Monotype Guild of New England:
40 Years of Unique Prints
Sixth National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition
May 4 – August 31, 2025
The Art Complex Museum
189 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 1-4pm
For four decades, the Monotype Guild of New England has championed the art of the monotype and monoprint, fostering a vibrant community of printmakers dedicated to the expressive potential of one-of-a-kind prints. MGNE celebrates this milestone with Monotype Guild of New England: 40 Years of Unique Prints, a national juried exhibition showcasing the breadth and innovation of contemporary printmaking.
Internationally acclaimed printmaker Karen Kunc’s expertise and artistic vision make her uniquely qualified as juror for this exhibition. She selected the prints in the exhibition from 645 works submitted by 238 artists. “Monotypes and monoprints are remarkable forms of printmaking, allowing artists to embrace spontaneity and creativity,” said Kunc. “It’s an honor to jury this milestone exhibition and to celebrate the incredible talent and innovation of this artistic community.”
Featuring works from 73 artists across the United States, this exhibition highlights the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of monotype—a process that embraces spontaneity, experimentation, and individuality. Unlike traditional printmaking techniques that produce multiples, monotypes and monoprints yield singular impressions, making each print a distinctive exploration of form, texture, and color. This exhibition exemplifies how traditional printmaking techniques can be reimagined in a contemporary context.
UPCOMING EVENTS at the Art Complex Museum
MAY 2025 PROGRAMS
Come celebrate the opening of our milestone exhibition. Welcome remarks by juror Karen Kunc and announcement of our award winners will take place around 2:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.
SATURDAY, MAY 10 at 2pm This event is free and open to the public.
Meet the juror, Karen Kunc, and MGNE President, Rebecca Torres, for a tour of the exhibition. Karen will discuss her selection process for the works in the exhibition. She will also explore her own artistic practice and experience as a printmaker. This event is free and open to the public.
JUNE 2025 PROGRAMS
GALLERY TALK WITH REBECCA TORRES
For 400 years, artists have periodically discovered for themselves the versatile techniques for monotypes and monoprints. From Rembrandt to Degas, Matisse to Edvard Munch, artists have embraced this experimental medium as a means of exploring their ideas in new and innovative ways. Join MGNE President and art scholar, Rebecca Leopoldina Torres, as she discusses the history of monotypes and explores how contemporary artists in the exhibition continue to expand and transform the form and function of monotype printmaking.
This event is free and open to the public.
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025 at 12-5pm
The Art Complex Museum is celebrating the Summer Solstice this year, with a Swedish twist. Featuring Maypole Dancing, BIG NAZO (a troupe of puppet-creatures and musicians), Chaulk Artists, Kids Activities, Local Vendors and Food Trucks. This family-friendly event is suitable for all ages and all are welcome. Free and open to the public.
The Art Complex Museum is celebrating their 50th Anniversary of Sho-fu-an (Wind in the Pines Tea Hut). In conjunction with their exhibition Celebrating Sano Gofu: 50th Anniversary of Sho-fu-an, the museum invites you for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in their Tea Garden and Sho-fu-an.
This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome on a first-come, first-serve basis.
MGNE is celebrating its 40th annual meeting via zoom with guest speakers from the Harvard Art Museums, Elizabeth Rudy, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints, and Abby Schleicher, Assistant Paper Conservator, for a behind-the-scenes look at the special exhibition Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking on view through July 27, 2025. Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking offers rare insight into the Norwegian artist’s innovative techniques and experimentation with printmaking.
We will be raffling two limited edition tote bags from the Edvard Munch: Technically Speaking exhibition to participants that join us on June 30th. This virtual webinar will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required via Zoom. Open to the public.
For more information and to register, click here.
JULY 2025 PROGRAMS
COLLAGRAPH WORKSHOP WITH LESLIE KRAMER
SATURDAY JULY 12, 2025: 10am-3pm
Workshop Fee – $150 / Material fee to instructor: TBD.
For more information and to register, visit artcomplex.org.
VIRTUAL TALK WITH JUROR KAREN KUNC & AWARD WINNING ARTISTS
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025 at 7pm ET
Join us for our virtual celebration of the juried exhibition Monotype Guild of New England: 40 Years of Unique Prints at the Art Complex Museum. at the Art Complex Museum. We will be joined by juror Karen Kunc and the award winning artists Lindsey Clark-Ryan, Alyssa Laurel Ringer, Nanette Wallace and Sok Song for a presentation of their works in the exhibition.
These winners were selected by juror Karen Kunc from the 73 artists exhibited, each exploring the unique processes of monotype and monoprint techniques. Celebrating the 40th year anniversary of the Monotype Guild of New England, the National Juried Exhibition is on view through August 31, 2025.
This virtual webinar will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required via Zoom. Open to the public.
For more information and to register, click here.
WATERCOLOR MONOTYPE WORKSHOP WITH MARY MEAD
SATURDAY JULY 19, 2025: 10am-4pm
Workshop Fee – $150 / Material fee to instructor: Pay for paper used @ $7 sheet (22×30).
In this one day workshop, we will explore printing with watercolor paints and watercolor drawing media. We will paint and draw on frosted vellum, Yupo and sanded plexiglass plates au plein aire, then return to the studio to print the images on paper using the press. This process can be combined with other monotype techniques to enhance prints with soft, transparent coloration. Mary Mead first saw this process in practice on Joan Snyder’s exquisitely colorful prints in which botanical subject matter and words splash across the paper.
For more information and to register, visit artcomplex.org.
ARTIST TALK WITH SARAH SMELSER
SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2025 at 3:30pm
Sarah Smelser’s work is printed by hand and on the press, using trace monotype, flats, blend rolls, and stencils. She prints on dry Asian paper, using either lithography or relief inks, to layer line and color passages and then adhere the finished image to a heavy western sheet of paper. Join Sarah as she discusses her monotype print Infinite Gule XXVI and her artistic practice in working with monotypes.
This event is and open to the public.
TRACE MONOTYPE WORKSHOP WITH SARAH SMELSER
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 26&27, 2025: 9am-3pm
Workshop Fee – $300 / Material fee to instructor: $30
Monotype has often been considered a painter’s entry point into printmaking. However, monotypes don’t have to be painterly or use a brush at all. Explore an alternative methodology to making unique, one-of-a-kind prints by using line, hard edges, and layered passages of color. Enjoy the visual vocabulary of drawing, printing both by hand and on the press, working intuitively or intentionally, making abstract or representational imagery, to initiate a body of works on Asian paper.
For more information and to register, visit artcomplex.org.
The Art Complex Museum is celebrating their 50th Anniversary of Sho-fu-an (Wind in the Pines Tea Hut). In conjunction with their exhibition Celebrating Sano Gofu: 50th Anniversary of Sho-fu-an, the museum invites you for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in their Tea Garden and Sho-fu-an.
This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome on a first-come, first-serve basis.
AUGUST 2025 PROGRAMS
GELLI PRINTING WORKSHOP WITH BARBARA FORD DOYLE
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 2&3, 2025: 10am-4pm
Workshop Fee – $300 / Material fee to instructor: $25
In this two day workshop, you will explore the use of handmade stencils, mark making, and collage to create multi-layered prints without a printing press.
For more information and to register, visit artcomplex.org.
MONOTYPE WORKSHOP WITH MAY RODED
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2025: 10am-4pm
Workshop Fee – $150 / Material fee to instructor: $30
Monotype, often called the painterly print, is a print made by applying ink and stencils to a plexiglass plate and then transferring the image to a piece of paper. Alongside the basic intro techniques of additive and subtractive printing, where ink is added onto the matrix through painting or rolling, demonstrations using hand cut stencils, textured materials and strategic wiping away will be shown. Participants will gain an expansive understanding of versatile monoprinting techniques and leave the workshop with a small series of monotype prints. This workshop is open to the beginner and the advanced level printmaker.
For more information and to register, visit artcomplex.org.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2025 at 2pm
May Roded works with symbols reminiscent of decorative motifs, familiar objects, and play of colors to build up depth and space. Join May as she discusses her monotype print Harmony and her experience as a current MFA Printmaking student.
This event is free and open to the public.
SUMMER ARTIST MEET-UP & PRINT EXCHANGE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2035 at 2PM
Join fellow MGNE artists and printmakers at the Art Complex Museum to meet, discuss current art projects, and exchange prints. More information coming soon!
Full list of summer printmaking workshops and artist talks will be published mid-May by the Art Complex Museum. Please visit https://artcomplex.org/programs for more information.
