This exhibition was made possi ble through generous funding from the James L. Knight Foundation and Miami -Dade Cultural Affairs in connection with the Vasari Project archive and t o support the Miami Art Timeline project.
\nMaking Impressions: Archives\, Printmaking\, and Rober t Blackburn is an exhibition that explores a Master Printer&rsquo\;s legacy through artworks\, archives\, and documentation featuring internati onally known artists and students who have intersected between his Printma king Workshop and Miami&rsquo\;s communities. While this exhibit is a cele bration of Robert Blackburn (1920 &ndash\; 2003) and the Printmaking Works hop\, it also honors the Miami-Dade Public Library System&rsquo\;s history . Thirty-five years ago\, then art librarian Barbara Young and Blackburn c ollaborated to combine two touring exhibitions at the Main Library. Blackb urn would later visit Miami and share his knowledge with the community at Young&rsquo\;s invitation.
\nArtworks featured are from the Elizabet h Foundation for the Arts Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (EFA-RBPMW )\, the Miami-Dade Public Library System&rsquo\;s Permanent Art Collection \, and archival materials from both the Library&rsquo\;s Vasari Project ar chive and the RBPMW. This exhibition was made possible through generous fu nding from the James L. Knight Foundation and Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs.
\n\nAbout the Vasari Project:
\nThe V asari Project is a library collection at Main Library dedicated to documen ting\, collecting\, and preserving Miami-Dade County's art history from 19 45 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists\, art professionals\, exhibition spaces\, galleries\, instit utions\, and private \;donors.
\nThe Vasari Project is a resourc e for ongoing research\, scholarship\, publications\, artists' projects\, exhibitions\, and events. The archive collects documentation rather than o riginal works of art composed primarily of printed matter: correspondence\ , press clippings\, photographs\, posters\, books\, exhibition catalogs\, artists' files\, oral histories\, and other ephemeral \;materials.
\n\nAbout the Division of Special Collections &\; Arc hives \;
\nMiami-Dade Public Library System&rsquo\;s Di vision of Special Collections &\; Archives is located at the Main Libra ry and holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit o f the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ephemera\, Genealogy Collection\, Vasari Project archive\, and Rare &\; Antiquarian books from as early as the 17th \;century. The Division a ims to provide the public with the contents of these collections at their request\, which include books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photog raphs\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media. \;
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