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Wednesday 09th November 2011A Special Editions Residency Program for Emerging American Artists

Whether you are a printmaker, have aspirations of being a printmaker, or just want to add a new dimension to your oeuvre as an artist, then the Special Editions Residency Program at the Lower East Side Printshop, in New York City, deserves some special consideration.

The Special Editions Residency Program is a competitive award, aimed at emerging artists in America, whether they have printmaking skills, or not. The residency hopes to provide artists with the chance to explore printmaking in order to expand their creative output, and perhaps offer new ways of thinking about how they approach art making.

At the end of the residency, it is hoped that the artists involved will have been able to produce a new, important body of work, having been helped along the way by experienced printers, and with full sponsorship from the Lower East Side Printshop.

As well as coming away with a new body of work, artists will also be included in the Printshops annual catalogue, and have the chance to receive exposure through exhibitions at the Printshop, and further afield.

Each awarded residency includes:

12 day-long collaboration sessions with a master printer, over a period of three to six months, as well as a production / editioning service and independent studio access.
All materials and full access to tools and equipment
Up to a $4,000 stipend
Catalogue
Printed and internet publicity, and free slide documentation
Limited travel and accommodation stipends for artists who live outside of New York City

Applications for the residency must reach the Lower East Side Printshop by the 2nd December 2011 and the residencies will take place between February 2012 and February 2013.

Applications are only accepted currently from US residents and only emerging artists, who are defined as under-represented and at an early stage of their career.

For a full run down of the residency program, past residents and application guidelines, visit the Lower East Side Printshop website.

Posted on November 09th 2011 on 03:34pm
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Saturday 01st October 2011Gemini G.E.L. Catalogue: A Gold Mine of Prints and Sculpture

Last month it was announced that the National Gallery in Washington D.C. was to launch a newly expanded version of the Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) online catalogue raisonné.

Gemini G.E.L. was a Los Angeles-based print and sculpture workshop, operating between 1966 and 2005. The online catalogue holds records and images of 2,069 editions produced by the workshop, with 333 of those having been newly introduced to the expanded version of the raisonné.

Gemini have worked with some of the most important artist of our time, which includes the likes of Jasper Johns, Robert Rauchenberg, Susan Rothenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, John Baldessari and Vija Celmins. Gemini was well known for it's eagerness to explore and experiment with new technologies and printing processes, which made it such a draw to top level artists.

The new expansion to the catalogue charts the years 1997 to 2005, which saw artists such as Richard Serra, Ellsworth Kelly and Bruce Nauman adding to their print ouvre, but also artists like Cecily Brown, Chris Burden, Robert Gober and Brice Marsden joining the Gemini ranks.

As well as a brilliant online collection of works, the catalogue also presents expanded and revised essays about the workshop, the artists that they worked with and the contribution that they have made to contemporary art.

Any print fans are sure to find something fascinating to get their teeth into. The catalogue can be found on the National Gallery of Art website.

Posted on October 01st 2011 on 11:43am
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