., Sept. 9.

For more information, contact Askew at (805) 565-6161. For directions to campus, visit the college Web site at www.westmont.edu.