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BOSTON PRINTMAKERS



Boston Printmakers through the North American Print Biennial, members' shows, traveling exhibitions to museums, libraries, and other institutions in the United States and Canada, reaches a large and diverse audience. Its membership attracts young talent as well as established artists.

 

 

Brooklyn Artists Booklyn arranges classes, lectures, and workshops for educational institutions at all levels of instruction. Classes range from bookbinding workshops at after-school programs to lectures on book arts history and theory at universities. Booklyn is committed to training teachers, providing them with creative options for promoting literacy and integrating the arts into their curricula.

 

 

Center for Contemporary PrintmakingFounded in 1995, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking was established to support and encourage serious emerging and professional artists in the creation of original prints and to educate the community to a better understanding and appreciation of prints and the process of printmaking. It offers both an historic and contemporary view of printmaking, encouraging traditional techniques as well as modern technologies.

 

Centro Portugues de Serigrafia The CPS – Centro Português de Serigrafia (Portuguese Centre of Serigraphy) was born from the desire to make it easy for the lover and collector of Art to obtain the possession of great quality works which are, by themselves, a sound patrimonial investment.

 

Dayton Printmaker's cooperative The Dayton Print Co-op was formed in 1983 to provide printmaking access to all qualified visual artists. Along with active members, the Print Co-op involves other visual artists in workshops, portfolio exchanges and group print exhibits.

 

East London Printmakers East London Printmakers is a group of artist-printmakers based in Hackney, London E8. ELP organises printmaking workshops and talks and runs a spacious and modern printmaking studio with open access.

 

Florida Printmakers

Florida Printmakers is a non-profit organization. Its purpose is to better educate the public on handmade prints. The organization is housed in the Art Department at the University of Miami in Coral Gables. The goal of the present Florida Printmakers Board is to promote the art of printmaking in the state of Florida through exhibitions of the membership, and we aim to attract members from around the world.

 

The Swedish Printmakers´ Association was founded in 1910 by a handful of artists with the intention, then as now, of furthering the interests of printmakers, arranging print exhibitions and distributing information about printmaking as an art form.
The Association has worked internationally from the very beginning, exhibiting in many countries, and arranging print exhibitions from abroad.
The Swedish Printmakers´ Association runs a gallery from which there is a vast network of contacts to other printmakers´ collective workshops and printmakers´ associations in Sweden and abroad.

 

Lahden taidegraafikot ry The workshop The Graphic Artsist Association is situated in the same premises with Taidepanimo 
( Päijänteenkatu 11).

The equipment of the workshop is suitable for many kinds of metal graphic arts including exposure methods. 

 

 

Graphic Arts Workshop is a cooperative of approximately 40 artists who work primarily in traditional printmaking techniques. The Workshop is a non-profit, mutual benefit corporation. There is no paid staff, and all responsibilities for the maintenance of a fully-equipped printmaking studio (including etching and stone litho presses) are shared equally by all members of the Workshop. Administrative management of the Workshop is conducted by a board of directors comprised of an executive officer, a secretary, and a financial officer, each of whom is elected from and by the membership for a two-year term.

 

International Print Center New York was established in Chelsea in September 2000 as the first and only non-profit institution devoted solely to the exhibition and understanding of fine art prints. IPCNY fosters a climate for enjoyment, examination and serious study of artists' prints from the old master to the contemporary. IPCNY nurtures the growth of new audiences for the visual arts while serving the print community through exhibitions, publications, and educational programs.

 

Kala Art Institute's mission is to help artists sustain their creative efforts over time through its Artists in Residence and Fellowship Programs, and to increase appreciation of this work through exhibitions, public programming and educational efforts.

 

Over the past twenty five years the London Print Studio has helped to create a wide variety of projects. Listed below are some examples.

 

http://www.malaspinaprintmakers.com/

The Malaspina Workshop offers professional facilities for lithography, intaglio, relief and photo-based printmaking. Artists who show competence by submitting a portfolio may use the facilities at the workshop to produce their own editions. For a nominal rental fee, artists have access to equipment which includes manual and motorized litho presses, four etching presses, an aquatint box, a fully equipped darkroom and a good selection of limestone and marble stones.

 

hand PRINT Studio is located in the charming village of Stockton-on-the-Forest, on the outskirts of the beautiful, historic city of York, and is equipped with all facilities for the needs of the various workshops, boasting two etching presses, plus ample space for etching, plate construction, inking and printing.

 

The Highpoint Center for Printmaking is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the art of printmaking. Its goals are to provide educational programs, community access, and collaborative publishing opportunities to engage the community and increase the appreciation and understanding of the printmaking arts.

 

 

Hong Kong Open Printshop .

 

INTERNATIONAL MEZZOTINT SOCIETY

INTERNATIONAL MEZZOTINT SOCIETY .M.S. can be of special assistance to members with technical questions, especially about inks, paper, tools, etc. Listings of overseas opportunities and future shows are made available. An International Mezzotint Society Bulletin is posted free by e-mail to members about once or twice a month to share information about techniques, biographical material about the members and to find solutions to questions posed by members, etc.

 



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