Call for Entries: 2015 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, by 1 June

Entries are invited for the 2015 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition 

be presented 20 September to 10 October in the Chambers 241 Gallery, Christchurch,

hosted by the School of Fine Arts, with support from College of Arts at the University of Canterbury. 

Due date for entries is 1 June 2015.

Click here for the pdf of entry information.

Over 20 years ago, the University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA, established this prestigious exhibition. 

It has been located at the University of Canterbury since 2008. 

For catalogues and images for the previous Pacific Rim International Print Exhibitions 

you can view them by year here: 2008, 2010 and 2013.

For questions and comments please contact email: pacificrimprint@canterbury.ac.nz

First Impressions II, 4-28 March, Auckland

I finally got to see the First Impressions II print exhibition this week.

The exhibition is on at Mairangi Arts Centre in Auckland until 28 March,
I recommend going to have a look, as there are 50 diverse prints,
and I'm sure you'll find something you like or that inspires you in your printmaking!

For those of you who aren't in Auckland (or NZ), 

here are a few more images from the show:

Winner: Emma McLellan, Spare Parts for Repeat Prescription, 2015
Screenprint on fabric

2nd Place: Morag Shaw, Wolf Hug
Hard ground etching and aquatint

Craig Bluett, When The Lighthouse Failed: The Fall
Monoprint

Christine Wylie, Herbarium II
Solarplate etching

Nicol Sanders-O'Shea, Give-and-Take
Screenprint

Hamish Oakley Brown, The Senses in a State of Revolution I
Woodblock on collage paper

Michaela Stoneman, Ode To Hemmingway: The Iceberg Theory
Etching

Pruedence MacDougall, Juno
Embossed domed solarplate etching

Wendy Murphy, Pick Up the Reciever: I'll Make You a Believer
Drypoint engraving

Julie Moselen, Linear Heritage I
Woodcut

Samar Hatam, Bullet Holes and Other Issues 1
Etching and drypoint

Unfortunately I just can't fit all 50 works on here,
so please don't be offended if I missed out your work.

I encourage you all to go see the show if you can
as these a just a small sample of the fantastic print works included.

Call for Entries: Silk Cut Award for Lino Prints 2015, by 5 June

Entries are invited from Australian and international artists in the Open,

Tertiary and Student Sections of the 2015 Silk Cut Award for Lino Prints.

All entries must be original linocut prints, produced from Silk Cut linoleum

by the artist/s whose name appears on the entry form and have been completed since June 2014.

Closing date for entries 5 June.

Open Section Grand Prize (Acquisitive): the winner may choose either:

An artistically-based trip to Amsterdam valued at $10,000 including return air fares, 10 days’ accommodation, organised tours and activities and $1,000 spending money

OR a monetary prize of $8,000.

Purchase Prizes: Up to $5,000 for the Silk Cut Foundation collection.

 Tertiary Student Award (Acquisitive) of $1,000 will be selected by the judges and presented. 

The winning work will form part of the ongoing gift to the National Gallery of Australia.

Student Section: Up to three acquisitive Silk Cut Student Awards will be presented. 

The winners will each receive a Silk Cut Award Trophy and Certificate of recognition 

and their school will receive a monetary prize of $2,500 for their art department. 

All winning works will form part of the ongoing gift to the National Gallery of Australia.

For conditions and entry form see: http://www.silkcutlino.com/2015-silkcut-award.html

First Impressions II, 4-28 March, Auckland

Congratulations to Emma McLellan for her work Spare Parts for Repeat Prescription

which came first in First Impressions II print exhibition

on now at Mairangi Arts Centre in Auckland until 28 March.

Emma McLellan, Spare Parts for Repeat Prescription, 2015

Emma McLellan, Spare Parts for Repeat Prescription, 2015

The 2015 First Impressions ll exhibition had 81 entries, of which 50 were selected for hanging. 

A big congratulations to all the NZ printmakers whose work is in the exhibition,

I'm really looking forward to seeing the whole show!