Anita Lynn Wetzel (1949 - 2021) was an American artist and co-founder of the Women's Studio Workshop.
Anita Wetzel | |
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 Wetzel operating the hydraulic press at the Women's Studio Workshop (WSW) in 1979 | |
| Born | May 27, 1949 Sauquoit, New York |
| Died | March 14, 2021 (aged 71) Rosendale, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | book artist |
| Website | anitawetzel |
Biography edit
Wetzel was born on May 27, 1949, in Sauquoit, New York. She studied at the State University of New York at New Paltz.[1] In 1974 she co-founded the Women's Studio Workshop (WSW) in Rosendale, New York along with fellow artists Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, and Barbara Leoff Burge.[2]
Wetzel's interest in paper arts influenced WSW's focus on papermaking and artist's books.[3] The workshop is still in existence and still publishes artists books.[4]
She worked at WSW until 1980, when she departed for New York City, returning in 1995 where she served as director of development until 2017.[5] She died on March 14, 2021, in Rosendale, New York.[1]
Her work is in the collection of the Hudson Valley Visual Art Collections Consortium,[6] Brooklyn Museum, the MassArt Library, the Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books collection,[7] and the library of National Museum of Women in the Arts.[8]
In 2021 WSW held a retrospective of her work entitled Walking Lightly, With Intention.[9] The same year WSW created the Anita Wetzel Residency Grant.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Anita Wetzel Obituary (2021) - Rosendale, NY - Daily Freeman". Daily Freeman. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Women's Studio Workshop (WSW)". National Association of Women Artists, Inc. | NAWA. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Women's Studio Workshop exhibition honors late founder Anita Wetzel". Hudson Valley One. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Women's Studio Workshop: Redefining Feminism |". Vassar College. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b "In Memory Of Anita Lynn Wetzel". Women's Studio Workshop. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Wetzel, Anita". Hudson Valley Visual Art Collections Consortium. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Sea ribbons / Anita Wetzel". Smithsonian Libraries. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Garden spots". LRC Online Catalog. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Walking Lightly, With Intention". Women's Studio Workshop. Retrieved 27 February 2023.