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Andrew Raftery: Autobiography of a Garden

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Andrew Raftery’s roots were in East Providence, from where his first generation Irish father came. He grew up in Washington, D.C., made his first print at the age of eleven, and attained a BFA from Boston University and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. Raftery, a professor of printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has taught since 1991, is renowned for his mastery of engraving. He has won numerous awards and fellowships and exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions at many major venues in the East.

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Publication Date

2011

Keywords

artist, Boston University, earthenware, engraving, painting, plate printing, printmaking, quill pens, teaching, wax models, NetWorksRI, artist profile, documentary video, RISD, faculty

Disciplines

Art and Design

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Richard Goulis

Executive Producer

Joseph A. Chazen, M.D.

Andrew Raftery: Autobiography of a Garden

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