Let all the birds fly: the Hybrid Print

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WHAT:

Let all the birds fly: the hybrid print. An exhibition of eleven interstate artists whose work is print based but who have challenged and expanded our understanding of the print in a contemporary context. Printmaking is like a language that continually reinvents itself with artists investigating new meanings through materiality and making.
Questioning long-held traditions of printmaking, guest curators and artists Therese Kenyon and Patricia Wilson-Adams invited nine artists to join them in the exhibition Let all the birds fly: the hybrid print. Here the artists explore the very nature of printmaking and seek to push the boundaries of the medium and fly free from conventions.

Alison Alder (ACT), Jan Davis (NSW), Jan Hogan (Tas), Therese Kenyon (NSW) Ben Rak (NSW), Olga Sankey (SA), Heather Shimmen (Vic), Glen Skien (Qld), Patricia Wilson Adams (NSW), Sandra Winkworth (NSW), Linda Swinfield (NSW)

WHERE: Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 230 High St Maitland, NSW 2320.
mrag.org.au 02 4934 9859
Open Tues – Sunday 10am-5pm.

WHEN: Open from 8 February – 4 May 2020. Launch of Autumn Program 29 Feb. 3pm.

 

Call for Entries: 2020 National Works on Paper

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2020 National Works on Paper
An MPRG exhibitionThis year as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, MPRG is holding our prestigious biennial National Works on Paper (NWOP) acquisitive exhibition.
With a long and rich history, NWOP attracts leading contemporary artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, painting, digital prints and paper sculpture.

NWOP supports and promotes contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper with up to $50,000 acquisitions and awards (the winner of the Major Acquisitive Award receives $15,000).

Recent winners of the National Works on Paper include James Tylor and Laura Wills, Daniel O’Shane, Jess Johnson, Laith McGregor, Richard Lewer, Danie Mellor, Gareth Sansom, Paul Boston, Lisa Roet and eX de Medici.  

Up to $50,000 acquisitions and awards – The winner of the Major Acquisitive Award receives $15,000 (includes the purchase price).

Entries close:             19 April 2020

HOW TO ENTER

All entries must be submitted online. No hard copy entries will be accepted.

Artists can only submit one work. An entry will consist of:

– a completed entry form
– supporting material: digital image, artist’s statement, CV
– $30 non-refundable administration fee

JUDGING PANEL

The judging panel for the 2020 National Works on Paper is:

Louise Tegart, Director, Art Gallery of Ballarat
Gina Mobayed, Director, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Danny Lacy, Senior Curator, MPRG 

IMPORTANT DATES

Entries close: 5pm,Sunday 19 April

Finalists announced: Tuesday 12 May

Official opening and announcement of award and acquisitions:Thursday 24 September

Exhibition closes: Sunday 22 November
ENTER NOW
 

priNT

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Here’s an opportunity to exhibit a body of work or a large print in the Northern Territory. There’s not much time to enter your work, however.

From Mats Unden:

You are invited to participate in priNT2020 – a printmaking exhibition at Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin 13th – 28th March 2020.

The aim of the show is to highlight the important role printmaking techniques play in many visual artists practices. The aim is to create a nationally (and internationally) recognised annual print exhibition, while generating support towards establishing an open access print workshop in the Top End.

We are looking for big prints, suites, or bodies of work, as well as artist books and other ‘print’ works. Interdisciplinary and experimental works are encouraged to showcase the variety and diversity of the art-form, as long as the core technique is printmaking.

NCCA takes no commission on sales, but please consider donating a portion of the sale towards the aims and goals of priNT.

How to enter:

  • Send an email requesting a copy of the entry form to Mats(see address below). You will need to email the completed form back to Mats before March 1st.
  • Please make sure your works are at NCCA in Parap by 6th March, and a copy of the form is enclosed.
  • There is no entry fee, but all freight and insurance costs are covered by you.

 Works can be framed or unframed. Unframed works will be pinned or hanged using magnets. Unfortunately at this point there are no funds for freight or artist fees. If your work is for sale NCCA will direct any enquires to you, and no commission will be taken.

Postal Address:

NCCA PO Box 82 Parap NT 0840 or NCCA Vimy Lane Parap NT 0820

Please contact Mats for further information on mats.unden@hotmail.com.

 

 

Call for Papers: 2020 Nara Mokuhanga Conference

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SUMI-FUSION:

Mokuhanga & Nara

墨-フュージョン 木版画と奈良

We are pleased to announce the 4th International Mokuhanga Conference, IMC2020 NARA, which will take place from November 18 to 22, 2020, in Nara, Japan, at the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA.

Still renowned today as a center of production for the finest sumi ink, Nara is an ideal site for IMC2020. This fourth convening of the conference, titled Sumi-Fusion, will celebrate the versatility of sumi in woodblock printing, both historically and in contemporary applications across Japan and abroad. Additionally, it will explore the presence of black, and how it relates to 

Submissions for proposals for academic papers / illustrated talks* are now open. 

We are accepting proposals for both academic papers and illustrated talks. Please familiarise yourself with the information and guidelines below before starting the submission process. The deadline for submission of proposals is January 31, 2020.

Results will be published on March 15, 2020, and applicants will be notified. Deadline for submission of the full paper is September 18, 2020.

Note: Once a submission has been accepted, presenters will be required to pay the conference fee and register in order to present their paper or illustrated talk at the conference.

Checklist for Paper / Illustrated Talk Proposals:

  • Papers/Talks* should connect to one of the listed topics suggested by the umbrella theme Sumi-Fusion, and its sub-themes Histories, Aesthetics, Intersections, and Futures.  For full details, see Nara2020 Theme.
  • A proposal for a paper/illustrated talk in English or Japanese, limited to 3000 characters (300 words).
  • Up to five images (if relevant) in support of your proposal.
  • Applicant’s biography limited to 1000 characters (100 words).
  • Applicant’s passport-size portrait, approximately 1MB jpeg
  • The oral presentation of a paper/illustrated talk will be limited to a maximum of 20 minutes. Extensions will not be allowed.
  • The full paper/talk must be approximately 2000 words and must be submitted by September 18, 2020.
  • Non-compliance with the conference guidelines will result in rejection of the proposal/paper/illustrated talk.
  • All paper submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee and by independent reviewers. 

* An illustrated talk can be about an artist’s work as long as it addresses how their practise links to one of the suggested conference themes, or adds to the field of mokuhanga today. An academic paper should also address one of the suggested themes, and may include reference to (rather than be mainly about) an artist’s own work, discussing it within the broader framework of mokuhanga and contemporary art.

Submit Your Proposal Here

Before submitting a proposal please review the checklist above, then fill in the form carefully. Please click SUBMIT HERE to access the online form.     Note:        

  • to fill in the form, you need to sign in with gmail
  • the form cannot be edited after submitting
  • applicants may only submit once
  • if you do not have a gmail account or have any trouble with the submission, please contact: submissions@mokuhanga.org

Water: Call for Artists

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Call for Artists
International Collaboration and Exhibitions

Water
Works on Paper

Water is a collaboration between Artery Co-operative, Melbourne (Artery) and Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice, Italy (Scuola di Grafica).

There will be two exhibitions in 2020. The project will explore water in all its complexity through works on paper. All works submitted will be exhibited at Artery’s ‘Project Space’ in Northcote, Melbourne. A selection of works will also be exhibited at the Scuola di Grafica in Venice. A portion of the funds raised from the exhibitions will be donated to create opportunities for artists through Artery and the Scuola di Grafica.

To express your interest in participating, please complete the registration form, HERE, by no later than 20 December 2019.
Exhibition guidelines and conditions can be found HERE.

  
   acoop.com.au                 scuolagrafica.it/en

Image: Helen Kocis Edwards, Skater girl, bilby and the winged lion, drypoint etching on giclee print

Acquisition by Maitland Gallery

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River Crossing triptych
282 x 216 cm
unique state print on  6 sheets of Chinese paper using waterless lithography and woodcut
2009
a collaboration by Geraldine Berkemier and Gary Shinfield
installation in Maitland Regional Art Gallery 2009
 
This work was recently acquired by Maitland Gallery. It is the key work from the exhibition River Crossing 2009, about the Hunter River, which was exhibited in Maitland Gallery.

On Paper 2020

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ON PAPER contest 2020
6th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CONTEST

1ST PRIZE 1000€
2ND PRIZE 300€
DEADLINE April 1st 2020
FEE 26€ (16€ early bird discount:
February 1st  2020)
The SHORTLISTED artists will exhibit in 
Tinta Invisible, (Barcelona, Spain) in July 2020

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

Rules available in ENGLISH, CATALAN and SPANISH