We are piloting new online programming to help support each other and offer alternative ways for our members to stay connected and creative from their homes. Join us for these online artist meet ups, workshops, studio visits and demos for our members and printmaking community. Our virtual events will take place online via Zoom. MGNE membership not required. Upon registration you will receive the Zoom login and information.If you have an idea or would like to host a virutal workshop or studio visit, please email us: connect@mgne.org.

MGNE PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Spring 2023
MGNE EVENTS & VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 6pm ET
Virtual Artist Talk: Woodcut to Monoprint with Alice Nicholson Galick
Join MGNE artist Alice Nicholson Galick for this virtual artist talk as she explores the process of taking a woodcut to multiple possibilities in monoprint.
Alice Nicholson Galick lives in East Falmouth and came to Cape Cod after a career of teaching art in North Carolina, Virginia, Massachusetts and Connecticut in public and private education for 30 years. Working from experiences and memories of the textures and color in nature, Alice finds the complexity of nature in all states and seasons as inspiration.
For questions, please contact connect@mgne.org
Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6pm ET
Virtual Artist Talk: The Art of the Unique Print
Link to register for this event coming soon!
Join MGNE as we view this exhibition of 60 members’ monotypes and monoprints, on view from June 9-August 19, 2023 at Newbury Court in Concord, MA. Stay posted, more details TBA…
For questions, please contact connect@mgne.org
Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6pm ET
MGNE Virtual Spring Artist Meet-Up
Join fellow MGNE artists for this virtual meeting to connect with fellow printmakers and discuss your current projects. This is open for all MGNE artists and members of our printmaking community. Participants will be encouraged to share about printmaking projects or idea that they are currently working on.
For questions, please contact connect@mgne.org
Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 6 pm
Virtual Reception & Artists’ Talks – Ecology
MGNE Open Members’ Exhibition at The Silver Center, Plymouth State University
Don’t miss this stunning exhibition of 65 monotypes /monoprints by our talented members.
Each work presents its own view of examining climate change or the concept of using found materials and reusing them to create something beautiful. A good majority of the works reflect the artists’ views of certain ecological systems found in the world, whether it be an invasive plant species or an ecosystem in the winter.
View the web gallery here!
For questions, please contact exhibitions@mgne.org
RECORDINGS OF MGNE ARTIST TALKS
Printing Without A Press: Gelatin Plate Monotypes with Tamar Etingen
Join MGNE artist Tamar Etigen as she explore the versatility of using a cast pharmaceutical gelatin plate to create multi-layered images using plant material and found objects. Tamar will demonstrate how to create colorful monotypes using this non-toxic, low tech, versatile, very accessible medium.
Plants to Paper: Artist Talk with May Babcock
Learn how papermaker May Babcock turns plants like milkweed and seaweed into paper art. As an interdisciplinary artist and founder of Paperslurry.com, May will explore how her work is rooted in hand papermaking and place. She will discuss how collaboration between people, plants, and paper gives opportunities for deep communication and healing in a climate-changed world.
Creating Inks from Natural Materials with Marjorie Morgan
Designed for monotype and monoprint printmakers, this event combines art making with cooking and environmentalism as it shows the dynamic nature of working with natural inks. In this Demo/Workshop, Marjorie Morgan will discuss the advantages of creating natural inks, show images of artwork, and then demonstrate how to create inks, prepare plates and print with them. The demonstration will include how to create two different inks at home, and how to print with them using a press, a pasta roller, or no press at all.
Artist Talk with Carol MacDonald
Join MGNE board member and Artist Carol MacDonald for a virtual tour of her current exhibition Mending Fences at the Rokeby Museum. After the virtual tour of the exhibition. Carol discusses the process of making the series of 17 monotypes created with antique clothing and lace.
Virtual Studio Tour & Artist Talk with Cathie Crawford
Join printmaker Cathie Crawford for a virtual tour of her printmaking studio and presentation on her journey with monoprinting.
Plein Air/Portable Printmaking with Carolyn Letvin
Join MGNE board member and artist Carolyn Letvin to learn more about Plein Air/Portable Printmaking. This demonstration will present a basic printmaking technique that can easily be taken into the field for plein air monotyping.
Expanding Opportunities: Eastern Print-Making Papers at Paper Connection
With hundreds of variations of Eastern and Japanese papers, from heritage washi to the inexpensive, pulp-added, machine-made papers, it can be challenging to decide what kind of paper to use for your prints. Join Lauren Pearlman Sugita, Founder & President of the Paper Connection, to discuss the versatility of Eastern & Japanese paper for printmakers.
Everything but the Kitchen Sink: Improvisational and Press-Free Printmaking During the Pandemic
Join painter and printmaker Kelly Slater for this “Kitchen-Table Printmaking” demostration. Kelly will share her press-free printing techniques where she uses everything but the kitchen sink—focusing especially on trace and reduction monotypes and combinations thereof.
Monotypes In Motion with Susan Rostow & thepostdigitalprintmaker
Studio Tour & Artists Talk with Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio Artists
Join Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio artists, including Rebekah Lord Gardiner, Liz Shepherd, Sandra Cardillo, Gail Hanson, and Elissa Freud, for a tour of their studio and a discussion about their recent work.
Studio Tour with Circling The Square Fine Art Press
Join MGNE artists Caroline Sheridan Loose and Judith Long for a tour of Circling the Square Fine Art Press, along with founder and Artistic Director Karen Adrienne. Located in Gardiner, Maine, they will discuss the studio and samples of their past work and/or work in progress. This virtual tourwill take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Limited capacity.
VIDEO TO BE POSTED SOON
MGNE Virtual Artist Reception for “ImPRESSive”at the Rhode Island Watercolor Society
Join the juror, Adrian Tió, and select artist prize winners for a virtual tour and presentations to celebrate the dynamic exhibition at the Rhode Island Watercolor Society.
Priority Prints Virtual Artist Reception & Tour
Join us as we celebrate our exhibition “Priority Prints” with an exhibition tour with curator Erika Lawlor Schmidt and presentations by select participating artists.
Virtual Artist Reception: Collaborative Transformations
Join us for the artist reception to celebrate the launch of our online exhibition Collaborative Transformations, featuring collaborative prints created by our MGNE Maine Regional Artists. A group of participating artists will share about the process of working collaboratively and what they have learned from each other and the process. Through this expansive, unifying activity during a dark and difficult time, members not only became acquainted and formed common bonds, they have become a community.
Recording Coming Soon
Experimental Impressions: The Seventeenth-Century Origins of Monotype
Monotypes emerged as an important experimental medium in the nineteenth century with the innovative prints of Degas, Gauguin, Pissarro, and others. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione is often credited with inventing the monotype technique in the seventeenth century, but it is unlikely that Degas and his contemporaries were looking at Castiglione’s prints. Rather, it was Rembrandt van Rijn’s experimental etchings that provided the most important catalyst for nineteenth-century monotypists. Join Prof. Alexandra Onuf as she explores the visual, technical and conceptual through lines from Rembrandt and other seventeenth-century printmakers to Degas and his circle in order to understand the experimental foundations for the monotype “revival” in the nineteenth century.
February 10, 2021
6-7pm ET
The Secret History of the Color Red with Alison Cariens
Seeing RED for Valentine’s Day? Explore the unexpected history of this seductive color with conservation coordinator Alison Cariens, one of the voices from the popular audio tour of the Forbes Pigment Collection. Get a behind the scenes look at the Reds of the Harvard Art Museums’ Forbes Pigment Collection, home to more than 2,700 samples of pigments, spanning the history of art.
Instagram for Beginners Workshop for Artists
Join MGNE President and digital communications strategist Rebecca L. Torres for a hands-on workshop for Instagram on how to set-up an account, create effective profiles, create and schedule posts, and other tips for artists.
MEMBERS’ REGIONAL VIRTUAL SMALL GROUPS
- Conneticut
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Vermont & Canada
- Cape Cod & Islands
- Western MA
- South of Boston/South Shore
- Southern MA & Rhode Island
- Outside New England area
MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION & WORKSHOP NEWS
During this time, we encourage you to contact galleries, museums and artists to learn more about safety precautions related to COVID-19 before attending an exhibition or workshop. MGNE endorses the use of face coverings, social distancing, and other public health recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and state-level health departments.
EXHIBITIONS FEATURING MGNE MEMBERS:
200+ prints and other artworks by 60+ New England artists, including MGNE members: Jeanne Borofsky, Soosen Dunholter, Elissa Freud, Debra Olin, Rani Sarin and more..
April 21 – May 21 2023
Gallery Twist
1963 Mass Ave
Lexington, MA 02421
Generations 65th Anniversary Exhibition
Featuring MGNE Maine member Ann Tracy’s the Reincarnation of Anne of Austria, a monotype mixed media piece
May 6 – June 10, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, May 6, 4 – 7pm
Maine Art Gallery
15 Warren Street
Wiscasset, ME
An MGNE Members Exhibition
June 9 – August 19, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Sunday, June 25, 3-5pm
Newbury Court
100 Newbury Court
Concord, MA 01742
Hot off the Press: Open Juried Exhibition at NHAA
This Open Juried Printmaking Exhibition at the New Hampshire Art Association will be juried by MGNE Board Members Rebecca Leopoldina Torres and Carol MacDonald.
July 7 – 31, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Friday, July 7, 2023, 5 – 8 pm
Virtual Artists’ Talk: Thursday, July 27, 2023, 6 -7 :30 pm
Plein Air Monotype Workshop with MGNE Board Member Carolyn Letvin: Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 10 am – 4:30 pm
New Hampshire Art Association
Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
136 State Street
Portsmouth, NH
Inspired by Nature
Solo exhibition by MGNE member Lynda Goldberg
On view through June, 2023
Mary Jo Rines Gallery
First Parish Church of Weston
Weston, MA
Artist’s Reception: Sunday April 2nd, 11:30am-12:30pm
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sun 10:30am-12:30pm
Closed Saturdays
From April 1st, view the online version of the exhibition here
Women in Print: Four Printmakers
Featuring works by MGNE member Kelly Slater
March 3 – April 30, 2023
WREN Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network
2011 Main Street
Bethlehem, NH
Mon, Tue, Thu – Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Sun 12pm – 4pm
Kelly is also featured in the March/April 2023 issue of Artscope Magazine
Lynn Manos: The DIYC Images
Solo Exhibition featuring works by MGNE member Lynn Manos
March 1— April 26, 2023
Mirella Cimato Gallery at St. Petersberg Opera Company
2145 First Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33712
Mon – Fri 1 – 5 pm
& by appointment
(Un)Fettered – David Covert + Sarah Bossert at Concord Art Members Gallery
Featuring works by MGNE member David Covert
February 23 – March 23, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, February 23 at 5:30 pm
Concord Center for the Visual Arts
37 Lexington Road
Concord, MA 01742
Tues – Sat 10am – 4:30pm
Sun 12pm – 4:30pm
ARTISTS REDUX: SEEN AGAIN
Artists from the Arnold Arboretum’s Website Exhibitions, 2020-2022
MGNE Member Lynda Goldberg has two prints in this exhibition
February 3 – March 13th, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, February 4, 1-3 pm
Arnold Arboretum
Visitor Center (Hunnewell Bldg)
125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Open Daily 10 am-4 pm
Kate Higley: Solo Exhibition
MGNE Exhibitions team Member Kate Higley is exhibiting collagraphs at this solo exhibition
Through February 28, 2023
Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce
49 South Main Street, Suite 104
Concord, NH 03301
One on One: a Survey of Contemporary Monotypes & Monoprints
MGNE Members Joanne Simon, Christine Beneman and Wendy Prellwitz are exhibiting monotypes/monoprints in this juried exhibition
January 13 – February 26, 2023
Kleinert/James Center for the Arts
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Woodstock, NY
Ecology
An MGNE Members Exhibition
November 1, 2022 – February 17, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, November 5, 2022 5-7 pm
Technique Video Series
Shelburne Museum
Launched June, 2021
Collaborative Transformations Online Exhibition
In early spring, 2020, in response to Covid-19, MGNE began to explore virtual programming and community building in order to continue to serve its membership while respecting CDC guidelines. Regional groups of printmakers began forming and meeting virtually throughout New England and beyond.
A group of MGNE members residing in Maine began meeting virtually in May 2020. The regional group of Maine printmakers divided into four small randomly chosen autonomous groups of three or four printmakers. Usually each member would begin a print and mail it to another member in a pre-arranged order to continue working. Once each small group member had contributed to the print, it was returned to the originator to title and rework if needed. By late summer of 2020, the first cycle of collaborative prints was finished. As of Spring 2021, they are completing their second cycle of collaborative prints.
We are thrilled to present this virtual exhibition to showcase these collaborative transformations. As other regional MGNE groups have started their own collaboration print projects, this virtual exhibition will be ongoing through 2021 as projects continue to transform and evolve. Additional prints from the MGNE Maine artists and beyond will continue to be added.
WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY MGNE MEMBERS:
Pastel over Monotype workshop with Alexia Rosoff Wilber
Pastel Society of New Hampshire
June 10-11, 2023, 9:30am – 4:30pm.
MGNE member Joyce Zavorkas is teaching Monotype Workshops
at Cape Cod Museum of Art
Dennis, MA
Monotype/Painterly Print
April 28-30, 2023
Friday-Sunday, 10 am–3 pm
Monotype/Monoprint
August 5-6, 2023
Saturday–Sunday, 10 am–3 pm
Viscosity Monotype/New Horizons
October 27-29, 2023
Friday–Sunday, 10 am–3 pm
Joyce is also teaching Monotype Workshops
at Zavorskas Studio
Orleans, MA
Monotype/Painterly Print
June 9-11, 2023
Friday-Sunday, 10 am–3 pm
Viscosity Monotype/New Horizons
September 22-24, 2023
Friday-Sunday, 10 am–3 pm
Monotype Printmaking With A Press with Linda Goldberg
The New Art Center
Newton, MA
Mondays 12:30-3pm, starting March 27th, 2023
Lynda is also teaching a One Day Monotype Workshop
at Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts
Jamaica Plain, MA
Wednesday April 4th, 10am-2pm
From Your Kitchen Table to The Press with Kate Higley
The Art Center in Dover, NH
Donna Carmel Printmaking Workshops
ONGOING (Virtual Video Series Workshop)
Creating Ink From Natural Dyes with Marjorie Morgan
Zea Mays Printmaking
Register: zeamaysprintmaking.org
Cost: $15.00-30.00
This series of four video tutorials introduces students to the exciting field of making handmade inks. This creative learning experience combines artistry with science and environmentalism as we discover how different natural items transform from living matter into rich pigment. Students will learn how to make their own, unique inks from a variety of materials and then use them in creating small paintings and monotypes.
Current Membership at MGNE is required to post your online exhibition and workshop news. (Become a Member or Renew Your Membership) Send your exhibition news to info@mgne.org and be sure to include: Your full name, the title of the exhibition, venue/gallery name, exhibition dates and a web link to the exhibition’s web page. Send us up to five images with corresponding title and media information if you would like your online exhibition/workshop to be featured on our social media channels.
PRINTMAKING OPPORTUNITIES
If you have an printmaking opportunity you would like to share, or have heard about an interesting printmaking exhibition or workshop, please share with us at: info@mgne.org
Deadline: April 28, 2023
Black Church Print Studio would like to invite International artists actively engaged or informed by contemporary printmaking practice to apply for a four-week residency in Black Church Print Studio, Dublin during 2024. Applicants must be practicing printmakers. Irish residents are not eligible. Dates to be confirmed between winning participant(s) and the Studio.
Black Church Print Studio
4 Temple Bar
Dublin 2, Ireland D02 YK53
Deadline: May 9, 2023 or after the first 60 entries are received
An MGNE Members Exhibition
June 9, 2022 – August 19, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Sunday, June 25, 3-5pm
Newbury Court
100 Newbury Court
Concord, MA 01742
Click here for more information
Deadline: June 2, 2023
Hot off the Press: Open Juried Exhibition at NHAA
The New Hampshire Art Association and MGNE invite printmakers working in New England to submit 1-3 pieces of 2D or 3D work to Hot Off the Press at the New Hampshire Art Association in Portsmouth, NH.
This Open Juried Printmaking Exhibition at the New Hampshire Art Association will be juried by MGNE Board Members Rebecca Leopoldina Torres and Carol MacDonald. MGNE Members will receive a discounted “members” submission fee of $25. Deadline for submissions is June 2, 2023.
July 7 – 31, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Friday, July 7, 2023, 5 – 8 pm
Virtual Artists’ Talk: Thursday, July 27, 2023, 6 -7 :30 pm
Plein Air Monotype Workshop with MGNE Board Member Carolyn Letvin: Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 10 am – 4:30 pm
New Hampshire Art Association
Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
136 State Street
Portsmouth, NH
DEADLINE: Ongoing
The East Village Art Collection
Oak Rosendorf from this New York City-based gallery has invited our members to attend an event on Friday, March 17 and to participate in April/future events.
DEADLINE: March 23, 2023
Remarque Print Workshop
Albuquerque, NM
DEADLINE: April 30th, 2023
ADOGI
Ap. de Correus 9319
08080 Barcelona
SPAIN
Open Call through May 12, 2023
2023 North American Print Biennial
808 Gallery, Boston University
Sally Caston/Ingleside Studios
PO Box 123
Houghton, South Australia 5131
Australia
DEADLINE: June 5th, 2023
SOS Art
217 Erkenbrecher Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45229
DEADLINE: The first 50 artists to sign up or September 12, 2023
Rockin’ Rollin’ Prints 2023 – Presented by PrintHouston
The amazing Rockin’ Rollin’ Prints
is back and will be held for the first time
at The “Infamous” Orange Show
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
2334 Gulf Terminal Drive, Houston, TX
Each artist will bring a carved 3′ x 5′ woodblock which will be inked and printed using a 2-ton steamroller as a printing press. This is a fun event showing the process of creating a hand pulled print.
This year’s artist theme is CONNECTIONS. A juried exhibition from these prints will be presented at a date/location TBA.
Artists wanting to participate and carve a 3′ x 5′ board sign-up at this link!
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Ecology
An MGNE Members Exhibition
November 1, 2022 – February 17, 2023
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, November 5, 2022 5-7 pm
Open to all current MGNE members, this exhibition will consist of the FIRST 65 ENTRIES.
For the full prospectus click here to submit your monotypes/monoprints
For more information or help with your application, please contact exhibitions@mgne.org
New Hampshire Art Association’s
2022 Printmakers Open Juried Exhibition
June 29-July 31, 2022
Artists’ Reception: Friday July 1, 5-8 pm
NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
AND online at nhartassociation.org
Deadline: May 27th at 11:59pm
Read more information and apply here
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Unique Impressions VII
A Monotype Guild of New England
Open Members Exhibition
July 9 – August 20, 2022
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, July 14, 6–8 pm
Zullo Gallery
456 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
We are accepting Members’ submissions starting May 1, 2022
The exhibition will consist of the FIRST 60 ENTRIES
Submissions will close when 60 works have been entered into ArtCall…or… on June 10, whichever comes first.
Read more details on our prospectus and submit your work here
DEADLINE: Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Etching Press for Sale
Ettan Etching Press for Sale
MGNE Member Studio Sale: A variety of lithographic limestones
SHARED STUDIO SPACE IN LAWERENCE MA
MGNE Member Kathleen Reming has informed us about a shared studio space with a press in Lawrence, MA. If you are interested, please email us at info@mgne.org for contact information.
EFA-ROBERT BLACKBURN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
Various PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN online demonstrations and PRINT AT HOME online classes
ABRAZOS PRESS
Stay posted for Spring/Early Summer Printmaking Classes at ABRAZOS PRESS
Beginners and Artists at all levels are welcome
Abrazos Press
11 Miller Street, Somerville, MA 02143
MIXIT PRINT STUDIO
Summer 2023 Workshops, Residencies, and Master Sessions
ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
Various ONLINE WORKSHOPS
ONLINE PRINTMAKING RESOURCES
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS: COVID-19 RESOURCE & RESPONSE CENTER
Up-to-date news and resources for artists related to COVID-19.
ANTI-RACIST PRINT & PRINTMAKING RESOURCES
An incomplete list of print and printmaking resources for fighting racism and supporting justice and equality.
ARTWORK ARCHIVES
Webinar | Rallying Together: Resources to Support Artists During COVID-19
IFPDA FINE ART PRINT FAIR
IFPDA Fair Fall 2022
October 27 – 30, 2022
Established in 1987, the IFPDA is the world’s preeminent organization for fine art prints with 150+ members vetted for the highest level of quality, value, and professionalism. The IFPDA Fair is presented at the Javits Center in New York each October and online each Spring and Fall. Explore the Fair.
IPCNY
Print Resources for Social Justice: A Platform for All . International Print Center New York and The Print Center, Philadelphia have come together to aggregate resources related to print and print culture supporting Black Lives Matter and other social justice causes. This list was born out of the 2020 protests. It is a work in progress. Resources include exhibitions, publications, free/low-cost printing, events, organizations, fundraisers, reading lists, and other initiatives.
Online gallery exhibitions, including their seasonal New Prints Program, live and recorded artists and printers’ talks, bi-weekly Crossword Challenge, Lesson Plans, Virtual Tours and robust Education and Resources listings.
PRINTED EDITIONS
Incredible online selection of contemporary and historical prints, artists and gallery collections
PRINTED MATTER’S NY ART BOOK FAIR
October 13–16, 2022
548 W 22nd St
pmabf.org
Printed Matter is excited to announce the return of the beloved NY Art Book Fair, scheduled to take place October 13-16, 2022, at 548 W 22nd St, the historic location of Printed Matter’s very first NYABF and just around the corner from our Chelsea bookstore.