BURLINGTON, VT.- The Fleming Museum of Art announces the opening of a new exhibition celebrating the craft of contemporary printmaker, Andrew Raftery. The exhibition, titled Andrew Raftery: Open House, presents a five-part print series by New England based contemporary artist. Accompanying the series are preliminary studies created over a six-year period: architectural models, cast-resin figure models, and a selection of over fifty working drawings in a variety of mediums that reflect the artist’s exhaustive preparatory process. Raftery uses the age-old technique of copper-plate engraving to explore the commonplace activity of shopping for a new home. Each scene in the five-part narrative depicts a moment of time during an open house, presenting an exquisitely detailed and complex view of home, family, and interpersonal relations. Throughout the series, one sees images of the changing structure