Midori Curtis’ Improvization will open on August 4. Note that you may not have

received your August Monterey News by then, so please put it on your calendar now!

“Like a single melody being played by different instruments,” the artist explains,

Midori Curtis uses various printmaking processes to create harmony between

juxtaposed cultures and aesthetics. She will speak about her work at 5 p.m. on August

4, and a reception will follow the Artist’s Talk.

Curtis is a master printmaker who uses various printmaking processes to create harmony

between juxtaposed cultures and aesthetics. This exhibit features monoprints and woodblock prints.

The artist is widely exhibited and her work is in collections of prominent museums, including the

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. We are thrilled that she is willing to talk about her work

and her processes, and hope you will attend – and ask her questions. Thanks to the Massachusetts

and Monterey Cultural Councils for supporting our Artists’ Talks.

We are delighted that Sarah Varney, Monterey resident and prominent field reporter for

NPR, PBS, and other outlets, will join Curtis for this talk – as interviewer and prompter. Although

Varney’s main focus is on health care issues she took on the task of interviewing Monterey artists for

the 175 th  Monterey Anniversary Book so she is well-prepared for this occasion.