Thursday, 2 May 2013

LA CALACA PRESS International Print Exchange


previous exchange prints on exhibition in Nicaragua


LA CALACA PRESS

III International Print Exchange*

La Calaca Press* invites you to participate in *LA CALACA PRESS III International Print Exchange and Exhibition in Homage to the 
*Centenary of POSADA‚s Death*. This exchange is open to printmakers from the USA and abroad. 

The purpose of this exchange is to promote printmaking and create connection with artists around the world.

Requirements:

Deadline date: Prints must be received by SEPTEMBER 1st, 2013

Please RSVP by e-mail to: Carlos Barberena at 
calacapress@gmail.com

Theme: CALACAS Day of the Dead. - 

Open to your own interpretation -.

Media: Any traditional Printmaking process: Relief, Linocuts, 
Woodcuts, Intaglio, Lithography, Serigraphy, Collagraph, etc.- NO 
DIGITAL PRINTS OR PHOTOCOPIES 

Paper Size: must be 9 inches by 7 inches.Print/image size is 
open.

Please use any Archival Paper or Hand made Paper Acid FREE (no exception)

Edition: 15 identical hand-pulled, original prints, include 
glassine sheets or tissue paper between each print, cut to match paper size 

Each Print must be Signed* and Numbered. (front or back)

"Passage" by Cindi Ford
Media: Etching, Aquatint, soft
 Ground & Woodcut.
http://www.cindiford.com
                           
Fee: $20 USD paid via PayPal to: carlosbarberenadelarocha@gmail.com 

This fee covers the costs of postage and promotion of the project and exhibits. Fee is non-refundable.

Exhibitions: TBA. Check out www.lacalacapress.com 
 for updates.

A Portfolio of 12 randomly selected prints will be mailed to each 
participant in December 2013. 

We will keep 3 Prints from each edition submitted to the exchange: 1 print will remain at La Calaca Press and 
two for travelling exhibitions and promotional purposes.

All prints submitted will be put in a web gallery and may be 
reproduced to promote this project. Please visit: 
http://calacapressinternationalprintexchange.blogspot.com/ for more info.

IMPORTANT:/All prints must conform to the guidelines. Any prints 
that do not fit the guidelines will be returned to the artist.
Fee is not refundable.

Please RSVP by e-mail to Carlos at calacapress@gmail.com 
<mail to:calacapress@gmail.com> and mail submission to:

La Calaca Press / Carlos Barberena

822 South Maple Avenue

Oak Park, IL 60304
USA



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