Open Call: International Print Mail Art Project 2021

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International Print Mail Art Project 2021
SEE THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE

In 2021 Grafein* organises an Open Call for its International Print Mail Art Project themed: See things in perspective.

Send us your work by post before 30 April 2021. Work in all printmaking techniques or work combined with printmaking, of postcard format (10×15 cm) and on strong paper (minimal 250 g/m2) can be submitted.

See full regulations below. Please share this Open Call with other printmakers.

 

REGULATIONS

  • Theme of this project is ‘See things in perspective’.
  • The actual posted print is the ‘artwork’.
  • Participation is open and free.
  • Each participant can send one artwork.
  • Size: c.10×15 cm (postcard), paper of 250–300 gr/m2**.
  • Technique and materials: all printmaking techniques are accepted, as well as other media in combination with any printmaking technique.
  • The artwork should be created and signed on one side (the ‘frontside’) of the postcard 
  • The title of the artwork, technique, name of the artist, country and e-mail address should be mentioned on the backside of the postcard in the left half.
  • The postage stamp and address to be sent to (see below) should be on the backside of the postcard in the right half.
  • Postal costs are to be covered by the participant.
  • Deadline to receive the artworks is 30 April 2021.
  • A photo of the artwork (frontside) should be e-mailed to info@grafein.nl in advance of sending it by post
  • The artworks should be sent as they are, i.e. without an envelope to the following address:

Stichting Grafein

Fluitekruid 13

1441 XP Purmerend

The Netherlands

  • Upon arrival the photo of the artwork (frontside) will be uploaded on the Grafein Instagram account with hashtags #printmailart #seethingsinperspective #printmaking2021 #internationalmailart and more and Instagram will be shown on the website of Grafein.
  • Participants can upload photo’s of their artwork on their own social media or in the Facebookgroup Grafeingrafiek.
  • A digital catalogue of all received artworks will be created and published on the website of Grafein
  • The artworks will not be returned, but will be kept in the archives of the Foundation Grafein after finishing of the project.
  • The artworks will be exhibited at one or more venues in 2021 or 2022, address(es) and dates to be confirmed.
 

* Advisory board: Maja Anna Chris, Roos Marthe Thijsen and Ad Stijnman.

** Suggestions:
Windsor & Newton Aquarel block, cold pressed grano Fino, 15 postcards, 300 grams, 10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 inch
Terschelling block aquarelverfpapier, 20 postcards, 300 grams, 10,5 x 14,8 cm / 4,5 x 5,85 inch
Fabriano Aquarello Postcards, 20 postcards, 300 grams, 105 x 148 mm
You can also make your own postcards.

Disclaimer: Organisers reserve the right to evaluate and exclude from participation in the project, without having to provide reasons of any kind, art works which, in their sole discretion, should prove to be unsuitable, do not follow the regulations,  in case their content is harmful from a moral, ethical or legal point of view or if they are received damaged or dirty.

 

Reimagine Art Prize

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Hornsby Shire Council’s Remagine Art Prize is calling for entries, with $11,000 in total prize money. The three categories include Digital Art – Stills, Mixed Media 3D/Mixed Media 2D and Painting/Drawing/Printmaking.

Remagine Art Prize has a focus on sustainability and the environment. Artists are invited to submit works that can relate to this year’s theme ‘Fast fashion, fast food, fast running out of natural resources’. Held in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society since 2009, Remagine Art Prize promotes the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle.

Entries close on the 17 May 2021

The winners will be announced on 4 June 2021. Remagine Art Prize will be on exhibition at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, from 4 – 27 June 2021.

For more information go to www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/remagine

Image: Rick Bull, Taste the Consumer, Digital Art-Still, 2019

Entries are open for the Muswellbrook Art Prize

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Prizes

Painting Prize $50,000 (acquisitive)
Works on Paper Prize $10,000 (acquisitive)
Ceramics Prize $10,000 (acquisitive)
People’s Choice Prize $1,000 (non-acquisitive)

Key Dates

Entries open midnight (AEST) Sunday November 1 2020
Entries close midnight (AEST) Sunday 31 January 2021
Finalists and Adjudicator announced Monday 8 February 2021
Opening Night and announcement of Prize Winners 6.00pm Saturday 6 March 2021
Exhibition 7 March to 2 May 2021

Entry Costs

Painting Prize $45 per entry
Works On Paper $25 per entry
Ceramics Prize $25 per entry

About the Prize

Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Finalists of the 48th Muswellbrook Art Prize in 2021 vie for a total of $71,000 prize money across four prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive) and People’s Choice ($1,000 non-acquisitive).

Astute adjudication of the Muswellbrook Art Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century, with the winning acquisitive works forming the nucleus of what is now known as the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

Previous winners of the Muswellbrook Art Prize include such key figures as David Aspden, Sydney Ball, Richard Larter and Fred Williams. The Upper Hunter Region is also well represented with a number of local artists being successful in winning the Prize including Peter Atkins, Dale Frank, Lyn Nash and Hanna Kay.

Along with Muswellbrook Shire Council, who since 1958 has acted as sponsor and administrator of the Muswellbrook Art Prize, Bengalla Mining Company has generously sponsored the Prize for the past 25 years, their commitment ensuring the development of the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

For Entry Form and further details, go here.

 

Inkmasters Call for Entries 2021

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InkMasters Cairns invites entries for InkMasters Print Exhibition 2021. The exhibition, part of our biennial festival, InkFest, was postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic. New exhibition dates are 25June – 25 July 2021 at Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns. Entries close 9 April 2021.
 
Artists are invited to submit up to 2 works for preselection. Please visit our website www.inkmasterscairns.com.au/exhibitions    Click on Inkmasters Print Exhibition 2021 for Conditions of Entry and Entry Form.
 

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On Paper International Printmaking Contest

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ON PAPER contest 2021
7th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CONTEST

1ST PRIZE 1000€
2ND PRIZE 300€
DEADLINE April 1st 2021
FEE 26€ 
Tinta Invisible, (Barcelona, Spain) in July 2021

The contest is open to anyone. Application is online at www.onpapercontest.com

Rules available in ENGLISH, CATALAN and SPANISH

FAC Print Award

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The Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award is Australia’s premier showcase of prints and artists’ books. The award and exhibition, which have been running for more than 40 years, boast a national judging panel and $22,000 in prize money. The FAC Print Award presents the best works from established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists.

PRIZES

First Prize $16,000 | Work acquired for the City of Fremantle Art Collection, WA’s largest municipal collection

Second Prize $6,000

Entries now open

Entries are now open for the 2021 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award.

ENTER NOW

Entries close 5pm Fri 4 Dec 2020.

The winner will be announced at the exhibition opening Friday 28 May 2021.

The 2021 FAC Print Award exhibition will be open from Saturday 29 May – Sunday 18 July 2021.

If you have any questions relating to entering, please contact FAC Print Award Coordinator Emma Buswell.

Lake Art Prize – Entries Now Open

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Lake Art Prize 2020 – Entries Now Open

The Lake Art Prize is open to all Australian Artists aged 18 years and over.

The Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie is thrilled to announce the Lake Art Prize, a new biennial National Acquisitive Prize for Contemporary Australian Art – valued at $25,000.

Australian artists, aged 18 years and over, are invited to submit works which reflect on the theme ‘Where there is Water’.

There is a total acquisitive prize pool of $25,000 (ex GST), with the funding made available by the generosity and support of Lake Macquarie City Council.

Contending artworks will be across all media and can take any form, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photomedia, installation, sound, and a single piece or multi-piece artwork.

The prize culminates with selected artworks being displayed in a finalist exhibition at MAC. The inaugural Prize Exhibition will take place between 12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021.

The prize includes a People’s Choice Award – valued at $2,000 (ex GST) – a non-acquisitive award to the artwork with the highest number of audience votes over the period of the finalist exhibition.

Voters will also go into the draw to win MAC Packs and Sculpture park café vouchers.

Key Dates

  • Artwork must be completed 23 October 2019 – 23 October, 2020.
  • Entries close (digital submission) at midnight Friday 23 October, 2020.
  • Finalists will be notified on 30 October, 2020.
  • Delivery of finalist exhibition artworks: by 4pm Friday 27 November 2020.
  • Lake Art Prize 2020 Winner will be announced on 12 December, 2020.
  • Finalist Exhibition will be held 12 December 2020 – 7 February 2021.
  • Announcement of The 2020 LAKE prize People’s Choice award: 5 February 2021.

For further information and to enter, go here.

Print Council Of Australia Print Exchange

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PRINT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA PRINT EXCHANGE 2020

Following the success of the inaugural PCA Print Exchange in 2016, and the second iteration in 2018, we are pleased to invite our printmaker members to participate once again in our third biennial Print Exchange and celebrate the depth and diversity of contemporary Australian Printmaking. One print will reside in the PCA archive as a snapshot of printmaking in 2020.

Please note you must be a member of the Print Council of Australia to participate in the project. There are many benefits to being a member including a subscription to the quarterly Imprint magazine. To view membership options visit our membership page.

  • THEME – No specific theme, we encourage you to make what you do best.
  • PAPER SIZE – strictly 26 x 20 cm. Images can be printed edge to edge or on any part of the paper. Please use archival printmaking paper. Prints to be interleaved with tissue or glassine paper (CUT TO EXACT SAME SIZE AS PRINT)
  • TECHNIQUES – All printmaking techniques including digital and combinations accepted. 2D only.
  • EDITION SIZE – Each artist will create an edition of 12 prints signed and numbered (1/12, 2/12, 3/12 etc). Each print needs the artist’s name, title and medium written in pencil on the back.
  • DEADLINES –
    Applications open: 16 December 2019
    Works to arrive: by 30 October 2020
    Distribution: early December 2020 (TBC)

Applications here.

Print Council of Australia
c/o Sharron Okines
PO Box 2949
Fitzroy VIC 3065

  • One print is to be donated for sale to raise funds for ongoing projects for the PCA.
  • One print will reside in the PCA archive.
  • Ten prints will be exchanged and you will be sent a randomised selection in return.
  • International participants please mark the envelope “No commercial value”.
  • The PCA will take every care with your prints but no responsibility for loss or damage can be accepted.
ONLINE EXHIBITION AND SALE

Please email a low res JPEG image of your print, your website address and a 50 word (or less) statement to Sharron Okines – imprintadvertising@printcouncil.org.au

When the prints and fees arrive, images of the prints will be uploaded to the PCA Facebook page for exhibition and an online sale (date to be determined) of the 2/12 prints to raise funds for the PCA. Other exhibition opportunities may arise and we will advise you accordingly.