Fulbright award for Marty Vreede

Fulbright award for Marty Vreede

Marty Vreede, the Head of Printmaking at Whanganui UCOL’s Quay School of the Arts has won a prestigious Fulbright award to visit a renowned Native American facility

The award will allow him to visit the legendary Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts in Pendleton, Oregon. Founded in 1992, the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts is located on the Umatilla Indian Reservation and represents contemporary Native American art, including printmaking, at its finest.

Marty founded the Print Workshop at the Quay School of the Arts 20 years ago, and has developed it into a central hub for printmaking in New Zealand. He is a dedicated educationalist as well as an accomplished artist in his own right.

Marty first came to Wanganui in 1988 as a guest lecturer for the celebrated Summer School of the Arts. He was asked to stay and develop a print workshop.

In 1995 Marty became a Nuffield Foundation Scholar, studying papermaking and printmaking in the United Kingdom. It was this experience that allowed him to develop his ongoing research and facilities for harakeke papermaking - one of a kind in New Zealand.

In 2007 Marty was the first Artist in Residence at the University of Hawaii Print Workshop (Manoa), and has been invited back for another residency.

The Whanganui UCOL Print Workshop is considered the home base for the Central Print Council of Aotearoa NZ, of which Marty is the Founding Chairman. He runs many workshops for the New Zealand print community there. Toi Whakataa, the Maori printmakers’ collective also started its life in the Whanganui UCOL Print Workshop under Marty’s supportive guidance.

Over the last four years Marty has participated in more than thirty shows in New Zealand and overseas.

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