The community college welcomes printmaker and artist Liz Bannish, whose work spans the media of sustainable and traditional printmaking. (COURTESY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING)
GARDNER — Mount Wachusett Community College welcomes Liz Bannish and her exhibit, “12 Years of Printmaking,” which will be on display through March 8 at the college’s East Wing Gallery.
A resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, Bannish works as a Printer and Studio Manager at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking where she prints for artists and teaches workshops. Bannish earned her BFA in Printmaking and Art History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2011, winning 2nd best in show in her class for her senior thesis. She is a member of the faculty and teaches workshops for her alma mater.
Following university, Bannish interned at Zea Mays Printmaking, bringing their research in non-toxic printmaking to SGC San Francisco in 2013. She began working as Printmaking and Photo Technician for Smith College in Northampton, MA in 2015, running their printmaking studio, letterpress studio, photo darkrooms, and OSHA compliance programs for five fun and challenging years. In 2020 she moved to Connecticut and her current position, where some of her first duties were to help sustain the small nonprofit studio through the COVID-19 pandemic; creating procedures, building partitions, and reinventing how a community studio operates.
Bannish has trained with masters Barry Moser (Pennyroyal Press), Peter Pettengill (Wingate Studios), and Liz Chalfin (Zea Mays Printmaking). Her personal work spans the media of sustainable and traditional printmaking and includes relief, etching, lithography, and alternative photography.
The “Liz Bannish: 12 Years of Printmaking” will be on display until March 8, concluding with a closing reception on Friday, March 8th from 5 to 7 p.m. The East Wing Gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Fridays from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., except for holidays, as well as during all Theatre at the Mount performances.
–Mount Wachusett Community College
