Lindsay Gonzalez '09

Art major Lindsay Gonzalez ’09 is learning the ins and outs of printmaking by working at Lafayette’s Experimental Printmaking Institute with Curlee Holton, professor and head of art. Gonzalez assists Holton and visiting artists, is helping organize a traveling artist book exhibition, and performs everyday tasks such as pulling prints on the silkscreen press, caring for finished prints, and mixing ink.

“Working with such specific and organized art helps keep me focused on what I need to do next and think more thoroughly about my own work before I begin a project,” says Gonzalez, who has a second major in English. “Printmaking is a process that requires a strong naked eye, good organizational skills, and a lot of focus. I [now] understand the business of the art world. I have also gotten to meet a number of great artists and printmakers.”

Gonzalez is co-director of Swim to Succeed, president of the Ceramic Society, and a member of Alpha Phi sorority.