UTK Printmaking News

July 29, 2025

This annual newsletter celebrates the professional and life achievements of our students, alumni, faculty, and staff. We are proud of our record of creative activity, and grateful to have our graduate program recognized as 3rd among public universities by U.S. News and World Report. We hope that you enjoy this on-line edition and encourage our alumni to keep in touch.

 
The past year was typically active for our program. We were excited to send a large delegation of students, faculty and staff from UT to the SGC International Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 2-5, 2025, and thrilled that so many of our alumni were able to attend the conference and our alumni reunion. We also welcomed our new colleague J. Leigh Garcia, who has attracted new energy and initiatives in our studios. 

Baltimore-based printmaker LaToya Hobbs joined us in the fall as part of the exhibition Black Women of Print an at the UT Downtown Gallery. Hobbs presented a public lecture on her work, and spent time in working in our print studios. In addition, Black Women of Print members, UT Professor of Art Althea Murphy-Price, Karen J. Revis, and Tanekeya Word, the founder of the group, presented a panel session in conjunction with the exhibition.   

LEFT PHOTO: Ivy Manska works with LaToya Hobbs in inking her woodcut. 
RIGHT PHOTO: Poster for the Black Women of Print Panel Discussion.

In March we hosted Pangrok Sulap, a Malaysian community-collective from Borneo for two-weeks in preparation for the Big Ears Festival. Pangrok Sulap includes “artists, musicians and social activists with a mission to empower rural communities and the marginalized through art.” “Pangrok” is the local pronunciation of “punk rock,” and “Sulap” is a hut or a resting place usually used by farmers in Sabah, Borneo. Artists Adi Jaini and Rizo Leong collaborated with us in the creation of a large scale, community-printed woodcut printed without a press, through dancing and music in the south garden of the Knoxville Museum of Art.  During the month prints from Pangrok Sulap were also presented at RED Gallery in the Old City. Some of the large woodcuts from their exhibition are still in the US and available for exhibition.  CLICK HERE to learn more about the project.

LEFT PHOTO: Cutting the woodblock with Pangrok Sulap in the UT Printshop  
RIGHT PHOTO: Pulling a print with Pangrok Sulap at the Knoxville Museum of Art

To learn more about our activities, we encourage you to visit our UTKPRINT YouTube Channel, which includes technical demonstrations and lectures by our visiting artists, faculty, and students. This resource is not only an educational tool for our students, but currently has 800 subscribers. You can also hear broadcasts of many of our visiting artist lectures on the UTK School of Art Vimeo Channel. We are proud of our legacy of making and teaching, and encourage you to visit our webpage on the history of printmaking at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  

 This past year our Printmaking Showcase Gallery opened with an exhibition of prints by our new colleague J. Leigh Garcia, followed by a collection of printstallations from students in Professor Murphy-Price’s Intermediate Print Workshop entitled “Maximizing the Multiple.” The gallery also displayed two exchange portfolios: “Fabrication” (organized by Robyn Wall, MAPC 2024) and “Out of Choice, Out of Necessity” (organized by Roberto Torres Mata, MAPC 2022). Finally, a retrospective exhibition of prints by Rick Turner featured contributions from former graduate students Daniel Ogletree, Jen Scheuer, and Baxter Stults who wrote reflections about their time working with Rick on various prints in the studio.  

Our linkage with the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland has been in place for more than 17 years. This year our graduate students Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska, were able to spend a month in Poland as guest artists. As part of their trip, Ivy was able to meet her Polish relatives in Warsaw. In September we will host two students Barbara Skałecka and Iga Budzik.

PHOTO: During their residency at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska gave a talk about their exhibition.

This year we are looking forward to hosting Canadian-based visiting artists Jillian Ross and Brendon Copestake of Jillian Ross Print known for their collaborations with South African artist William Kentridge. Their visit is funded by Jeff and Debbie Chapman. With the support of the Haines-Morris Endowment, we will also be hosting a week-long visit and workshop with pop-up book artist/photographer Collete Fu.  

ALUMNI NEWS

B. J. Alumbaugh (MFA ‘16) operates Cryptic Press, pursuing letterpress projects and freelance design work. Two years ago, he acquired Retrospect Vintage Store on Central Ave. in Knoxville as a platform for bringing culture to the masses. He also continues to create experimental music, performing around the Southeast.  bjalumbaugh.berta.me

Laura Atkins (BFA ‘96) works as director of marketing and sales at the Horticulture Lighting Group, based in Maynardville, Tennessee.

Bryan Baker (MFA ‘03) operates Stukenborg Press based in Grayson, GA near Atlanta. He is primarily using his presses for artwork, but still does packaging for a couple record labels, and some occasional event ephemera.  He recently joined the board of directors at APS (Atlanta Printmakers Studio) where he has recently been teaching classes and workshops. @stukenborgpress

LEFT PHOTO: Bryan Baker, on press process image of a poster for the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. 
RIGHT PHOTO: Bryan Baker, spine edges of recent books.     

Gabrielle Barnhart (Buuck) (BFA ‘18) is the co-director of West Fifth Studios, located in Old North Knoxville.  

Sukenya Best (MFA ‘07) works as the “On the Road Coordinator” for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, traveling around the Commonwealth of Virginia with the Artmobile. She was awarded a runner-up prize in the “Souls of Artists} (virtual exhibition) and showed recently at the Artfields Art Competion in Lake City, South Carolina. She was also selected for a two-week residency this summer at  Château d’Orquevaux Artist & Writers Residency in France. sukenyabestartistry.com 
 
Ali Bhimani (BFA ’20) graduated from a master’s degree in Muslim Society and Civilizations on full-scholarship from the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) based in London, UK with a joint degree in postgraduate studies for reflective teaching practice from University-College London (UCL). He is currently teaching world history, religion and art at a high school in Atlanta, GA and has been involved in summer camps for youth 16-17 years old. Last year was married l and is expecting a baby soon! 

James Boychuk-Hunter (MFA ‘15) is the Technical Coordinator, Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta. His work was included in “Textuality” at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH and “Oh to Believe in Another World: South African-Canadian Collaboration in Print” at the University of Alberta. Jamespbhunter.com  
 

Craig Branum (BFA ‘10) works at Cooper Union in New York City where he is the Jamf Administrator, responsible for administering the software (Jamf Pro) used to manage the Macintosh computers. He also serves as a Senior Academic Support Technician managing the “Media Lab,” where much of the 2D printing takes place. This lab also provides access to computers, scanners, and other equipment for students to utilize. craigbranum.com  
 

Zoe Brester-Pennings (MFA ’23) teaches printmaking and foundations at the Cleveland Institute for the Arts, Cleveland, OH. Her work has been featured in Sixty Square Inches XXI at Purdue University Gallery and the Delta National Small Prints Exhibition at the Bradbury Art Museum in Arkansas State University where she received the MaryRoss Taylor Merit Award. She is also organized the “Pinkmaking Print Exchange, a pink-themed print exchange that was exhibited at Zygote Press this summer. zoebp.xyz 

Deborahmae Broad (MFA ‘80) retired from teaching at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, in 2003. She continues to make prints in a studio in a remodeled barn. deborahmaebroad.com  

LEFT PHOTO: Deborahmae Broad at her litho press with the Brutus, the Favorite Watchdog block  

RIGHT PHOTO: Deborahmae Broad, “SEE MY BEAUTY,” wood engraving, 10 X 10 inches. 

Danqi  Cai  (MFA ’23) completed her second year in a tenure-track position teaching foundations at the University of Arkansas. She received a $10,000 Practicing Artist Grant administered by the Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Artists 360 program and exhibited new works at Stove Works (Chattanooga, TN) and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Philadelphia, PA). Danqi presented three papers at the North American Hand Papermakers (NAHP) Conference, SGCI Conference, and FATE Conference. She led a portfolio exchange for SGCI and was featured in the May Newsletter of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA). This summer, Danqi moved to a house with a garage and a yard. She just set up her Critter beater and can’t wait to outfit a papermaking home studio. This summer she was awarded a residency at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Edgecomb, ME), where she will work in both papermaking and clay. danqicai.com 

Gino Castellanos (MFA ’24) teaches printmaking, foundations and art appreciation at Florida Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College. Gino was a co-chair in planning for the 2025 SGC International conference in Puerto Rico and received the SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award . He recently opened a Substack account sharing processes and art world insights and reflections. https://ginocastellanos.com/fineart/ 

LEFT PHOTO: Gino Castellanos, “King of Nothing,” woodcut, 2025.  

RIGHT PHOTO: Gino Castellanos receives the 2025 SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award.  

Deb  Chaney  (BFA ’01), a Tamarind Master Printer, lives and works in La Force, France and Upstate New York, collaborating with artists and printing alongside her husband, a fellow collaborative printer, Stéphane Guilbaud. They had a busy year moving their studio from Paris and consolidating everything to their studio in the southwest of France, which involved relocating a 10-ton Voirin press plus 18-tons of lithographic stones! www.dsfinearteditions.com 

Mary Climes (MFA ‘21) is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at the University of Wisconsin Stout. There she leads the Comics Concentration as one of the largest programs in the Studio Art department and has developed the new Illustration program. This past October Mary had a solo show at the University of South Dakota. www.maryclimes.com 
 

Muriel Condon (MFA ’22) teaches part-time at Helena College, Helena, MT and has been pursuing a continued collaboration with Lila Shull (MFA ‘19) with exhibitions in Kansas City and Iowa. https://www.murielcondon.com/  
 
Eleanor Dickinson (MFA ‘07) is an independent artist in Little Rock, Arkansas, creating works informed by her world travels, recently to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bangkok. She teaches classes for youth and private lessons in her studio. www.eleanordickinson.dphoto.com

Tim Dooley (MFA ‘98) is a Professor the University of Northern Iowa. Tim and his colleague, Aaron Wilson create various collaborative projects involving printmaking and other media. They recently co-curated “Applied Arts,” an international exhibit of artists/designers whose work both contributed to and defined various underground, some of which became overground, music scenes. More info in the curatorial statement in the catalog.  

https://moberggallery.com/artist/wilson-dooley/

LEFT PHOTO: Tim Dooley and Aaron Wilson, installation view from the exhibition “Applied Arts.” 

RIGHT PHOTO: Catalogue for “Applied Arts.” 

Callie Farmer (BFA ‘10) has chosen to shift to teaching art history and printmaking part-time at Fayetteville Technical Community College and Fayetteville State University so she has more time for family and her studio work. She also teaches Yoga and Pilates.  In the studio she experiments with relief printing, cyanotypes, chalk pastels and gouache painting, researching the ecology of native plants in North Carolina  www.calliefarmerartist.com/  

Helen Farmer (BFA ‘06) lives in Greenville, SC and devotes most of her time to raising three girls while being an avid gardener. She also has studio projects in the works.  www.greenvillearts.com/arts-directory/helen-farmer-edwards/  
 

Ben Fox-McCord (BFA ‘09) works at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville University Printing Services and continues to make art pursuing drawing and screenprinting. Along with his wife Natalie McLaurin, they are active parents to Clementine (age 6) and Bettie (age 4).  
 

Jamie Gannon (BFA ‘87) is a Chicago-based artist and graphic designer. His recent works involve digital manipulations of his photographs of vernacular architecture. West Shore Community College in Scottville, Michigan, has expanded its permanent collection with the acquisition of six of his photographs documenting the rural character of Custer, Michigan. This photographic series captures the architectural vernacular of the region, featuring buildings and farmsteads representative of Michigan’s small-town heritage. You can hear him talk about his work on the Underscore Podcast from the Chicago Graphic Design Clug, episode 80. In the episode, Jamie speaks with host Christian Solorzano about his unique approach to documenting buildings through what he calls “defamiliarization” – taking familiar structures and making them unexpected again. gannonstudio.com/

Robert Gaston (BFA ‘89) founded Gaston Design Inc. in 1996, producing high-quality dinosaur replica casts. His fabrication facility is in Fruita, CO, in the heart of the American Southwest’s Dinosaur Triangle. His “Bizarre Headgear   exhibition has been featured at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, and the Fernbank Museum in Atlanta, with future showings at Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas; the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa; and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque. He organized “Mexican Roots,” an exhibition of Mexican masks for the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Ft. Worth, Texas last year and will travel to the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa in 2026. www.gastondesign.com 

Jessica Gatlin (MFA ‘17) completed the sixth-year as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. https://jvgatlin.com/ 

 
Rich Gere (MFA ‘92) serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He recently spearheaded the renovations and move for the department’s studio classrooms and operations.  UAB Profile 
  

Gregory Graham (MFA ‘82) lives in Minneapolis, MN and is represented by Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis, MN where he presented a one-person exhibition “La Nuit Américane” this summer. http://gregorygrahamart.com  

James Greene (MFA ‘06) is a Customer Experience Librarian and Zine Librarian at the Jacksonville Public Library in Florida, specializing in crafting public arts programs and events. By night, he draws and self-publishes comic books. In October 2024, James was awarded a $10,000 individual artist’s grant from the City of Jacksonville, administered by the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. This funding supports his creative projects, including the publication of his new comic book, The Windlords of Io-Wah Book One: Toll Road, available at papercitypublishing.com. In June 2025, James and his team at the Jacksonville Public Library hosted the 4th Annual Duval Comics and Zines Fest, which attracted over 90 exhibitors and around 2,300 attendees. Leading up to the festival, James organized COMIX IT UP in April, a fundraising event where five Jacksonville cartoonists presented their work through wall-sized projections. James’ youngest son, Deo, graduated high school in May and will be attending Florida State University to study Biochemistry. www.james-greene-art.com/ 

Susan Harrison (MFA ‘97, sculpture concentration) is based in Louisville, KY where is the founder of Brick Street Art Studios (www.brickstreetartstudios.com) and taught with the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts for 20 years. She has developed comprehensive visual art programs and curricula for a wide range of educational institutions, including eleven years as an instructor at the Louisville Collegiate School and four years at Fort Worth Country Day School.  This summer she presented an exhibition of her work at Pyro Gallery in Louisville. Using a critter beater, shipped from New Zealand, she is frequently pulping old works into new ones. 

Jennifer Haston (Leach) (MFA ‘05) resides in Nashville where she is the Visual Arts Coordinator for Friends Life Community, which provides opportunities for teenagers and adults with developmental disabilities. An avid gardener, she also leads gardening classes at FLC. She exhibited her work last year at Elephant Gallery in Nashville. @jennifer_haston 

Justin Helton (BFA ‘07), owner of Status Serigraph for the past 20 years, creates design and poster work for a variety of national and international clients in the music and entertainment industry, including officially licensed prints for clients like the Grateful Dead, South Park, Tom Segura, and Dave Matthews Band.  He is currently working on some new projects for the State of Tennessee and Red Bull. https://statusserigraph.com/

Jace Hermanto (BFA ’23) completed his first year as a graduate student at Arizona State University where he is perusing his MFA in Studio Art.  

Mark Hosford (MFA ‘01) is a Professor of Art at the Vanderbilt University where he spent last year on research leave after serving for several years as department chair. https://sugarboypress.com/

Jade  Hoyer (MFA ’16) completed her third-year as an assistant professor teaching printmaking at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. This year she presented “Placemaking” a one-person exhibition at the Cyrus M. Running Gallery at Concordia College, and “Afterglow” a two-person exhibition with the artist Lauren Cardenás at Louisiana State University’s Glassell Gallery. Jade was also awarded the McKnight Fellowship in Printmaking at the Highpoint Printmaking Center, a $25,000 award for Minnesota-based artists.  She will be on research leave during the 2025-2026 school year, and is excited to be making new work. https://www.jadehoyer.com 

Anthony Huang (MFA ’24) recently completed his first year as a full-time faculty member in Printmaking and Drawing at Dallas College, where he is also leading a major renovation of the campus printshop, professional and community services. Earlier this year, his work was featured in a two-person exhibition at Manifest Gallery and a one-person exhibition at Hyphen Space in Dallas, TX. The exhibition received critical attention in Glasstire, WFAA and SCAD. He also participated in portfolio exchanges and pop-up exhibitions at SGCI in Puerto Rico and was selected for the 2025 Atlanta Print Biennial. This summer he had a residency at Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Tusa, Italy. This fall, he will present on a panel at SECAC in Cincinnati. He is also a cohort member at The Cedars Union, a nonprofit arts incubator in Dallas, TX.  anthonyhuangtn.com

RIGHT PHOTO: Huang at work during his 2025 artist residency at Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Tusa, Italy. His time there focused on monotypes, material experimentation, and meditative drawing practices. 

LEFT PHOTO: Anthony Huang, “Embroidered Silence,” 2025. Chine-collé Monotype, Acrylic, Wood-stain on Wood Panel, 24 x 36 in. (each panel). 

Raluca Iancu (MFA ‘15), was awarded tenure and promotion at Iowa State University, effective August 2025. She has also been awarded a Faculty Professional Development Assignment for the next academic year, granting her time to focus on her research, with a release from teaching and advising duties. This summer, Raluca returned to Japan with her colleague Emily Morgan (Associate Professor of Art History) to lead a study-abroad course, which included visits to various sites across Japan, from the Printing Museum and Tolman Collection in Tokyo, to Kansai Expo in Osaka, MI-LAB in Echizen, Fukui, and James Turrell’s House of Light in Tokamachi, Niigata. Raluca recently received an Iowa State University College of Design Institute for Design Research and Outreach Networking Seed Funding Grant for “Making and Materiality: from Rags to Riches” to further her papermaking research with collaborators Rachel Eike (Associate Professor of Fashion Design and Merchandising) and Amanda Petefish-Schrag (Associate Professor of Theatre). Raluca has a forthcoming one-person show at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa, and her work has been in exhibitions in Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, Missouri and Japan. ralu.ca 

Gareth Jones (MFA ‘94) is a Senior Lecturer in Design Media at the Institute of Creativity and Innovation, which is a partnership between the University for the Creative Arts (United Kingdom) and Xiamen University, China.   

Elizabeth Klimek (MFA ‘97) resides in Damascus MD and teaches online for the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Recovering from cancer, she makes prints, drawings and paintings to give to fellow cancer patients.   
 

Yas Kumagai (BFA ‘93) is currently a senior manager at Art Front, Tokyo, where he has been working for more than 30 years. In addition to an exhibition program, Art Front provides comprehensive art consulting and related services. He recently helped to coordinate two of the largest art festivals in Asia, the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial in Niigata, Japan and the Setouchi Triennial held in Kagawa and Okayama, Japan. He has also been involved in the Tokyo Chapter of the UT Alumni Association and has assisted faculty and students from the UT College of Architecture and Design as part of a semester-long program in Tokyo, visiting sites such as James Turrell’s “House of Light.”

Shaurya Kumar (MFA ‘07) is a professor in the department of printmedia at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kumar is also currently the Chair of Faculty at SAIC, an elected five-year position voted by all full-time and part-time faculty. In this role, Kumar establishes and oversees programs for faculty development as teachers, as practitioners and as researchers. He develops systems and processes for mentoring all faculty, designs new faculty orientations, department chairs training and onboarding, promotion and tenure processes and overall directs all full-time faculty hiring procedures. Kumar’s monographic exhibition Living without the Gods was shown this summer at the South Asia Institute in Chicago, IL The exhibition delves into the themes of loss, destruction, and the redefinition of sacred objects. Kumar’s work reflects on how cultural history and religion are continually reshaped, marginalized, and displaced, often through the lens of urbanization and the passage of time. This exhibition is an exploration of the fragility of history, identity, and cultural memory in a rapidly changing world with a diverse range of medium including paintings, drawings, sculptures, weavings, ceramics and photography. Kumar’s work was also showcased in an exhibition “Cosmic Frequencies: Consciousness and Quantum Cosmology,” at Lakeeren Contemporary in Mumbai, “Lost in Translation” at Gallery Threshold, New Delhi and at art fairs in Mumbai, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, UAE. For his work, Kumar was recognized and awarded the Flourish Art Accelerator fellowship in 2025. Along with the South Asia Institute, Kumar also received a grant from Terra Foundation for American Art for a project titled “Chicago Immigrant Creatives” to challenge narratives surrounding immigration and second- generation citizens by showcasing South Asian culture and heritage through art. The grant will help in organizing convenings, panels and community-based discussions aimed at professional development and providing structured mentorship programs for South Asian American artists. shauryakumar.com

Lauren Kussro (MFA ‘06) is an Associate Professor of Art and the Program Director for Art and Design at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, Texas. Recently she had a one-person exhibition at the O’Kane Gallery at the University of Houston, Downtown. She is currently working on a commission for a Hilton Hotel in Aruba. laurenkussro.com

LEFT PHOTO: Lauren Kussro, installation for “My Tears Water This Ground on Which I Abide,” monotype and cut paper, 2025. RIGHT PHOTO: Lauren Kussro, “Every Grain of Sand,” monotype and cut paper, 2025.

Noah Lagle (MFA ’23) is the manager of the studios, facilitator for adult programs, printmaking instructor, and currently launching a new Artist in Residence program at Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, GA. This fall he will be teaching letterpress at the University of Georgia. noahlagle.com 

Nancy (Becker) Laemlein (MFA ’81) retired from an academic career in the arts and then IT systems (University of Tennessee and University of Rochester) in 2016.  Living in her native Finger Lakes, NY, she is an independent artist, now painting in gouache. NancyLaemlein.com  
 

Emmy Lingscheit (MFA ‘12) is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 2025, Emmy was a visiting artist at Kansas City Art Institute and instructed a class at Penland School of Craft. emmylingscheit.com

LEFT PHOTO: Emmy Lingscheit, “Tallgrass” (detail), woodcut relief print, 32 x 60 inches (installation dimensions variable), 2023. 

RIGHT PHOTO: Emmy Lingscheit is using a baren to hand-burnish a print on kitakata paper after the steamroller passed over it. 

Chance Losher (BFA ’12) regularly sets up his art at concerts and festivals across the Midwest and Southeast regions of the USA as “Professor Rainbow.” Some highlights include festivals at Red Rocks in Colorado and The Caverns in Tennessee where he displays his art alongside some of his favorite bands as well as internationally renowned artists. You can also find his work in local art and craft markets in Knoxville.  www.professorrainbow.com 
 

Abigail Lucien (MFA ’17) is an Assistant Professor and Head of Sculpture at Hunter College in New York City. They are also on the Faculty at the Ox-Bow School of Art. Abigail is presenting a one-person exhibition “Under Other Skies” at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD through December 2025. They had work in several group exhibitions, including shows at Lyles & King, New York, NY; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (as part of an artist residency); Institute of Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond, VA; and Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Their work has received favorable press in The New York Times, The Nasher Sculpture Center Magazine, and Frieze Magazine. @abigaillucien 

Ashton Ludden (MFA ‘13) is the founder, director, and artist at Relay Ridge, a collaborative artist space in Knoxville where fellow artists have access to private studios, a gallery, and a community printshop. Ludden has bridged her recent studio practice of documenting tree loss with tree advocacy in her community by means such as sign projects for Trees Knoxville, becoming a certified Volunteer Forester, and recently purchased a vacant lot to save a 150+ year old eastern black oak tree from developers by using printmaking as means to fundraise the cost of the property. She also teaches for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts and at Knoxville Community School of the Arts. https://ashtonludden.com/  

Lee Marchalonis (MFA ‘03) is a Lecturer II at the University of Michigan’s Penny Stamps School of Art + Design. She also runs a stone lithography and bookbinding studio in Detroit.  https://www.leemarchalonis.com/

PHOTO: Lee Marchalonis with key image stone from a 3-color print collaboration with artist Hernan Bas, completed June 2025. 

Tim Massey (BFA ‘85) having retired three years ago from SUNY Brockport, and has set up a woodshop and print studio in south Knox County. In September he had a one-person exhibition at the Carthage Junction Depot just outside of Carthage, TN.  The building is a fully restored train depot, in which the city of Carthage was granted funds for the restoration by the Tennessee Arts Commission.  In return, Carthage agreed to provide the community with Art programming at the Depot once a month.  In December, he joined the Indivisible Knoxville chapter’s Planning Committee to assist on developments for petitions and demonstrations.  In that capacity, I also designed a logo for Indivisible Knoxville and started screen printing t-shirts for members.  To date I have printed roughly 90 shirts.  There are currently 2500 + members of Indivisible Knoxville, and growing weekly.  Timothymassey.com 

Daniel Maw (MFA ‘10) will begin his 15^th year teaching full-time in higher education in the fall of 2025. He works at Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne, WY) and lives in Ft. Collins, CO. Additionally, he is entering his 5^th year as the LCCC Esther and John Clay Fine Art Gallery Director. In that capacity, he manages 8 shows a year and has built a variety of recruiting opportunities for the art program – including a high school art show that brings hundreds to campus for the scholarship awards night reception alone. Last fall, he invited 70 area high school students and their teachers to the college for an event that included workshops with art faculty and a visiting artist and a gallery reception and lecture.” danielmaw.com 

Ashlee Mays (MFA ’20) is the Director of the Museum of Infinite Outcomes. Alongside their public exhibits and community programs, the Museum has published their first field guide. SIGHTSEERS is a participatory field guide to observation, and a love letter to en-plein-air practices that bring us closer to the living world. museumofinfiniteoutcomes.com 

The Museum of Infinite Outcomes was also featured this year in Garden and Gun magazine and the Knoxville Sentinel. Read that story here.

Conor McGrann (MFA ‘21), lives in Saint Paul MN, and works as the Digital Studio Arts Technician at Carleton College in Northfield, MN, where he oversees the operation of the college’s printshop and photolab. He was named one of three 2024-2025 Jerome Early Career Printmaking Residents at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN. Since September he has worked on a new body of work as part of the Jerome Residency which opened this summer at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking. cgmcgrann-editions.com 

Sara Marie Miller (MFA ‘11) is living in Boulder, CO working as an artist, herbalist and postpartum doula. She teaches a couple workshops each month about art, plants and wellness and hosts a regular podcast called “Thyme in the Studio.”  It’s a nourishing space for creatives and plant people and features lively interviews with artists, herbalists and assorted experts.  You can connect with her on instagram @saramariestudio or visit her website www.aidazea.com 
 

RIGHT PHOTO: Emmett Merrill, “Be, Been, Bye,” lithograph, 24 x 36 inches, 2025 

LEFT PHOTO: Emmett Merrill working in the studio. 

Emmett Merrill (MFA ’20) moved from St. Louis to Kansas City where he opened Twin Hound Print Shop, a fine art printmaking studio offering affordable access to lithography, screen print, intaglio and RISO facilities. He had a one-person exhibition at The Schmidt Art Center in Belleville, IL titled, “Light Breeze Through a Paper Mask” and is currently preparing for another exhibition at Friend of Mine Studios in Louisville, KY. He was invited to publish a print as a visiting artist at Ohio State University in the Fall and in the Spring, he participated in an exhibition with Sam Mendoza at the University of Central Missouri. His work was featured in 12 juried exhibitions and received a purchase award from the University of Hawai’i at Hilo. https://emmettmerr.wixsite.com/mysite

Emily Minnie (MFA ‘03) and Josh Minnie (MFA ‘04) co-own and operate The Pattern Farm, a wallpaper company based in Iowa City, IA that specializes in collaboration with artists and designers to create custom wallpapers for residential, commercial, and artist installations. thepatternfarm.com, www.emilyminnie.com. 

PHOTO: The Pattern Farm, digital wallpaper

Guen Montgomery (MFA ‘12) is an assistant professor of art at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana where is active in mentoring graduate students, university service, and is teaching subjects ranging from printmaking to sculpture. guenmontgomery.com 
 

Heather Muise (MFA ‘00) is an Associate Professor of printmaking at East Carolina University. In the past year, her work has been included in several national and international exhibitions, including the “6th Egypt International Print Triennial” and the “Delta National Small Prints Exhibition.” She also has upcoming exhibitions scheduled in the UK and Japan. heathermuise.com 

PHOTO: Heather Muise, “Siren,” a 5-plate copper etching, 2025. 
 

Ashley Nason (MFA ‘99) is a practicing artist living in Loveland, Colorado creating works for commercial spaces such as REVE, Boulder.  She presented a one-person show “Re-Present: Landscape Collages by Ashley Nason” at the Loveland Museum and was part of a group exhibition “Visual Reality: Redefining Artistic Experience through Technological Innovation” at Artworks Center of Contemporary Art in Loveland CO.

Daniel Ogletree (MFA ‘14) teaches printmaking and drawing as a part-time Instructor at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and the College of Southern Nevada. He also runs a gallery and artist in residence program at Clark County Wetlands Park, where he has establishing a community of nature-loving artists of all skill levels. Highlights include an annual plein air painting invitational, park volunteer show, and temporary outdoor installations. Daniel and Kay Leigh Farley (MFA’16), welcomed a baby boy, Paul Ogletree, on September 20, 2024.www.danielogletree.com

PHOTO: Daniel Ogletree, “NASA, 1997,” screen print, color pencil, 2024 

Lindsey Orrin (BFA ’18) and her partner are Flamgu, travelling in a large, painted box truck to preform live painting at art and music festivals where they sell their work. This summer she was at festivals in Aspen and Breckenridge, CO. @flamgu 

Jessica Owings-Crouch (MFA ‘04) resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her family. She runs an independent and occasionally collaborative venture, The State Park Press, a letterpress and fine art studio. thestatepark.com

Jen Poppen (BFA ’93) completed her MFA from the University of New Mexico following her studies at Tennessee. She is a mother, artist, and art educator in rural Ohio where she teaches K-5 art. Several of her illustrations were recently published in a children’s book and she has completed different murals in her rural community. @poppenjen 
 

Dana Potter (MFA ‘20) has accepted a new position at the University of Louisville this fall as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design. Her screenprints were featured in the invitational 10th anniversary “Screenprint Biennial,” which exhibited at both the Opalka Gallery at the Sage College of Albany and the Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico where one of her prints was acquired for the museum’s permanent collection. Her work was also featured in Impressions in “Ink” at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in California and in “Rhythms in Nature: An Exploration of Patterns” at the Carter Arts Center in Kansas City, MO. Potter also organized the AI Print Workshop, and exchange print portfolio presented at the Southern Graphics Council International Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2025, and will be included as an online pavilion for the Wrong Biennale in Fall of 2025. In addition to her studio practice, Potter remains engaged with curatorial work as the program coordinator for the Open Air Media Festival, a projection, performance, and installation event and recently became a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville, SC), a part of a national network of artist-run galleries. As the Senior User Experience for Fortepan US, she completed the design of two interactive digital tools for engaging with historic photos. FotoStory allows users to create a webpage for telling their own stories with Fortepan US photos (funded by National Archives) and FotoTour allows users to navigate a virtual street-view of a current locale overlaid with geolocated historic photos (an NEH project). danarenepotter.com 

Tatiana Potts (MFA ‘16) completed her first year in a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Book Arts at Western Carolina University and her third year as a member of their faculty. She continues to work with her students on children’s books in collaboration with Cherokee learners, which is a collaborative project between WCU’s Introductory Printmaking course and the adult learners in the Eastern Band’s Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Program that is offered at the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program. Since the project began in Fall 2022, we have created a total of 70 books, an edition of ten books each semester. Based on this work, she received the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts Teaching Award and the community-engaged Teaching & Learning Award for outstanding commitment to community collaboration and impact in April 2025. tatianapotts.com

Lisa Renz (MFA ‘07) is living in Northern Virginia with her husband, Nathaniel, and homeschooling her son, Winston, while also continuing to make art. This summer she presented an exhibition at the Stone Branch Center for the Arts in Front Royal, VA where she is working to establish a  printmaking collective. She also completed training to be an end of life doula, and has started to hold Death Cafes (a place to eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death in an open and non-threatening way). .com 

In addition to showing at Stone Branch Center for the Arts, I am also doing some work there, and helping to put together shows. I am trying to help Terre Jenkins, the director, build a printmaking collective in Front Royal. I’m forwarding you this links for 2 upcoming shows we are putting together. I would be so grateful if you could forward these call for artists to any interested parties! I hope your summer is going beautifully! 

Katie Ries (MFA ’10) will begin a new position as an assistant professor of art and foundations coordinator at East Tennessee State University. She’s looking forward to reconnecting with friends and family in the area after having taught for many years in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The American Sociological Society licensed her print “What They Had – Appleton, WI” for the cover of their journal, Contemporary Sociology. katieries.com

Clifton Riley (MFA ‘13) lives in Houston, Texas, where he works at RS Industrial Arts, a custom fabrication firm, and continues to make prints and drawings. cliftonriley.com  
 

Bethany Robertson (BFA ‘10) is a lead designer for Google focusing on user interface (UI) design. brober.xyz 

Jennifer Scheuer (MFA ‘14) completed her fifth year as an assistant professor and eighth year at Purdue University. This year she organized the panel “Artist Books: Place and Space,” and co-presented a demonstration with a Purdue undergraduate student on “Letterpress Photopolymer and Tonality” at the Southern Graphics Council International Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  In September 2024, Scheuer had a one-person exhibition surveying her career at St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana, and was a visiting artist at St. Mary’s College and Iowa State University. This summer she had a one-person exhibition at the University of Iowa Healthcare Project, and a two-person exhibition at Sinclair College.  She received the Excellence in Research and Creative Endeavors award from the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University in 2024. This summer she was also an artist-in-residence at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California. jenniferscheuer.com 

Sarah Shebaro (MFA ‘08) is a multidisciplinary artist, printmaking instructor, designer, illustrator, and DJ based in Knoxville, TN. sshebaro.com 
 

Veronica Siehl (MFA ’10) is based in Chicago, IL where she practices as a UX/UI Product Designer. Outside of work, Veronica pursues a range of creative pursuits and enjoys hosting art-focused gatherings.  veronicasiehl.com  vsiehl.com 

Jason Shoemaker (MFA ‘11) is a web developer for Spadefoot Media based in Knoxville and continues to make art in his home studio. He and his wife, Lauren are parents to their two-year-old Zooey. 

Roxanna Shohadaee (BFA ’11) is the founder of habRitual, which is an experiential production, interdisciplinary design and immersive art studio based in Emeryville, California. Clients have included the Burning Man Project, Planet Home and UC Irvine. habritual.studio 

 
Lila Shull (MFA ‘19) is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she is a full-time faculty member within the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. She is an active member of the Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis. This past January, Lila and Muriel Condon (MFA ‘23) had a two-person exhibition at Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She also showed at Grafiska Sällskapet in Stockholm, Sweden, in the exhibit “Prints from the American Middle.” She continues to exhibit nationally and has recently expanded her interests by combining quilting and papermaking into her studio practice. lilashull.com

Hannah Skoonberg (MFA ‘14) is an associate professor of art the Santa Rosa Junior College. This fall she will be on research leave, and pursuing an artist residency Mi-Lab in Japan.skoonberg.com 
 

Josh Smith (BFA ‘98) had a presentation of the prints he completed at the Tamarind Institute last year at the IFPDA Print Fair, and has a forthcoming exhibition with David Zwirner Gallery in Los Angeles this September, 2025. He co-curated (with Leo Fitzpatrick) a small format painting show at 56 Henry Gallery in New York City. He has continued to collaborate with Supreme, recently releasing a T-shirt and a hat. He also published a book for his High as Fuck which took place during the pandemic.  @joshiejosho   

Keely Snook (MFA ’16) is an Emmy winning designer, interdisciplinary artist, and freelance puppet builder. She is a member of IATSE (United Scenic Artists Local 829) has worked on projects for organizations such as the Jim Henson Company (recently for the new Fraggle Rock series), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Sesame Street, Coca-Cola, Avenue Q, Netflix, Apple TV, and Disney. The TV show Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, for which she created many of the puppets won some Emmy’s this year. Last year she worked a couple of projects for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her work in puppetry grew out of her MFA thesis in Tennessee. This year she relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Bethlehem, PA to work as the Studio Technician at Muhlenberg College.  keelysnook.com 

Kelsey Stephenson (MFA ‘16) is an Assistant Lecturer in print and art foundations at the University of Alberta and is the President of the Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists (SNAP). This past year she received the Arts Abroad Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts and an Individual Artist Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts in support of The Arctic Circle Residency for April/May 2025.  She was also received a Collection Acquisition Award from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Kelsey has an upcoming one-person exhibition “Blue Reflections,” McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospitals, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. kgere.ca

Jennifer Stoneking-Stewart (BFA ’05) teaches in Hamblen County, TN. She leads a successful AP Art and Design program at Morristown-Hamblen High School East. She lives in Talbott, TN. 

Baxter Stults (MFA ’19) serves as the multimedia communications specialist for the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design, where he focuses on graphic design, photography, and videography for the college. baxterstults.com 

Haley Takahashi (MFA ’23) teaches Foundations and printmaking at Colorado State University and recently lectured at the Cleveland Art Institute. She recently presented at the “Water Gathering” Printmaking Conference at Colorado University.  

Jason Terry (MFA ‘92) retired as a Professor of Art and Chair of the Humanities Department at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin after the college discontinued it’s operations.  jasonterrystudio.com 

 
Jessie Van der Laan (MFA ‘09) is an Associate Professor of Art and the Assistant Dean of Humanities at Walters State Community College. She lives in Knoxville, TN with her husband and two children. jessievanderlaan.com 
 

Jeanne Voltura (MFA ‘96) has worked for the city of Las Vegas, Nevada for more than 20 years, and recently retired overseeing the city’s gallery programs.  

Chloe Wack (MFA ’24) is a Teaching Assistant Professor in Foundations and Time-Based Arts/Cinema Studies in the School of Art at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In October, Chloe participated in the first Knox Small Press Fest at the Publisher’s Fair, where she sold screen prints and risograph prints. She has been active assisting Professor Paul Harrill to set up and open for classes the new Walters Cinema Studies Spaces, located on the first floor of Walters Academic Building. These spaces include a brand-new computer and animation classroom fitted with Cintiq drawing tablets, as well as a Stop-Motion Animation Room, a Green Screen Room, and a Whisper Room for audio recording. She had the opportunity to be the first to teach Animation I in these spaces which provided students a dedicated space to work with 24/7 access. An opening celebration for the spaces will take place this fall. In April she attended a Short-Short Session at Penland School of Craft in Letterpress, which was taught by UT Printmaking alumni Bryan Baker (MFA ‘03) of Stukenborg Press. Chloewack.com 

Crystal Wagner (MFA ‘08) has accepted a new position as the foundations coordinator and Assistant Professor of Art at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO. Last year she had a one-person exhibition at Mirus Gallery in Denver and completed a large-scale installation and interdisciplinary collaboration as the Artist-in-Residence at University of Central Arkansas. This year she launched a new collaborative studio, Cashews n’ Tattoos with her partner Logan Luckey that integrates technology, art, sound, and experimental immersive experiences. She has an upcoming one-person exhibition titled “Telos,” at Mirus Gallery in Los Angelese and a large-scale installation in Serbia next summer. crystalwagner.com  

Ericka Walker (MFA ‘10) is an Associate Professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Mi’kmaqi (Atlantic Canada). Over the last year her work was exhibited in several international group exhibitions including the “Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières,” “Stand Out Prints at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis,” and the “6th Egypt International Print Triennial” where she received an honorable mention award for her works from “The Heritage Collection.” The Ross Creek Center for the Arts in Canning Nova Scotia featured her one-person exhibition “From the Cradle of Its Race: Selections from the Heritage Collection” and hosted her for a month long residency. She was also awarded a fellowship to attend the Vermont Studio Center as an artist in residence. Ericka was also invited by Hannah Skoonberg (MFA ’14) to visit the Santa Rosa Junior College in California where she met with students and faculty and provided a public artist lecture. Ericka and her partner and former Ewing Gallery staff-member Ben Wooten became Canadian citizens in June of 2025.  www.ericakwalker.com 

PHOTO: Ericka Walker “1917 December 6: Picric acid/TNT/guncotton/benzol/gasoline,” 32 x 48 inches, woodcut, 2024. 
 

Johanna Winters (MFA ‘18) completed her first year as an Assistant Professor in Creative Core at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University. She exhibited two new drawings at the “Drawing Discourse” exhibition at the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery at UNC Asheville and was in the “Fabrication” portfolio exchange at the Mid-American Printmaking Conference, Manhattan, KS. Her short film, HOWW TO WAYT, was selected to be screed at the 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival in Ann Arbor, MI. This summer she received a fellowship to MacDowell Artist Colony. jojowinters.com 

PHOTO: Johanna Winters, “Tender No. 2,” chicken wire, masking tape, newsprint, intaglio ink, 2024. Puppet mask flattened under an etching press, made while in residence at KKV Grafik in Malmö, Sweden.

Erin Wohletz (MFA ‘21) is the Assistant Professor of Art – Printmaking at the University of South Dakota. This year their work was shown in a variety of exhibitions including “Mid-America Print Council’s Juried Exhibition” where they were awarded Best in Show. Wohletz is currently preparing for an upcoming one-person exhibition at the University of Northern Colorado. ewohletz.com 

PHOTO: Erin Wohletz, “Handy,” lithography, mezzotint, screenprint, on handmade paper, 18 x 18 inches, 2025 

RIGHT PHOTO:  Erin Wohletz, “Out,” mezzotint, screenprint, 18 x 18 inches, 2025 

News from the printshop

 
Elysia Mann (MFA ’17), chaired a panel at Puertograbando aimed at more inclusive approaches to career and professional practice in academic Printmaking programs. She is a resident artist at Relay Ridge in Knoxville and works as the 2-D technician. Her work was reviewed in Burnaway, March 25, 2025— “Appalachian Horizons: Elysia Mann’s Weaving of Nondual Embodiment” sighsandlaughter.com 

PHOTO: Elysia Mann,”Night Picnioc: Firelight Flag,” inkjet on paper, handwoven on rayon warp, 42 x 28 inches, 2025. 

In 2024-2025 our graduate students presented 5 one-person exhibitions (not including MFA shows) and 62 group or juried exhibitions. The geographical reach of these activities encompasses over 15 states, including Tennessee, California, Texas, New York and Hawaii, and reached international audiences in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bratislava, Slovakia, and Paris France.  Our students had prints selected for several prominent national juried competitions, including the Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; Morgan Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, OH; Purdue Galleries, West Lafayette, IN; and Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. Graduate student Gaby Hurtado-Ramos served her third year as a student member of the SGC International Board and graduate student Eliza Frensley received the 2025 Frogman’s Graduate Student Scholarship as part of their annual workshop at the University of Iowa (read that story here). 

PHOTO:  Current printmaking graduate students gather as part of the annual Ink Knife Ceremony to celebrate graduates Eliza Frensley and Gaby Hurtado-Ramos. Also show here are Hannah Jordan, Shannon Ferguson, Ivy Manska, Mable Ni, Adriana Torres-Cruz, and Cole Hancock.

Faculty News

 
J. Leigh Garcia joined our program this year and rang in the new year with her one-person exhibition, “El Albañil” at the Canton Museum of Art in Canton, OH. During SGCI, Leigh chaired the panel, “Mapping Personal Histories/Navigating Political Tides” which included panelist and UTK alumna, Ericka Walker. Additionally, she stepped into her role as 2D coordinator of Arrowmont’s Spring Pentaculum residency and spent the summer teaching workshops at Anderson Ranch, Arrowmont, and Penland. Leigh and her family are having a great time settling into life in Knoxville, TN and look forward to many more “Print Parties,” Lady Vols games, and Ink Knife Ceremonies. 

LEFT PHOTO: J. Leigh Garcia, “El Albañil,” handmade paper, tile backer, mortar, screws, wood, 96 x 60 x 2 inches, 2023. 

RIGHT PHOTO: J. Leigh Garcia with her son Diego in the UTK Print Shop 

Beauvais Lyons completed his second year as Divisional Dean for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences.  He exhibited a small selection of works from his Association for Creative Zoology at the Clarence Brown Theatre for the production of Inherit the Wind as part of the Scopes Trial Centennial. He exhibited his prints in the 6^th Egyptian International Print Triennial in Cairo, Egypt and the “11^th International Triennial of Graphics: Color in Graphics” in Torun, Poland.  As part of the SGCI Puertograbando conference he was able to exhibit the collaborative project Prayer Flags for Puerto Rico, which had been delayed due to the COVID pandemic in 2020. He also presented at the SECAC and College Book Arts Association conferences.  UTK Profile

PHOTO: Beauvais Lyons, “Circus Orbis Dimensional Showcard,” lithographic pop-up book. 10 x 18 x 6 inches (open). 

Althea Murphy-Price was pleased to share a new body of dimensionally screenprinted works for her one-person exhibition, “Accessories” at Sheetcake Gallery in Memphis, TN.  She also participated a second time in the IFPDA New York Print Fair with the collective, Black Women of Print and had a one-person exhibition at the Sleeth Gallery in West Virginia Wesleyan College. Highlights of this year were welcoming in her new colleague Leigh J. Garcia and celebrating in the joys and community of printmaking during this year’s “Print Party“ P.U.N. Printmaking United Nations! altheamurphyprice.com

PHOTO: Althea Murphy-Price, “Windows,” dimensional screenprint, 30 x 22 inches, 2025. 

Koichi  Yamamoto completed the Printkite project during the SGCI Puertograbando conference in April 2025, which involved participation by 40 artists. After five long years of anticipation, the kites finally took flight at Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He also exhibited in “PAPERWORKS 2024” at B.J. Spoke Gallery in Huntington, New York, where he received an award. His work was featured in the “IMPRINT BIENNIAL 2024: Contemporary Printmaking” and the “15th Annual TAPPED Exhibition” alongside Anthony Huang (MFA ’24) at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. In November, Yamamoto participated in the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London, UK. This summer he taught a workshop at Anderson Ranch, in Colorado, and also visited the University of Colorado in April 2025.yamamotoprintmakin.com

PHOTO: Koichi Yamamoto’s Printkite project during the SGCI Puertograbando conference at Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico.