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ART EXHIBITION B AWARE
global injustice and poverty
Expressions of interest [due 11th July] are invited from artists interested in submitting entries for an Exhibition to be held between 8 October and 21 October 2010. The theme of the exhibition is global injustice and poverty, promoting awareness of the issues and ways of responding to these. The exhibition will include artworks which explore both local and global poverty and injustice, either the causes or actions being undertaken by individuals or organisations to positively respond to these issues. The exhibition will include works on paper, painting, sculpture, new media (in consultation regarding technology available). Because of the public nature and limitations of the space, consultation will also be required with regard to installations. It will be held in St John’s Cathedral, Ann Street, Brisbane.
Entry forms and further information can be obtained by emailing 8GG@Stpauls.com.au or download the expressions of interest here and entry form here.
PAPER ARTS @ THE WINTER SCHOOL
This is a new venture being coordinated by the owner of FIBRE ARTS AUSTRALIA, Glenys Mann. The event concentrates on the 'paper arts'... book making/binding, printmaking, boxes, collage, encaustic, lithographs and assemblages to name but a few of the techniques that will be offered.
There will be 9 tutors from Australia, Germany, New Zealand and USA to share their talent and technique with like minded people.
Workshops will be held over 6 days with full accommodation available at the Ballarat Grammar School, where the event is being held.
There is the chance to work with one (1) tutor for 5 days, to hear the tutors stories of their own individual art practice with slide lectures.
As well, be visually stimulated by exhibitions of amazing works from all over the world.
For all the information that you need to know about this event, please visit... http://fibrearts.viviti.com/winter-school This site has all the details of the tutors and what they will be teaching for the week. There is an easy download for the enrolment form.
Impress' New Home!
Some fantastic news that will enable us to really put Brisbane on the map as far as printmaking goes - our application for the Kedron Park Substation No. 8. was successful!
We have already made a significant investment in time and energy, equipment and supplies, now the BCC will do their bit and provide us with some funding that will enable us to make it a really exciting facility.
This couldn’t be better timing as the Print Council of Australia is keen to give us some publicity and this is what we all have been waiting for. So thank you to all who have put in so much hard work and I feel that I am achieving what I set out to do as president – to find a permanent studio space for Impress.
CHEERS TO IMPRESS!!!
Jenny
IPE 2010 - Call for Work
Entry Deadline: August 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. Places are limited.
Keep in mind that the Impress submission date will be much earlier to give time for the group entry to arrive in the UK in time.
If you have already expressed interest in the IPE 2010 then we hope that you will rise to the challenge we set you below and send us your beautiful prints. If you submitted prints to our first exchange IPE 2009 then you will already know what to expect. This year we hope to be bigger and better with lots more exciting goodies as well as a fine selection of prints from around the world to add to your collection.
The IPE project has the short term aim of attracting by 2012 entries from printmakers in every one of the nations competing in the 2012 London Olympics. The IPE 2009 had submissions from 13 nations. There are currently 205 nations listed for the London Games so we still have a long way to go. You can help by circulating this call for work through your printmaking contacts and networks especially if they are in the more obscure corners of the world.
The IPE 2010 has no assigned theme and is an un-juried print exchange open to all.
There are really only two basic challenges: first, that you follow all the guidelines and, second, that you send us simply the best print you have ever created.
For further information and guidelines visit: ipe2010.greendoor-printmaking.co.uk.
If you want to see what we achieved last year the IPE 2009 mini-site is still online at ipe2009.greendoor-printmaking.co.uk.
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Footprint International Print Competition 2010
Exhibition: 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.
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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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