Saturday Slideshow: Robin Gibson

Exclusively on DCimPRINT: a sneak peek of Robin Gibson’s prints that will be up in the Press Room in May.  These prints aren’t even on the website!  Come by to see In My Nature next week.

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National Small Works Update

NSW 2012 Grand Prize Winner: “Not the Center of the Universe” by Cianna Valley (California), etching, aquatint, and spitbite.

We are about 3 weeks out from the National Small Works application deadline.  That sounds like a long time, but we’re about to hit a busy time of year–graduations, weddings, Mother’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, the battle against allergies–these are just a few things that might distract you from getting your prints submitted in time.  So, we suggest going online this weekend to submit your application.  This year’s juror is Philippa Hughes, founder of the Pink Line Project and DC Commissioner for the Arts and Humanities.  If she picks your work for the show, you’re in the running for a solo show in 2014, a $200 purchase award from Graphic Chemical & Ink, Co, and more.  So, document your work if you haven’t already, and submit your prints to get in the running!

Printmaking 101: Intaglio and Relief revisited

Ooooh, remember the Art Babble pressure + ink video we linked to last week on lithography?  They have one for intaglio and for relief printing, too!  They’re shorter than the litho video, but you can still see the materials and differences.  Enjoy!

Printmaking 101: Lithography Revisited

“Grass V” Lithograph, by Jenny Freestone

We have written an earlier printmaking 101 post about lithography, which you may have read.  However, if a picture is worth a thousand words, this video, put together by MoMA in conjunction with the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop is worth 10,000!  If you’re still having trouble visualizing how a lithograph is made, check it out!

NSW Reminder

2012 Graphic Chemicals Purchase Award: “Turf” by Curtis Bartone, two-plate aluminum lithograph

Are you thinking of applying to National Small Works?  Remember that April 17 is the deadline for early bird submissions, which carry the reduced fee of $20/4 images.  Can’t quite get everything together by then?  (We know, sometimes that plate needs to go back in the acid bath just one more time…) Don’t worry, the final deadline for submissions is May 18, but from April 18 til then the entry fee is $30/4 images.

Good luck!

‘Tis the season for…Spring Classes!

We’ve been inundated with emails and more about all the spring printmaking classes now being offered.  Has this weather got your creativity blooming?  We’ve got organizations offering print and paper classes in your area:

Pyramid Atlantic–of course we’ll start off with our favorite art center right down stairs! Check out classes in letterpress, silkscreen, papermaking and more!

Lower East Side Print Shop-Are you in the New York area?  Check out the printmaking courses being offered this spring/summer by the Lower East Side Print Shop!

Santa Cruz Art League–if you’re looking for a painting or drawing course on the west coast, check out their course catalog for anything from figure drawing to landscape pastels.

Chicago Printmaking Collaborative–Congratulations to this group for expanding their course offerings-including a new course on lithography that’s been reinstated after years of absence.  We hope they continue to grow!

Cat Tail Run Bookbinding-This Winchester, VA group has two marbling classes coming up in June that look pretty fun!

Saturday Slideshow: April Exhibitions

Check out the work by Pyramid Atlantic Member artists as well as WPG member artists!  Opening Reception today 2-4 pm.  We suggest parking in the (free!) municipal parking garage one block south of us on Silver Spring Avenue–it’s going to be a busy day!  Enjoy the pictures and see you this afternoon!

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Another large prints video

Check out Chinese artist/printmaker Qin Feng working on a huge matrix at Pace Prints in this video.  You can see more of his work at Pace Prints.  Enjoy!

Study Papermaking in Fabriano

It’s time to sign up for Pyramid Atlantic’s “Paper, Print, and Book,” an international arts adventure and study art making in the tradition of the Italians.  This two-week course (June 18-July 3) lead by artist Lynn Sures focuses on:

• Studying Papermaking, including line and chiaroscuro watermarks, with master papermaker Luigi Mecella in the Museum of Paper and Watermark papermill;
• Learning traditional Italian Bookbinding in the museum’s bindery with master bookbinder Giuseppe Baldinelli;
• Mastering printmaking techniques offered by Roberto Stelluti, celebrated local etcher represented in the collection of the Uffizi in Florence, in his own exceptional studio.

There is limited space on this trip, and the deadline for signing up is April 1.  Cost is $3,000, which includes tuition and most materials, hotel with full breakfast in the historic center, transportation on most field trips. (It does not include roundtrip transportation from the US to Fabriano or Rome, or travel insurance.)  Interested in going or need more information?  Contact Jose at jdominguez (at) pyramid-atlantic (dot) org.

Artist Updates

We missed the opening for “LIGHT” featuring the work of current artist member Terry Svat as well as former WPG member Susan Due Pearcy and four other artists from the arts collaborative Art Spirit.  But, the show is up through Sunday, May 12 at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church (3401 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20016).  Questions?  You can call the church at 202.363.4900

Additionally, WPG artist Marian Osher has a new show coming up at Ceres Gallery in New York.  Celebration! is “inspired by gifts from family, friends and nature” and pulls from “abstract shapes and colors of floral gifts, reinterpreted in paintings and monotype printmaking on sculpted canvas.”  This exhibition runs April 2-27, with an opening reception on Thursday, April 4, 6-8 pm.  You can see more details, including a preview of the works included, at the link above.