The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 12th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition, limited to works that are no more than four square inches (25.8 square cm), encourages artists to explore the miniature print format and provides them with an opportunity for exhibition. It is also an opportunity for artists and the public to view the current concerns of printmakers from around the world. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has attracted entries by more than 1500 artists from around the world and across the U.S.A.

The International Miniature Print Competition is held every other year, alternating with CCP’s other biennial, FootPrint International (for prints measuring exactly 12 x 12 in. square).

ENTRY DEADLINE:
March 8, 2019 (postmark)

JURY NOTIFICATION:
April 6, 2019

JUROR: Tomas Vu-Daniel, Artistic Director for LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University
Tomas Vu-Daniel received a BFA from the University of Texas, El Paso, and went on to earn an MFA from Yale University. He has been a professor at Columbia University School of the Arts since 1996, when he helped found the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. In 2000, he was appointed the LeRoy Neiman Professor of Visual Arts. Since its inception, VuDaniel has served as Director/Artistic Director of the Neiman center. Vu-Daniel has exhibited nationally and internationally and has had solo museum shows in Japan, Italy, China, and Vietnam. Vu-Daniel currently lives and works in New York City.

EXHIBITION DATES:
June 2 – August 25, 2019
Opening Reception: Sunday, June 2, 2019, 2:00 - 4:00 pm

ABOUT CCP:
The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is a nonprofit printmaking studio and gallery dedicated to the art of the print.
At CCP artists can work independently, collaborate with master printers, or enroll in workshops conducted by nationally
recognized artists. We provide studios, equipment, and technical expertise. Exhibitions of original prints are held regularly
in the gallery, and diverse educational programs are offered for experienced and emerging artists.

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information, including copies of the MiniPrint competition prospectus (available in English and Spanish).

The Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE) 2013 was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Awagami’s Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper. This year, we mark the 30th anniversary of Awagami's 'Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum' by hosting AIMPE 2019.

The purpose of this exhibition is to introduce ‘washi’; Japan's traditional handmade paper (and cultural treasure) to international printmakers. In so doing, we are pleased to provide an opportunity for artists to exhibit their prints and to promote expressionistic fine art printmaking. Both Japanese and International artists are all invited to submit their miniprints created on Japanese washi paper --- washi has recently been designated as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage craft. Digital (Inkjet/Giclee) prints on washi will also be accepted.

Award-winning works will be displayed within Awagami’s Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper Museum. All other prints will be displayed in Awagami’s spacious post-industrial gallery “Inbe Art Space”. Prizewinners from prior years will be displayed at satellite venues in Japan. Concurrently, an exhibition of commissioned works by printmakers hailing from both Japan and the US entitled “Awagami and Print Expression” will be held at Inbe Art Space. During the AIMPE exhibition, printmaking specialists and selected artists will conduct workshops and print-related symposiums at the exhibition sites.

Entries will be accepted from May 1 to July 31, 2019.
The first 500 artists registered by May 31 will receive a free sample pack of Awagami washi papers suitable for printmaking

Please visit the 'External Link' below for more information, including the application form.

MISPRINTS will be a contemporary art exhibition that celebrates the unique outcomes of a printer’s mistake on the 100th anniversary of the first airmail flight and the infamous “Inverted Jenny” stamp.” For stamp collectors, the mistakes are what make a stamp more valuable. For artists, mistakes can also be valuable—leading to new discoveries. This exhibition will lean into the positive outcome of the mistake.

This exhibition is funded in part by a grant from Anacostia Trails Heritage Area.

JUROR:
Gretchen Schermerhorn, Artistic Director, Pyramid Atlantic

ELIGIBILITY:
Artists working in all print media are invited to apply. All work submitted must be available for sale.

SALES:
The sales split will be 60/40, artists’ favor.

NOTIFICATION:
All applicants will be notified via email on February 1. Accepted artists will be given drop off and shipping instructions at this time.

Founded in 1981, Pyramid Atlantic is a nonprofit contemporary art center fostering the creative disciplines of papermaking, printmaking, and book arts within a collaborative community. We equip, educate, and exhibit in our historic Hyattsville home. Our vision is to create an artistic hub in Hyattsville that inspires and enables local, national, and international artists to create and innovate in our core disciplines; elevates the local arts and small business scene; and enhances the quality of life for artists and neighbors. We value artistic excellence, infrastructure for artists, hands-on experiences, and collaboration.

ELIGIBILITY: This exhibit is open to all Atlanta Printmakers Studio members. Each member may enter up to 3 entries for selection. At least one piece will be chosen from each member, and you will receive email notification.

ELIGIBLE TYPES OF WORK: Any type of original, hand-pulled printmaking processes. Entries must incorporate at least one hand-pulled printmaking process and not have been shown in a previous Pressing Matters exhibition. All work must be framed with glass or plexi and ready to hang and not exceed 48 inches in any direction.

AWARDS: A “Best in Show” award of $100 and three “Honorable Mention” awards of $50 each will be selected by Gallery Director Christina Bray.

ABOUT THE GALLERY: The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is a community arts conservatory and renowned venue located on a historic 12-acre campus in the heart of Atlanta. The gallery features rotating exhibits throughout the year and is located on the second floor of the historic Candler Mansion.
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center 980 Briarcliff Rd, NE Atlanta, GA 30306
404-872-5338

Gallery Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-5pm, Fri 9-2pm, Sat-Sun 9-12pm
Reception: Thursday, February 21, 6-8pm

Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame of Maryland University is now accepting entries for the 30th National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition. The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2019. The exhibition will be held March 18 through April 26, 2019.

Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame of Maryland University is now accepting entries for the 30th National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition. The juror for the 2019 exhibition is Ginevra Shay, former Artistic Director of The Contemporary. The show will run from March 18 through April 26, 2019. More information is on the gallery webpage accessible via the "External Link" below. Entries may be submitted on SlideRoom.

Awards
A minimum of $1,500 available in purchase prize money.

Juror
Ginevra Shay, Artist and Curator, Former Artistic Director of The Contemporary

Eligibility and Media
Drawings and prints (not photography) in any medium up to 60 inches high, framed are eligible with no limitations as to color, surface or materials.
All drawings and prints must be original works of art.
Each artist may submit up to 3 works on online only.
No mailed or emailed entries will be accepted.

Selection Process
Initial jury will be of online submissions received by January 15, 2019. Notification will be by email. Be sure to add gormleygallery@ndm.edu to your contacts so that notification email is not sent to your junk folder.

Accepted drawings and prints received by March 4 will be juried for purchase prize awards at the value set by the artist. No substitutions will be accepted.

Works selected for purchase prize awards will become the property of Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Shipping
All accepted works must be ready to exhibit: framed with plexiglass (no glass), wired and ready to hang.
Ship by UPS, no FedEx, using strong, re­usable crates or cardboard cartons. No packing peanuts please.
Include return shipping document with a scannable barcode.
Ship prepaid to:

Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition
Notre Dame of Maryland University
4701 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210

Hand delivery drop-off dates TBA

Contact Us
gormleygallery@ndm.edu

PrintAustin is thrilled to announce the open call for its 6th annual juried international exhibition, The Contemporary Print. Presented in collaboration with Big Medium, this year’s exhibition will be juried by Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck, and be held at Big Medium Gallery during PrintAustin 2019.

The Contemporary Print is a survey of traditional printmaking techniques and innovative approaches in contemporary printmaking. While non-traditional or digital output is accepted as a print element, submissions must utilize traditional print media as their primary technique. These include lithography, relief, intaglio, silkscreen, photo polymer plate (i.e. SolarPlates), and monotype.

Solely digital and photographic prints are not eligible. For questions regarding eligible media, please contact admin@printaustin.org.

Please visit www.printaustin.org or email admin@printaustin.org for more information.

EXHIBITION DATES January 18 – February 16, 2019
MEET THE JUROR & MEMBERS PREVIEW Friday, January 18, 6-7 PM
OPENING RECEPTION Friday, January 18, 7-10 PM
VENUE Big Medium, 916 Springdale Road, Austin, Texas

ABOUT PRINTAUSTIN PrintAustin is an artist-led nonprofit organization working with organizations and individuals throughout the Austin visual arts community to showcase traditional and contemporary approaches in printmaking during its annual festival, held January 15 through February 15. Visit www.printaustin.org to learn more about our open calls, and other exhibition and collaboration opportunities. You may also find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

ABOUT BIG MEDIUM Big Medium is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting contemporary art in Texas. Big Medium produces the East Austin Studio Tour, the West Austin Studio Tour, the Texas Biennial, and presents innovative exhibitions throughout the year in the Big Medium Gallery. Big Medium provides affordable studio space to artists, and partners with various organizations in Texas to help foster the arts and facilitate an inclusive cultural dialogue between artists and their communities. Visit www.bigmedium.org to learn more.

ABOUT THE JUROR Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck has served as the Nancy and Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art since January 2017. A Ph.D. in art history, Dr. Brodbeck earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, where she focused on Latin American art, as well as Islamic Art.

From 2013 to 2016, Dr. Brodbeck acted as the Associate Curator at Carnegie Museum of Art for a retrospective of the contemporary Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica, co-organized with the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Previously, she was a curatorial research assistant at The Frick Collection, where she conducted research for Picasso’s Drawings, 1890–1921: Reinventing Tradition (2011). She worked at The Museum of Modern Art on the 2007 exhibition Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years as a curatorial intern, as well as gallery assistant at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

AWARDS
* The PrintAustin Award $500
* The Gamblin Award $200 + $200 Gift Certificate courtesy of Gamblin Artists Colors
* ​The Awagami Paper Award $100 + 50 sheets of "Awagami Editioning" Japanese washi paper ($250 value)
* The Blick Art Materials Award $150 Gift Certificate courtesy of Blick Art Materials

ELIGIBILITY Open to local and international artists 18 years or older. Any 2-D or 3-D work including ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, and artist books that uses printmaking as the sole or primary technique in its execution are eligible. Work cannot exceed 72 inches (183 cm) in any direction.

Hot Off the Press is a juried exhibition of contemporary prints open to artists working in California. The juried show is presented in conjunction with Posada & the Mexican Penny Press, an exhibition of prints by José Guadalupe Posada and his contemporaries on view at the Carnegie Arts Center in the fall of 2018. Posada utilized his skills as a printer and graphic artist to create works that recorded history, informed the public and stimulated the imagination. Contemporary printmakers continue these traditions as they explore creativity and how art functions in current political and social discourse.

Artists from throughout California are invited to submit work that uses printmaking media and techniques; there is no theme or restriction on subject matter or size.

Dates of Exhibition: October 17, 2018 – January 27, 2019

Media: All fine art printmaking media (intaglio, relief, lithograph, screenprint, monoprint) are eligible. Works in mixed media that include some printmaking techniques may also be submitted. Art must be hand-pulled and generated using at least one traditional printmaking method. Computer generated art is eligible only if it incorporates other methods of hand-pulled printing or handwork. No drawings, photographs, or direct reproductions are eligible.

Awards: Grand Prize $500, Two Awards of Merit $125, Four Honorable Mentions $50

Jurors: Lisa McDermott, Director, Carnegie Arts Center, & Martin Azevedo, Asst. Professor of Graphic Arts, CSU Stanislaus

Submissions: Complete rules for entering can be found on the Carnegie’s website via 'External Link' below. Entries will be accepted online via SmarterEntry.com. All entries must be received by 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Entry fees apply.

Paper In Particular is an annual, juried exhbition held by the Columbia College art galleries. The exhibition showcases the very best in art that incorporates paper as a primary element. Prints, drawings, photographs, digital images, paintings, sculpture, etc., are all eligible.

The 40th Annual Paper In Particular exhibition will run from February 18. - April 5, 2019.

Juror: Eric Lutz

Eric Lutz is associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Saint Louis Art Museum. In 2017, he curated the St Louis presentation of Thomas Struth: Nature and Politics. Since joining the Museum in 2005, he has curated more than 30 exhibitions. He earned a doctorate in art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He served as a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Irvine. Lutz has also worked at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Entry fee: $20 (up to 3 pieces)

Important Dates:

Nov 9 - deadline for entries

Nov. 19 - Notification of accepted work

February 18 - deadline for hand-delivered and all accepted works

February 25 - Exhibition opens

March 1 - Reception 5 to 7 pm

For more information and entry form, please click on the 'External Link' below.

Contact: Art Department at artdepartment@ccis.edu or 573-875-7517

We are pleased to announce the second North Wales Print Fair to be held at MOSTYN in Llandudno, North Wales on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November 2018, organised in partnership with Canolfan Argraffu Ranbarthol / Regional Print Centre. Applications are now being taken for a limited number of seller places at the fair. Closing date for applications is Sunday 16th September 2018 at 5pm.

If you are a printmaker, print studio or collective please visit our website for more information. You can also telephone 01492 868191 or email barry@mostyn.org

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