Elisa Lanzi is a visual artist working at the intersection of printmaking, collage, hand papermaking and poetry. As a 15 + year member of Zea Mays Printmaking Studio (Florence, MA), she is skilled in multiple green printmaking practices. Raised in an artistic family, Elisa has created art through study and practice since her early years. Her art history and literature studies were accompanied by studio work, and advanced by apprenticeships and workshops. In 2019 she earned the “Green Printmaking Certificate: Intaglio” from Zea Mays Printmaking. Over the past several years she has added book making to her artistic repertoire. Elisa’s formative papermaking experience was at Trout Paper, a hand-papermaking atelier in Washington County, NY.
Elisa’s work is exhibited frequently in both juried and invitational settings, including solo shows, “Silk Roads/Paper Trails” and “Capriccio: Prints and Collage.” She is represented in the Smith College Special Collections, Hampshire College Library, Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File Gallery, and the Herman B. Wells Library at the University of Indiana, Bloomington as well as in many private collections.
Actively engaged in the arts community – curating, giving talks and teaching workshops, Elisa also co-created an online tutorial series, “Pulp Dreams” on DIY making paper at home. She is a member of The Boston Printmakers and the Monotype Guild of New England. In addition to her art-making practice, Elisa has had a long career in libraries, museums, and art information organizations. Elisa grew up in an Italian American family in Rochester, NY and currently lives in western Massachusetts.
Interview in PaperConnection September 2022
Representation
Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Florence, MA
Patricia Ladd Carega Gallery, Center Sandwich, NH
Fountain Street Gallery Annex Member, Boston, MA (2022 only)
Member
The Boston Printmakers
New England Book Artists
Monotype Guild of New England
Collections
Correspondance des Arts/Book Art Museum, Łódź, Poland
Hampshire College Library, Amherst, MA, USA
Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Northampton, MA, USA
Herman B. Wells Library, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, USA
The Elizabeth Collection, Rochester, NY, USA
Private collections, USA and Europe
Artist Teaching and Talks
Pulp Dreams, Papermaking workshop, Zea Mays Printmaking Studio, Florence MA (with Sheryl Jaffe) 2020 Video Tutorial
Design Thinking, Papermaking workshops – Smith College, 2022, 2023
Cut and Paste Collage workshops, Salmon Falls Gallery, Shelburne Falls, MA, 2019
Book Studies Seminar 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 – Smith College Rags to Riches: History and Contemporary Perspectives on Papermaking
Carta a Mano: Papermaking in Italy – Circolo Italiano, Amherst, MA
Vermont Arts Exchange, Introduction to Papermaking studio class, Bennington, VT, 1998 – 1999
Education and Experience
Green Printmaking Certificate: Intaglio” Zea Mays Printmaking School, 2019
Classes at Zea Mays Printmaking School: Artists’ Books, Monotype, Dry point, Collagraph, Litho monoprint, Carborundum, Editioned drawings, Photopolymer, 2004 – present
North Country Studio Conference: Paper and Print Technology Workshop with Helen Fredericks, Bennington College, VT 1999
Artist Professional Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2000
Internship, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY 2000
Masters in Library and Information Science, University at Albany, NY
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with Art History minor, The College at Brockport, NY
Art Maker: Elisa Lanzi by Kathleen Mellen, Daily Hampshire Gazette, 1/20/2016
Visual artists show “what a book might be” at Salmon Falls Gallery, by Zack DeLuca, Greenfield Recorder, 10/6/2021
