Februrary 1, 1978
From the studio of Edith M. Smith,
3732 Laguna Ave.
Palo Alto, CA  94306

**** For Immediate Release ****

 
	Palo Alto artist Edith Smith is exhibiting etchings and pastels at the
 
Galerie Dautzenberg 76, Brussels, Belgium, from February 7 until March 4.
 
Many of the etchings, some involving computer-generated images, were seen
 
in May 1977 at a large solo show at the Palo Alto Civic Center.  The pastels
 
are portrait cycles (sets of three) involving transformations of the human

visage.
 
	The artist, an instructor of printmaking and drawing at Foothill College,
 
will be in Brussels for the opening.  After that she will spend five weeks at
 
the Atelier Calevaert-Brun in Paris, working on mezzotint printing, an old
 
etching technique she is reviving in her work and teaching.