The Alberta Printmakers’ Society and Artist Proof gallery will be closed for summer break from Aug. 1 to 30, 2011. We will re-open on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 11:00am. Please join us in September for more exciting programming and events!
Have a great summer, everyone!
A/P’s Fall/Winter 2011 Education Program is now online and we are accepting registrations! New courses include “Collect, Collage, and Print!”, “From Nature Sketch to Print”, “Framing Your Prints”, and more! Class size is limited so register today! Please call 403-287-1056 or email info@albertaprintmakers.ca for more information or to sign up for one of our classes.
Check out the course listings here
A/P can now accept online membership registration and payment for memberships, courses, merchandise, and donations onlinethrough our website www.albertaprintmakers.ca! An annual membership entitles you to rent time in the A/P studio, discounts on classes and professional development programming, opportunities to exhibit and sell your work in Members’ exhibitions, weekly e-newsletter updates and more! To renew your membership online today click here.
Call for Entries Deadline - August 1, 2011
In keeping with our mission to promote the greater appreciation and understanding of the fine art print, IPCNY presents a selection of new prints several times per year. New Prints 2011/Autumn will be the 40th New Prints Exhibition and the 5th in IPCNY’s new Gallery at 508 West 26th St, Rm. 5A. The exhibition will run from November 3, 2011 – January 7, 2012; the opening will correspond with Print Week in New York. Please note: The exhibition will tour to the Visual Arts Center at The University of Texas, Austin from January 27 to March 10, 2012. Please submit to this special exhibition!
Criteria for selection are:
THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE. Independent artists, workshops, publishers and dealers are all welcome to submit recently completed print projects. Please refer to the Submission Guidelines below. The Selections Committee, composed of six members of the art community, will be announced in the coming weeks. All artists whose work has been selected will be notified by phone or email. If you have not received word by August 19, 2011, check the “what’s new” section of IPCNY’s website for the list of artists included. PLEASE DO NOT CALL IPCNY.
Artists and publishers whose work has been selected will be responsible for the framing and delivery of work to IPCNY by October 24, 2011. IPCNY will cover the return cost of delivery within reason. Due to the increased number of international submissions being selected, IPCNY can only contribute $50 dollars on return shipments overseas. Packaging must be provided by the lender for work being shipped outside of New York City. With this 40th presentation of New Prints, IPCNY continues its role as an important venue for the rotating display of exciting contemporary fine art prints.
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 9 (RECEIVE BY EMAIL OR MAIL)
A contemporary review of fine art printmaking in all media from around the world presented as a traveling exhibition by the Purdue University Galleries (West Lafayette, Indiana USA)
From its humble origins as simple relief rubbings or patterns stamped onto paper and cloth, the art of the print has spread to all corners of the globe, growing and developing conceptually as a result of the contributions of an ever-growing circle of international artists. By drawing and manipulating an image matrix, they have utilized the essence of the multiple to explore the varied possibilities of image, color and repetition. The proliferation of multiple images around the world has led to a shared culture of appreciation. Styles and techniques identified with particular printmaking enclaves in various parts of the world can readily be seen now in the works of artists with different languages and different cultures, separated by thousands of miles.
Entry Procedure
There will be no entry fee. Entrants may submit up to five (5) original works completed in the past three years (2009 – 2011). Selections will be made from digital images in the form of jpeg files (maximum file dimension of eight inches in image size — maximum resolution of 300 dpi) – no slides and no PowerPoint shows.
Work will be selected for the exhibition by: Kathryn Reeves, Professor of Art & Design at Purdue University; Kimberly Vito, Associate Professor of Art & Art History at Wright State University; Sean Caulfield, Associate Professor of Art & Design at the University of Alberta; and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries. The team has previously collaborated on the first and second installments of “Global Matrix” in 2002 and 2007.
The Alberta Printmakers’ Society is pleased to invite all of our members, friends and volunteers to a Member Appreciation Summer BBQ at the home of our dear friend and past board president, Kim Huynh. The event will take place on Saturday, July 9th from 6:00 – 9:30pm. A potluck dinner will be served, so please bring a dish to share and BYOB.
This is a great opportunity to catch up with other A/P members, and it is A/P’s way of saying thank you to all of our members and volunteers for their devotion and support.
Please RSVP to Christie Kirchner at 403-287-1056 or info@albertaprintmakers.ca before the event. The address and location of the event will be available upon RSVP.
We hope you will join us!