The commeraderie inside and out Atelier 17 and Atelier 63 for me, I hope I shared love and warmth and appreciation for it all when there, as I delve into this glorious past and try and reconnect with those Both my wife and I enjoyed there 1978-August 1980

I told Christina Weyl that i am a bit of a herstorian as well as an artist and someone that gladly welcomes all, and learns and brows volumes from my contacts I made then and that continue now. You have seen some of tge art that was made for me in my small yellow Dessin " J " bervis 536 F5.70 my cost the. Below is an aerogramme in it from fellow artist Fred Jones from Illinois. i am trying to contact him and get back in touch. that would be very special indeed.I remember him and his kindness and generosity. Most I remember of the Americans that came to work in the Atelier 17 how happy they were to be there and how positive theyvwere to be together and share this amazing experience together. And they were of all ages, too. I have wonderful gifts of etchings from so many. Debbie Kaplan, Clare Smith,Marilyn Donnini, Jennifer Clark, Carol Field, Theresa Wegner, these were some of the women, and I mention them here because Christina Weyl is interested in interviewing the women that studied with Bill Hayter.

Atelier 17 was a community for us all.It was friendly and there was lit5le if any problems amongst us. We all seemed to ake friends, we all seemed to try and be pn our best behavior. some kept to themselves , or maybe it only seemed that way because of the language barrier , as most of us I am sure were learning French to communicate better with one another. All in all it was a very positive experience, i thrived in it, loved it, encouraged it, and often invited people over. And they came from around the world, some French but just a few, most from outside France and that really kept things interesting : Argentina, Begium, Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, China, India, ... and these are just some of the countries I am able to recollect so many years later. As I said I collected many things as souvenirs, all of which I will share here at some point or another. it will happen gradually. What I say to anyone that reads and sees this please reach out and leave a message, tell a story, include any pictures or pieces of art, or other things tgat were impresdionable to you then. Christina Wehl is mounting a retrospective 100 year anniversay celebration show of Atelier 17. Let's all come together and be a part of this breat reunion of sooo many fine and gifted artist! Anthony Alan Quinn 1/17/2026 The Beggar Woman portrait etching I did in Paris, France on a zinc plate!

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It’s sublimely daunting, refreshing, gut wrenching , mildly terrifying, joyous, carnival streamer-throwing wheeeeeee, as I douse and drench myself in this pursuit to etch once again, and look at the materials I have to start up quickly again!

I am going down to look at and photograph okd plates and look at my red metal okd still shiny rectangular box with etching materials inside! i need to get started as I do everytging from updating my okd resume, write my Artistic Statement, get things organized in chronological order, photograph my art, etc. It's a whole lot and I am daily / nightly chipping away at it all, being careful, thoughtful, steady, serious for the most part, childish and carefree for the other - paying close attention to what makes me me and not you - no offence! Anthony Alan Quinn , Saturday with sleet happening outside now on this 11:20am morning January 17,2026! JOY! oh boy!

burin on copper plate

the reverse side

my tools to etch in my took box

my zinc plates , i etched front and back of plates to be economical and because I was inspired and lots of ideas to etch and little time!

child sleeping in bed, taken from a drawing I made

my etching tools close up

i used a pecil wax red color to draw broadly on the surface to make this etching to print from, i like these less concrete lines etched so I have more discretion when making my prints.

mire to come! sante a tous et merci pour tous aussi! I etched at the Atelier 17 and also later with Joelle Serve at her Atelier 63 as her assistant teaching when she was not in the atelier! me in front of Atelier 17 Mansour Ibrahim in front of Atelier 17 and Cristina Piceda coming out of Atelier 17 we were good buddies , des amis vraiment!

the bjg poster fir Joelle Serve and her Atelier 63

Some things are fun, papier crystal from 1978-80 every etching artis needed this, and we would buy it on the rue Didot, 75014 Paris, France, I let it amass into a collage here with other things, my performance art!

j'ai bien m'amuse ivic ave cetter affice de Paris avec le papier crystal que j 'ai acheter dans le rue Didot au coin en face de la porte de 10 rue Didot, il fallait sortir de l'atelier 17 et tourner adroite et passe le bistrot de Madame Paulette, d'aller au coin, et de traverser la rue encore to travetser une autre fois pour arriver au magasin des fleurs je quoi pour acheter ce papier