KADS New York is pleased to announce the fall issue of Celebrating Print, a publication that covers fine art print and printmaking in Central and Eastern Europe.

In the freshly published issue, art historian Julia Meszaros offers a survey of modern Hungarian printmaking, which encompasses early forms of narrative works as well as the radical trends of 1980s and 1990s, when artists defied the medium’s traditions by experimenting with Xerox technology and other devices. Curator Barbora Kundracikova explores the aesthetic nature of prints in Sensing Beyond Seeing by applying theory to the works of Alena Kucerova, Marie Blabolilova and Romana Rotterova—three Czech printmakers who continuously translate their personal experiences into digestible pictorial content. The October issue also delves into the realm of fantasy art, a phenomenon typically associated with Central and Eastern European print. Art historian Eva Trojanova’s Carousels of Life focuses on the expansive oeuvre of Slovak artist Vladimir Gazovic and his “efforts to reveal the truth” by combining astute observations of reality with phantasmal motifs. Fluctuations between dreams and reality find a fixed state in the works of Kamila Stanclova, another Slovak artist interviewed by editor Katerina Kyselica. Croatian artist Ana Vivoda, whose project Traces is presented to shed light on the printmaking process, reflects on her interactions with the environment as she marks the matrix.

Celebrating Print can be purchased as an individual issue or via subscription at www.celebratingprint.com.

If you would like to support our mission, please consider subscribing.

Celebrating Print is a full-color magazine about fine art print and printmaking practice in Central and Eastern Europe. Curators, scholars and printmaking educators contribute articles, essays and interviews that profile modern and contemporary print across the region. Celebrating Print was founded as an information platform for collectors, scholars and print enthusiasts to navigate the culture of Central and Eastern European print as well as discover works by present-day creators that reflect the region’s rich tradition. Launched in 2015, the biannual magazine is published in October and April by New York–based creative studio KADS New York in both print and digital format.

The opening of the newly renovated Manton Research Center is less than three weeks away! You can reserve seats now for the following events:

SATURDAY, NOV.12
- Architect's Talk (12:45 pm)
Annabelle Selldorf, the architect for the building's redesign, talks about her practice and her work. A conversation follows the talk with Clark curators Kathleen Morris and Jay A. Clarke, Clark librarian Susan Roeper, and Research and Academic Program Director Emeritus Michael Ann Holly. A book signing follows the talk.

- Open House (1-5 pm)
Curators, Research and Academic Program Fellows, librarians, and graduate students welcome visitors to explore the Manton Research Center, including talks in the new reading room; in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper; and in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery on the inaugural exhibition, Photography and Discovery.

- Opening Party and Concert featuring Arturo Sandoval (ticket required) at 6:30 pm.

SUNDAY, NOV. 13
- Bennies & Bellinis (ticket required; 10:30 am)
Join us in the Clark Center for a special eggs benedict breakfast.

- Manton Collection Gallery Talk (11:30 am)
Jay A. Clarke, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs discusses the extraordinary works in the Manton Collection of British Art and the development of new facilities for their display and study.

- Director's Talk (1 pm)
Olivier Meslay, Felda and Dena Hardymon Director, gives his first public talk since assuming his role earlier this year. Meslay, the fifth director of the Clark, discusses the Institute and his plans for its future.

- Family Activities (1-4 pm)

A full slate of free events is planned for the weekend. Visit online for more details.

Join us for a launch party for the October 2016 issue of Celebrating Print, the magazine that covers fine art print and printmaking in Central and Eastern Europe. The event will take place on Friday, November 4, at Manhattan’s Bohemian National Hall during New York Print Week.

Celebrating Print 2.2 Launch Party honors the dedication of the magazine’s writers in their efforts to research and evaluate developments in printmaking as an autonomous art discipline. The contributing art historians, curators and educators craft critical written analysis as part of their ongoing efforts to inform the public about the values of printmaking and its significance in Central and Eastern European visual culture. Organized by KADS New York in partnership with the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, the launch party also celebrates the writers’ strive to elevate the status of the art medium by emphasizing its long tradition of excellence and interdisciplinary crossovers. KADS New York has also partnered with the Consulate General of Slovakia in New York and Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association to create this one-time opportunity to engage the public in a discussion on Central European culture during New York Print Week.

In the upcoming October issue of Celebrating Print Magazine, art historian Julia Meszaros offers a survey of modern Hungarian printmaking, which encompasses early forms of narrative works as well as the radical trends of 1980s and 1990s, when artists defied the medium’s traditions by experimenting with Xerox technology and other devices. Curator Barbora Kundracikova explores the aesthetic nature of prints in Sensing Beyond Seeing by applying theory to the works of Alena Kucerova, Marie Blabolilova and Romana Rotterova—three Czech printmakers who continuously translate their personal experiences into digestible pictorial content. The October issue also delves into the realm of fantasy art, a phenomenon typically associated with Central and Eastern European print. Art historian Eva Trojanova’s Carousels of Life focuses on the expansive oeuvre of Slovak artist Vladimir Gazovic and his “efforts to reveal the truth” by combining astute observations of reality with phantasmal motifs. Fluctuations between dreams and reality find a fixed state in the works of Kamila Stanclova, another Slovak artist interviewed by editor Katerina Kyselica. Croatian artist Ana Vivoda, whose project Traces is presented to shed light on the printmaking process, reflects on her interactions with the environment as she marks the matrix.

Contributing art historians, curators, educators and artists:
Alena Laufrova (Czech Republic), Barbora Kundracikova (Czech Republic), Katerina Kyselica (USA/Czech Republic), Julia Meszaros (Hungary), Lenka Vilhelmova (Czech Republic), Rada Nita (Romania), Dorota Folga-Januszewska (Poland), Katarzyna Haber (Poland), Breda Skrjanec (Slovenia), Eva Trojanova (Slovakia).

date
Friday, November 4, 7:00 - 8:30 PM

venue
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street
New York, NY 10021

Registration is recommended. Register for free at: celebratingprintlaunch.eventbrite.com.

If you would like to support Celebrating Print’s mission to present the rich culture of Central and Eastern European fine art print and printmaking, please consider subscribing to Celebrating Print Magazine or purchasing individual issues at www.celebratingprint.com.

Celebrating Print is a full-color magazine about fine art print and printmaking practice in Central and Eastern Europe. Curators, scholars and printmaking educators contribute articles, essays and interviews that profile modern and contemporary print across the region. Celebrating Print was founded as an information platform for collectors, scholars and print en

KADS New York is pleased to announce our inaugural presentation at The 2016 New York Satellite Print Fair during New York Print Week in November. Our exquisite selection of fine art prints by renowned and emerging artists will offer print connoisseurs an opportunity to explore a range of traditional prints and digital prints.

Our presentation includes intaglio prints by Jiri Anderle (b. 1936, Czech), with highlights such as Dialogue with Myself (1976) and Girl With a Pearl Necklace, After Vermeer (1981). Sought-after for his explorations of the elementary themes of human existence, Anderle’s prints juxtapose the real and the fantastic, logic and absurd, beauty and hideousness, good and evil, in haunting imagery capable to touch our soul. In 1980, the American art magazine Art News declared Anderle’s Cruel Game for a Man (1975) the most important print of the 1970s.

The fantasy world unfolds in full force in variety of forms in the featured etchings by Dusan Kallay (b.1948), Kamila Stanclova (b. 1945) and Katarina Vavrova (b. 1964). We will present such treasures as Dream of John the Watchmaker (1983) and Encounter of Labyrinths (1998) by Dusan Kallay—the recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award (1988). In 2015, the Slovak edition of Alice in Wonderland with Kallay’s illustrations received the Grand Prize Alice150 awarded in New York for the best illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll’s book.

Other highlights of our presentation include an iconic color etching The Old Moving House (1982) by Kamila Stanclova; exquisitely delicate hand-colored etchings that evoke a sense of quietude and human pathos by Katarina Vavrova; monumental mezzotints revealing grand forms of flowers floating on velvety black background by Dalibor Smutny (b. 1964); a recent series of digital prints that explore the phenomenon of graphemes by visual poet and letterist Eduard Ovcacek (b. 1933); and a series of etchings Chez Maman by Katerina Kyselica.

The New York Satellite Print Fair will take place at Manhattan’s Bohemian National Hall from November 4-6 during New York Print Week, the world’s largest international fine art print event. The Fair will feature fourteen seasoned dealers with a strong commitment to presenting fine art prints, drawings and other works on paper.

Venue:
The New York Satellite Print Fair (www.nysatelliteprintfair.com)
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021

Free and open to the public.
Fair Hours:
Friday, November 4: 10 AM – 8 PM
Saturday, November 5: 10 AM – 7 PM
Sunday, November 6: 10 AM – 5 PM

Albuquerque, NM – Tamarind Institute invites the public to its family-friendly summer celebration, Color Fest, on Saturday, July 16 from 4 – 6 pm. Enjoy the colorful exhibition, Color Coded, featuring new lithographs by David X. Levine, Matt Magee, Susan York and Jonathan Seliger; as well as the debut of new lithographs by SCUBA, the playful Santa Fe-based, artist-duo. In the workshop, Tamarind Master Printer Brandon Gunn will conduct two demonstrations of the “rainbow roll” process. And, if that’s not enough, concoct your own refreshing “rainbow blend” of cool-aid in our sunny courtyard. Families and individuals are invited to attend part or all of the festivities. A full schedule of events is available at tamarind.unm.edu.

Meet Santa Fe-based, artist-duo Sandra Wang and Crockett Bodelson of SCUBA. Tamarind became interested in SCUBA during their Ice Shelf tour, in which they drove a solar-powered and biodiesel-capable mobile gallery across the country. More recently SCUBA contributed to the epic playground installation known as Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, the work of an artist collective that grew to 135 artists. Works by SCUBA have been exhibited worldwide, and in Santa Fe at institutions such as James Kelly Contemporary, Center for Contemporary Arts, and SITE Santa Fe.

Tamarind will release new editions by SCUBA, a series of prints incorporating hand-colored collage elements. The new prints forge a traditional medium with their uniquely playful approach, bringing another layer of complexity to the already multifaceted collaborative. SCUBA will talk about these new works from 5 to 5:30 at Tamarind on July 16.

Tamarind Master Printer Brandon Gunn demonstrates the blend roll process, also known as the "rainbow roll," in which multiple colors are applied to the roller, and transferred onto a single matrix. The demonstration will take place at 4:30 and 5:30.

Tamarind Institute is an internationally recognized fine art lithography workshop affiliated with the College of Fine Arts of the University of New Mexico. Tamarind is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of lithography through education, research, exhibitions, and artist residencies, and is credited with expanding the accessibility to and popularity of printmaking among contemporary artists around the world. Tamarind frequently sponsors programs with diverse populations, locally and internationally, benefitting University, Albuquerque, and New Mexico constituencies. For more information, call 505-277-3901, or email tamarind@unm.edu.

Please make a note in your diary for Autumn 2018 (dates to be confirmed) - IMPACT 10 will be going to Spain!

The Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England Bristol, are delighted to be working with and supporting SM Pro Art in the organisation of IMPACT 10 in Spain 2018.

Over the last 16 years, IMPACT has evolved as Europe’s leading academic discourse on printmaking. Printmaking is now integral to the wider academic debate, through practice, theory, visual culture, and is studied across a range of programmes, from undergraduate to PhD.

Spain has a rich cultural printmaking heritage as well as a thriving contemporary printmaking culture. We therefore want to ensure IMPACT 10 will be a visual and dynamic event that includes exhibitions and plenty of opportunities for networking.

The aim of our next IMPACT is to establish better links with Spanish printmakers both in Europe and across South and North America. And in order to do this, we will be introducing bi-lingual presentations in Spanish and English.

The theme of the event will be ENCUENTRO (ENCOUNTER)

- An ENCUENTRO with Spanish printmaking, its history, iconography and identity

- An ENCUENTRO with the future of the printmaking, new directions, identity and diversity

- An ENCUENTRO of languages and cultures

- An ENCUENTRO of styles and techniques

- And… an ENCUENTRO with the city where Impact will take place

CALLING ALL BROOKLYN PRINTMAKERS!!

The Gowanus Studio Space (GSS) offers space, equipment and support to emerging designers, artists and craftspeople. Located in the historically industrial neighborhood along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, GSS houses a large industrial arts workshop as well as private studios and exhibition space. By providing training, workspace, tools and resources, GSS encourages cross-pollination between the art/design communities; supports new businesses and design projects; and is a vital arts resource for the surrounding community.

PRINTspirations - Watch artist Matt Magee and his residency at Tamarind Institute.

Share your “PRINT”spirations! What inspires your collecting? Tweet us @IFPDA and use #collectprints. Impressive entries will be featured in future Event Updates and on our FaceBook page.

KADS New York is pleased to announce the release of the spring edition of CELEBRATING PRINT magazine, with exclusive features on art in print and practice of printmaking in Central and Eastern Europe.

The April edition is centered around an essay on printmaking as phenomenon of thinking, placing matrix and its potential image at the beginning of all things. Through the works of three seasoned artists, the edition explores the possibilities that printmaking as a versatile and open art medium offers in artist’s search for visual forms. We also present a project that demonstrates how adapting a traditional printmaking technique, lithography, may lead to a playful and expressive method of printing sought after in contemporary art practice.

In this issue:

Barbora Kundracikova / Modernist Universalism Revived: Linocut Potraits by Joanna Piech-Kalarus
Jiri Lindovsky on the Technical Mystery and Creative Intelligence / in an interview with Katerina Kyselica
Dorota Folga-Januszewska / Printmaking as a Phenomenon of Thinking
Breda Skrjanec / Alems, Tobacco Leaves and Puppets: Zdenka Golob’s Printmaking Journey
Ewa Budka: The Skin I Have Been Living In


CELEBRATING PRINT is a full-color magazine on fine art print and practice of printmaking in Central and Eastern Europe. Articles, essays and interviews by curators, scholars, and printmaking educators explore modern and contemporary prints across the region. CELEBRATING PRINT was founded as an information platform and invaluable resource for collectors, scholars, and print enthusiasts to explore and learn about Central and Eastern European print culture as well as discover artists and their works as they relate to the region’s tradition and the contemporary global art practice. CELEBRATING PRINT is published by New York-based creative studio KADS New York twice a year, in October and April, as both print and digital editions. Available to purchase or subscribe to at: www.celebratingprint.com.

The Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion at Yale University (MAVCOR) is delighted to announce the public launch of our redesigned website (mavcor.yale.edu). MAVCOR is characterized by its subjects of inquiry and by the forms of scholarly, interdisciplinary activity it promotes. The Center is equally about the study of the material, visual, sensory, and spatial “stuff” of religious practice and about multiplying ways of being in conversation, of sharing information and producing knowledge, about this set of subjects.

This collaboration shapes a multidisciplinary scholarly Center for religion and visual/material culture studies at Yale University. From this local base, the Center aims to facilitate a network of institutional and individual partners in varied settings, including higher education, religious communities, arts and architectural professions, museums, and civic life.

As part of the Center's promotion of conversation around its subjects of inquiry, the Center publishes the Material Objects Archive, a growing database of material and visual objects activated in religious practices broadly conceived, and Conversations, a born-digital, peer-reviewed journal. Conversations includes a variety of contribution types, including Object Narratives, Essays, Material Mediations, Constellations, Interviews, and Medium Studies. Scholars at all ranks of training and profession in related fields are encouraged to contribute to Conversations and the Material Objects Archive. Both text and image contributions may be submitted to the Center's peer review process by emailing mavcor@yale.edu

Over the past year, a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, along with additional support from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, has allowed MAVCOR to complete this work of revision and enhanced functionality. In addition to a more attractive and streamlined interface, the redesign incorporates a number of changes to expand visitor experience of the site. These include a sophisticated search engine specific to MAVCOR’s Material Objects Archive and a global site search engine that allows visitors to search all site content, or to limit searches to our blind-peer-reviewed born-digital journal Conversations. A new Fellows Portal supports MAVCOR’s multi-year project cycles; these center around a specific theme related to MAVCOR’s interests and bring together groups of interdisciplinary scholar/fellows from a range of institutions, national and international.

Two new content types contribute to MAVCOR’s investment in innovative ways of engaging its publics and doing digital scholarship. One of these, Mediations, joins the other content types offered within Conversations. Mediations provides space for theoretical and experimental reflection within the journal.

The second new category, Collections, expands the possibilities of MAVCOR’s Material Objects Archive, allowing individual scholars to curate large, multi-object contributions to the archive. Collections exist both within the Archive and as separate entities, associated with the name of their contributor/author, and accompanied by optional discursive text. Contributors may also divide each Collection into subfields accompanied by further written introductory content. One anticipated use of Collections is to display color images related to print publications, and to do so in numbers that exceed the possibilities of the print format. Such Collections would complement the print publication and include links to the publisher’s page for the volume in question.

MAVCOR welcomes contributions that combine substantial and original scholarship with accessibility to a generally educated public. We look forward to future collaborations and invite you to explore the new site.