Imprint Magazine on Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition.

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Check out the latest IMPRINT journal from the @printcouncilofaustralia which features an article on our current show written by Curator Katherine Roberts at Manly Art Gallery & Museum @magamnsw 
Imprint is Australia’s only quarterly art journal dedicated to contemporary printmaking, artist books and works on paper, and one of the few publications worldwide dedicated exclusively to the graphic arts.
 

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With the Australian experience as our focus, Imprint seeks to engage in meaningful and diverse analysis surrounding contemporary printmaking today within a broader fine art context. Imprint aims to nurture the development of new voices in printmaking and arts writing alongside those more established in the field.

Imprint makes excellent reading providing information for the well-informed arts professional, as well as those developing an interest in works on paper.

Become a member of the PCA to receive a subscription to Imprint and you’ll also receive entry forms to some of the current awards and competitions available to artists, and keep abreast of news and opportunities.

Issues of Imprint from previous years are available at $15 each plus postage, if in stock. Click here to view and order available back issues.

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Another view of our exhibition: To the Edges @ MAG&M

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Here’s another walk around the gallery to see To the Edges, our 60th Anniversary Exhibition. Its not like being there, but its the best we can do at the moment. There are some works missing: I will do my best to track down some photos.

These photos are courtesy of Jim Flook.


 

Gosford Art Prize 2021: Call for Entries

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The Prize is open to all artists who reside in Australia, with the exception of employees of Central Coast Council.

All artwork must have been produced within the last 12 months.

The Aboriginal Artist Prize is only awarded to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entrants.

Selected finalists must be able to deliver the selected artwork to Gosford Regional Gallery by 10 September 2021 or the work will not be eligible for prizes.

All entries must be submitted online via the website www.judgify.me/gosfordartprize2021 – full Terms and Conditions are available on this website.

PRIZES

First Prize – $15,000

Second Prize – $5,000

Aboriginal Artist Prize – $2,500

Gosford Ceramics Prize – $2,000

Highly Commended – $1,000 (two prizes)

Viewer’s Choice Award – $500 gift voucher

ENTRY FEE

Gosford Art Prize entry fee is $30 per entry (max. two entries per artist)

Gosford Ceramics Prize entry fee is $20 per entry (max. 2 entries per artist)

Entry fees are non-refundable and only works with paid entry fees are eligible for prizes and for selection for exhibition inclusion.

KEY DATES

Online entries open: 1 July 2021

Online Entries close: 22 August 2021, 11:59 PM

Finalists announced: 30 August 2021

Delivery of finalists deadline: 10 September 2021

Prizes announced: 24 September 2021

Exhibition dates: 25 September to 28 November 2021

Megalo Print Studio: Online International Screen Print Exhibition

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To see the exhibition, go HERE

Megalo’s Screen Print Online Exhibition showcases the work of thirty international contemporary printmakers. Works selected for this exhibition have been produced with screen printing as the primary technique on a variety of materials, such as paper and fabric, as well as non-traditional materials such as wood and concrete.

Ben Rak, Member of Sydney Printmakers, is one of the participants. This work can also be seen at Manly Art Gallery in Sydney Printmakers 60th Anniversary Exhibition, ‘To the Edges’, though the gallery is currently closed due to Covid restrictions.

Other artists participating in Megalo’s Online Exhibition are :

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Helen Mueller: From a Distance @ May Space Online Exhibition

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From a distance

A curated group exhibition of contemporary Tasmanian printmakers curated by Helen Mueller and Melissa Smith

1 – 31 July 2021

VIEW EXHIBITION

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
ANTONIA AITKEN • RAYMOND ARNOLD • LEX PALMER BULL • TIM COAD • REBECCA COOTE • MINDY DORÉ • JAN HOGAN • JENNIFER MARSHALL • OLIVIA MORONEY • HELEN MUELLER • JONATHAN PARTRIDGE • NATASHA ROWELL • MICHAEL SCHLITZ • MELISSA SMITH

                                                                               

Image:  Helen Mueller, and the forest was still 2 2021, layered woodblock prints, red ochre, ink wash – unframed diptych, 79 x 47.5cm

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“Since coming to live in Tasmania in mid-2020, I am heeding the call to be in forests. I walk them near my home and I paddle along their shore lines, sometimes along rivers and into the wilderness that harbours rare and ancient trees. I am but a beginner student, pondering the secrets of such places. I am awed by their ancient majesty and deeply held history.

And I know of threats to these places, ones that grow from modern human habitation and a new culture unschooled in the nurture of such holy spaces. The forest has no voice that we have learned to hear and understand. It can be but still. These woodblock prints are the first I’ve made since coming here and the first in a series to help me understand the fragility and melancholic beauty of what we may well lose.”

          — HELEN MUELLER, 2021

Covid Update

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After a small but enthusiastic opening, our exhibition has been forced to close because of COVID. There cannot be an extension of the exhibition, because of course, new exhibitions have been scheduled to follow ours. To the Edges will continue until 1 August 2021. Here’s hoping there is not an extension of the lockdown.

The Curator and Artists in Conversation has been rescheduled From Sunday 4th July, 2 – 3pm, to Sunday 25th July, 11am – 1pm. Booking is necessary. Go Here to book and for further information.

In the meantime, you can see the catalogue and the video of Sasha Grishin’s Opening Speech on the Exhibitions page.

 

 

 

 

Grishin’s Art Blog, on the 60th Anniversary of Sydney Printmakers and the crisis facing Australian printmakers.

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The latest edition of Sasha Grishin’s Art Blog deals with our current 60th Anniversary Exhibition at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Always worth a read, this is Blog number 61.

Go HERE to read.    

Image: Roslyn Kean, Defining the Edge,2021, wrapped multi block woodcut, diptych, U/S, 558 x163cm (framed), courtesy of the artist.             

Installation of the show: To the Edges

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Here are some shots of installation of the Sydney Printmakers show at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Katherine Roberts and her team did a wonderful job.

Unfortunately we are now under lockdown, so no sooner was the show opened than it had to shut down again. Please go and see it when the lockdown ends.

We await news about whether, when, and in what form the Artists in Conversation with Katherine Roberts will go ahead, but unless the lockdown is extended, the demonstrations should still happen.

60 years of Sydney Printmakers
25 June – 1 August 2021

Manly Art Gallery & Museum
West Esplanade Reserve, Manly
9976 1421 | artgallery@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au 10am – 5pm, Tue – Sun | Free entry magam.com.au | Instagram @magamnsw

Photos courtesy of Neilton Clarke, Angela Hayson, Lea Kannar.

Waverley Woollahra Print Prize: Call for Entries

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Printmaking Prize 2021: Call for Entries

Waverley Woollahra Art School is excited to launch its inaugural Printmaking Prize in 2021.

Our Prize is a celebration of print and as such we invite entries from artists using all print techniques from traditional to digital. We invite entries from printmakers who are established, emerging, only just beginning as well as cross-disciplinary artists exploring the world of print.

2021 Prizes are non-acquisitive and include:

  • Traditional Print Prize: $1,000
  • Digital Print Prize: $1,000

Entries close at midnight Friday 30th July

Judging will take place online. 20 finalists will be selected (10 from each category) and these works will be exhibited in an online exhibition on the WWAS website. Finalists will be announced on 15 September 2021 and winners will be notified by the 22 September.

KEY DATES

  • Entries Open 18 June 2021
  • Entries Close 30 July 2021
  • Finalists announced 15 September 2021
  • Winners announced 22 September 2021

The Waverley Woollahra Art School Printmaking Prize is proudly supported by Woollahra Council.