Kathy Caraccio Explained

Kathy Caraccio
Other Names:	Kathleen Caraccio
Birth Place:	Bronx, New York
Field:	Printmaker

Kathleen Caraccio (b. 1947, Bronx, New York)^[1] is a master printmaker. She learned her craft at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop. She established the K. Caraccio Etching Studios in 1977.^[2] Caraccio also maintains an extensive print collection which was the subject of the 2021 exhibition Right place, Right time: The Rest is History - Becoming a master printer and collector with Bob Blackburn.^[3] In 2019 her work was exhibited at the International Quilt Museum in a show entitled Kathy Caraccio: Quilt Series.^[1]

Her work is in the Brooklyn Museum,^[4] the National Gallery of Art,^[5] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kathy Caraccio: Quilt Series . International Quilt Museum - Lincoln, NE . 31 January 2023.
2. Book: Hansen . T. Victoria . Printmaking in America : collaborative prints and presses, 1960-1990 . 1995 . H.N. Abrams in association with Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University . New York . 9780810937437 . 48-49.
3. Web site: Right place, right time . Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop . 31 January 2023.
4. Web site: Rosy Fingered Dawn . Brooklyn Museum . 31 January 2023.
5. Web site: Kathleen Caraccio . National Gallery of Art . 31 January 2023.
6. Web site: Kathy Caraccio . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 31 January 2023.