Inkmasters Print Exhibition at Inkfest 2021 25 June to 25th July

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InkMasters Cairns InkFest a festival of all things print

 

Some Sydney Printmakers members are finalists in this exhibition.

Inkmasters Print Exhibition will show at Tanks Arts Centre Cairns. It is an international juried exhibition which brings together the best printmakers from our region with national and international artists from around the world. The works entered can be any print medium (or combination of media), traditional and contemporary, in a range of formats including 3D works such as artists’ books. 100 prints will be selected from all entries. Prizes will be awarded including an award named for Anna Eglitis, a senior Cairns artist who mentored some of the Far North’s most prolific and important artists.

On opening night there will be a public lecture at 5pm and the official launch commences at 6pm. All are cordially invited.

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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InkFest 2020

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INKMASTERS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION AT INKFEST 2020

OPENING NIGHT

Fri 24th July 2020
5:00pm – 8:30pm

DATE

Fri 24th July 2020: 9:00am
– Sun 23rd August 2020: 4:30pm

InkFest
International exhibition

Tanks Arts Centre Tank 4, 6 Collins Avenue, Edge Hill, Cairns QLD 4870 AU

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Inkmasters Biennial Print Exhibition is an international juried exhibition. It brings together the best printmakers from our region with national and international artists from around the world. The works entered can be any print medium (or combination of media), traditional and contemporary, in a range of formats including 3D works such as artists’ books. 100 prints will be selected from all entries. Prizes will be awarded including an award named for Anna Eglitis, a senior Cairns artist who mentored some of the Far North’s most prolific and important artists. A public talk will be delivered prior to the launch by Sally Foster Curator, International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books at the Australian National Gallery.

Significant Dates:

  • Entries Close Friday 8 May 2020 
  • Selected artists notified Monday 18 May 2020
  • Selected works delivered by Friday 26 June 2020
  • Exhibition dates 24 July – 23 August 2020
  • Works not sold returned from: 28 August 2020

Entry Fee: AUD$65 (1 work) or AUD$75 (2 works)

Address for mail delivery of selected works: Inkmasters Cairns Inc | PO Box 7792  | Cairns | Qld | Australia 4870                                               
Address for hand delivery: InkMasters Print Workshop | 55 Greenslopes St  | Edge Hill | Cairns 4870 | Mon 22 – 26 Jun 20  10am-4pm  only                                             

DJUMBUNJI PRESS WORKSHOP WITH ELIZABETH HUNTER

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24 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2012

Date: Monday 24 September – 5 October 2012 (Monday – Friday = 10 days in total)

Time: 9 am to 4 pm each day, with a 1 hour lunch break (catered lunches)

Where: Djumbunji Press, 55-65 Greenslopes Street, Edge Hill, Cairns QLD

Number of participants: 10

Cost: $132 per day: $1320 over 10 days

Materials: Basic materials supplied, plates, paper, and extra ink can be purchased from the studio via materials cards (available as $25.00 or $50.00 cards)

Bookings: Must be made by 27 August 2012 by phoning (07) 4032 5598, or via email: seniorprintmaker@kickarts.org.au

Djumbunji Press Senior Printmaker Elizabeth Hunter has studied and taught in Australia and overseas. She obtained her BA at City Art Institute, Sydney, Australia; Attestato di Qualifica Professionale, Incisione, Regione Toscana, Italia; and MA at Surrey University, London. Previous positions include appointments in organisations such as; Studio Art Centres International (SACI) Florence Italy, Emily Carr College of Art and Design Florence Italy, Rebis Press Professional Print Studio and Gallery Chianti Italy and Meadowbank, Hornsby & St George TAFE Institutions Sydney. She has exhibited in Australia, Italy, England, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, India and the USA.Djumbunji Press opened in March 2009, The air-conditioned studio is set in a spacious open area on Greenslopes Street in the tropical cultural precinct of NorthCairns, opposite Centenary Lakes and the Cairns Botanical Gardens. The facilities include: A large Mitomel Press, an MES HD etching press; an NW small etching press; a Manuka small etching press; a Takach-Garfield Lithography Press (manual); 2 drying racks; an exhaust vent clean-up solvent room; and a process room with vapor hood for nitric acid.