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4 unusual facts about Joe Funk


Joe Funk

Joe Funk served the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 in Korea and Okinawa as a heavy anti aircraft artillery mechanic and instructor, warehouseman, and artist/publicist/graphic designer for special events at Headquarters Company, Asiatic Command.

Here he trained apprentice printmakers and printed for numerous artists including Joyce Treiman, Dan Stolpe, and Arnold Schifrin.

During this time Dan Stolpe gathered all of his artwork and equipment and brought Joe to live with him in Santa Cruz, California where the two of them developed the Native Images printmaking program and facility.

After Tamarind, Joe became the technical director at Kanthos Press from 1961 to 1962, where he printed for José Cuevas and Aubrey Schwartz.



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