Christa Wolf
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Christa Wolf was born in Germany. She studied printmaking at The Architecture, Art, and Planning School at Cornell University and graduated 19996 with an MFA. She has been using different printmaking techniques as Intaglio, Lithography, and screen-printing to explore concepts of memory. Her work has been shown in the USA and Germany. It includes installations and artist books. In May 2000 she together with five other printmakers opened The Ink Shop printmaking Center/ Olive Branch Press at 120 Brindley Street in Ithaca. Christa has a long teaching record working with all age groups. She had taught Art in Middle Schools in Berlin, Germany for over 10 years, and was responsible for developing new art curriculum. She also taught artist book courses and worked with a professional printmaker and bookbinder on different collaborative projects. Since 1992 she has been teaching diverse workshops for the Herbert F. Johnson Museum in Ithaca. While in graduate school she teach assisted on drawing and printmaking classes at the School of Art, Architecture and
Planning. In 1999 she substituted for Prof. Gregory Page teaching Introductory and Advanced Lithography. She has worked as Omni assistant at The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, prints editions for other artists, and teaches classes at The Ink Shop Printmaking Center. She has been working for 20 years as a master printer for Kumi Korf
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