One of the highlights of Kingston’s September art walk was the exhibition of large-scale linocuts at D.R.A.W.’s new Neighborhood Print Studio – they capitalize its first letters — which opened in June on the ground floor of a former factory at 49 Greenkill Avenue. The eye-catching two-foot-by-two-foot black-and-white prints, whose beautifully rendered images of birds, plants, insects, animals, human figures, mystic ceremonies, sci-fi landscapes, boats, buildings, feet, etc., were among the first artworks to be produced at the D.R.A.W. studio, the arts education program of Kingston’s Midtown Arts District (MAD).
The studio invited 28 artists and members of the community to participate in five sessions designing and carving the blocks, which were printed on the street at the third annual D.R.A.W.-a-Thon street block party on August 12. An…
