NO 11: Stephen Wiggins - Printmaker

Episode No. 11 of the Art Throb Podcast features Stephen Wiggins a Lexington Printmaker who will talk about his work but primarily the commissioned series of panels for the VIA Creative public art bus shelter on the corner of Elm Tree Lane and Third Street.

Stephen Wiggins was born and raised in Lexington on the Northside of Lexington near 7th Street.

He has a BA in art studio from University of Kentucky,  Class of 2005, and an Associates Degree in Graphic Design from KCTCS, class of 2017. He is also a speedball art products demonstation artist, a Kentucky crafted artist and a Kentucky Guild of Arts and Craftsman member. His work focuses on fine art printmaking techniques including linocut, silkscreen, etching and lithography.  He also does Lego prints in his spare time and teaches and does public outreach for printmaking in Lexington and surrounding states.

Stephen received the Visions Scholarship to do a residency as part of the Pentaculum program at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg Tennessee. He also received a full scholarship to take a class at Penland School of Arts and Crafts in Penland North Carolina.  He has presented on a panel of peers at the Southern Graphics Conference International 2022 in Madison Wisconsin.  He is married to Rebecca Wiggins and they have a two year old daughter named Margaret. 

Most recently his submission for replacement panels at the VIA Creative Public Art Bus Shelter on the corner of Elm Tree Lane and Third Street, was selected from an invitational call for site specific ideas and will soon be installed.
Stephen submitted a series of five panels each depicting an African American individual with local historical significance especially to the east end neighborhood where the bus shelter is located.

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