Kelvin Mason collection of student art prints

Collection

Identifier: MSS 306

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Kelvin Mason collection of student art prints, 2012-2021, consists of portfolios of students’ work from printmaking classes. Courses involved in the portfolios include Mason’s screen-printing, relief printmaking, and intaglio printmaking classes.

The portfolios’ titles are as follows: Netherworld: a collection of the infernal; Peccant Indulgence: a collection of guilty pleasures; Peregrinations: an omnium gatherum of journeys; Chimera: a collection of dreams; Ipseity: a collection of identities; Vices: a portfolio of shortcomings; and Antipathy: a portfolio of horrors. Antipathy features an additional print by Dr. Tierney Brosius of Augustana College’s biology department.

Dates

Creation: 2012-2021

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Augustana College Special Collections and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Kelvin Mason was a professor of art at Augustana College from 2010 until his retirement in 2022. He studied at the Ontario College of Art, and earned his BA and MFA from the University of Guelph and the University of Arizona, respectively. Since then, he has held teaching positions at West Virginia Wesleyan University in Buckhannon, West Virginia; Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington; North Central College in Chicago, Illinois; and Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

Extent

2.0 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Kelvin Mason was a professor of art at Augustana College from 2010 until his retirement in 2022. The Kelvin Mason collection of student art prints, 2012-2021, includes portfolios of students’ work from printmaking classes.