
Print Circle Exhibition @ Willoughby Arts Centre

Promotion of Australian printmaking and members work.

Curated by Andrea Juan & Gabriel Penedo Diego, the Cantabria Mini Print Collection in Lublin Exhibition includes two artists from Sydney Printmakers, Laura Stark and Neilton Clarke. Running October 20th to November 20th at the UMCS University Gallery, Lublin, Poland, the exhibition is drawn from the collection held by the Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Santander, Spain.


BALDESSIN – THE LEGACY – TWO EXHIBITIONS: George Baldessin & Baldessin Studio
Exhibition Dates: 25 October – 12 November 2022
28 & 35 Derby Street Collingwood VIC 3066
Open 7 days 10am to 6pm
George Baldessin Exhibition
This highly anticipated exhibition features a collection of George Baldessin’s iconic prints, as well as a significant selection of works that have never been exhibited before, including drawings, paintings and sculpture.

The Baldessin Studio
This vibrant group exhibition presents works created at the Baldessin Studio by 29 contemporary artists, both established and emerging, working across a wide range of styles, genres and techniques.
Susan Baran is one of the selected artists.
For more details or images contact:
media@australiangalleries.com.au australiangalleries.com.au

The Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art (NPCA) is awarded every two years and is open to emerging and established artists working in any medium across Australia.
The competition includes four monetary prizes:
The Open Prize and the Local Prize are acquisitive. This means that the winning artworks become part of the Nillumbik Shire Art Collection.
The submitted artworks will be shortlisted by judges:
The winners will then be selected by a separate judging panel including:
Entries for the 2023 NPCA Prize responding to the theme ‘Future‘ are now open.
Please read the Conditions of Entry(PDF, 881KB).
The NPCA is presented in association with Montsalvat.
Entries close on 14 November 2022. Enter here

WAYOUT: WITH PRINT
Curated by Linda Swinfield
WAYOUT Gallery
71 Angus Avenue, Kandos
22 October 2022 – 11 December 2022
Participating Artists:
Anthea Boesenberg
Therese Kenyon
Jan Melville
Ben Rak
Linda Swinfield
Freedom Wilson
Patricia Wilson-Adams
Sandra Winkworth
WayOut: with Print evolved from a previous hybrid printmaking exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery in 2020 that in its own way was perceived as “way out”.
In WayOut: with Print, this group of eight artists investigates notions of contemporary printmaking. The artists’ work selected here is by no means the complete breadth of the practice, it is merely a sprinkle.
Each of the artists were selected because of their multi-disciplinary studio practices, with print as well as other media and each artist has a background within the tradition of editioning prints and the ability to work within the canon of those traditions. What is important within WayOut: with Print is that the artists also expand, stretch and disrupt how we traditionally see printmaking. This is a break-away group pushing the boundaries of printmaking, experi- menting and questioning those studio-based traditions. They are all freeing themselves from the traditions within the canon of art that sees print as an adjunct and extension of other art forms.

The Mist That Follows Rain
Graham Marchant Solo Exhibition
“On my morning walks and through observing the neighbouring gardens from my studio, I became enthralled with how the mist that followed the rain enveloped everything, blanketing the landscape, and dissolving space. The opaque skies concealed and at times revealed a transformed view of the exiting terrain.”
The Mist That Follows Rain is a marked turning point in Graham Marchant’s work since relocating from Balmain in the Inner West to Leura in the Blue Mountains in 2021. Along with the dramatic change in landscape, Graham noticed the vast difference in climactic conditions and the effect they had on the immediate environment – the backdrop for inspiration.
“The studio still lives, and my drawings are a continuation of my preoccupation with detail and playing with the juxtaposition of flora, decorative material, quilts and calligraphy. And my fixation with poppies and orchids remains a subject matter that allows me to explore the changing nuances of light, transparency and texture.”
The Mist That Follows Rain is a solo exhibition by Graham Marchant, showing at Artsite Galleries from 08 October until 30 October 2022.
The Mist That Follows Rain is a solo exhibition by Graham Marchant, showing at Artsite from 08 October until 30 October 2022.

Entries are now open for the 22/23 Blacktown City Art Prize.
The Blacktown City Art Prize is a much loved, open-themed annual art prize and exhibition presented at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. Now in its 27th year, our Prize has built a reputation for showcasing the creativity of the region and providing emerging and established visual artists the opportunity to exhibit their work.
Artists across Australia are invited to submit work spanning drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photo media and mixed-media.
In 2021 there were 560 entries, with 110 finalists being exhibited at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre. Finalists’ work will be presented in a major exhibition at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre and will open our 2023 exhibition program.
Enter here: https://blacktownarts.com.au/bcap/
PRIZES
Blacktown City Art Prize: $15,000 (acquisitive)
Aboriginal Artist Prize: $2,000
Local Artist Prize: $2,000
People’s Choice Prize: $1,000
The Aboriginal Artist Prize is open to finalists who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background.
Contact: email: artscentre@blacktown.nsw.gov.au

It’s time to consider entering the Artists’ Book Award held by Northern Beaches Council and Manly Art Gallery and Museum. There is plenty of time to prepare your entry.

Artists reimagine our urban landscape.
Cities Foretold is a Council curated contemporary art exhibition which reimagines the Chatswood CBD and the future of all cities in general. Part of the Emerge Festival, this exhibition focusses on ideas relating to how future cityscapes will look and function. More than just a physical imprint on a map, cities are places where we converge, live, work and connect. As the world faces unprecedented rates of urban expansion, issues such as Climate Change and social and economic inequalities have been brought into sharp focus. As these challenges arise, we need to create a new vision for the urban landscape and the way in which cities operate. Featuring installation, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, video, technology-based art and temporary public art, this group of artists re-think the role of cities in the future.
The exhibition also includes a community-based program, the Emerge Willoughby Map Project. Join artist Janet Parker-Smith for weekend drop-in workshops to learn about printmaking and to contribute to a bas relief version of the Emerge Willoughby Map.
A Willoughby City Council curated group exhibition, presented in partnership with Emerge Festival 2022.
The exhibition will take place across Art Space on The Concourse and The Concourse Outdoor Area.
ARTISTS: Louise Allerton, Tracey Clement, Kalanjay Dhir, ek.1 (Emma Hicks and Katie Louise Williams), Zachariah Fenn, Sarah Fitzgerald, Karen Lee and Janet Parker-Smith.
This work has also been selected by the Print Council for its 2022 Print Commission.
See this blogpost from the Print Council of Australia, with a Q & A with Karen Ball, and if you are not a member already, take the time to join. You will be rewarded with the wonderful Imprint Magazine, and lots of interesting opportunities and articles.