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Kay Metz

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Kay Metz
Born(1932-09-03)September 3, 1932
Dayton, Ohio
DiedSeptember 27, 2018(2018-09-27) (aged 86)
Santa Cruz, California
Other nameKathryn E. Metz

Kathryn E. "Kay" Metz (1932–2018) was an American artist and educator known for her printmaking.

Metz was born in Dayton, Ohio[1] on September 3, 1932.[2] She attended Bowling Green State University and University of California, Los Angeles. She traveled to Paris, France to work at Atelier 17.[3] In New York she studied with Robert Blackburn and Philip Guston.[4]

In 1967 Metz was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship.[5]

Metz settled in California and in 1971 she established the printmaking program at University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1992 she retired from Santa Cruz[6] as Art Professor Emerita.

Metz died on September 27, 2018 in Santa Cruz, California.[7]

Metz's work is in the permanent collection of the Monterey Museum of Art.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ "Metz, Kathryn". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kathryn Metz Obituary - Santa Cruz, CA (1932-2018)". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Kathryn Metz Biography". Fine Prints. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Pioneering printmaker". UC Santa Cruz. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kathryn Metz - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Metz (Kathryn E.) papers". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Remembering Kay Metz". TPG Online Daily. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Kathryn Metz (aka Kay Metz)". Monterey Museum of Art. Retrieved 31 March 2025.