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Footprint International Print Competition 2010
May 20 - August 14, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 20, 4 - 7pm
Entry Deadline: April 2, 2010
Impress will be doing a group submission to save on postage and entry fees. Please send your expression of interest to Evelyne Upton.
Click here to Download a prospectus
About the competition:
The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 2nd Biennial Footprint International 2010: a competition and exhibition for fine-art prints that are exactly one foot square. The square format was uncommon in art until the advent of 20th-century abstraction. Rectangular horizontal and vertical shapes for landscape and portraiture, respectively, were, and in fact still are, the norm. For one thing, composing in the square is an artistic challenge. Footprint International 2010Footprint International is held every other year, alternating with CCP's biennial International Miniature Print Competition. presents an opportunity for contemporary printmakers to address the square in 12 inches by 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm).
About the Juror:
The juror for the competition, Anne Coffin, Founder and Director of the International Print Center New York (IPCNY).
Eligibility:
All fine art printmaking mediums, including woodcut, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, monotype and original digital media. (No drawings, photographs or direct reproductions are eligible.) Art must be hand-pulled and generated on stone, block, or plate using printing process. Computer-generated art is eligible only if it incorporates other methods of hand-pulled printing or handwork. Image size must be exactly 12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm). The image may bleed; margins may not exceed 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) on each side. Outside dimensions of the printing paper may not exceed 15 x 15 inches (38.1 x 38.1 cm). Paper beyond these dimensions of accepted prints will be trimmed to the dimensions required for the exhibition. Only two dimensional works will be accepted.
Prizes and Awards:
Cash prizes and purchase awards will be made by the jurors.
Terms:
All entries accepted to Footprint International 2010 will be exhibited in the Center's gallery and will also be posted in online exhibition via CCP's website. All prints must be for sale. CCP will retain a commision of 50% on all works sold.
Images from 2008's "Footprint International Print Competition
Upcoming Opportunity to Exhibit: Paper + Wood
The members of IMPRESS Printmakers Studio are invited to exhibit at the PAPER + WOOD exhibition to be held in the Kingaroy Shire Art Gallery, Queensland from February 26 until March 28, 2010.
The exhibition will showcase framed 2D works-on-paper and 3D fine woodwork. The aim is to represent the work of regional artists and others, who work in these mediums (predominantly printmaking and woodcraft).
We have allocated space for approximately 30 framed prints/drawings from the IMPRESS membership. Due to limited display space, Artists’ Books are by arrangement only.
Important dates are:
Expression of Interest by THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER, 2009
Entry Forms to be received by MONDAY 1 February, 2010
Deliver work to Kingaroy Shire Art Gallery, Haly Street, KINGAROY 4610, Queensland
between Monday 15 February and Friday 19 February, 2010.
Gallery hours: 9am - 4.30pm
Woodwork to be delivered on MONDAY 22, February 2010
Collection of all work between Sunday 28 March (4pm -6pm) and
Wednesday 31 March (Gallery hours)
For further details please contact Lynn White.
Expressions of Interest: Printmaking Exhibition Exchange Proposal
Julianna Joos, a professional printmaker and a College Art teacher from Montreal, has suggested the possibility of organizing an exhibition exchange between Quebec printmakers and printmakers from Queensland in 2010. Exhibitions would be in both Montreal and Brisbane.
Julianna organized a previous collaboration featuring a printmaking exhibition of Quebec and mostly Queensland artists in Brisbane in August 2006. Participating artists included: Anthea Boesenberg, Ron McBurnie, Wendy McGrath, Helen Mueller and Glen
Stein.
Interested? Please contact Lynn White.
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