Artist Joseph L. Woolfolk opens special exhibit in Las Vegas gallery

LAS VEGAS, NV— Joseph L. Woolfolk is the featured artist for January in the Members Gallery at the Contemporary Arts Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Woolfolk’s exhibit, Poster Power, opened to rave reviews on Thursday, January 3. 

"Ski Yucca"
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Poster Power features 16 original graphic designs in the style of mid-20th century posters that bring to light hypocrisies of modern life and consumerism.  “I attempt to express the underlying messages we receive in modern communication and practices that we ignore, fail to acknowledge or question,” said Woolfolk. 

Woolfolk’s original “posters” are actually produced on glass using designs carefully cut from contact paper, then painted on the glass using lacquer.
  

"Detroit City"

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Among his most popular images is a poster called “Ski Yucca” which depicts someone skiing down Yucca Mountain wearing a protective radiation suit and a gas mask.  Yucca Mountain is approximately 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, in the Nevada Test Site, and was to be the site of the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository before the U.S. government scrapped that plan in 2010.  Another image on display is “Detroit City: Rouge River Coastline” which depicts a skyline of smokestacks billowing toxic factory exhaust.

David Hardy, a writer for the Arts Vegas website, calls Poster Power "easily my favorite exhibition at the CAC in some time" and he recommends it as a “must see.”  The showing runs through January 27, 2013.  For more information, visit www.lasvegascac.org.

Woolfolk also has launched a campaign through the Kickstarter website to generate funding to support the production of limited edition prints of his posters.  Backers choose their level of support and can receive up to four signed posters.  For more information, click here.

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About the Artist:  Joseph L. Woolfolk is a native of Detroit, Michigan.  He is a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School (1986) and the College of Southern Nevada (2006) with an Associate's Degree in Fine Arts (High Honors).

Farewell to a Family Friend

James B. Fritz
1927-2012

The Woolfolk Group was saddened to learn of the death of Mr. James B. "Jimmy" Fritz of Southfield, Michigan on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.  Mr. Fritz was a retired funeral director and long time friend of TWG President and CEO Mike Woolfolk's family.

Fritz was born in 1927 in Washington, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit, Michigan when he was six months old.  Except for a tour of duty in the U.S. Army after World War II, Fritz worked in the funeral business founded by his father in 1937.

"Mr. Fritz was good friend to my father and I got to know him and his daughter, Christina, when Dad called upon the Fritz Funeral Home to handle my grandparents' final arrangements," said Woolfolk.  "I'll always remember Mr. Fritz for his kind, warm and caring demeanor as he helped us all deal with our grief.  Years later, he helped us with arrangements for my mother's father."

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Woolfolk Group hopes everyone enjoys a safe and happy Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend!