1986: Michael McCurdy

Born in New York City (1942 – 2016), he studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Tufts University. Primarily a book artist and wood engraver, McCurdy has designed and illustrated many books. He is also a book publisher and printer. His Penmaen Press in Great Barrington, Massachusetts has published such books as Face to Face and Toward the Light (a book of his engravings which won a bronze medal at the Leipzig book competition in 1983). He has also become involved in writing and illustrating children’s books. Mr McCurdy has his own web site, click on it.