Show at Artspace in Raleigh

Now in Print: Printmaking Invitational
Exhibition: September 13 - November 15, 2008
Opening Reception: First Friday Gallery Walk, October 3, 6-10pm

Artspace presents Now in Print, a Printmaking Invitational featuring the work of six artists currently working in the United States. The exhibition presents a glimpse into the diverse methods and techniques within contemporary printmaking today. The exhibition features a large woodcut banner by Cannonball Press (NY); intaglio monotypes by John Ford (NC); deconstructive screenprints by Julia Freeman (WA); engravings by Oscar Gillespie (IL); multiple color woodcuts by Endi Poskovic (MI); and vitreopgraphs by Dan Welden (NY).

Innovative Color Woodcut Printmaking from Multiple Blocks Workshop
Instructor: Endi Poskovic
November 8-9, 9:30am-5:30m each day
Tuition & Materials: $180 ($165 members/teachers)
beginner through more advanced levels can be accommodated.
To register call 919.821.2787

Deconstructive Screenprinting Demo
Enjoy a demo of deconstructive screenprinting with Julia Freeman during the First Friday Gallery Walk on October 3. Two short demos will take place during the reception.

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MEZZOTINT WORKSHOP

"Rock On" :Mezzotint Workshop II

If you have interest in learning more about the process and beautiful results of this acid-free intaglio technique, sign up! Entitled "Rock On", this workshop will be led by professional printmaker Julie Niskanen--specializing in Mezzotint and other intaglio processes. Julie, whose award-winning work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, brings not only extensive knowledge of the process to this workshop, but also custom-made tools to aid in the creation of mezzotints. For those possessing prior experience with the technique, you will be pleasantly surprised at the relative ease Julie's methods provide in both plate preparation and image rendition.

The workshop will be held September 16, 18, 23, & 25 at the Print Shop at 311 W Martin Street Galleries & Studios.

To see more about mezzotints please go www.julieniskanen.com/mezzotint.html

Workshop fee: $100

Space is limited, so sign up soon!!!

To sign up, contact Judy Jones or Julie Niskanen.

Judy Jones
jumpinjivin@bellsouth.net
919-821-2262

Julie Niskanen
julie@julieniskanen.com
919-880-5616

Andy Farkas at Flanders Art Gallery

Float
engravings, photographs, and silverpoints
August 01, 2008
General Opening: Aug.1st 6-9pm
Artist Reception: Aug.15th 6-9pm
Flanders Art Gallery will host artists Andy Farkas, Jeannine Cook, and Gina Fuentes Walker for Float, an exhibit looking at the delicacy and detail contained within nature's flora.

As Farkas debuts his new book River, he will include individual pulled prints that were produced to illustrate the new text. Farkas's works, notably his past wood engravings, are characterized by fine lines and are populated by animals and children attempting to make sense of their physical and psychological environments. He will also provide an explanatory installation of printmaking processes within the exhibit.

Selected from her Seasons on Sapelo series, Cook's pieces will showcase her silverpoint studies of the changing scenery on a barrier island in Georgia. Silverpoint is a medium that dates to the twelfth century, and it entails wielding a silver stylus over a prepared surface to produce the resulting image.

Walker offers transparency photographs that become sculptural endeavors as she presents translucent images of branches and ferns mounted between layers of glass.

Opportunity For Printmakers

Looking for collaborators for projects and exhibitions! Printmakers, especially artists working with woodcut, lino-cut, and etching processes are invited to submit portfolios for consideration. Materials will be kept on file and will not be returned. I will reply when/if there is a possibility for a project.

Send a CD of digital images to:
C. Brooks
122 North Church Street
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
27804.

Thanks kindly.
C. Brooks

More Images From PRINTED Opening

Thanks to Fort Grunt for these pics.

PRINTED opens at Green Hill Center for NC Art

There was a nice turnout for the PRINTED show at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art on Friday night (1/18). If you have any photos of the event please post them. The exhibition will be up until February 29th.

PRINTED!

Our fearless leader Bill Fick is the proud curator of a brand new show called: Printed: Contemporary Prints and Books by North Carolina Artists. You can see it at the Green Hill Center for Art in Greensboro, NC from Jan 18th to Feb 29th.

We were happy to make the three hour drive to attend the opening, which was VERY well attended! The show looked great, and it was good to see old friends again.



Matt Liddle, Bill Fick and Ryan O'Malley



Beth Grabowski and Heather Muise



Scott Betz



Craig Malmrose and Matt Egan