Call for Proposals - Exhibitions
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| Exhibition proposals are no longer being accepted Additional information will be forth coming. Confirmed Exhibitions- Case-by-Case Basis Lloyd Dobler Gallery 1545 W. Division, 2nd floor Reception Friday 9-11pm Dates: tentatively from mid or late March to mid or late April, 2009 Exhibition Organizer: Jeremy Lundquist, SAIC Description: Case by Case Basis will feature the print and mixed media work of Diana Behl, Alex Chitty, Regan Golden-McNerney, Joe Hardesty, Noah Hyleck, Jeremy Lundquist, the collaborative work of Ryan McMurran and Shira Soskel, and Amanda Repo Taiwo Thomson . The work will respond to title’s terminology and its use and implications in today’s global society. The collected works of these artists will test how consideration of the individual on a case by case basis in global society can improve and impede our lives. Contemporary Prints from Australia Accepted contingent on confirmation of venue and funding. Dates: TBD Exhibition Organizer: Fred Hagstrom, Carleton College; Ron McBurnie, James Cook University, Townsville Australia Proposed Exhibition Space: first floor gallery space at Harold Washington College Description: Working as co-curators, we propose to present an exhibit of 11 of Australia’s best print artists. The show would contain work from most of the print media, and the artists we have selected work mostly within traditional print formats. In keeping with the theme of the conference, we think that this show would be informative and interesting for the SGC members, showing work of high quality that is rarely seen in this country. Our show would not have a particular theme other than trying to present work that we consider to be of high quality, coming from a country with an active scene in printmaking, despite being largely unknown to the American audience. Both of us are well enough connected within the art world of Australia to be able to bring together artists that include some of the best-known printmakers and painters from Australia. We will include with this proposal reproductions of work by most of the artists. Monumental Idea in Miniature Book Accepted contingent on confirmation of venue and funding. Dates: TBD Exhibition organizer: Hui-Chu Ying, The University of Akron Proposed Exhibition Space: TBD Response Accepted Dates: March 20-April 4, 2009 Exhibition Organizers: Kevin Daly and Kristina Paabus, SAIC students Proposed Exhibition Space: Display cases in SAIC’s Columbus Drive, Sharp and Mclean buildings Description: In this age of expanding globalism, “Response” is one community’s (SAIC) answer to the issues that face us today. Whether it is a reaction to a specific topic or an ephemeral event, this response is indicative of the current trends and thoughts that tie our society together. This interconnectedness has always existed, but within our post-fact world our understanding of it has changed. “Response” is an exploration through print media of the histories that are built from tradition, events, and reactions. Selective Perception Accepted Dates: March 26-29, 2009 Exhibition Organizers: Kevin Daly and Kristina Paabus, SAIC students Proposed Exhibition Space: SAIC’s Columbus Drive Student Union Gallery; Gallery X Description: Our understanding of the world has changed in recent years. Truth has been replaced by ‘truthiness’ and we feel as artists, we’re in a position to take advantage of such a paradigm. Selective Perception will showcase the peripheral and underlying ramifications of such a massive shift in cognitive response to the world. The exhibition will attempt to cover the societal impact of post-fact thinking from the individual to global level. Without Borders: Polish Prints, Past & Present Accepted Dates: March 20-Apruil 19, 2008 Exhibition Organizer: Monika Nowak, Curator, Graphics Art Collection, Polish Museum of America; Beauvais Lyons, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Proposed Exhibition Space: Polish Museum of America, 984 N Milwaukee Description: The exhibition “Without Borders: Polish Prints, Past and Present” reflects the global character and influence of Polish printmaking. To be held in Chicago, one of the largest ethnically Polish population outside of Poland, the exhibition will be presented at the Polish Museum of America, one of the oldest and the largest ethnic museums in the United States. Tracing the past and present status of printmaking in Poland, the exhibition presents some of the post important Polish printmakers from the 1950s to the contemporary era. SGC Memorial Exhibition Dates: March 21 – April 4, 2009 Exhibition Organizer: David B. Johnson, Ball State University Exhibition Space: President’s Gallery at Harold Washington College Description: How many years of accumulated teaching would be represented by a memorial exhibition of the Southern Graphics Council? Hundreds? Thousands? How many students took part in those printmaking teacher’s classes? How many prints did those artists make? How many combined exhibitions do they represent? How many displays of student work did they organize? How about that for Global Implications? Aren’t those people the reason most of us make prints? Weren’t they our role models, both as examples of a life to lead with which most of us were only familiar through books? These people also provided our examples of how to push a copper plate, find the impact that resided inside a woodblock, and how to make out with a litho stone. Many of these artists also provided invaluable political examples to us when we were but schoolchildren…they were the rare examples of people who lived an artist’s life in a world in which we tended only to know of a middle class or petite bourgeoisie and a working class. In many cases they were the never before seen stubborn example of democratic idealism, these people made work that was affordable and available to most people, including students Exhibitions (organized by J.Yorke) Morpho Gallery Artist Reception Saturday March 28th 12 noon-9pm Opening Friday March 6th 6pm-10pm Exhibition title: "Chicago Print Makers Exhibition" Featuring 20 + Chicago Printmakers Representatives From Spudnik Press Curated By Elke Claus ABOUT MORPHO GALLERY: Morpho prides itself in seeking talented artists who are on the cusp of being discovered by the mainstream art community. Local artists exhibit their work in a creative and non-competitive atmosphere where artistic experimentation and development are encouraged. Morpho Gallery encourages young and new collectors to introduce art into their homes and lives. Morpho Gallery, established in early 2004, was influenced by Anchor Graphic's printmakers. The the history of printmaking fascinated owner David Leigh who had amassed an extensive collection of etchings. Morpho's "viewing room" houses these pieces as well as work printmakers Elke Claus and George Mueller, Steven Hazard, Elizabeth Ockwell and Bert Menco. Noyes Cultural Center Title: Hand Made Prints Exhibition Organizers: Julian Cox & Chie Curley Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Exhibition Title: Rebellious Integration: a portfolio exchange Organizer Megan Sterling Chicago Printmakers Collaborative presents: Rebellious Integration: a portfolio exchange and exhibition which includes SGC artists and other subversive printmakers. Rebellious Integration is a portfolio exchange that toys with the contradiction of a printmaker’s continuing subsistence in contemporary art culture and the mores of our society. Although many printmakers work to integrate themselves into the social ranks—working mainstream jobs, teaching in academia, etc.—we at the same time continually find ways to be subversive, to challenge the rubric of each institution that we labor so hard to pervade. An Opening Reception, open house and workshop tour will convene Saturday, March 28th, from12noon - 5pm Book and Paper at Columbia College Exhibition title: Makeready, Choke, Bleed, and Knockout Curator: Tony White Organizer: Brad Freeman (photo-offset lithography printed artists' books) Exhibition topic: This exhibition includes the works of artist-printers who operate high-speed rotary offset lithography presses to print their own artist's books. The works range from inexpensive multiples (Riordan, Michaels, DeCoster, Alatalo) to deluxe limited edition books (Freeman), and everything in between (Marsh, Osborn, Zimmermann, Meador, Voss, Douglas and Stokes). Artists include: Sally Alatalo, Miles DeCoster, Rebecca Michaels, Cindy Marsh, Kevin Osborn, Kevin Riordan, Philip Zimmermann, Clifton Meador, Brad Freeman, Jan Voss, Helen Douglas & Telfer Stokes NIU Art Museum Spring 2009 Printmaking Exhibitions Images of Death and Life A survey of prints by renowned German artist Kathe Kollwitz (1867 – 1945). Famous for both her empathic humanity and mordant social commentary, all told through an unmistakable graphic style. This exhibit, curated by Assistant Director Peter Olson, will bring together prints from Illinois and midwest collections. Moonlight Cocktails are the Thing Illinois artist and printmaker David Driesbach weaves rich narratives in his complex, colorful and whimsical etchings. Although Driesbach retired from teaching many years ago, he has continued a prodigious production. This exhibition attempts to summarize a lifetime of remarkable achievements. Co-organized with students enrolled in “Exhibition Interpretation,” a graduate-level Museum Studies course. Flock The Bird Machine is the name of Jay Ryan’s shop in Skokie, Illinois where colorful limited-edition silkscreen posters are produced. Driven less by technological fads than by old-fashioned visual inventiveness and hard work, Ryan’s designs have become highly sought-after worldwide. The North Gallery will recreate studio walls, with posters tacked up from floor to ceiling. The Mayor of Palookaville Hand-printed and bound books by David Johnson, a mid-career artist from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Johnson’s tools are simple and direct: etching, relief printing and letterpress. His observations are not: perceptive, shrewd, satirical and compassionate views of the people around him and the quotidian spaces they inhabit. Hummingbird Press at The Lillstreet Art Center Print Shop Open House, March 28 from 12-5pm. Featuring Hummingbird Press Artists and portfolios from The Lillstreet Printmaking classes. Exhibition. "The Ceramic Print" a group show focused on works that incorporate printmaking and ceramics. Curated by Thomas Lucas andMatt Harris. The exhibition opens March 7th, but we will have a lecture and demonstration during the Hummingbird Open house at the time of the conference. Artists: Eric Jensen, Matt Harris, Thomas Lucas, Nancy Pirri and others Exhibition Organizer: Thomas Lucas, Director and Master Printer Prospectus Gallery (pilsen) > (18th Street and Racine) Art Gallery of Casa Michoacan (pilsen) > with a group or solo exhibition of Mexican printmaker/s Schneider Gallery reception Thursday Mar 26, 6-8pm Western Exhibitions Title: Adriane Herman "Human Doings" Anne Nathan Gallery opening March 26, 6-9pm Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago Organizer: Chuck Gniech, Exhibition Curator Reception: Friday March 27 from 5:30-7:30 The prints of Robert Bornhuetter will be exhibited. Linda Warren Gallery Reception: Thursday March 26th 6-9pm Heaven Gallery Exhibition title: Boombox reception Friday 9-11pm Ogranizer: kim ambriz artists: Nick Butcher, Nadine Nakanishi, Jay Ryan, Mat Daly, Dan Grzeca, Steve Walters, Delicious Design Deague, Diana Sudyka, Kathleen Judge, Dan MacAdam of Crosshair, Rob Doran, John Solimine, Keith Herzik, Star Shaped Press, Alana Bailey, Ethan D'Ercole Marx-Saunders Gallery LTD Prospectus Art Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday from 12 - 5 PM Exhibition Title: Sueños en Relieve: Prints by Rene Arceo Exhibition Period: March 25 – June 6, 2009 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 28, 2009 from 5-10 pm Location: Prospectus Art Gallery 1210 West 18th Street Chicago, IL 60608 TEL: 312.733.6132 Arceo explores through these relief prints ideas related to dreams and dreamlike scenes. These prints freely and naturally emanate from his subconscious into lose lines, on paper or linoleum, and progressively evolve into shapes and more define forms. These forms construct a free-flowing composition which seems to facilitate the telling of a story in a dreamlike atmosphere. Arceo gives preference to figurative narratives which include stylized human and humanlike characters. His upbringing and experiences in Mexico continue to inform his art production. Arceo is a printmaker who calls Chicago home since 1979. He graduated in 1985 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Casa Michoacan Gallery 1638 S. Blue Island St. Chicago, IL 60608 TEL: 312. 491.9317 hours: Monday - Friday from 9 AM - 5 PM Exhibition Title: Latino/a Printmakers and Pilsen Exhibition Period: March 1-31, 2009 Closing Reception: Friday, March 27, 2009 from 6-9 pm This exhibition is a partial survey of Latino/a printmakers from the Chicago area who, in the last two decades, have had a connection to Pilsen. This connection is defined by having exhibited, collaborated, worked or lived in the Pilsen neighborhood. The show includes a variety of media. The energy and breath of this mostly Mexican immigrant community has been the source of inspiration for some of these artists. Others explore more personal grounds through mostly figurative languages. A partial list of artists include: Roberto Ferreyra, Benjamin Varela, Dolores Mercado, Jose Andreu, Monserrat Alsina, Mizraim Cardenas, Nicolas de Jesus, Francisco Mendoza, Esperanza Gama, Efren Beltran, Rene Arceo, Jose Guerrero and Hector Duarte. Vespine Gallery organizer: Kelly Parsell exhibition title: "In the near future . . ." -List of included artists, if possible Current students in Columbia College's Book and Paper MFA program -One JPEG picture of exhibition organizer (200 ppi and 4"x6") attached (Kelly Parsell) -Several images representative of the exhibition (JPEG files, 200 ppi and 4"x6") attached (4 pictures of Matthew Aron's Dictionary of Reading) (1 picture of Kelly Parsell's Synthetic Recollection) Green Lantern Gallery exhibition title: "Without You I am Nothing" curated by artist and cultural critic Anne Elizabeth Moore dates: March 27, 2009 through April 25, 2009 For a preview and updates, check: http://artshowheckyeah.wordpress.com. Without You I am Nothing: Cultural Democracy from Providence and Chicago is an exhibition of works on paper that are not intended for public consumption but to create small venues for public participation. The exhibition features posters by Xander Marro, Rob Ray, Karin Patzke, Andrew Oesch, Laura Szumowski, Dan S. Wang, and other cutting-edge artists that contain one or more of the following elements: stuff that falls off on purpose, windows, parts that move, space for new information, dials, buttons, removable elements, or other user-manipulated, four-dimensional aspects of awesomeness. In other words, Without You I am Nothing displays a wide collection of new, recent, and downright old works on paper that require more from the viewer than merely reading about, memorizing information on, and attending the event described in the poster. These are malleable, 3-dimensional, tactile, transient, or somehow otherwise inclusive of elements that can move, deteriorate, or be removed; or bits that must be rubbed, poked, ripped, pressed, wettened, prodded, or yanked to achieve full poster satisfaction. Full poster satisfaction is not guaranteed each viewer. Without You I am Nothing shows posters made by artists based in Chicago, IL or Providence, RI. Two of the most exciting printmaking scenes in the country focus primarily on local communication and face-to-face interaction with known audience members. At any given moment, Without You I am Nothing removes half these posters from their native contexts, carefully placing them before an audience equally appreciative of the mode of communication. DeKalb Galleries *Nehring Gallery, DeKalb - 'The Printing Peters - Recent Work by Peter Olson and Peter Van Ael' *DeKalb Area Women's Center - 'Print Portfolios from the Grays School of Art at Robert Gordon University in Scotland.' *Jack Olson Gallery -stay tuned for further information. This will be done during our faculty week the 18th - 22. Anchor Graphics @ Columbia College Chicago SGC Conference Proposal: Demonstrations 623 S. Wabash Ave, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60605 Questions contact: Jennifer Yorke | |