Happy Holidays everyone!!


Thanks everyone for all of your support, A/P had an amazing year in 2011!!  We will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 4, re-opening at 11:00am on Thursday, January 5th. Please join us for our first event of 2012 at the opening reception for Edmonton-based artist Jill Ho-You’s exhibition, Between Vessels on Friday, January 13th at 6:30pm.

Hope you can join us!  Have a great holiday season and happy New Year from all of us at Alberta Printmakers’ Society.

Between Vessels by Jill Ho-You

January 11 to February 18, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, January 13th at 6:30pm

The exhibition Between Vessels addresses the notion of memory and its corporeal manifestations. The work questions the intimate relationship between our physical and psychological selves, and investigates how memory is embodied in our material being.

By contrasting the analytic, scientific views of the body with the reality of the convoluted, experienced body, Between Vessels speculates on the ways in which personal memory, emotion and cognition are expressed through our physical selves. The prints envision the body – the organs, tissues and cells – as sites where our memories and experiences are encoded without conscious recollection.

Jill Ho-You holds degrees in Psychology and Art from the University of Calgary and is currently a MFA candidate at the University of Alberta in Printmaking. Through the media of printmaking, installation and drawing, Ho-You’s work explores the physical manifestation of memory, building on detailed anatomical studies of the human body. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at Southern Graphics Council International in St. Louis, MO (2011 Award Winner), a solo exhibition at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA (2011), and at the International Print Trienniale in Krakow/Poznan, Poland (2009).

 

A/P Holiday Closures – Dec. 17 and Dec. 23 to Jan. 5

The Alberta Printmakers’ Society and Artist Proof Gallery will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 17th while we attend the Market Collective, and we will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 5 for Christmas holidays.

Thanks for another great year, everyone!

A/P at Market Collective Dec. 17 & 18!

Please join the Alberta Printmakers’ Society this weekend at MARKET COLLECTIVE on Saturday Dec. 17 from 10:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday Dec. 18 from 11:00am to 5:00pm.  We will be upstairs exhibiting members’ work and selling all kinds of handmade goodies including t-shirts, christmas cards, and of course prints!

The Market Collective is located in Kensington at 148 – 10th Street NW. For more information please visit http://marketcollective.ca/

We hope to see you there!!

Call for Submissions: A/P Members’ Sale at Market Collective, deadline Dec. 15

Alberta Printmakers’ Society:

Call for Submissions

Members’ Sale at Market Collective, Dec. 17 & 18

Deadline: December 15, 2011

The Alberta Printmakers’ Society invites all eligible members to submit prints for exhibition and sale at our booth during the Market Collective on Dec. 17 & 18.  Prints must be finished, priced by the artist and ready for sale.  Members can drop off their work at the Alberta Printmakers’ Society by Thursday, Dec. 15th for inclusion in the sale.  Non-members are invited to purchase a membership to participate.  The Alberta Printmakers’ Society will take a 25% commission from the sale of each work. 

What is Market Collective?

Market Collective is an independent market, created to showcase the works of local artists, artisans and musicians and to strengthen the community in Calgary.

We believe in supporting creativity in the city of Calgary in every way that we can. This includes opening up space for musicians to perform, artists to sell their work, non-profit organizations to show their projects, and the community to express themselves through interactive displays and collaborative pieces.

Submission requirements:

All interested members are eligible to participate in this non-juried show and sale.  Submissions must include:

  • Finished prints, MUST priced by the artist and labeled with your name, the title of the work, and the price. *WORK THAT IS NOT PROPERLY LABELED WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBITION*
  • A completed submission form (download here)
  • Inventory of submitted work (download here)

**Participating artists must pick up unsold prints at the Alberta Printmakers’ Society before Dec. 22**

Deadline is December 15, 2011

Drop off prints to:
Alberta Printmakers’ Society
2010F 11 St. SE, Calgary, AB T2G 3G3

Questions? Contact:

Christie Kirchner, Art Centre Director
Email: info@albertaprintmakers.ca
Phone: (403) 287-1056

www.albertaprintmakers.ca