UW-River Falls art professor displaying work in Greece

Prints from UW-River Falls Art Professor Bernice Ficek-Swenson are on display in Athens, Greece. The prints are part of an exhibition, “Ontologies: Four Visions,” which is a four-person exhibition of United States women printmaking. The exhibition, which runs until Oct. 28, is the only American exhibition held in conjunction with the 2012 Athens Print Fest.

Fieck-Swenson is exhibiting five copper plate photograves from her “Promise of Water” series, as well “Prayer Flag,” a five digital print installation on silk.

Fieck-Swneson’s fellow exhibitors are J. Catherine Bebout from New Jersey Montclair State University, Barbara Robertson, an artist from Washington State and Nancy Macko from Scripps College in California. The exhibit’s opening was held Oct. 1.

To learn more about the 2012 Athens Print Fest, visit http://www.athensprintfest.gr/en.

For more information, contact Fieck- Swenson at 715-425-3236 or bernice.ficek-swenson@uwrf.edu.