Harn Museum hosts printmaking Family Day

August 6, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Harn Museum of Art will host Family Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 18. Visitors of all ages will explore diverse printing techniques during “Off the Press: Printmaking for Everyone.”

Visitors will create their own prints after touring the Harn exhibition “From Durer to Renoir: European Prints from the Harn Museum Collection,” which includes prints dating from 1493 to 1898 from Belgium, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Participants will also enjoy a printmaking demonstration by local artist Leslie Peebles and then scratch a design onto Plexiglas to make their own etching plate.

Admission to the Harn Museum is free. For more information visit www.harn.ufl.edu or call 352-392-9826.