Lower East Side Printshop, established in 1968, is looking for a Master Printer.

About the Position:

The Printer collaborates with emerging and mid-career artists on several Printshop-published projects per year, and many contracted projects daily. The Printer collaborates with artists by providing artistic advice, ideas, and guidance, researching and acquiring materials, and by fully executing/producing the projects and archiving the artwork. The projects, while often the first printmaking experiences for the artists, are of high artistic merit and professional quality.

The Printer supervises other studio activities, and manages studio equipment and supplies. The Printer trains and supervises studio interns and volunteers. He/She also participates in all other Printshop activities, such as exhibitions, fairs, archive collection, etc. The Printer reports directly to Executive Director and works closely with other staff. He/She interacts with class instructors, resident artists, Board of Directors, and the outside community such as curators, dealers, collectors, and the general public.

Qualifications:
- Experienced and proficient in digital, screenprinting, intaglio, and combined techniques;
- Has at least 5 years of experience in independent collaborations with individual artists;
- Well organized, independent, good at multi-tasking, team player;
- Understanding of,and sensitive to, artists’ needs, patient and flexible;
- Helpful computer skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, File Maker Pro, Internet research.

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week
Starting salary: $60,000 + benefits
Start date: immediate

Send cover letter and work resume to dusica@printshop.org

For more details, see external link

The Association of Print Scholars (APS) invites thematic proposals for its sponsored panel at the 2023 College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference to be held in New York, NY, February 15–18, 2023.

The APS-sponsored panel may be related to any period, theme, or aspect of print scholarship. We encourage proposals that transcend chronological or geographic boundaries, as well as those that engage current theoretical interests in materialism, archival theory, bibliographic studies, history of ideas, or social history, including feminisms and critical race studies.

If you are interested in chairing a panel, please submit a title and 250-word abstract by April 15, 2022. Co-chaired proposals are welcome. Once the theme and chair of the panel are selected, the panel will solicit contributors through CAA’s open call. Chair or co-chairs must be members in good standing with APS and CAA.

Please send your proposed panel’s title and abstract, along with a 2-page CV to caacoordinator@printscholars.org. The deadline for consideration is April 15, 2022.

This seminar will explore the relationship between Black print and Black activism during the long nineteenth century, focusing simultaneously on Black print practices and the ethics of studying Black print and life. How did African Americans use a variety of print forms to share and advance issues of import to Black life in the United States? How did the specific print forms they chose to work in and with influence such issues? We will concentrate on a small number of Black authors (e.g., Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Jarena Lee, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper) and collectives (e.g., colored conventions, committees, newspapers) to trace how they engaged with multiple forms of print. Drawing on the American Antiquarian Society’s extensive collection, we will focus our attention on four primary formats: the pamphlet, the newspaper, the records of the Colored Conventions, and the book.

In addition to offering an opportunity to work closely with primary materials, this seminar will provide participants with an introduction to Black Print Culture Studies. Our archival work will be supplemented by scholarship, some of which may be quite recent, but much of which is foundational to this well-established field. We will also learn from scholars in the field through guest lectures and roundtables. All of the writer/activists we will learn from, be they working in the nineteenth century or the twenty first, require readers to reckon with a series of ethical concerns that remain deeply relevant to our world and our work. The study of African American print culture is also an inquiry into citational practices, the institutional forces that have tended to obscure Black print and elide Black scholarship, and the processes and ethics by which Black study compels us to change these structures. Through our readings and discussions, we will not only explore fascinating materials produced by a community of powerful writers, but also cultivate the practices required for engaging with these communities with an eye towards archives, power, and our relation to them.

This seminar will be of interest to graduate students, librarians, archivists, curators, and college and university faculty.

The Curatorial Assistant will support the Curator of European Art (1800-1945), Associate Curator of European Art (before 1800), and Associate Curator of Works on Paper in the daily running of these three departments. They will work closely with cross-departmental teams to ensure the smooth running of projects, particularly for reinstallations, exhibitions, rotations, acquisitions, and loans.

Responsibilities -----------------
Provide collections support by maintaining object checklists, documentation, and database maintenance
Participate in the interpretation of the collection with research, label writing, interpretive tool development, and docent training
Manage internal communications and interdepartmental coordination as part of collaborative processes
Attend team meetings and track production schedules to ensure timely completion of all projects
Answer external correspondence and assist visiting scholars and classes in Print Study
Provide general administrative support including finances, travel, assembling presentations, and filing


Requirements ----------------------
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy
Strong note-taking and proof-reading skills
The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and effectively prioritize these projects
The ability to work both independently and cooperatively with cross-departmental teams
Capacity to meet deadlines with minimum supervision
Ability to problem-solve, anticipate next steps, and apply common sense judgment to various tasks
The ability to work quickly yet thoroughly, while adapting to last-minute changes
Fluency in conducting research, including accessing source materials, in library/archives, and on digital platforms
Education and/or Experience
M.A. completed, or close to completion
Experience in museums or art history preferred
Experience with museum databases preferred

Physical Demands of Work Environment-----------------------
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the position. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Curator to work directly with The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art on a major, large-scale monographic loan exhibition. This is a grant-funded, fixed term position expected to conclude the end of October 2023.

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Chief Curator, helps develop, coordinate, and manage the exhibition from concept to installation.

Contributes to all aspects of the exhibition’s development and administration, including conceptualization of and planning for exhibition displays, preparing checklists, arranging loans, conducting provenance research, and managing exhibition and publication production timelines.
Performs scholarly research and writing for catalogues, brochures, and exhibition didactics, including text panels, labels, and other explanatory texts as required.
Works closely with other curatorial departments in the Museum, as well as external contacts and artists.
Serves as point person liaising with the departments of Exhibition Planning and Administration, Exhibition Design, Registrar, Education, Graphics, Communications, Development and Publications.
Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.
Requirements:

Master’s degree in art history strongly preferred with a particular expertise/exposure to art in the 20th
Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
Ability to manage projects and deadlines independently and maintain simultaneous priorities. Proficiency in a digital environment required.
Ability to travel as assigned.
Fully vaccinated with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or the World Health Organization authorized vaccine (or approved for an exemption as a reasonable accommodation due to a qualified disability or sincerely held religious belief or other legal basis).
Application instructions: To apply, please visit MoMA Jobs. Applicants should submit a resume and a statement of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement: Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the Museum, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law, credit history, or any other protected category as established by applicable law, including the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”).

Highpoint Center for Printmaking seeks a new Executive Director to build on the organization's 20-year legacy of making the art of printmaking an accessible and vibrant part of the community. The E.D. has overall administrative and operational responsibilities for Highpoint. For more details on the organization, job description, requirements, and compensation, please visit the external link.

Please contact jen@ballingerleafblad.com from the search firm Ballinger Leafblad with any questions or referrals. To apply, please email jen@ballingerleafblad.com a resume and cover letter telling the search committee why you’re a great fit for this role.

A Digital Symposium co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Haggerty Museum of Art
September 8th and 9th, 2022

This virtual symposium will bring together an interdisciplinary group of academics and museum professionals working on the broad topic of how the Middle Ages appears in the contemporary imagination, and the legacies of medieval-inspired aesthetics in a wide variety of artistic traditions and media. The rise of modern fantasy visual culture is closely tied to the renewed interest in the medieval past that emerged in the late eighteenth century and which is ongoing today. Medievalisms pervade modern fantasy, illuminating not only the complex receptions of the Middle Ages when subjected to new modes of inquiry, but also the challenges and anxieties that coincided with what is broadly conceived as “modernity.” The visual and conceptual relationships between modern fantasy and medievalisms has become an urgent subject in a variety of cultural studies disciplines and constitute key points of departure in the two exhibitions that frame this symposium: The Fantasy of the Middle Ages (The Getty Center, June 21–September 11, 2022) and J. R. R. Tolkien: The Art of the Manuscript (Haggerty Museum of Art, August 19–December 12, 2022). While much of the scholarly work on this topic has been focused on literary uses of medieval tropes, this symposium presents an opportunity to reframe the conversation in terms of the visual and especially engage issues of popular culture.

The symposium organizers seek submissions in two different categories: Conference Papers and Lightning Talks. We welcome proposals from scholars, museum professionals, graduate students, and independent researchers.

Conference Papers will be approximately 20 minutes and organized in thematic panels. Possible topics include but are not limited to:
• Fantasy imagery in the museum (e.g. curatorial and pedagogical approaches)
• Medieval fantasy recreations in all media (comic books, trading cards, film, television, reenactment, etc.)
• Historicizing fantasy representations
• Fantasy within and on the historical margins of art institutions
• Media and the supernatural
• Intersections of fantasy imagery and colonialism

Lightning Talks will be approximately 5-7 minutes each and focus on a single object. These shorter talks will be an opportunity for speakers to engage closely and concisely with the visual language of their chosen image and what it reveals with respect to the broader conversations of the symposium. Images in any medium and from any geographical context will be considered, but should be limited to the period from approximately the eighteenth century to the present.

For Conference Papers, please submit an abstract (approximately 500 words) and a CV.

For Lightning Talks, please submit your proposed image, an abstract identifying the themes and questions it prompts (approximately 250 words), and a CV.

Submissions should be sent to mythicalpastsfantasyfutures@gmail.com by April 15th. Accepted speakers will be notified by May 15th.

All participants will receive a speaker’s fee, the details of which will be outlined in the notice of acceptance.

Participants may be invited to submit their contributions for inclusion in published proceedings.

This year, dedicated to Canova's celebration, we will focus on Italian neoclassical prints between the 18th and early 19th centuries.

The course is based in Arezzo, Museo Casa Ivan Bruschi (Arezzo, Corso Italia 14) with seminars and workshops in libraries and public collections in Arezzo, Florence, and Rome: Museum of the Fraternita dei Laici, Archivio Vasari in Casa Vasari Museum, Biblioteca Città di Arezzo, Accademia di Belle Arti and Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence, Istituto Nazionale Centrale della Grafica in Rome (for more details see the program online via External Link below).

Our Instructors this year are: Giorgio Marini, Sandro Bellesi, Gabriella Bocconi, Cristina Acidini, Laura Aldovini, Claudia Borgia and Alessandra Baroni.

Teaching languages: English and Italian.

The Course also includes a printmaking workshop at the Stamperia Il Bisonte in Florence (12 hours, July 18-20, 2022) with professional staff.

Course-fee includes: all seminars and workshops, transfer from Arezzo to Siena, Rome, and Florence and the printmaking workshop at the Stamperia Il Bisonte, Florence: € 800

Application's deadline: April 15, 2022

Centro Studi Art in Tuscany Annual Membership: € 20

Atlanta Printmakers Studio’s annual Emerging Artist Residency was established in 2009 to provide emerging artists with the resources necessary for completing a printmaking project of their proposal as well as an opportunity for professional development. The residency offers the artists a unique opportunity to work with practicing artists of varied backgrounds and offering diverse skills.

The studio provides capabilities for intaglio, monotype, woodcut, linocut, letterpress, screen print, paper making, book arts and various mixed media techniques (see our website for detailed list of equipment available.) Up to three winning artists will be chosen by an independent panel on the basis of the proposal, including both concept and feasibility.

SCHEDULE:
2022's residency schedule has been delayed this year due to our upcoming move. The residency will take place in our 3000 sq ft dream studio featuring a printmaking museum, gallery, store, and outdoor gathering space.


THE RESIDENCY AWARDS:
Two to three artists are selected per year and each receives studio access, free class, personal mentoring, stipend, group exhibit, and 1 yr membership.

Studio Access is limited to May – September 2022. October 2022 is for curating and prepping prints for the exhibit – having them ready to hang during the last week of October 2022.


ELIGIBILITY:


The Emerging Artist Residency program is open to all emerging printmakers who already possess basic training in traditional printmaking techniques, and can provide original examples of such work. For the purposes of this program, an emerging artist is someone who shows significant potential, yet has not achieved a corresponding amount of professional accomplishment and recognition as an artist, regardless of age or recognition in other fields.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old and not a full time student.

Applicants from out of town are welcome, but please note that housing and transportation are not included with this program. All expenses and arrangements related to transportation, housing or other living expenses are the responsibility of the Artist.

APS members, contracted APS instructors and volunteers are eligible to apply. APS Board of Directors and employees are not eligible to apply.

The Ellsworth Kelly Studio, located in the idyllic Hudson Valley hamlet of Spencertown, New York, is seeking interns for its summer internship program. The seminal American artist Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) has a rich legacy and an active charitable foundation. His artwork continues to be exhibited globally and the Studio maintains the Ellsworth Kelly archive and over 10,000 original sculptures, paintings, prints and drawings. Ellsworth Kelly’s artworks are included in major museum collections around the world, including MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Modern, SF MoMA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Blanton Museum of Art, to name only a few.

Intern placements and tasks will be based on the skills and experience of the applicant. Possible intern projects relate to implementing archival storage, database entry, collection management, and creating organizational systems. Interns would work directly with studio staff on pertinent projects and will learn about Kelly’s practice and his place in the history of American art. Kelly was an avid notetaker and extremely disciplined in steering his career and studio practice – making his studio an exciting place for those interested in 20th century abstract American art.

Spencertown is in the heart of the culturally rich region nestled between the Hudson Valley and the Berkshires. The studio is a 25-minute drive from downtown Hudson, NY (where the Amtrak station is located) and a 25-minute drive from Great Barrington, MA. The Studio encourages interns to take advantage of the diverse and exciting summer activities at nearby institutions like MASS MoCA, Tang Teaching Museum, Shaker Museum, Olana, Clarke Art Institute, Tanglewood, and Jacob's Pillow. Summer is a beautiful season to be in upstate New York - especially for those who enjoy culture and the outdoors!

Preferred candidates are current or recently graduated MA/MFA students who are focused on 20th Century Art or American Abstraction. Candidates will ideally have prior experience with art handling, archival work and/or library studies. BA/BFA students are also considered, especially those with the experience and skills listed above. The daily schedule is flexible based on the availability/preferred schedule of the intern. The internship term will run from June 6 – August 26, 2022. Interns will be paid based on their prior experience and education level (stipend range is $7,000-9,000).

It is recommended that interns have a driver’s license and access to a car. The Studio will facilitate and assist with carpool and transportation when relevant/necessary. While the Studio cannot provide local housing, it can recommend where to seek summer sublets in the area.

Please email the following to interns@ekelly.org:
Cover letter (please limit to one page)
Resume (please limit to one page)
Two professional or academic references