Biography Sarah Smelser has taught all levels of intaglio printmaking at Illinois State University since 2002. She is also co-founder of Manneken Press in Bloomington, IL and maintains a healthy exhibition record. Her monoprints are in such collections as the US Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the Readers" Digest Association. Ms Smelser has been awarded residencies at the Franz Masereel Center in Kasterlee, Belgium, ARTica in Bilbao, Spain, Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, CA and the Vermont Studio Center. She received her MFA and MA from the University of Iowa and her BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz. |