UW-Stevens Point alumni artists display print artwork
A married couple who are alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are exhibiting print artwork at the Scarabocchio Art Museum (SAM) in Stevens Point through January 26.
“heap: new work from Jamie Lea Bertsch and Joseph Bertsch” will be marked with a reception on Friday, Jan. 13, from 7–9 p.m. SAM, a joint venture of UW-Stevens Point and the city of Stevens Point, is located at 800 Main Street. The museum is open to the public free of charge Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“It’s exciting to see things come full circle—being invited to exhibit in the place where it all began for us,” say the Bertsches. “We met in the art program here at UWSP, so it means a lot to be back in Stevens Point showing together. The art community here is close knit and incredibly supportive. We definitely feel that our experience at UWSP has shaped who we are as artists.”
Joseph Bertsch, a 2008 graduate, is a grade school art teacher in Milwaukee whose own work is inspired by the creativity he finds every day in the classroom. He uses humble materials and scraps to develop his prints.
“Teaching art has been a new influence in my work,” he said. “I learn a lot just by watching students play with materials—never second guessing themselves. I try to bring that type of playfulness into my art.”
Jamie (Karoses) Bertsch, a 2009 alumna, is a textiles graduate student at UW-Milwaukee and a designer for Bella Figura, a letterpress invitation company based in Syracuse, N.Y. Her designs have been featured in Domino Magazine and Wisconsin Bride magazine. She has shown in several solo and group exhibitions, including those in Milwaukee and Kenosha, Brooklyn, N.Y. and at UW-Stevens Point. She enjoys fusing her disciplines to spur unique artistic dialogues.
“Unpredictability is such a pleasurable part of my work,” she said. “I never try to anticipate an end result. There is always a certain level of planning in my art making, but the broader and more open I am to the process, the more satisfied I find myself.”
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