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Print Council of Australia’s Biennial Print Exchange

June 16, 2022 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Following the success of the PCA Print Exchanges in 2016, 2018, and 2020, 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.

This is a PCA member only opportunity to create a new edition of prints to be swapped with other members. Your print will be accepted into the PCA Archive as a snapshot of contemporary printmaking in 2022, and included in an online exhibition and sale showcasing your work to the PCA audience of approximately 14,000.

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 forms of original fine art printmaking techniques, including digital techniques. 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 2021
    Works to arrive: by 30 September 2022
    Distribution: early December 2022 (TBC)

Go HERE for further information and for the entry form.

Filed Under: Print Council of Australia, Print Exchange Tagged With: Biennial, Print Council of Australia, Print exchange

Print Council of Australia Print Exchange

February 13, 2022 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Rachael Lee, 'Hidden Gems', Linocut 26x20
Rachael Lee, Hidden Gems, linocut. Created for the PCA Print Exchange 2020.

PRINT EXCHANGE 2022

We are delighted to invite our artist members to participate in our fourth biennial Print Exchange 

Following the success of the PCA Print Exchanges in 2016, 2018, and 2020, 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.

This is a PCA member only opportunity to create a new edition of prints to be swapped with other members. Your print will be accepted into the PCA Archive as a snapshot of contemporary printmaking in 2022, and included in an online exhibition and sale showcasing your work to the PCA audience of approximately 14,000.

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.

https://www.printcouncil.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Print-Exchange-2022-project-form.docx

Filed Under: Opportunities, Print Exchange, Projects Tagged With: PCA, Print Council of Australia, Print exchange

Print Council Call for Entries in the Print Commission.

December 12, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Enter the Print Commission 2022!
Entries Due 5pm 15 February, 2022  For over 50 years the Print Council of Australia has invited contemporary artists to create new editions of original prints for our annual Print Commission.

Works created for the Commission are acquired by collections and subscribers across Australia and internationally. This year the artist payment has increased to $1000 for each selected artist, and they also receive an artist proof of each of the Print Commission 2022 prints!

Enter the Print Commission for a chance to join the illustrious lineage of commission artists. 
Judges Announced
The Print Commission 2022 will be judged by Robert Heather (Executive Director – Art Gallery Society of NSW) and Akky van Ogtrop (President – Print Council of Australia). 

Image: Anita Laurence, Mullinmur Billabong, linocut, edition of 30. Print Commission 2021

Enter the Print Commission 2022
Join / Renew PCA Membership

Filed Under: Call for Entries, Print Commission, Print Council of Australia Tagged With: call for entries, PCA, Print Commission 2022, Print Council of Australia

Artists in Conversation with the Curator, Manly Art Gallery and Museum: Angela Hayson

July 20, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg 1 Comment

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION WITH THE EXHIBITION CURATOR, KATHERINE ROBERTS, MANLY ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM: ANGELA HAYSON.


Angela Hayson The Shelter of Ourselves

Relief, Monoprint, drawing, carborundum on Japanese paper

How does your work address the theme ‘to the edges’?

Conceptually I was thinking about how individuals preserve their core identity and at the same time make subtle shifts in how they present when in a group. How far to the edges of our authentic self are we willing to be seen and be known?  The work is about dual identities, accepting our idiosyncrasies in order to remain authentic to self, and also constructing a public persona according to social norms and expectations when connecting and relating to others.  The multiple identities are implied by the inversion and juxtaposition of figurative forms within the image.

On a physical level, multiple sheets of Japanese kozo paper are layered with mixed media and printed elements, with the image intentionally extending to the outer edges of the paper.  The work has been developed from matrixes of wood, cardboard and rigid plastic sheet combining relief, drawing, monoprint and carborundum.

Can you describe the technical process you went through to achieve the finished work and what technical challenges you encountered along the way?

The Shelter of Ourselves is a multiple panel work developed from the 3-D forms of two small bronze figurative sculptures I had recently made. I was interested in the push and pull of the negative and positive shapes within the forms, which became key elements in the printed image. 

Having the opportunity to work large, I sketched up a composition at small scale to reflect what might convey the subject of shifting identities and then gridded up to the intended full-size dimensions. The vast up-scaling required numerous stages of drawing and redrawing with continual modifications and additions to the image, working out the relationship of shapes and spaces, along with the aligning of the image at the edges of the matrix as it transitioned from one panel to the next.

Preparing eight large cardboard panels to receive the carborundum for the final printed element in the work required the transfer of the drawing to the boards. Gel medium was applied to the drawing and carborundum was dropped into the medium.  Several coats of shellac were applied to protect areas not to be printed, allowing discretionary wiping back of the ink.  

The non-uniform backgrounds encompassed relief printing from woodblocks, drawing with wax pencils and graphite, scrunching up the sheets of paper into balls and re-stretching out to flatten again, and then monoprinting again on top from rigid plastic sheet in readiness to take the carborundum print element.  I used a printing press to release each of the inked layers onto the paper.

The backgrounds were experimental and enjoyable.  The greatest technical challenge, which I had not anticipated, was the inking and wiping back of the large carborundum imagery.  It was slow, arduous and physically exhausting due to the many narrow and inaccessible areas requiring wiping out. I consider the project a success in that it has been a departure from my previous work and capable of having a strong and sustaining influence on future work. 

What do you see as the role of Sydney Printmakers for the next 60 years?

Having built up an impressive reputation for high quality artistic output and professionalism over six decades, the group is well positioned to further evolve with a focus on striving for increased recognition of print media in relation to other art forms. I believe this is an exciting time for the group to encourage new printmaking enthusiasts into the membership, encourage experimentation to extend the possibilities of print media and foster a culture of excellence.  

How do you see the role of printmaking, in general, contributing to the conversation about contemporary art practice?

Many printmakers, along with artists of other disciplines, make work that is a reflection of their own world, as well as the changing world including environmental, social, political and cultural issues of the time.  The diversity of methods and techniques available within print media provides extensive opportunities for raising awareness of contemporary issues, presented in unique and distinct ways. 

 

Filed Under: Artist's Talk, Exhibitions, Uncategorized Tagged With: . #printmaking #printcouncilofaustralia #sydneyprintmakers #printmaker #artsydney #manlyartgallery #australianart #australianprintmaking #workonpaper #australianprints, 60th Anniversary of Sydney Printmakers, Angela Hayson, Katherine Roberts, MAG&M, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Print Council of Australia, printmaking, relief, Sydney Printmakers, To The Edges, Works on Paper

Bookish: for Print Council of Australia Members

May 19, 2021 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

From the PCA website:

Calling all PCA Members! 

Enter our new PCA Members Only artists’ book exhibition…

BOOKISH
 

All eligible entries will be accepted, works will feature in an online exhibition and travel to Sydney Contemporary where they will be included in PAPER 21, the much loved ‘fair within a fair’ dedicated to contemporary works on paper. With tens of thousands of visitors expected, this is a special opportunity to have your work included in Australasia’s most prominent art fair! 

Details on how to enter are up on the website HERE

 

Filed Under: Artists Books, Call for Entries Tagged With: Artisis books, Bookish, Members only, Online Exhibition, Paper 21, Print Council of Australia, Sydney Contemporary

The Overwintering Project + PCA Membership

May 18, 2020 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Of interest to members. Tagged With: long term project, migratory shorebirds, Print Council of Australia, renew membership, the Overwintering Project

Print Council of Australia Print Exchange

March 3, 2020 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

2020 PRINT EXCHANGE

We are delighted to invite our artist members to participate 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 survey of contemporary printmaking in 2020.

Apply for the 2020 Print Exchange  

Image: Roslyn Kean, Night Fall I, 2017, multiple block woodblock print (12 blocks, hand printed with a baren)

Filed Under: Call for Entries, Call for Exhibitors Tagged With: PCA, Print Council of Australia, Print exchange

Ursula Hoff Essay for Imprint

June 27, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Dr Ursula Hoff was an influential print curator and historian, whose long and distinguished career at the National Gallery of Victoria spanned four decades. Dr Hoff was also one of the Print Council of Australia’s founding members and its first President.

In honour of Dr Hoff’s rich legacy of print scholarship, the PCA in partnership with the Ursula Hoff Institute are inviting submissions from emerging and established art historians, curators and writers, to write an original research essay that considers an aspect of Australian print culture over the past 50 years. This can include the work of individual artists, printmaking groups and collectives, studios and workshops, or particular trends within Australian printmaking, thus a broad interpretation of “Australian print culture” is encouraged. 

Submissions will be assessed by a selection panel, and one writer will be commissioned to produce an original 2000 word essay for publication in the Summer issue of Imprint (December 2017), and will receive $1100.00 for their work.

KEY DATES 

Deadline for Submissions – Friday 14th July, 2017 (5pm EST)

Successful Applicant Notified – Friday 21st July, 2017

Deadline for Finished Essay – 9th October, 2017

Further details and guidelines here.

This opportunity is generously funded by the Ursula Hoff Institute.

    

Filed Under: Call for Papers, Of interest to members., Publication Tagged With: art historians, Imprint, Print Council of Australia, Ursula Hoff, Ursula Hoff Institute, writers

Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

October 14, 2016 by sydprint Leave a Comment

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Tracing the Line
22 October – 4 December, 2016

A Blue Mountains Cultural Centre exhibition curated by Rilka Oakley in association with the Print Council of Australia’s 50th anniversary celebrations

This selection of fifty works is drawn from the Print Council of Australia’s collection of over 500 Australian prints, Tracing the Line celebrates the diversity of print practice within Australia by tracking the last fifty years of print practice.

Join us for the exhibition opening, and launch of the PCA Print Commission 2016.
Saturday 22nd October, 2.00 – 3.00pm

Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
30 Parke Street, Katoomba NSW 2780,

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: 50th Anniversary of the PCA, Blue Mountains, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Print Council of Australia, Rilke Oakley

Collecting Prints in Australia, Art Gallery of NSW.

October 14, 2016 by sydprint 2 Comments

HUNGRY EYES

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Centenary Auditorium
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Friday 21st October

Presented by the Art Gallery of NSW in partnership with the Print Council of Australia.

Hear from leading curators and master printers from Australia and abroad including Rento Brattinga, Anne Ryan, Glen Barkley, Susi Muddiman OAM, Sarah Johnson, and Dr Thomas A Middlemost. Convened by Akky van Ogtrop, President of the Print Council of Australia.

Book now: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/hungry-eyes/
Study Room at the AGNSW

The program for the day includes viewing of print displays and lunch served in the AGNSW Prints / Drawings and Photographs Study Room.

For full details on how to access this publicly available resource, follow this link:
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/venues/study-room/

Filed Under: Of interest to members., Print Symposium Tagged With: Akky Van Ogtrop, Anne Ryan, Art Gallery of NSW, Centenary Audiorium, Collecting prints, Dr Thomas A Middlemost, Glen Barkley, Print Council of Australia, Rento Brattinga, Sarah Johnson, Susi Muddiman OAM

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