The ARCH presents: Dialogues in Linocut—Nigg, Stoy & Rice
- Jun 11
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On June 10, 2026, at 5 p.m., printmaker Kerstin Rice will open her new printmaking studio at the Schönberg manor.
The linocut-themed opening evening is themed " Dialogues in Linocut" and connects Saxony-Anhalt's progressive printmaking tradition with contemporary artistic practice. As early as 1906–1908, Ferdinand Nigg, one of the first teachers of the medium at the Magdeburg School of Arts and Crafts, developed the groundbreaking paste-printing technique. Using colored starch paste, he created soft, textured prints that combined relief printing with painterly effects.
Kerstin Rice has lived and worked at the Schönberg Manor since 2020. The printmaker and cultural practitioner combines traditional printing techniques (relief, intaglio, and planographic printing) with conceptual depth and interdisciplinary spatial approaches. After completing her art teacher training at the University of Erfurt, she furthered her practice, including in experimental printmaking, in England and Luxembourg.
At 5:15 p.m., Kerstin Rice and the artist Olaf Stoy will discuss their inspirations and the connection to the pioneering work of Ferdinand Nigg. At 5:30 p.m., Olaf Stoy will read a short, semi-autobiographical story related to linocut printing.
From 5:45 pm onwards, guests are invited to try their hand at printing – for the first time also using Nigg's historical paste printing technique with wallpaper paste – and to engage in dialogue.
The new studio brings experimental printmaking back to life in the region where it once received important impetus.
Date: June 10, 2026
Time: from 5 pm
Location: Schönberg Manor (Rittergut Schönberg), Dammstraße 35, 39615 Seehausen (Altmark)
The number of participants is limited. If you are interested, please register by emailing contact@thearch.org or calling 01575 8174 306.
Short biographies
Kerstin Rice
Kerstin Rice was born in Gotha, Thuringia, in 1979. The printmaker and cultural practitioner has lived and worked at the Schönberg Manor in the Altmark region of Saxony-Anhalt since 2020. In 2003, she completed her teacher training in art at the University of Erfurt (printmaking and painting with Rolf Huber, sculpture with Lelah Ferguson). She pursued further advanced training in experimental printmaking with Nicky Browne in Chertsey, England, in 2010, and in woodcutting with Thomas Peter at the Kulturhuef Grevenmacher in Luxembourg. Together with her partner, Miles Rice, she creates dialogues between print and space at the intersection of craft and art. Her artistic practice combines traditional printing techniques with conceptual depth and interdisciplinary approaches to spatial design; currently, she is creating expansive works in which printed surfaces become objects and installations.
Upcoming exhibitions 2026:
Miles Rice + Kerstin Rice: “Printing Techniques in Space – Print Meets Sculpture”
Opening: Sunday, July 5, 2026, 2–6 pm
Exhibition: July 5 – August 13, 2026, Kunsthof Dahrenstedt (open by telephone appointment)
Solo exhibition “Etching on the boundaries – Printmaking beyond borders”
December 2026, Osterburg District Museum
Olaf Stoy
Olaf Stoy was born in 1959 in the Eastern Ore Mountains. He trained as a porcelain designer and completed evening studies at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. From 1978 to 2003, he worked at the Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden as a mold caster, retoucher, and chief modeler. Since 2005, he has worked as a freelance artist in his "Studio for Art and Design" with an attached gallery in Rabenau/Dorfhain. Stoy is a member of the Dresden Artists' Association and the German Society for Medal Art, has received several art prizes, and has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Germany and abroad since 1981.
Ferdinand Nigg
Ferdinand Nigg was born in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, in 1865. The graphic artist, textile designer, and book designer was appointed to the Magdeburg School of Arts and Crafts in 1903 – one of Germany's most progressive training institutions for art and crafts. There, he was one of the first teachers of linocut and, around 1906–1908, developed his groundbreaking paste-printing technique using colored starch paste. His innovative works combined relief printing with painterly effects and laid the foundation for experimental printmaking in the region.
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