Mountain Journal

Artist & Printmaker Arnold Shives in Discussion

Vancouver artist and printmaker Arnold Shives, whose work has been deeply nourished by a passion for mountains and the surrounding valleys, skies and forests, will give a presentation with his longtime friend and mountaineer Glenn Woodsworth. They will discuss the making of Arnold's livre d'artiste, Mountain Journal, with typography by Barbarian Press. They will also talk about the partial retrospective of Arnold's work, Mountain Anatomy, edited and published by Glenn and others.

This is an opportunity to listen to one of Canada's foremost printmakers and his friend talk about mountains, art and their shared passion for books.

This virtual event is free and open to the public.

biography

Arnold Shives was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He studied at UBC, the San Francisco Art Institute and Stanford University (Carnegie Fellowship). After returning to Vancouver in 1968, Arnold continued painting; a few years later, printmaking became an important component of his artistic pursuit.

Arnold was awarded the Alternate Special Edition Purchase Award at the World Print Competition '77, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.  In 1991, he was honoured as one of The District of North Vancouver's Distinguished Citizens of The Last 100 Years.

Arnold's are has been acquired by the British Museum, London; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University; Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Fisher Rare Books Library, and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Burnaby Art Gallery, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

For more than forty years, Arnold has been living and working in North Vancouver.

At Stonehenge & Avebury, designed by Bill Horne and illustrated by Arnold Shives. Published by Prospect Press. Winner of the 2008 Alcuin Award, Limited Editions category. It can be found on p.24 of our 2008 catalogue