"The Book and Its Time: Developing a `Period Eye'"
Session Organizer: Marie-Stephanie Delamaire (Winterthur Museum)
Saturday, 14 October 2017, 3:45–5:15pm
Bibliography Among the Disciplines Conference
12–15 October 2017, Philadelphia, PA

Shifting concerns in scholarship that foreground the materiality of textual artifacts have opened new inquiries into the complex sensory and intellectual experiences of physical books. Foregrounding the embodied encounter with a material text challenges our understanding of its relationships to the society that produced it, as well as its temporal framework.
What are the ramifications of this intellectual shift for historical interpretation? As material texts regain their status as objects, how are we to reconstruct their audiences’ experiences, expectations, interests and skills? How might books benefit from juxtaposition with other contemporary artifacts, as in "100 objects"-style historical projects?

This interdisciplinary session invites papers that enrich our historical interpretation of societies and cultures by investigating the relationships among books and their contemporary objects. No specific period or geographic region is required; the session aims at presenting current working methods and approaches for discussion. During this conference session, six participants will give 10-minute presentations, followed by a half-hour discussion led by a moderator.

In order to be considered, please submit a proposal for participation by October 25, 2016 at:
http://rarebookschool.org/bibliography-conference-presentations/
Proposals should include: a statement of interest including an abstract and explaining your expertise in the topic (no more than 500 words), together with a CV or resume of no more than 3 pages.

Bibliography Among the Disciplines, a four-day international conference, will bring together scholarly professionals poised to address current problems pertaining to the study of textual artifacts that cross scholarly, pedagogical, professional, and curatorial domains. The conference will explore theories and methods common to the object-oriented disciplines, such as anthropology and archaeology, but new to bibliography. The program aims to promote focused cross-disciplinary exchange and future scholarly collaborations. Bibliography Among the Disciplines is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and organized by the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School. For more information, please visit: rarebookschool.org/bibliography-conference-2017

Auckland Print Studio is pleased to announce the open call for our 6th International Artist in Residence programme. Residency dates: 4th December 2016 - 20th January 2016 (7 week residency with the option to stay in the accommodation until the 7th February).

Deadline: 30th September 2016
Notification: 13th October 2016

Application and Residency Information

Alberta Printmakers invites all artists incorporating print media techniques within their practice to apply
for our 2017-2018 Juried Gallery Program.

Description

Alberta Printmakers (A/P) programs 6 exhibitions per year in their Main Space Gallery, located in Calgary, Alberta. The gallery programming is determined by a selection committee and is based on the quality of submissions. A/P provides a number of benefits for accepted proposals including: a personalized exhibition essay and event invitation, CARFAC fees, and one-way shipping. All accepted artists are also invited to attend the opening and give a public lecture about their work as part of A/P’s Engraving Culture Speaker Series.

Gallery Mandate

Alberta Printmakers (A/P) Gallery is an artist-run gallery located within the Alberta Printmakers’ print centre. The A/P Gallery Program exhibits innovative, contemporary, print-based art produced by emerging, mid-career and established artists. Print techniques can include any (or combinations of relief, intaglio, monoprint, lithography, silkscreen, digital and may be combined with any other media, such as, but not limited to fabric or ceramics. A/P Gallery shows regional, national and international artists working in a range of concepts and techniques. Our goal is to provide opportunities for the artistic and public communities to experience the diversity of print media art as a contemporary and vital artistic medium.

Application requirements

Interested applicants must submit the following:

-Ten numbered & labeled JPEG digital images. Each image 1MB maximum.
-Corresponding digital image list indicating the size, title of work, media and date (PDF format).
-Artist’s Statement (PDF format).
-Curriculum Vitae up to 4 pages (PDF format).
-Written exhibition proposal (PDF format), please refer to gallery map.

Completed application form: http://media.wix.com/ugd/76a681_03d917708afb4471a7fc9efaf9b8d92d.pdf

PLEASE submit all of the above as email attachments, not in a .zip file.

***Note: Only Email submissions will be accepted. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed. Submissions which do not follow the format described above will not be reviewed.*** Submissions must be received by the deadline of September 30, 2016. Proposals received after this date will be held and reviewed for the following program year.

E Mail submission packages to: director@albertaprintmakers.com
Subject line: “Attention: A/P Gallery Committee”

Questions? Contact:
Carrie Phillips-Kieser
Executive Director
Email: director@albertaprintmakers.com
Phone: (403) 287-1056

PrintAustin invites you to enter our 4th annual juried national exhibition “ The Contemporary Print” to be held at O2 Gallery at Flatbed Press Headquarters during PrintAustin 2017.

The Contemporary Print exhibition will be a survey of the traditions and the innovations of contemporary printmaking happening today. While non-traditional or digital output is accepted as a print element, submissions must utilize traditional print media as their primary technique including: Lithography, Relief, Intaglio, Silkscreen, and Monotype.

The Contemporary Print held at O2 Space @ Flatbed Press Headquarters Austin, Texas
January 10–February 18, 2017
Opening Reception: January 20, 6-8pm
Closing + Awards Ceremony: February 9, 6-8pm

JUROR: We are elated to announce our 2017 juror Susan Tallman. Susan Tallman is an art historian who has written extensively on the history and culture of the print, as well as on issues authenticity, reproduction and multiplicity. She is Editor-in-Chief of the journal and website Art in Print, and her writing has appeared in Art in America, Parkett, Public Art Review, Art on Paper, Print Quarterly, Arts Magazine and many other publications. Her books include The Contemporary Print: from Pre-Pop to Postmodern (Thames and Hudson),The Collections of Barbara Bloom (Steidl), and numerous museum catalogues. She has lived and worked in New York, Amsterdam and Berlin, and currently teaches in the Departments of Printmedia and Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists 18 years and older residing in the United States. Any 2-D or 3-D work including ceramics, sculpture, mixed media and artists’ books that uses printmaking as the sole or major technique in its execution is eligible. Work cannot exceed 72 inches in any direction. No traditional or digital photography will be accepted.

*** Works that have been exhibited in past The Contemporary Print exhibitions are not eligible to be considered for this year’s entry. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us provide a fresh and current survey of printmaking today.

CASH AWARDS
1st Prize: $400 2nd Prize: $300 3rd Prize: $200

FEES: $35 for up to 3 entries; $10 for each additional entry (maximum of 10 entries total). Payment via credit card using PayPal is preferred. You may also pay using check or payable to PrintAustin mailed to 916 Springdale Road, Bldg. 1, Suite 218, Austin Texas 78702. Payment must be received by entry deadline of October 1.


ENTRY GUIDELINES: All entries must be submitted through CallForEntry.org. Online System. No email or paper submissions will be accepted.
File format: JPEG only. (3-D work may be presented in multiple views, counting as one image.)
File dimensions: No smaller than 1920 pixels on the longest side.
File resolution: 72 ppi/dpi (standard web resolution)
File size: 5 MB maximum
Label files in the following manner: JohnSmith1.jpg, JohnSmith2.jpg, JohnSmith3.jpg, etc.
Images must be uploaded by 11:59 PM, October 1, 2016.

NOTIFICATIONS: Email notifications will be sent to all entrants by November 15, 2016.

CALENDAR 2017
OCT. 1 Entry deadline
NOV. 15 Email notifications
DEC.16 Shipped artwork due
(Hand-delivery arranged upon request)

JAN. 10 Show is up.
JAN. 20 Opening reception 6–8 p.m.
FEB. 9 Closing Reception + Artist Awards presented by juror Susan Tallman, 6-8pm
FEB. 19 Return shipping begins

Find us @
PRINTAUSTIN: http://printaustin.org/
FLATBED PRESS + GALLERIES:http://www.flatbedpress.com/

If you have any questions, please email us: printaustin@gmail.com

2017 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University
Deadline: Sunday, October 09, 2016, at 11:59pm CST
Exhibition Dates: January 26 - February 26, 2017

Juror: Ann Prentice Wagner, Curator of Drawings at the Arkansas Arts Center.

Eligibility: Open to all artists 18 and older. Submissions must be original works on paper, created within the last two years, including but not limited to, digital, intaglio, lithographic, photographic, relief, serigraphic and stencil processes. Monotypes are also eligible but reproductions of pre-existing works are not.

Display: Each selected print will be framed by the Bradbury Art Museum during the exhibition. In order to ensure your print will fit into the frame, each print must arrive matted in or mounted on a horizontal or vertical, 16 x 20, 20 x 24, 24 x 24, or 24 x 32 inch white or off-white mat.

Works Accepted: Results of the selection process will be emailed to all entrants no later than the second week of November, 2016. Each print selected for exhibition must be received by the Bradbury Art Museum no later than December 5, 2016.

Images and Catalog: Each artist may submit up to three prints, represented in a digital format (jpeg preferred) with a resolution of a minimum of 300 dpi at 4 x 5 inches or 1200 x 1500 pixels. The digital files must be print quality as all works selected for exhibition will be reproduced in a full-color catalog. By entering this exhibition each artist grants consent for the use of submitted images for reproduction in the catalog, for publicity and for educational purposes.

Purchase Awards: Will be made at the discretion of the juror. Each artist receiving an award will have their artist’s statement of 100 words or less printed in the exhibition catalog. Typically more than half of the show is purchased for the A-State Permanent Collection of Art and by the viewing audience.

Entry Fee: A $30 (nonrefundable) entry fee permits each artist to submit up to three prints.

Sales: The sale of prints in the exhibition will be promoted. A commission of 25% will be retained from the sale price. No commission will be retained for purchase awards.

Email: dnspe@astate.edu

Phone: 870 972 3687

Website: www.bradburyartmuseum.org

Artists Image Resource (AIR) has been supporting engaging and challenging work through its on-going programming since 1996. This national juried exhibition is a way to make the best of contemporary printmaking visible to a large audience in the Pittsburgh region. Because this is an election year, special consideration will be given to socially and politically engaged print work.

Click here for more details, and for information about how to enter: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=3705

Entry Deadline: 10/16/16

Juror: Althea Murphy Price
Althea Murphy Price is currently an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Tennessee, where she teaches printmaking. She received an MA in Printmaking and Painting from Purdue University, and an MFA in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art. She has presented and exhibited her work extensively including Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Richmond, St. Louis, and Beijing, China. In addition to her exhibition record Murphy-Price has also been an artist in residence at the Frank Lloyd Wright School, University of Hawaii, Hilo and The Vermont Studio Center. Her work was featured in the book Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process by Beth Grabowski and Bill Fick. You can learn more about Althea and her work at: http://altheamurphyprice.com/

CALENDAR 2016:

OCT 16 Deadline for receiving all entries
NOV 09 Notification of acceptance
NOV 23 Deadline for receipt of accepted works
DEC 9 Opening Reception
FEB 4 Exhibition closes
MAR 6 Return of work

An exhibit of Artists’ books on the theme of INVISIBLE CITIES

TO BE HELD at CONSTELLATION STUDIO GALLERY, Lincoln, NE October- December 2016

We will be focusing an exhibition on artists books in October 2016, and wish to have new works and a new collaboration project. Please take part!

The concept is adopted from the novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino, Le citta invisibili, published in Italy in 1972. In Calvino’s story Marco Polo reports on cities across the empire that he purportedly has visited, to the emperor Kublia Khan. Organized in a mathematical structure (see Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Cities ) Calvino’s descriptions are fantastical, of dream-like cities all named after women. Following each eleven descriptions, the two men discuss ideas brought forward by the tales such as notions of human nature and linguistics.

TWO OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATING (OR BOTH):

1. Contribute a folio page for a new collaborative leporello book on the theme of Invisible Cities to be produced at Constellation Studios. This book will be for exhibition only and eventually donated to a museum or library artists’ book collection. Production of this book will be undertaken following this show, but all folio pages will be exhibited unbound. See specs below*.

2. Submit a unique or editioned hand-made book or folio on this theme. Maximum size 20” x 20” closed. These books/ folios may be for sale or for exhibition only. Please send reuseable packing, address label and postage for their return.

*SPECS FOR OPTION #1, COLLABORATIVE ARTISTS BOOK:

Paper size: 8” x 8” museum quality (rag) art paper (weight as in arches’rives 250gm 22×30 sheet), with grain of paper vertical. { 20.3cm x 20.3cm} Each sheet will be folded in half on the vertical axis to make a folio, with the art image on the inside….nothing on the bask side of paper, only 1 side is need. Paper should be sturdy, and with cut edges on all 4 sides….no deckles, no border (make art to edges of paper)

USE any technique, traditional or experimental (no pop-outs), visual, literary or mixed such as: woodcut, etching, letterpress, screenprint, lithograph, photo, digital, ink drawing, watercolor, Chine collé, collage (with thin materials) etc. Make art stable with spray fixative if needed.
Include a title, and signature on the front of each folio in the image

For all participating artists:

Send confirmation of intent to participate to karen@constellation-studios.net by September 20, 2016!! Deadline Extended
Submit artwork by October 1, 2016
Send along a short biography (200 words max) of artist, and contact info
Send folio page &/or bookwork to:

Constellation Studios

2055 ‘O’ Street

Lincoln, NE 68510

USA

This new project is in response to Metropolis, a similar worldwide collaborative book that will be shown at Constellation Studios in October! 300 artists took part. See this info and video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fREObY60_vY

http://www.italianculturalsociety.org/metropolis-an-artists-book-with-303-prints-by-303-artists-from-17-countries/

General Information
The Biennale internationale d'estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres is presented from June to September. The competition is open to all professional printmaking artists.
Interested artists must complete the entry form, submit a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 digital reproductions or color photograps of their works (see instruc- tions below), an artist’s statement in 150 words (max) in French or in English (obligatory) and pay the entry fees.
Accepted techniques: intaglio, relief prints, lithography, silkscreen.
Techniques not accepted: photography, monotype, photocopy, and digital prints.
There is no maximum size for works, however, works exceeding 100 cm per side will not be framed. For installation works, the commitee could select less than 5 works for an artist.
The presented works must have been created from 2012 to 2016 and not been shown in an exhibition center in Trois-Rivières since 2015, the two years preceding the Biennial. The works exhibited in the Biennial must be the same as those proposed by the artist and selected by the jury. Works selected for previous editions of the Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières cannot be submitted for an other edition.
Artists who have been selected on the two last editions in a row of the Biennial are not admissibles for a third selection in a row.
Participation in the exhibition implies that the artists give the organizers of the Biennial the right to reproduce their works in all of the Biennial publications and publicities.
The Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres has a permanent and up-to-date web site, a Facebook page and Twitter account.
The prizewinners’ works will appear on those sites.
A color catalogue will be published. The catalogue will illustrate the works of the selected artists. All chosen artists will receive a copy of this catalogue. In order to encourage the idea of a network of exchange, the artists’ addresses will be published into the catalogue.
All artists who participate will be bound by the Biennial regulations.
Selected artists must provide the BIECTR with professional quality photos of the works to be exhibited, for diffusion and publicity purposes.
Entry fees
$30 CND (Canadian dollars), or $30 US (US dollars) or €30 (Euros), payable by international money order to « Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières ». The money order must be sent at the mailing address indicated at the bottom of the form. If the form and the images are not sent by email, include them in the mailing of the money order. Entry fees also payable by Paypal to direction@biectr.ca, by Western Union to Élisabeth Mathieu or by check to BIECTR for canadian artists.
Entry fees are not refundables.
Sending of documents
The documents must be sent to the Biennial organizers not later than midnight September 25, 2016.
If they are sent after this date, they will not be presented to the selection committee of the Biennial. The postmark will show proof of the sending date. Documents will not be returned to artists.
Selection
A jury, composed of experts and artists, will make the selection amongst the proposed dossiers. The decisions are without appeal.

Awards
Each selected artist will receive an exhibition fee.
Several prizes will be awarded during the Biennial. Some prizes will be attributed by the Biennial selection jury, and others by juries set up by the associates, in close collaboration with the Biennial organizers.
An artist can receive only one prize awarded by the Biennial jury. However, he can be awarded another prize, attributed by the associates or by the public. All
The prizes to be awarded are as follows:
- The Grand Prix de la Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, accompanied by a bursary of $3000 (CND). This prize will be awarded by the Biennial jury.
- The 2nd Prix, accompanied by a bursary of $1500 (CND). This prize will be awarded by the Bie

INK FOR ALASKA

Call for Art – Printmaking

The Alaska Wilderness League invites you to participate in Ink for Alaska a juried printmaking exhibit that showcases the Art of the Print with work inspired by Alaska and/or our northern wilderness. Any printmaking process is permissible.

Alaska Wilderness League’s mission is to lead the effort to preserve Alaska’s wild lands and waters by engaging citizens and decision makers with a courageous, constant, victorious voice for Alaska. http://www.alaskawild.org/

Prizes: $500 McClain’s Printmaking Supplies gift certificate
$500 Speedball (Akua Inks and more) gift certificate
$300 Graphic Chemical and Ink gift certificate
1st Place winner will be chosen for the Alaska Wilderness League 2016 Holiday Card

Size: 11x14” printmaking paper
Submit JPG images, no longer than 1200px on the longest side to Ink for Alaska.
Please fill out the submission form to send with your entry, payment by paypal.
Submission Date: closing Sept 15, 2016
Final selection: October 15, 2016

Jurors:
Susan Rostow – artist and printmaker, inventor of Akua Inks, NY
Ron Pokrasso – Printmaker and educator, Santa Fe, NM
Chris Kent – Artist and Printmaker, California
Barbara Mason – Printmaker and educator, Hillsboro, OR

Entry Fee: $25 for up to 3 entries. In thanks for your participation, you will receive a book produced by Alaska Wilderness League entitled “We are the Arctic” featuring photographs of some of the best photographers in the USA. The retail cost of this book is $15 and will be mailed to all participants in the USA and Territories at no additional cost.

Prints submitted by the 20 finalists will be chosen for a traveling exhibit with catalog, promoting the work of the Alaska Wilderness League. The first stop will be the Anchorage with other itineraries throughout 2017.

GLOBAL MATRIX IV is a contemporary review of fine art printmaking in all media from around the world presented as a traveling exhibition by the Purdue University Galleries (West Lafayette, Indiana USA). The exhibit will be presented at the Robert L. Ringel Gallery at Purdue University and the Fountain Gallery in downtown Lafayette from January 9 to February 18 of 2017, after which it is intended to travel through 2018.

GLOBAL MATRIX exhibitions have been presented previously from 2002 – 2004, 2007 – 2008, and 2012 - 2014. To date, the GLOBAL MATRIX exhibits have featured a total of 225 works representing 180 individual artists from 31 countries around the world.

Curators
Work will be selected for the exhibition by: Kathryn Reeves, Professor of Art & Design at Purdue University; Kimberly Vito, Professor of Art & Art History at Wright State University; Sean Caulfield, Centennial Professor of Art & Design at the University of Alberta; and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries. The team has previously collaborated on installments of “Global Matrix” in 2002, 2007, and 2012.

The curators will select works for the exhibition based upon quality of image, concept, and inventiveness of approach, while looking to include a wide representation of geographic origins. The selection will result in an exhibition of approximately 75 - 80 original prints.

Eligibility
Open to all artists worldwide over the age of 18. Entries must be original fine art prints in any printmaking media, including artists’ books. No photography or offset photo mechanically reproduced work will be accepted. Entries should not exceed 44 inches in paper dimension. Individuals associated with Purdue University are ineligible.

Entry Procedure
There will be no entry fee.
Entrants may submit up to five (5) original works completed in the past three years (2013 - 2016). Selections will be made from digital images in the form of jpeg files (maximum file dimension of eight inches in image size -- maximum resolution of 300 dpi)
Entries must be received by 5:00 pm on Friday, September 2, 2016.

Notification of acceptance will be made the week of September 19 by e-mail. Please be sure the email address provided is current and checked regularly.

Presentation
Upon notification of acceptance, all works to be exhibited should be shipped matted with white hinged mats (preferably rag board) in flat cartons. Large prints or those coming from overseas may be shipped unmatted and rolled in mailing tubes. Please do not frame, glaze or shrink-wrap entries. Exhibited prints will be presented behind plexiglas during the exhibition. The curators reserve the right to reject works that differ significantly from the original digital image submission.

Catalogue
A catalogue will be produced for the exhibition. Each entrant will receive a copy of the catalogue as soon as they are available.

Awards/Sales
Purchase awards and Awards of Merit will be presented at the discretion of the curators, pending available funding. The Purdue University Galleries are committed to the practice of acquiring new works and building the collection of contemporary printmaking.

Sales will be encouraged. Two previous exhibits were purchased in total for the Purdue Galleries permanent collection with endowment gift funding, and traveling exhibit venues have made numerous purchases of additional proofs. All work will be considered for sale unless otherwise indicated. Purdue Galleries will not take a commission from the purchase of works but the individual traveling exhibit venues may reserve the right to do so.

Shipping and Hand Delivery
Do NOT send any actual prints until notified of acceptance by the curators. Individual artists will be responsible for payment of shipping accepted entries to the Purdue University Galleries. Artists will assume responsibility for customs duties on any piece not shipped as “printed matter.” Accepted works will be due at Purdue