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
Fall 2021
MGNE EVENTS & VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 6:00pm ET
MGNE Virtual Fall Members Meet-Up
Join MGNE members and printmakers for this virtual meeting to connect with fellow artists and discuss your current projects.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 6:00pm
Virtual Artist Panel for ‘States of Play’ Exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums
Join printmakers Rebecca Torres, Catherine Kernan, Susan Denniston, Debra Olin & Chris Wallace in conversation with curator Elizabeth Rudy as they discuss the exhibition ‘States of Play’ and their printmaking practices.
RECORDINGS OF MGNE ARTIST TALKS
For those of you unable to attend our live events, please check out recordings of our Artist Talks and Workshops below.
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
This webinar explores the collaborative nature of stop motion animation and monotypes. Join MGNE member Susan Rostow, multi-media artist and the creator of Akua Inks, as she discusses her collaboration in creating the monotype-based stop-animations Long Journey Home and Nested World. She will be joined by Phyllis and Victor Merriam of thepostdigitalprintmaker and Beth Fein, three of the 42 printmakers who participated in the animations.
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
After surveying our membership, it was clear that our members are interested in creating opportunities to meet and connect with fellow MGNE members and printmakers in your region and beyond. We are kicking of this initiative with creating Zoom-based meet-and-greets for the following regions:
- Conneticut
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Vermont & Canada
- Cape Cod & Islands
- Western MA
- South of Boston/South Shore
- Southern MA & Rhode Island
- Outside New England area
If you are interested in joining a Zoom meeting in your area, please email us at connect@mgne.org. If you are in a region not listed, and would like to help facilitate a virtual meeting in your area, please email us as well.
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:
ImPRESSive: A Juried MGNE Members’ Exhibition
Rhode Island Watercolor Society
October 2 – November 5, 2021
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, October 2nd 12:30-2:30 pm
Hours: Thu & Fri 10 am -4 pm; Sat 10 am -3 pm
Don’t miss this brilliant, in-person exhibition of 75 monotypes/monoprints by our very talented members and juried by Adrian Tió, Professor of Fine Arts in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
MGNE Virtual Artist Reception: Thursday, October 21 6:00pm
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.
See the Exhibition Web Gallery
Priority Prints
Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill
September 3 – October 18, 2021
Artists’ Reception: Sunday, September 12, 2-5 pm
Hours: Sundays, 1-4 pm or by appointment
The Monotype Guild of New England announces its first in-person mail-in exhibition with an open members show entitled Priority Prints at Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill in Poultney, Vermont. More than 200 works submitted from among MGNE’s members will be shown over three floors in the historic stone building September 3 through October 1.
This exhibit is curated by MGNE member and Stone Valley Executive Director Erika Lawlor Schmidt. The idea for Priority Prints arrived after a discussion between Lawlor Schmidt and exhibitions chair Kate Higley. “We commiserated about the cost of shipping work around New England” explains Higley, “we came up with the idea of this show, where the work would be mailed via Priority USPS mail—hence the name”.
Conversations in Printmaking
Oxbow Gallery, Front Room
September 2 – 26, 2021
Opening Reception: Friday, September 10, 5-7 pm
Natural Inks Demonstration and Printing Techniques: Friday, September 17, 5 – 6:30pm
Artists’ Conversation: Friday, September 24, 5-6pm
MGNE members , Edda V. Sigurðardóttir, Marjorie Morgan and artist Margo Temple will be showing a variety of prints and artist books in this exhibit that invites query and investigation. Artworks will be interspersed to allow for visual interaction and juxtaposition; and tools and methods of various printmaking processes will be shared to reveal the practice behind the prints.
All events are free and will begin at 5pm.
20/20 Hindsight
Art at the Kent, Historic Kents’ Corner
September 10 – October 10, 2021
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 3-5 pm
*Reserve Tickets are required for the Opening Reception on Sept. 11, 3-5 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, October 10, 3-5 pm
MGNE membership Chair Carol MacDonald is exhibiting a series of nine drawings/monotypes along with an outdoor installation of her knitting at Art at the Kent, which is a historic building in the beautiful rural setting of Kents’ Corners in Calais, Vermont. The Kents’ Corner State Historic Site is a state-owned historic site, administered by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
Joan Hausrath: Looking Back
A Twenty Year Retrospective of Printmaking
Gallery 175
August 3 – September 30, 2021
Opening Reception: September 12, 1-2:30 pm
On exhibit in the newly reopened Gallery 175 at 175 Main Street in Pawtucket are prints by MGNE member Joan Hausrath. Titled Looking Back, the exhibition displays prints from several series of the artist’s work created over the past twenty years.
The prints on exhibit include scenes inspired by the dramatic landscape of Iceland, images inspired by archaeological finds, and depictions of Mexican masks. Another series uses diagramed pictographs to record destinations in Hausrath’s world travels, while her recent work uses etched images of stones placed both in their natural setting and in architectural configurations.
For the past thirty years Hausrath has been researching safer alternatives to the centuries-old tradition of using acids and solvent based materials in printmaking and has received a number of grants to fund her studies. She currently teaches workshops in non-toxic printmaking to regional print groups.
Changing Since Changing: 2021 MFA Summer Thesis
MassArt x SoWa
Through August 16, 2021
Congratulations to new MGNE Exhibitions Chair Sally Dion and her fellow 2021 MFA Summer graduates, who have work featured in the exhibition Changing Since Changing: 2021 MFA Summer Thesis.
Curated by MassArt Art Museum curatorial fellow Michaela Antunes Blanc, the exhibition seeks to elaborate on feminist ideologies as a concept in art, showcasing artworks that question notions of absence, time, memory, materiality, repetition, accumulation, womanhood, sexuality and human connections.
Changing Since Changing includes an expanded online exhibition/catalog.
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.
Pawttucket Artist Collaborative
PAC Mill Gallery
July 30 – August 8, 2021
Opening Reception: July 30, 6 pm
MGNE Publication Chair Carolyn Letvin has four weavings featured in this exhibition.
Explorations
Galerie Hors-cadre
July 1-25, 2021
MGNE member Diane Cameron will be exhibiting works on paper (monoprints/collage) and sculpture in a solo show at Galerie Hors-cadre in Knowlton (Lac Brome), Quebec in July. Meet the artist every Sunday afternoon in July.
85th National Midyear Show
The Butler Institute of American Art
July 18 – September 5, 2021
Opening Reception: July 18, 1-3 pm
MGNE member Alice Carpenter has three monotypes accepted into The Butler Institute of American Art’s 85th National Midyear Show in Youngstown, Ohio, juried by New York artist, Paul Ching-Bor.
Explorations
Galerie Hors-cadre
July 1-25, 2021
MGNE member Diane Cameron will be exhibiting works on paper (monoprints/collage) and sculpture in a solo show at Galerie Hors-cadre in Knowlton (Lac Brome), Quebec in July. Meet the artist every Sunday afternoon in July.
Technique Video Series
Shelburne Museum
Launched June, 2021
MGNE member Corinne Rhodes was invited by the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont to co-create two videos for their online Technique series: Chapter One: Traditional Stone Lithography and Chapter Two: Non-toxic Century Plate Lithography. The videos were launched to correspond with the Museum’s new exhibition, Revisiting America: The Prints of Currier & Ives that runs from June 2 – August 29. 2021.
Arts Count Day Series
Bridgeport Public Schools
May, 2021
MGNE member and Connecticut-based artist Adair Wilson Heitmann was and invited to participate in the Bridgeport Public Schools’ Virtual Arts Count Day Series in May, 2021. Arts Count Day encourages artists from the community to share their artistic talent and expertise with students in the Bridgeport Public School district calling attention to the role the arts play in their everyday lives and the vast employment opportunities available in the arts. She created this video essay highlighting for the students her talent, background, process, and progression.
Double Vision: Juried Online Exhibition
Bromfield Gallery
March 5 – 28, 2021
MGNE member Donna Gordon has three gum arabic transfer monoprints included in an exhibit at Bromfield Gallery in Boston.
On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond
Annemarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
February 19 – September 26, 2021
MGNE member Linda Nichols‘ monotype Paw Paw is on view in this juried exhibition of contemporary art on paper. Visit the website to view the works online, take a video tour of the exhibition and scroll down the page to watch a video about Linda’s process!
Meet the Artist Series
Chatham Bars Inn
Saturday March 13, 1 – 5pm
MGNE member Joyce Zavorskas will be exhibiting her large, framed monotypes and other artworks. if you are on the Cape, stop by for a chat!
A Change in the Light
The Cliché-verre in Nineteenth Century France
The Clark Art Institute
February 13 – May 16, 2021
MGNE member Corinne Rhodes was invited to create cliché-verre plates for the exhibition’s didactic display case to illustrate each step for two processes, one which uses lithographic ink and the other oil paint as the bases of the photographic glass negatives. The plates were then printed by photographer Jonathan Kline on light-sensitive photo paper using archival processes.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION : Cliché-verre, a hybrid process developed in the mid-nineteenth century, combined the techniques of the graphic arts—namely drawing and printmaking—with those of the new medium of photography. Located between conventional printmaking and novel photography, the hybrid technique combined tradition and modernity. The same is true of the prints on view, in which historical scenes and pastoral idylls commingle with landscapes bearing traces of urbanization and industrialization. This exhibition presents clichés-verre by five French artists—Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles-François Daubigny, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-François Millet, and Théodore Rousseau. The works are drawn from a historic portfolio recently acquired by the Clark. Printed in 1921 from a set of original cliché-verre plates, the Clark’s portfolio is one of a special edition of just five that includes two variant printings of each plate. In addition to displaying a single complete set of plates, the exhibition will feature a number of pairings of variant prints to demonstrate the range of expressive potential in printing a cliché-verre.
Bodies
Cambridge Art Association
January 19 – March 19, 2021
Juried online exhibition featuring ‘Broken Beauty I’, a monotype by MGNE member Donna Gordon.
WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY MGNE MEMBERS:
Fall Monotype Workshops with Carol MacDonald
September 16, 17, 18 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
October 14, 15, 16 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
November 18, 19, 20 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
December 9, 10, 11 (Thu, Fri, Sat)
All workshops run from 9 am – 2 pm and cost $100/day
Workshops includes demonstrations of different monoprinting
techniques using an etching press and fully supported studio time
to work on your own images. No experience needed.
All materials included!
Materials Provided: inks, paints, plates, brayers, brushes, and up to
five 22″x30″ pieces of paper. (A paper fee may be charged for additional paper)
Carol MacDonald Studio
614 Macrae Rd.
Colchester, VT 05446
To register email Carol at: carol@carolmacdonald.com
In-person Spring Session Courses with Paula DeSimone
Beginning Monotype with Collage: Creating Unique Prints
Wednesdays April 7 – May 26 from 9 am – 12 pm
Create unique and experimental prints and collages using the etching press. Students will Learn how to use the press and develop skills to create one of a kind prints combined with collage.
Intermediate Monotype with Collage: Creating Unique Prints
Fridays April 9 – May 28 from 9 am – 12 pm
Create complex colorful prints and collages. Students in this Intermediate class will continue to work with the etching press and expand upon their existing printmaking skills. Color overlays and multiple plate processes will be explored while advancing composition .Integration techniques for collage will be covered and demonstrated. Ideal for students with experience and wish to advance . Golden Open Acrylics will be demonstrated for dramatic color effects.
Danforth Museum School at Framingham State University
Register: danforth.framingham.edu
May 10 – 11, 2021
Monday & Tuesday, 9 am – 1 pm
Monotype Workshop with Joyce Zavorskas
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Dennis, MA
Students will learn to create painterly spontaneous images on smooth acrylic plates using small rubber brayers, brushes, and oil based etching ink.
Students will bring images of familiar beloved places, people, or things to each class and create painterly spontaneous images on smooth acrylic plates using small rubber brayers, brushes, and oil base etching ink. Dampened 100% rag paper placed on top of the inked plate, and passed through the press with gentle pressure, produces a unique impression that is intimately and permanently bonded with the fibers of the paper. The glistening layers of radiant ink create truly unique images with depth, mystery, memory, and delight. Demonstrations each day will help to develop individual explorations. Clean-up will be with baby oil or Gamsol.
Beginner to advanced students welcome. Limited to 8 students. Learn more and register here: ccmoa.org
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: July 9, 2021, 11:59 pm
Collages and Construction, Mixed Media
All 2D media, and 3D media able to hang from a wall.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Menino Arts Center
26 Central Ave, Hyde Park, MA, 02136
Exhibition Dates: August 2 – Sept 27, 2021
Works will be curated and displayed physically at the Menino Arts Center, and also in a virtual 3D gallery that you can enter, stroll, and view at your own pace.
Artists Reception: Friday, August 13, 7-8:30pm. In person unless otherwise notified to be on Zoom. Artists will be given login info several days prior.
Juror: Ekua Holmes, artist, illustrator, designer
ekuaholmes.com/
Learn more and apply here
DEADLINE: Open Entry Postmarked June 15 (Prints must arrive no later than July 31, 2021)
Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition “AIMPE”
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
This year marks the 5th edition of AIMPE 2021.
Both Japanese and International artists are all invited to enter prints to AIMPE ’21. Prizewinning works will be awarded as a result of skilled multi-level jurying.
The purpose of this exhibition is to introduce ‘washi’ ; Japan’s traditional handmade paper (and cultural treasure) to international printmakers. In so doing, we are pleased to provide an opportunity for artists to exhibit their prints and to promote expressionistic fine art printmaking.
Award-winning works will be displayed within Awagami’s Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper Museum. All other prints will be displayed in Awagami’s spacious “Inbe Art Space”. Award-winning prints previous four AIMPE will be displayed at satellite venues in Japan.
All artists are invited to submit works to the AIMPE exhibition and we look forward to receiving a great number of wonderful miniprints. During the AIMPE exhibition, printmaking specialists and selected artists will conduct workshops and print-related symposiums at the exhibition sites.
For more information and an application form, please visit miniprint.agawami.jp
DEADLINE: July 30, 2021
Entries accepted from June 1, 2021
ImPRESSive: Juried Members Exhibition
October 2, 2021- November 5, 2021
Monotype Guild of New England Members’ Juried Exhibit:
The Rhode Island Watercolor Society Gallery
Slater Memorial Park, 831 Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket, RI 02861
The Monotype Guild of New England announces its fall 2021 juried members exhibition entitled “ImPRESSive” at Rhode Island Watercolor Society in Pawtucket, RI. Prizes, chosen by juror, Adrian Tió, will be awarded: 1st place: $250, 2nd place: $150, 3rd place: $100.
MGNE invites Guild members and Rhode Island Watercolor Society members in good standing to submit up to three monotypes or monoprints. MGNE membership is open to all artists in the United States working in the medium of one-of-a-kind prints. Please read more details about this exhibition opportunity here.
Download the full prospectus here
Submit your prints to MGNE on ArtCall
To renew your membership or join MGNE, please visit our membership page.
DEADLINE: August 20, 2021
Entries accepted from May 12, 2021
Priority Prints
September 3, 2021- October 18, 2021
Monotype Guild of New England Members’ Open Exhibit:
Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill
145 E Main St, Poultney, VT 05764
The Monotype Guild of New England announces its first in-person (mail) exhibition with an open members show entitled “Priority Prints” at Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill in Poultney, Vermont. More than 200 works submitted from among the MGNE’s members will be shown over three floors in an historic stone building September 3 through October 1.
MGNE invites members in good standing to submit up to two unframed monotypes or monoprints. This exhibit is NOT JURIED but will be curated by MGNE member and Stone Valley executive director Erika Lawlor Schmidt. Every entering member artist will have at least one print displayed on the wall behind plexiglass. If space allows, both pieces will be installed. If not, the second work will be placed in a sleeve and shown in bins. All work must be mailed via the United States Postal Service.
Download the full prospectus here for all the print submission and exhibition details.
Submit your prints to MGNE on ArtCall (Opens May 12, 2021).
To renew your membership or join MGNE, please visit our membership page
DEADLINE: September 13, 2021
VICES National Juried Exhibition at Arc Gallery
“Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness.” – Lysander Spooner. Read more about this call for vice-related artistic entries at Arc Gallery in San Francisco. Accepted media include: Sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, ceramics, assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, glass art and artist books. Juried by Philip Bewley, DZINE Gallery, San Francisco, CA. The exhibition will run from November 20 – December 18, 2021 in two in-person and online components: the juror will select works that will be exhibited in the Arc Gallery at 1246 Folsom Street and works that will be included only on the Arc On-line Gallery. All artwork selected will be included in the exhibition catalog. Catalogs will be available for order at the time of notification.
There is a non-refundable entry fee of $35/entry.
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
Early Summer Printmaking Classes at ABRAZOS PRESS beginning June 7, 2021
Beginners and Artists at all levels are welcome
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
EDITIONS / ARTISTS’ BOOKS FAIR
OCTOBER 18 – 31, 2021
Visit the E/AB Fair 2020, fully online, October 18 – 31 on this website. The fair will gather an international community of over 60 publishers and dealers, featuring emerging and mid-career contemporary artists. Each exhibitor will have their own viewing room and will be accessible for artwork discussion and special insights.
Editions/Artists’ Books Fair has been New York’s premier showcase for the discovery of new and contemporary prints, multiples, and artists’ books for over 20 years now. Renowned for its cultivation of an international community of publishers, E/AB Fair provides a platform for their growth in the art market. Each year, the Fair presents a thoughtfully curated exhibition of works by hundreds of emerging and established artists and an informative program of talks.
IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair
PRINT MONTH 2021
October 4 – 29
Print Month returns for 2021 with daily online programs at 12 Noon Eastern Time. The IFPDA is proud to share this platform with our members, our cultural partners, and our community with programs and symposia organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Print Center of New York, the Print Council of America, the Association of Print Scholars, and the galleries and publishers of the IFPDA.
IFPDA Fair Fall 2021 Online Edition
October 15 – 31, 2021
The IFPDA Fair presents curated collections of fine art prints & editions from old master to contemporary in virtual booths presented by IFPDA members.
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.
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
In conjunction with Present Tense and the International Fine Print Dealers Association’s (IFPDA) Print Month 2021, IPCNY will co-host two online public programs with the IFPDA. This series explores Polly Apfelbaum and Joyce Kozloff’s defiant embrace of forms traditionally regarded as craft, ornament, and the feminine.
October 22, 12 pm ET
Breaking Ground, Part I: Pattern and Print with Polly Apfelbaum and Jean-Paul Russell, Durham Press
Moderated by Starr Figura, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA
October 29, 12 pm ET
Breaking Ground, Part 2: Pattern and Print with Joyce Kozloff and Judith Solodkin, SOLO Impression Inc
Moderated by Judy Hecker, Director, IPCNY
PRINTED EDITIONS
Incredible online selection of contemporary and historical prints, artists and gallery collections
Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair
Ongoing (February 24-28, 2021)
All the exhibitors’ information and PMVABF’s programs are now permanently archived and accessible through this website after the fair ended on 2/28. Click below to view a virtual treasure trove of new and rare and out-of-print art books and zines.
