April 20, 2013 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK | VISIT OUR WEBSITE | DONATE | CONTACT US Printmaking Classes and Studio  May 6 - August 18    EXPLORE THE WIDE WORLD OF PRINTMAKING LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS STUDY SHORT OR GO LONG Intaglio / Silkscreen / Lithography / Japanese Woodblock Relief Printing / Photogravure / Monotype / Collagraph Solarplate / Collage FREE ARTISTS' TALKS - SELECT FRIDAY EVENINGS AT 6:30 For the complete schedule of classes, open workshop & events Visit our website: manhattangraphicscenter.org To Register: Download the Registration Form from the web site and mail it to MGC with your payment by check, call MGC to register with a credit card or visit the studio to sign up in person.       ARTIST TALK Minna Resnick  Friday, May 3 at 6:30 PM  On select Friday evenings we invite guest artists or curators to talk about their artistic vision and share their techniques and experiences. Everyone is welcome and light refreshments are served. This year our first guest artist will be Minna Resnick. On Friday, May 3rd,, Minna will talk about her technique, which includes an unusual photo collagraph process, and show her multi-layered prints. The layered nature of Minna's work - which often combines drawing, silkscreen and lithography in addition to photo collagraph - allows the examination of society's dual nature - the public and the private. Minna's most recent work addresses the intergenerational evolution of communication as language and meaning change. Her process of photo collagraph involves a silk screen photo emulsion applied to a substrate, usually a thin wood board. After exposing a photo positive image onto the surface, the emulsion is then developed and washed away, leaving an image on the surface of the wood. The positive marks are now the exposed wood surface. This image is then processed as a traditional etching, inking up the recessed areas of the plate. The plate can also be surface rolled, as in the relief method.    Minna Resnick has shown her work both nationally and internationally and is represented in over 50 public and private collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, the Newark Museum, the Denver Art Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England and Kunsthaus Grenchen in Switzerland. Her work is represented in over 25 university and municipal collections. She was a recipient of the American National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has lectured and conducted workshops around the US.      Visit www.minnaresnick.com to learn more. IN THE GALLERY Katerina Kyselica  "Chez Maman & Other Stories"  etchings and other works on paper  On view through April 28 IN THE PROJECT SPACE A GROUP SHOW OF PRINTS THAT MAKE TEXT PRIMARY  curated by Richard Turnbull   CLOSING RECEPTION FOR TEXT MESSAGE II SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 6:30 TO 8:30 PM  please join us for refreshments and discussion exhibitions viewing hours:  Mon 6-10pm, Tue-Fri 10am-10pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm    MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER   250 WEST 40 STREET, FIFTH FLOOR | NYC 10018 | 212-219-8783

from Carrie Allison Director of career services

As you are able, please encourage rising juniors, seniors and graduate students to rsvp for the career fair. I have sent them the following email in addition to one sent last week and have only one rsvp so far. It's important to get their information early so I can send information to employers and plan the space/tables needed for this event.

Thank you very much and if you have any questions about this, please let me know.

Thanks!

Carrie

Carrie Allison Brooks, Ed.D.

Director of Career Services

1930 Poplar, Memphis, TN 38104

901.272.5100 (Main)

901.272.5160 (Direct)

901.272.5143 (Fax)

cbrooks@mca.edu

Project green fork Mural competition

Deadline: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Memphis, TN  -  Recycling Center Beautification Murals RFP
Eligibility: Local Memphis artists 18 years or older.
Design Award: $1,000
Project Green Fork and the UrbanArt Commission invite local artists to
create designs for two recycling containers in the Cooper-Young District
of Memphis, at the intersection of 1000 South Cooper Street and Walker
Avenue. Project Green Fork has adopted the existing recycling center in
this location, which is intended to be both functional and visually
attractive. Working collaboratively to enhance the cultural and
environmental vitality of the neighborhood, the project partners invite
stimulating designs. Goal of the project is to create artistic markers
that identify the Community Recycling Center as a distinctive Cooper-Young
asset that is positive, culturally rich, diverse, lively, and welcoming to
both residents and visitors. Previous mural experience is not required.
Contact: Siphne Sylve, UrbanArt Project and Community Mural Program Manager
Email: Info@urbanartcommission.org  or 901.454.0474

Download the Recycling Center Beautification Murals RFP or
www.urbanartcommission.org/open-projects



Christina Lanzl
Executive Director

UrbanArt Commission
3485 Poplar Avenue, Suite 225
Memphis, TN 38111-4633

RBPMW Fellowship

OPEN CALL: RBPMW FELLOWSHIP Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop is now accepting applications for the 2013 Studio Immersion Project Fellowship. Click here for details, application instructions & more:  http://www.efanyc.org/rbpmw-sip/    Application deadline: Friday, April 26, 2013   OPENING TOMORROW SILHOUETTE Curated by Bill Carroll,  EFA Studio Program Director Opening: Friday, March 1, 6 pm - 8 pm March 2 - March 30 Blackburn 20|20 EFA, 323 W 39th St, Fl 5,  New York, NY 10018  Gallery Hours: Thurs - Sat, 10 am - 6 pm Image: Donald Baechler, PLANT STUDY #2, 2009, Gouache and gesso on paper, 24 x 19 inches. Courtesy of Cheim & Read, New York. CALL FOR RBPMW MEMBERS: Lithography Exhibition Lithography: Here & Now April 12 - May 9 Opening: April 11, 6 pm - 8 pm An exhibition of lithographs printed at RBPMW within the last 5 years. Click here for instructions on how to apply: http://www.efanyc.org/rbpmw-2013-year-of-litho-show Become an RBPMW Member! Click here for instructions:http://www.efanyc.org/rbpmw-membership/ Want to learn stone lithography in time for this show?  Need a lithography refresher?  Stone Lithography ONLY 4 SPACES LEFT Instructor: Devraj Dakoji March 16 - March 23 4 Sessions: Saturdays & Sundays 10:30am - 4:30pm Class fee*: $325 members                   $365 non-members *Includes lithography stone deposit & 48 hours of free studio time RBPMW is a program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, a 501 (c)(3) public charityand receives critical support from New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation & Bloomberg Philanthropies.         Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop  T. 646-416-6226 F. 212-563-1875 rbpmw@efanyc.org  Also at EFA: EFA STUDIOS  T. 212-563-5855 x 221 F. 212-563-1875 studios@efanyc.org EFA Project Space T. 212-563-5855 x 244 F. 212-563-1875 projectspace@efanyc.org

OPENING IN THE GALLERY     The Spiritual Dimension  in Czech Printmaking March 3 - 31, 2013  Prints by renowned contemporary Czech printmakers from the HOLLAR Association of Czech Graphic Artists in Prague. Saturday, March 16, 2013   6:30 - 7:00 pm Curator's Introduction  7:00 - 8:30 pm Opening Reception  Exhibiting artists, Alena Laufova, who also curated the exhibition,  and Pavel Piekar, will be present at the opening.  Over thirty etchings, lithographs, linocuts and mixed media works showcase the beauty of traditional Central European Printmaking  Spirituality as the individual's inner path to understanding life is subjective and diverse, and so is the approach to the subject matter by the eleven Czech artists. Some of them present biblical themes of the Old and New Testaments, others show works whose origins dwell deep in the realm of the inner-self, often inspired by nature. Talent for and emphasis on drawing and illustration is present in all of the featured works. The participating artists, whose works are in European and US public collections, private collections around the world and have received numerous national and international awards, are: Karel Demel, Eva Haskova, Helena Horalkova, Jan Kavan, Marketa Kralova, Alena Laufrova (curator), Pavel Piekar, Miroslav Posvic, Hana Storchova, Pavel Sukdolak and Nadezda Synecka. A full color catalog accompanies the exhibition. Visit exhibition website for more information: www.kadsny.wix.com/czechprintmaking  or email Katerina Kyselica at katerina@kadsny.com.   The exhibition is organized by Manhattan Graphics Center in partnership with the HOLLAR Association of Czech Graphic Artists, Czech Center New York and KADS NY. It will travel to Savannah Center for Fine Art in Savannah, Georgia in May 2013. An exchange exhibition of prints by MGC printmakers will take place in September 2013 in Prague. In.Focus: Czech Printmaking Special Programs in connection with the exhibition     Wenceslaus Hollar at NYPL: Etchings / guided tour Wednesday, March 13 and Friday, March 15 at 10:30 - 11:45 am  Location: the New York Public Library Print Room (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Room 306)  Free and Open to the Public / limited space-RSVP required  RSVP to Katerina Kyselica at katerina@kadsny.com, provide your name and phone number. Or call 540-538-2931 Join with Madeleine Viljoen, curator of the Print and Drawing Department at the New York Pubic Library, to view the historic etchings of Bohemian Baroque artist Wenceslaus Hollar from the library's collection.    Tradition & HOLLAR Printmakers / lecture  Thursday, March 14 at 7:00 pm   Location: Czech Center New York (Bohemian National Hall, 321 E. 73rd St., the Cinema, First Floor) Free and Open to the Public   Artist and writer Alena Laufrova will trace the history of the HOLLAR Association and its prominent artist/printmakers both past (including Frantisek Kupka) and contemporary, many of whom studied under the guidance of the acclaimed Jiri Anderle in Prague. Katerina Kyselica will present a brief introduction of printmaking as a fine art discipline. Image above by artist Karel Demel      Pavel Piekar Demonstrates Multicolor Linocut     Sunday, March 17, 2:30 - 5:00 pm   Location: Manhattan Graphics Center (20 West 40th Street, Fifth Floor)  Free and Open to the Public / limited space-RSVP required  RSVP to info@manhattangraphicscenter.org    Artist Pavel Piekar will demonstrate how he prepares, carves and prints multiple linoleum blocks to produce his acclaimed complex multicolor linocuts.   MGC expresses special thanks to all our partners:

Anderson Ranch scholarship or residency opportunities

Anderson Ranch Arts Center -- http://www.andersonranch.org/ -- has amazing opportunities for all skill levels this summer!

 

We host fantastic faculty from across the country to teach week long workshops in the heart of the rocky mountains. Feel free to share the roster with your print friends, students, art enthusiasts, etc!

 

We have SCHOLARSHIP and INTERN opportunities as well! Email with questions: jmueller@andersonranch.org THANK YOU for checking us out! Happy Printing!

 

This summer our classes include:

 

Stanley Scott: Finding Your Mark: Monotype and Drawing --- an awesome class for mixing print media and drawing

 

Jennifer Ghormley: Mix Your Matrix: Screenprint and Woodcut --- non-toxic methods you can use at home!

 

Johanna Mueller: Engraving Methods and Repeated Matrix --- Learn engraving on HIPS plastic

 

Elizabeth Ferrill: Monotypes: Stencils Blends and Transfers --- Monotypes for all levels!

 

Elizabeth Ferrill: Relief Printmaking: Linoleum --- re-introduce yourself to Linoleum

 

Deborah Oden: The Matrix of Monoprint --- Monoprint madness with a matrix base

 

Lisa Bulawsky: Shiftland: The Provisional Print --- Alternative green methods!

 

Buzz Spector: Advanced Print Critique --- take your work to the next level, great for MFA candidates!

 

Charle Cohan: Sculptural Plates, Big Prints --- Relief and Collagraph come together in massive size

 

Matthew Letzelter: Experiments in Combining Print Media --- Intaglio, Relief and Screenprinting

 

Charlene Liu: Copperplate Intaglio --- Fall in love with Acid

 

Melissa Bob: Design Dye Print --- Design your own block printed fabric!

 

Brad Vetter: Ink & Letter --- Hatch Show Prints' Brad Vetter explores letterpress text as art!

Please read the statement

Masterworks: Googlepaedic Narrations and the Dysfuction of Damage Masterworks: Googlepaedic Narrations and the Dysfuction of Damage Solo exhibition by Shaurya Kumar The works of art that Shaurya Kumar creates are multilayered in every way possible. Ultimately, his work is a dialogue about site, how site effects and affects data and therefore a society, a culture, a people and ultimately a person. Through the means of manipulating technology his work acts as the canary in a mine shaft and asks us what we are entrusting to virtual memory, what are we loosing as we gain more knowledge than we can possibly use, and what does it mean when we become better connected with our cyber neighbors than those outside our front door? Kumar is uniquely positioned to ask these questions, as he lives in a space between two worlds; his former home of New Delhi and his current home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. India’s history, geography, religious and ethnic makeup, and culture are vastly different to the United States and yet these two countries maintain a close relationship. Negotiating this diaspora is an everyday activity for Kumar. Similar to what we experience with technology, globalization also has its positive and negatives during our time of constant, rapid and invisible change. Kumar uses the process of inevitable destruction as a means by which to transform images. Each image has its past and story but through the gentle manipulation of moving small bits of code these objects are assigned new meanings and infact become new images. Kumar makes work that encourages us to consider these vital questions: What will we retain? What will become eroded? What through time and age will we be loosing? Kumar’s work becomes an allegorical tale cautioning us to be aware, to actively be discerning and safe guarding our history as it belongs to those who come after us as much as the monuments, oceans, forests, and great works of art we document. - Anita Jung, Associate Professor, University of Iowa When Fri, March 1, 5pm – Sat, March 23, 7pm GMT-06:00 Where City Museum, Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM Who (Guest list has been hidden at organizer's request)