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That's the Way It's Done Crownpointer 2,012 views Kathan Brown talks about "life lessons" that she's learned from artists, and shows a short video clip of Richard Diebenkorn in Japan.
The 3-Minute Egg: Daguerreotype to Digital (Chuck Close) Crownpointer 2,114 views Kathan Brown speaks about Chuck Close's new show at the Sonoma County Museum and discusses difference between originals and reproductions of an art work.
The Three-Minute Egg: Open to All Kinds of Things (Franz Kline) Crownpointer 1,738 views Kathan Brown draws from the art of Franz Kline to exemplify the importance of having an open mind to creativity.
The Three-Minute Egg: That Kind of Focus (Chris Ofili) Crownpointer 3,855 views Kathan Brown talks about the importance of concentration in the making of an artwork. She shows a clip of Chris Ofili working on an etching to exemplify this kind of concen...

About Crown Point Press

These are videos produced by Crown Point Press gallery and workshop. Our videos include: artists speaking about their work, Kathan Brown's 3-Minute Egg and excerpts from our Magical Secrets how-to DVDs.

For more videos, practical advice and printmaking supplies and books visit: www.magical-secrets.com

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Crown Point began in 1962 as a print workshop, but started publishing prints in 1965 with etching porfolios by Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. It functioned as both workshop and publisher until 1971 when Brown formed an alliance with the New York publisher, Parasol Press. In that year Crown Point Press moved from Browns Berkeley basement to a loft space in downtown Oakland, and —through Parasol Press— began working with New York artists Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, and others who would later be seen as key members of the Minimal art movement.

In 1977 Crown Point Press shifted its emphasis back to its own publishing program, and began working with a group of mainly Conceptual artists including Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Tom Marioni, John Cage, and Pat Steir. Artists published by Crown Point since that time represent a wide variety of contemporary art approaches, and many of them live in countries other than the United States. Art historian Susan Tallman in her 1996 book, The Contemporary Print, describes Crown Point as the most instrumental American printshop in the revival of etching as a medium of serious art. From 1982 through 1994 Crown Point added Asian woodcut techniques to its etching program, taking artists to Japan, and later China, to work with craftsmen in those countries.

Since 1986 Crown Point Press has been located in San Francisco, where it has a gallery open to the public and two large etching studios. With a staff of twelve, the press currently publishes etchings by five or six invited artists a year. It also holds summer workshops open to all artists.

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