The
Brooklyn
Museum
of
Art
June,
2001
In
conjunction
with
the
opening
of
the
Brooklyn
Museum
of
Art
exhibition, "Digital:
Printmaking
Now",
artists
Dorothy
Simpson
Krause,
Bonny
Lhotka
and
Karin
Schminke
established
a
printmaking
studio
for
the
21st
century.
At
the
Museum,
the
artists
demonstrated
their
int
egrative
and
innovative
approach
to
combining
traditional
printmaking
processes
with
digital
technology
to
produce
original
digital
prints.
With
presentations,
explanatory
panels
and
a
selection
of
their
art
work,
they
showed
examples
of
various
techniques
for
using
the
computer
in
making
art,
including
large
format
lenticular
prints.
Their
work
and
media
choices
include
paintings,
collages,
image
transfers,
monotypes
and
prints
on
surfaces
as
diverse
as
plywood,
silk,
metal
and
handmade
substrates.
Krause,
Lhotka
and
Schminke,
who
maintain
studios
in
Boston,
Denver
and
Seattle,
respectively,
conduct
research
on
emerging
technologies
to
share
with
fellow
artists,
while
providing
feedback
to
developers
from
the
artist
perspective.Their
leadership
position
in
this
field
allows
them
to
spotlight
successful
innovation
as
they
write
or
have
been
written
about
in
dozens
of
periodicals
and
books.
Their
art
is
in
more
than
200
corporate
and
museum
collections
including
the
permanent
collection
of
the
National
Museum
of
American
Art
where,
for
a
similar
artist-in-residency,
they
received
the
Computerworld/
Smithsonian
Technology
in
the
Arts
Award.
The artists' demonstrations at the Brooklyn Museum of Art were supported by Mutoh America, a large-format printer manufacturer, and by Arches Papers.
Digital Atelier is a registered trademark of Dorothy Simpson Krause, Bonny Lhotka and Karin Schminke. All images copyright of the artists.