Silk Cut Lino Award

OPEN SECTION ACQUISITION   2010

Stephanie Peters

Home made by the body of a bird, 75 x 105 cm   

It's come round again already i.e.,  the closing date for entries to this award,  dedicated to print making using Linoleum,  as the substrate.

The entry fee is 22 Australian dollars which is just over  £14.00

The closing date to submit images of your print  as jpgs online is   3 June 2013

They do a catalogue book of the exhibited art works and those featured are sent a complimentary copy of this.

Find out more about the award on the  SILK CUT AWARD WEBSITE

See also          Silk Cut Lino Award on Facebook     

Belinda Fox  Winner in 2004

      

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

Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition

This exhibition is open to all artists and will be held at The "Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum" in Tokushima, Japan in October 2013. There are plans to have a year-long international tour of the exhibition after the initial exhibition has closed.

Deadline for entry of artworks is 30th July, 2013

Paper size is A4 (21 x 29.70 cm)  up to 2 works may be entered.
Submission fee is 35 US dollars (approx £22.61) payable online.
For further info visit the website 

Here is  a link to a previous print exhibition catalogue
http://printshow.awagami.jp/book/200702/

Dry Point Graphic ArtBiennial, Uzice, Serbia 2013

Simonida Radonjic (drypoint) The City Gallery of Uzice, (Serbia) is the founder and organizer of the 11th Graphic Art Biennial  Dry Point 2013. At the 11th Graphic Biennial the selected prints will be exhibited  in two gallery locations. Only works in dry point technique (maximum size: 80 x 112 cm) shall be exhibited. Submitted works should be of a high professional standard.  A catalogue book,  of the selected and exhibited prints will be produced and send to those artists. Each artist can send a maximum of 2  original prints. International jury will make selection of the works. no entry fee closing date is at the end of April 2013 for further information: http://www.drypoint.org

Exhibit at Torpedo Factory Art Centre Dec 2009

This is an exhibition "quickie",  as well as easy. These things are good to do if you just feel in the mood to do some little print works (postcard size). 

Maybe if you haven't shown in a while or if you could do with  adding some shows to your  CV.

If you send one postcard it will cost you 10 dollars (US).    When I have previously submitted prints to exhibitions biennial type events -  I never send cash through my bank because it costs £25.00 to do that kind of transaction,  which I think is utterly EXTORTIONATE   in the context of current electronic communications.

Whereas,  Paypal,  hardly costs anything at all which is something that I wish all of these exhibition 'hosts' would get together.   I'ts not that difficult (duh)  I have taken the step I might add, of suggesting this to some of them
I usually order foreign currency of the country involved and then enclose it in the envelope.  I know there's always a first time...............  but so far (and thats after a fair few years)  - it's usually been OK.
Anyway the torpedo factory is a place based in Alexandria in Virginia.

Please note  the image above is by Laura Huff from the torpedo factory print workshop.
Here's the blurb:

 Going Postal - 2009 Postcard Show
Exhibition Dates: December 3 - December 6, 2009.
Reception: December 3, during TFAC Holiday Open House

Going Postal is a fun 3-day exhibition open to ALL artists with the stipulation that the work must be original art, based on the 4x6” postcard format (Unframed).

 Entry fee is $10 per artwork or 3 for $25, which guarantees entry into the show. 

Download a prospectus for complete details and entry form.

Deadline for Entry (artwork & entry form must be in the gallery): December 1st

For more info go to
http://www.torpedofactory.org/galleries/targetcallforentry.htm

Open Submission Mini print exhibition Hull, UK (clo. 12th Nov 09)

 Call for Entries - Mini Print 2009

Artlink are calling for entries for its popular annual Mini Print Exhibition. This is a great selling opportunity for artists as Mini Print is held in the run up to Christmas.

This is an open submissions exhibition with no selection process, so everyone who enters gets their work displayed. Artists are invited to submit work in any printed medium, please see submission guidelines for exact criteria on what we can and cannot accept.

As this is a mini print exhibition, the total size of the work must not be bigger than 25cm in either direction - to allow us to mount work to fit within our frames.

Required with all entries is a fee of £20.00 per artist to cover mounting/framing and return postage of unsold work.

A maximum of five prints can be entered per participant, two of which will be mounted, framed and displayed on the Gallery wall. The remaining prints will still be for sale and available for viewing in the gallery browser and also for replacing work sold from the wall.

The closing date for entries is Thursday 12th November 2009

and Mini Print 2009 will run from early December 2009 until end of January 2010.

Submission guidelines and form are available using the links below.


www.artlinkuk

Miniprint Cadaques submissions open till March 2010

I have to say I preferred more of the prints that were in the "finalists section" than the actual "winners section".

Here's a link to the site where forms for entry can be downloaded

Bookart competition (clo 18 Jan 2010)

The Art Gallery of York University (Canada)  is now accepting submissions to the AGYU Artists Book of the Moment competition.

Following the closing deadline, our panel of adjudicators will assess all submissions. Taking into consideration the jury's eclectic tastes, a selection of the books will be deemed worthy of the AGYU ABotM designation – a rare honour indeed!

Bookart image by  Angela Cavalieri (Australia)


The singular book that rises to the top of the ABotM will receive a cash award of $1,500 (Canadian funds, of course).

Submission Deadline is 18 January 2010.

Submission guidelines available on our website: http://www.theagyuisoutthere.org/abotm

(S)edition printmaking opportunity (closes 16th October 2009)

As part of it's ongoing commitment to promote challenging, innovative practices in the visual arts, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) is seeking artists to submit entries to an international juried exhibition of contemporary printmaking. 


Accepted works will be exhibited in the Monroe Avenue Gallery of the UICA, from December 11th – March 5th, 2010. 
With respect to this exhibition, the concept of printmaking is an expansive one.
(S)Edition: Prints as Activism will provide a venue for contemporary artists to connect the 21st century language of printmaking to the medium’s history as an instrument of democracy. 

Exhibited artists will demonstrate the viability of prints to engage issues of social and environmental justice.  The conceptual focus of (S)Edition is printmaking’s continuing service in this role.







Deadline 16^th October

Send images on a CD to Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts

http://www.uica.org


The address to send entries to is in the PDF (entry form) which you can download  at:  uica's website

Call for Submissions for Scottish "Arts" magazine

http://pushingouttheboat.co.uk/

August 28, 2009

Pushing Out the Boat – Issue 9 :   Call for Submissions

Submissions of writing and artwork are invited for Issue 9 of Pushing Out the Boat ,  North-East  Scotland’s acclaimed magazine of prose, poetry and visual arts. Issue 9 will be published in summer 2010, with an online version to follow in 2011.

WRITING: Poetry, fiction and playscript may be submitted; work may be in English, Doric or Scots and must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere. Due to limited space, shorter works are preferable – although we may accept longer items (including self-contained extracts) up to 3,500 words. See …. Please send up to four poems to poetry@pushingouttheboat.co.uk and up to two prose/playscript pieces to prose@pushingouttheboat.co.uk.

Submissions should be emailed as separate MS Word or RTF attachments.  Each category of submission should be accompanied by an email cover note, detailing contributor name; postal address; email address; phone number; age if under 18; and the title of each attached piece. The submission attachment(s) should show only the title of the piece, page numbering (if appropriate) and word count.

ARTWORK: a maximum of four images (colour and/or black-and-white) of 2- or 3-dimensional work – including line drawings, illustrations, etc – should be emailed  as separate attachments (max 2MB total), to art@pushingouttheboat.co.uk, accompanied by number and for each attached piece: the title; medium/materials ; colour/b&w.

ALL SUBMISSIONS: To ensure blind selection, no contributor name should appear on any attached submission.  Please do not send multiple copies, which overload our mailboxes – receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by return.

Final date for submissions is 1 October 2009, 

However earlier entries are especially appreciated. 

Acceptance of contributions will be emailed by 31 January 2010.  

Please note that, due to limited resources, we are unable to notify rejections or to enter into correspondence regarding selection.

Successful entrants will receive a copy of the magazine and an invitation to read or display their work at the launch event to be held in Summer 2010

http://www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/Issue9/index.aspx

Call for Artwork: Highland Print Studio

Call for Artwork: Highland Print Studio

Highland Print Studio would like to invite artists to submit original prints for inclusion in its sales stock on a sale or return basis. Please in the first instance send up to 3 jpegs along with details of image size and technique.

For further info e-mail: info@highlandprintstudio.co.uk

Location: Highland Print Studio, 20 Bank St, Inverness. IV1 1QU. Tel: 01463 718999

Website:  http://www.highlandprintstudio.co.uk/

Residency at East London Printmakers

Residency Programme details


Since East London Printmakers' tenth anniversary in 2008, the studio has been running a residency programme. The purpose of this opportunity is to promote professional development in printmaking and to create an arena for visiting artists to share their knowledge and experiences with ELP members. The programme supports the development of new work and access to a network of artists in London.

The studio is based in the heart of East London's contemporary art scene, close to Vyner Street, London Fields and Regent Street Studios.

Two artists per year will receive:

* 24-hour access to the studio's facilities
* £100 budget for materials
* £200 fee for running a one-day master workshop
* Free membership of East London Printmakers for one year
* Storage space for materials and a plan chest drawer

Applicants are invited to submit a proposal for a project lasting no longer than twelve consecutive weeks, focusing on either screen-printing or relief and intaglio. Applicants must demonstrate prior knowledge of printmaking, however the programme encourages experimentation, thus artists from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

The programme is open to local, national and foreign artists. Applicants need to be self-sufficient as this opportunity does not include accommodation or expenses for materials. Recipients must be prepared to teach a one-day master workshop and host an artist's talk for the benefit of ELP members. Opportunities to learn new printmaking skills will be dependaet on workshops and places will be available at the members' concessionary rate.
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Applicants should send, by recorded delivery:

* a completed application form
* a resumé
* 10 photographs/digital prints or one CD/ DVD/VHS

Please do not send actual art pieces as ELP will retain applications and confirm receipt by email. The ELP committee meet twice a year and applicants will be notified by email within two weeks of the deadline.

Application deadlines

* 6 December 2009 for an Artist Residency between January and June 2010
* 1 June 2010 for an Artist Residency between July and December 2010


East London Printmakers

East London Printmakers BLOG


note image above is by East London Printmaker Wuon-Gean-Ho

titel: Guardian-III

Visit her website

Accented Residency - international.

Just came across this opportunity for an artists residency at Spike Islands Printmakers This residency is mentioned on the main Spike Island Arts Studios website, though. See it under under "residencies" or visit the residency page created at this url:
http://www.accentedresidency.blogspot.com/



Jenny McGee's website

There's something so appealing about Paper Boats.....

which is why I made one and sent it to this, although I plan to make at least another one if not two, to send again before the deadline in August.




Make a paper boat and participate in project to support Mary Ann’s Cottage, based in Caithness.

Visit the blog about the project which is being run by an artist from Scotland ( Joanne B Kaar) and another from New Zealand (Lynn Taylor)





You have until the 10th August 09 to post your paper boat to the project.

Paper boat fundraiser for Mary-Ann's Cottage - Caithness Scotland UK.
At the beginning of 2009, Joanne B Kaar and Lynn Taylor launched their paper boat project - a fundraiser for Mary-Ann's cottage,a living history museum in Caithness Scotland run by volunteers from The Caithness Heritage Trust (a registered Charity no: SCO 19998).
There's a link to the museums blog, on the paper boat website and I found it really engaging and spent far too long looking at various things.

As paper boats are sent to Joanne, from around the globe, she documents them on the blog.

The launch date and theme were inspired by the maiden voyage of the Westland Ship - 30th January 1879 (130 years ago) from Scotland to New Zealand. Mary-Ann's father, William Young was a member of the crew.


All boats will be exhibited in Sept 09 in Caithness Horizons.

All money from sale of boats will go to the Caithness Heritage trust to help keep Mary-Ann's cottage open for future generations.

Artists Residency opportunity at Cove Park, Scotland

Artwork is by recent recipient of an artists residency at Cove Park, Duncan Marquiss.
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The Visual Arts Creative Development Programme 2009 at Cove Park

Deadline for Applications: Friday 15 May 2009

The residencies will run over the period 3 August - 11 September 2009
The Visual Arts Creative Development Programme 2009 at Cove Park consists of six six-week residencies for artists, makers, curators and critical writers supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to enable research, the development of new ideas and the creation of new work.

Includes accommodation, studio/work space and a fee of £2,400 and a materials allowance of £1000. The focus will be on individual development, but the programme will be enhanced by related events and opportunities for discussion among the participants. Cove Park is situated on a 50-acre site overlooking Loch Long on the west coast, an hour from Glasgow.
For more information, please visit: http://www.covepark.org

Artists Residencey in Montreal, Canada (clo 1 Jun 09)

Canada Council for the Arts International Residence
Application Deadline: June 1, 2009


The Canada Council for the Arts offers an international residency program at the Darling Foundry for professional visual artists from outside of Canada.

Two artists will be awarded four-month residencies in 2009.

Each resident will receive a grant to cover living expenses, travel fees and production costs.

Artists are provided with a creation studio with separate living accommodation, common spaces and a wood and metal workshop.

They are also invited to participate in open studio events, studio visits by art professionals, networking activities, and excursions.

For more information visit: Fonderiedarling's website

Exhibit at Tron Theatre Gallery 2010

As an active member in Glasgow's arts & culture sector, the Tron Theatre seeks to promote new and exciting work. Providing an opportunity for emerging artists and recent graduates to showcase their work in a busy and vibrant arts venue.

The Tron Theatre is currently running an open
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call for contemporary visual artists to exhibit in 2010
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For more information or if you wish to apply please email longgalley@tron.co.uk
or check out the gallery page on their website


Location: Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HB

Deadline: 31 August 2009



Featured above is a print by recent graduate Janet Brown who was one of the few artists graduating in 2008 that had a WWW representation. Theres a photo of this on her website which if you click on it - shows it really large. It's a screenprint - I rather like it.
I have included it as a representation of "Recent Graduates of Duncan of Jordanstone" because they are scheduled as one of the exhibitions forthcoming at the Tron theatre gallery.

7th RWA Open Print Exhibition

Exhibition dates : 9 August - 19 September 2009

7th RWA Open Print Exhibition

A survey of contemporary printmaking selected from open submission. The exhibition will also include examples of recent works by invited artists from Japan, Russia and Poland. Other special features include bookplates and print works in three dimensions.

Submission dates:
16th, 17th, and 18th July, 2009

Further information on rwa.org.uk/openfrm.htm.

Portugal Printmaking Postcard Project update

Portugal Printmaking Postcard Project update as mentioned in previous recent post


The image above is the contribution of Mirek Antoniewilz, a Polish artist. It's just interesting to be able to see what other artists have created and sent to this project. I sense that some artists are committed "mail artists" whilst others like myself and e.g. Raj Verdi (who I know of, through my involvement previously with the Printmakers Council) are printmakers who decided to participate. Sorry to say that my image on their is a bit "greyed out" i.e., it needs a bit more contrast !!......stuff like that really annoys me.
This is the link to Matriz's main website which is somewhat "Flash- tastic" and here's a link to the blog where they have posted the images until they get round to putting them on the main site.
Here's an image by Raj Verdi by the way.

Exhibit a small print in Portugal (clo. 31 Mar 09)

Matriz – Printmaking Association of Porto calls for:1st Edition of postal print
Open to all print artists

Theme: Self-Portrait

Dimension: Standard postcard size– 10 x 15cm
Technique: all kind of prints except digital one


Deadline: 31st March 2009


Send only one postal print without envelope

No return, no fees, no jury
Exhibitions: on-line in www.matriz-gravura.com and
Esteta Gallery on April 2009
Send to: Matriz -1ªEdição de Gravura Postal, Rua Sousa Viterbo nº 28, 1ºA, 4050-593 – Porto, Portugal

With name, address and e-mail. Documentation sent to all by e-mail.

Information: matriz.gravura@gmail.com

(pictured above is the one I sent - it looks just like me don't you think !!)