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Deadline
March 17, 2010

Category: Printmaking

Sponsored by the Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Invitation to women artists worldwide to submit artwork that challenges the boundaries of traditional handprint media, including intaglio, lithography, relief, monoprint and silkscreen.

prospectus

January - March 31, 2010

9th World Art Print Annual 2010

Entries may feature any method of printmaking. The maximum dimensions are 29 x 23 cm (paper size). 

Conditions for participation can be found at  http://www.lessedra.com/entry.php?d=conditions

RSVP email confirmation of participation by February 12th

Prints due April 8

2nd Annual Undergraduate Exchange Portfolio/Exhibition

Organized by the Central Michigan University Print Club.
Theme: Stage 4
Eligible Artists: undergraduate students
Printmaking Media: open
Paper Size: 11 x 14 (please, no thicker than 1/8”)
Edition Size: 12 prints (numbered 1/12 – 12/12), with interleaving between the prints.
A collection of 11 random prints will be sent you from those submitted. One print will be used for exhibition and remain in the CMU print collection.

Questions, RVSP: Johanna Paas, paas1jm@cmich.edu

February 19, 2010

6th Annual National Painting, Drawing and Printmaking Competition

Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL. Open theme.

For a prospectus, send SASE to:
Palm Beach Community College Attn: Kristin Miller Hopkins, Gallery Manager, Division of Humanities, MS15, 4200 Congress Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 33461

or download the prospectus:
pbcc.edu/Documents/Art_Gallery_Lake_Worth/10prospectus.pdf

February 20, 2010 10th Annual Postcard Print Exchange Hosted by the Iowa State University's Print Club. Open to printmakers around the world. Any  printmaking technique maybe used (woodcuts, litho, intaglio, photography, silkscreen, digital printmaking, etcetera). For more information, click here.
March 15, 2010 Mini Print International of Cadaques, 30th edition
Open to all printmaking techniques. To access the rules, please visit http://www.miniprint.org and select ENTRY FORMS 2010.
May 5, 2010

2010 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition

Juried show open to printmakers in the U.S. who are 18 and older. For the entry form and prospectus, go to www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~art/exhibitions.php

May 5, 2010

4th Annual (2010) International Print Exchange

Oregon Ink Spot is the sponsor. This exchange is open to artists from the various states and abroad. In lieu of an entry fee Oregon Ink Spot will keep two prints from each edition submitted to the exchange.
Medium: Intaglio, Relief, Lithography, Serigraphy, Collograph, Monotypes, Monoprints or any combination of these methods is acceptable. Digital prints or photographs with the addition of any hand printed methods will also be accepted.
For a downloadable submission pdf and to visit the web gallery
go to www.eou.edu/inkspot

May 15, 2010

Miniprint Finland 2010 organized by Graphic Artist Association of Lahti and Lahti Art Museum, Finland.

The competition is open to all artists and all traditional print art techniques, including digital and unique print methods are accepted. The maximum dimensions of the artwork is 17 x 20 cm. The maximum size of the printing paper is 30 x 35 cm. For more information: lahdentaidegraafikot.fi/en/miniprint.html

July 30, 2010

KIWA (Kyoto International Woodprint Association)

Every three years, KIWA holds exhibitions to show contemporary woodblock prints. Only original woodblock and woodcut prints, unframed, no larger that 100cm X 100cm, and made within the last three years will be accepted. Mono prints, solar prints, linocuts, photographs, digital graphics or mixed media where wood comprises less than 50% are not accepted. There is no entry fee.

kiwa.net

Four Times Per Year International Print Center New York
IPCNY presents selections of current prints four times per year. These are juried shows.

For information go to www.ipcny.org/info/info_artists.htm
Yearly Nagasawa Art Park Artist-in-Residence Program in Japan accepts applications from printmakers interested in learning traditional watercolor woodblock printmaking. For information, go to www.endeavor.or.jp/nap
Yearly

Mini Print International of Cadaques
The Mini Print International of Cadaqués is a print competition open to all printmaking techniques and tendencies, in which artists from all over the world participate.

http://www.miniprint.org/

Varies The Art of Democracy is a national coalition of political art exhibitions. Go to www.artofdemocracy.org/
art_of_democracy_join.html.
Biennial event, held on even numbered years. Entries are accepted in the fall of the previous (odd numbered) year Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition
Held at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI.

For information go to www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~art/
Triennial, next exhibit will be in 2011 The Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints is sponsored by the the Kochi Prefecture in Japan where unique kinds of handmade papers called Tosa Washi are made. While prints on all kinds of paper are accepted, those done on Tosa Washi are eligible for a special prize. Tosa Washi can be purchased through www.hiromipaper.com. Follow the English directions for the Trienniel Exhibition found at www.tosawashi.or
Quadrennial, the next exhibit will be in 2011. Deadline for entries is July 30, 2010 KIWA (Kyoto International Woodprint Association) sponsors an unjuried exhibition every four years. In the last exhibition 222 artists from 37 countries participated. Prizes are given including one from McClain's. For information go to www.kiwa.net
  The Art Deadlines List is a subscription service that sends out artist opportunity announcements. To subscribe go to artdeadlineslist.com/subscribe
  The American Print Alliance makes a list of competitive exhibits available to subscribers of their magazine, Contemporary Impressions. Go to www.printalliance.org to subscribe.
  The Book Arts Classified newsletter includes a section called Calls for Entries, listing competitions open to letterpress and book artists. Their web address is www.bookarts.com
  Exchange Partners in Print is an Australian based non-profit artist run organization for printmakers, photographers and all media artists who want to share their work and ideas. They have been organizing print exchange portfolios since 1992. Exchange Partners in Print welcomes Australian and overseas printmakers, photographers, media artists and designers.Their web site is www.pnp.org.au/default.aspx