Print Media Print News

In early 2009, the printmakers of Emily Carr and the Ontario College of Art and Design will have the opportunity to participate in a print exchange.  We encourage any and all Emily Carr artists – staff and students – with printmaking experience to join.

Important details:

Paper size: 7″ x 7″ – no larger, no smaller. The image itself can be smaller than 7 inches square.

Edition size: 50 – there will be 25 participants from each institution.  Each participant will receive a print from every other participant, for a total of 50.

Due date: January 30th, 2009.  Bring your signed and numbered prints to Beth Howe in Print Media (office: 153c).

Cost: $5 – for shipping and the nice little package in which you will receive your prints!

Media: silkscreen, relief, lithography, intaglio, cyanotype, stencil, papermaking, digital prints – any 2D print media is acceptable.

Come sign up! There is a sign up list outside Beth and Diyan’s office door (153c inside the print studios). We look forward to including your work in the exchange!

Welcome back everyone!  

We’ve got some exciting plans ahead…
Save the date: Thursday, September 25th will be the first Print Thursday.
Print Thursday will be a bi-monthly gathering in the printshop, where we can meet our colleagues, share work and ideas, and plan for print-related events.  

Some ideas that are percolating:
• a field trip to see the print archive at the Burnaby Art Gallery
• a print sale to raise money for guest artists and for future field trips
• a trip to Chicago to go to the Souther Graphics Council annual conference!

 Stay tuned for more details. 

Some changes in the studio:

– a new tabletop press in the relief / foundation area!  
– a new layout for the flat-file drawers, providing more *clean* work spaces
– more pin-up / wall space!
– a brand new paper cutter in the main room — please, use it to cut paper only

See you in the shop!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

11:30am in Room 245 NB 

Peter von Tiesenhausen’s project evokes the majesty and violent perfection of the natural world and it’s rhythms.  He is interested in investing contemporary existence with a more profound connection to the radiant of nature in a manner that is neither pure ecology nor distanced irony.Von Tiesenhausen often builds site specific sculptures with materials both natural and man-made, found near the site of installation.  He has exhibited in Germany, France, USA New Zealand and throughout Canada. 

The fifth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition will be held in June and July of 2008.  The deadline for entry is May 10th 2008.  Students at ECIAD should consider entering since this competition is sponsored by New Leaf Editions on Granville Island.

Tuesday, February 12th at 11:30 am in the Printshop NB153Used Silkscreen Sale / $40.00 each.First come, first serve