I bought a gigantic roll of drawing paper about a year and a half ago, with the intention of creating several large-scale charcoal/pastel drawings. But life intervened. My dad (who was my best friend) and my mother-in-law both died unexpectedly in 2023. And I am just now feeling up to making stuff again. I haven't used charcoal in years, so I decided to re-do my Alice Paul print as my test drawing. I plan to add more marks like in my prints in future drawings, unfortunately this old printmaking paper I used did not want to be erased. I'm looking forward to a long, messy summer of drawing ahead. --Valerie
Join me and my partner (Jason Hitzert) for a virtual conversation on ZOOM about the intersection of art and politics on FEB. 24th, 2021. Please register for the event here.
https://www.museumofdesign.org/calendar/valerie-wallace
Several of the march posters that I created since 2017 are large and on display in this exhibition at the Museum of Design Atlanta through February 2nd, 2019.
Review: “Design of Dissent” shows people are mad and MODA’s not afraid to show it, BY AILEEN FARSHI for ARTSATL.ORG
Dissent posters in the Museum of Design Atlanta's main exhibition room comment on human rights, including refugee issues and immigration. The round red chairs offer a place to contemplate and have fun. (Photos by Aileen Farshi)
Me printing on the big press at NIU (15 years a part). Image on the left, 2003. Image on the right, 2018.
I recently returned from a week long visiting artist gig at Northern Illinois University (my alma mater). I made a print of Alois Senefelder (inventor of lithography), did an artist talk, sat in on several grad student critiques, and got to return to my favorite college bar in DeKalb, the Annex.
All of the art that I’ve been making for the last 9 years started with this portrait of President Barack Obama. I am going to miss him and his family more than I will ever be able to fully express. This article in the LA Times was published January 17th, 2009.
