DOEprojekts (Deborah and Glenn Doering) is a decade-long member of CENTRAL BOOKING, is an international artist-run gallery specializing in the book as art, (especially art & science book art), and collaborations with cultural institutions. DOEprojekts has been curated (by Maddy Rosenberg, artist/curator) into many CENTRAL BOOKING’s exhibitions, the most recent being “The Visual Read” at Graceland Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland, UK.
Pochoirs Folio 002 offers individuals and communities ten hand cut pochoirs (pochoir is the French word for stencil). Each pochoir-stencil is designed using DOEprojekts’ basic forms, called Coreforms (circles, horizontal and vertical lines, swashes and dots), as a point of departure and an invitation to participate.
Above: “Draw” hand-cut stencil (left) and “Draw” frottage (rubbing) on a found page of a former book.
Each pochoir may be used in multiple ways; each participant decides how to generate physical and psychological movement through their individual creativity.
Additionally, DOEprojekts has created one frottage (rubbed image) with a wax block for each pochoir, suggesting one way that the pochoir-stencil may be used. Other ways to participate include stippling paint through the stencil or using the stencil to create shadows, and then documenting various effects photographically (stencils may also be used with cyanotype/sun printing papers). Participants may discover limitless creative ways to use these pochoir stencils.
Above: “Pochoir Folio 002” cover (left) and "The Visual Read" entrance at Greacelands Arts Centre, UK.
“The Visual Read” focuses on the breadth and depth of book art of more than 30 distinguished artists from New York and two Scottish guest artists, Hugh Bryden and Linda Mallett. A full list of artists, and video documentation of the exhibition, may be found at this link: https://youtu.be/t_
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Grant
In April, DOEprojekts was awarded a 2024 UMEZ Arts Engagement Grant. The goal of UMEZ is to connect Upper Manhattan artists with venues and audiences in the same area.
Above: Coreforms hand-cut stencil.
With some of the UMEZ grant funds, DOEprojekts will be hosting a community workshop in upper Manhattan. We will be using some of the techniques and examples shown in the Pochoir Folio. Stay tuned for more information, OR, if you are interested in reserving a place at the workshop, contact us at DOEprojekts@gmail.com.
