NDSU Art/PEARS, Renaissance Hall, Fargo, ND

June 11-22  (Registration and housing deadline May 14)

Guest printmaker: Nichole Maury, Associate Professor of Art and Print Program Coordinator at Western Michigan University.  www.nicholemaury.com                             

Available for professional development or university credit!

For information: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/finearts/visual_arts/PEARS/index.html or email Kelly.Todd@ndsu.edu or Kent.Kapplinger@ndsu.edu

NDCA Professional Development grants available to ND artists at website http://www.nd.gov/arts/grants/grant.html. Application due four weeks prior event and includes two letters of reference.

Maury exhibition, NDSU Memorial Union Gallery, June 1-30 Gallery reception 12:00pm, June 12

http://www.ndsu.edu/mu/programs/gallery/

Artist lecture, 6:00pm, June 12, NDSU Renaissance Hall 5th floor 

James Butler, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Illinois State University, was selected by the Mid America Print Council as the 2012 Outstanding Printmaker.  Butler has been an active practicing artist for over 40 years.  He works thematically, focusing on subjects that are part of his environment, from interior still life work to landscape imagery, quite often finding beauty in the ordinary.

The River Campus Art Gallery at Southeast Missouri State University will showcase an accomplished collection of Butler’s work including paintings, drawings and a variety of printmaking techniques during the Pressing Prints/Pressing Palms: The Entrepreneurial Printmaker conference.  His Artist’s Talk will take place on Thursday, November 1, from 5-6 pm, during the opening reception of his exhibition, from 4-7 pm.

Entries due:  May 25, 2012

Juror: Michael Krueger

Artwork: Printed medium artwork created in the lat 3 years.

Wonder Fair is an Art Gallery, Shoppe & Screen Printing Studio located in downtown Lawrence, KS.

Prospectus: http://wonderfair.com/index.php?/print-invitatio/wonder-fair-print-invitational/

- The ASP Comes to the Natural State

Artists from the Natural State announce their banding together as the Arkansas Society of Printmakers. (Little Rock, AR, January 11, 2012) The Arkansas Society of Printmakers are proud to announce their recent formation. Comprised of artists and supporters of the art form of printmaking from across the state, the group seeks to generate greater excitement and appreciation for printmaking as a unique art form in the state of Arkansas and beyond. The ASP is committed to maintaining the integrity and identity of printmaking among artists by sharing skills and knowledge through mentorship, professional critique, collaboration, camaraderie, exhibition, and portfolio exchange opportunities.  With a successful inaugural group exhibition under their belts, the group is looking forward to an exciting 2012 season.

Yearly memberships are available at both the student ($30) and non-student level ($50). If interested in joining the Arkansas Society of Printmakers, please contact Diane Harper at pagespals@yahoo.com for more information. Business and community supporter memberships are available as well.

-Wanda Ewing received an individual artist grant from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and was curated by arts editor Charlotte Strick into the article Women By Women featured in the Winter Edition of the Paris Review.

-Beauvais Lyons chaired a panel session earlier this year on “The Art of Pranks” focused from an article in the December issue of ARTnews. In “The Joke’s On Us,” critic Ann Landi discusses the scholarship of pranks in art of the past century, citing artists and art movements including the Dadists, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and others. Lyons’ session at the College Art Association conference held in New York City included presentations by five artists and art historians, and offered a case for Prank Theory as the basis for reconsidering the history of modern and contemporary art.
http://www.artnews.com/2011/12/13/the-jokes-on us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-jokes-on-us

-Stephanie Standish’s book 100 Midwest Artists will be published in May 2012. The book can be found on Amazon.com  100 midwest artists

EXHIBITIONS

-Craig Fisher

The Intaglio Works of Ohio Printmaker Craig Fisher

January 17th- February 17, 2012, Bowling Green State University’s Firelands Gallery

-The House that Feminism Built
An interactive, growing exhibition making room for feminist dialogue

February 3 – March 31, 2012
Parallax Space, Lincoln, Nebraska

Featuring the collaboration of several MAPC members including Jewel Noll, Trudie Teijink, and several others. Information on the project can be found at: http://unlwomanhouse.org/

-Les Femmes Folles Presents: Voice

The New BLK, Omaha, NE

April 13-30

Featuring the artworks of several MAPC members including Wanda Ewing, Jewel Noll, Trudie Teijink,  Ella Weber,
-Society of American Graphic Artists: Hands On
Projects Gallery, in collaboration with the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), will be exhibiting Hands On from February 3rd – 25th, a group offering of fourteen highly accomplished printmakers that use hand-pulled processes to create their art.    These fourteen artists are the current council members of SAGA, a juried, not-for-profit national organization of fine art printmakers based in Manhattan

Exhibition Dates: August 27^th ~ September 28^th, 2012

Juror: Archana Horsting, Executive Director of Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

Prospectus: http://bayvan.org/dvc

In, On, Of Paper., Due: April 6
Paper Circle, a non-profit paper and book arts center nested in the hills of southeast Ohio, will host its first annual juried show this spring. All original works created in, on, or of paper are welcome for consideration. $500 first place; $25 for up to two entries.

Exhibition Dates: May 25, 2012 – August 1, 2012.  Juror, Eileen Wallace.

Prospectus: http://www.papercircle.org/2012-juried-exhibition

Oregon Ink Spot 4th Annual (2010) International Print Exchange, Due: May 4

Oregon Ink Spot invites you to participate in the 4th Annual (2010) International Print Exchange. 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.

A portfolio of 13 randomly selected prints will be mailed to each participant in the Spring/Summer 2012.

For a downloadable submission pdf and to visit the web gallery 2007-11 exchanges go to www.eou.edu/inkspot

April 6 – May 11 2012

Juror: Julia Vodrey Hendrickson

Deadline to Apply: February, 6 2012

Spudnik Press Cooperative is excited to host its first juried exhibition for MAPC members. Through hosting this exhibition, we strive to introduce Chicago printers, students, and artists utilizing Spudnik Press to national artists creating exceptional work in the field of printmedia.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

A contribution furnishes something towards a result. “Contributory” is a juried show dissecting the parts that create the whole, the chain of events that leads to a result, good works that build communities, and the symbiotic nature of a contribution. “Contributory” reflects on what and how people, the natural world, and technology proffer with intention and purposefulness, or despite themselves.

http://www.spudnikpress.com/contributory/

ELIGIBILITY

Print-based artwork only. No digital prints. All accepted artworks must be framed. Maximum framed size is 3′x4′. Entries and fees must be received by February 6, 2012 JUROR Julia Vodrey Hendrickson is a visual artist, writer, print-enthusiast, and curator. She recently released a poetry/artist book called Grow No Moss, printed at Spudnik Press. Primarily based in Chicago where she is the gallery manager at Corbett vs. Dempsey, she is currently pursuing an M.A. in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

CALENDAR

February 6, 2012 – Entries and fees due (not a postmark date)

February 24, 2012 – artist notification of acceptance via email

March 23, 2012 – work must arrive at Spudnik Press for inclusion in exhibit

April 6, 2012 – Exhibit opens at Spudnik Press Cooperative

May 11, 2012 – Exhibition closes

May 18, 2012 – Artwork returned to artists

ONLINE PAYMENT FOR ENTRY FEE

*Additional MAPC Membership options are also available through

www.midamericaprintcouncil.org

For more information: http://www.spudnikpress.com/contributory/

PROPOSALS DUE: February 12, 2012, midnight
Printmakers have an extensive and unique history of bringing innovation to the field of fine art through new technologies, inventive approaches, and original images. We have also long been an entrepreneurial force in creating small businesses that involve printmaking, such as collaborative print studios, print workshops, print publishers, galleries, letterpress shops, mobile presses, and more. In these spaces that bridge the private act of making art and the public act of running a business, printmakers create, generate, swap, exchange, persuade, transfer, barter, trade, invent, and negotiate. As printmakers we are inherently risk-takers, groundbreakers, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
MAPC 2012 will go back to its small college town roots, where printmakers will explore the innovative River Campus in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at Southeast Missouri State University, the only public institution in the state to have a separate arts campus. Overlooking the Mississippi River and the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, River Campus will serve as the home base for the conference. Printmakers will also explore Old Town Cape on First Friday and, of course, become familiar with West Park Lanes during the time-honored MAPC Bowling Night.

Requests for the following proposals are listed below:
Call for Participants: Special Panels
Call for Proposals: Portfolios
Call for Proposals: Exhibitions
Call for Proposals: Demonstrations/Print Events
Call for Proposals: Presentations
Deadline: February 12, 2012 at midght
Submit proposals as outlined below to: Kristin Powers Nowlin at kpnowlin@semo.edu

Contributors include Karina Cutler-Lake, Dean Dass, Johanna Drucker, Jennifer Garner, Karen Kunc, Josh MacPhee and Erik Waterkotte. The issue also highlights the work of Amze Emmons, Deborah Friedman, Curtis Mann, Nathan Meltz, Yoonmi Nam, Jenny Schmid, and the late E.C. Cunningham.

In addition to the PDFs and print-your-own options that are available on the MAPC website (http://www.midamericaprintcouncil.org/), you can buy printed, bound copies of The Journal from Magcloud (http://www.magcloud.com/user/mapc). Downloads that are compatible with your iPad or mobile device are free from Magcloud. MAPC does not receive proceeds from the sale of The Journal; rather this initiative is another means of reaching our membership and generating dialogue about printmaking, works on/of paper, drawing and book arts.

Thank you to the MAPC Board and Advisory Committee for their work on the current issue. Committee members are Janet Ballweg, Charles Beneke, Sarah Smelser and Connie Wolfe. A special thank you goes to outgoing advisor Anne Cassidy.

Looking ahead, the fall/winter 2012 issue will build momentum for the upcoming 2012 conference and commemorate the twentieth anniversary of MAPC’s founding. The submission deadline is 15 August 2012, and I encourage you to send topics, stories and suggestions for this special issue to lrgibbons@me.com. The MAPC Journal thrives on the active participation of its many supporters.

- Lari Gibbons

Editor, The MAPC Journal

http://www.midamericaprintcouncil.org/

We want to know what you’ve been up to for our upcoming newsletter. Please send upcoming exhibition announcements, exchange/exhibition opportunities, news, & anything else that the membership should know about. Please be sure that all prospectus’ have an online link so they can easily be posted to Facebook. Also, there is no need to send photographs, as they will not be included in the newsletter.

Please send any newsworthy material to Jewel Noll by January 13: jewelnoll@live.com

Don’t forget to ‘like’ the MAPC Facebook page so you never miss out on print opportunities. https://www.facebook.com/pages/MAPC/175690462452856

I hope everyone is getting tucked into their studios for a meaningful and productive season.
Happy holidays!

All the best,
Jewel Noll

MAPC Secretary
www.JewelNoll.com

Mount Mercy University seeks a full time, tenure track Assistant Professor specializing in 3D and with the ability to manage a small campus gallery and teach foundations. Position begins August 2012 and is a 3/3 course load with an additional 3 credits serving as Gallery Director and 3 credits toward development of professional scholarship. Teaching responsibilities include sections of beginning through advanced ceramics and sculpture in Mount Mercy’s 3D emphasis area, and foundational courses such as art appreciation, drawing and basic design. Depending on interest/skills and program needs, the candidate has the opportunity to teach irregularly offered courses such as jewelry, new media (e.g. video, performance) or study abroad. Related responsibilities include maintenance of ceramics/sculpture facilities and equipment, student advising, participation in program and curricular development, and a commitment to teaching, service and creative scholarship. Required qualifications include an MFA in a 3D discipline, broad understanding of art theory and practice in traditional and contemporary modes to serve as the backbone for students’ conceptual development, technical knowledge for facilities/equipment maintenance (e.g. glaze and clay mixing, kiln firing [gas and raku], and traditional sculptural processes such as small-scale casting, as well as installation and site-specific work). Candidates should have an active exhibition record and will be expected to engage in professional scholarship in the visual arts.

The Gallery Directorship requires a candidate able to work with other Program faculty to create a strong exhibition schedule. Organizational ability is a requirement for supervising gallery student employees, installing/de-installing artwork, working with exhibit artists, and planning gallery receptions. The successful candidate will participate in student advising, community outreach to maintain student internships and service-learning opportunities, university committee service, and demonstrate a desire to help shape a strong and growing program. Successful candidates must also demonstrate a willingness to support Mount Mercy’s mission as a Catholic university providing student-focused education in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. Mount Mercy University welcomes those of different faiths and is committed to excellence in education and community service. Screening of applications will begin January 15, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Qualified candidates should send cover letter, CV, artist statement, 20 samples of personal work and 10-20 samples of student work (if available) with accompanying documentation inventory, relevant syllabi examples (if available), and contact information for three references.

Submissions should be emailed to: hr@mtmercy.edu <mailto:hr@mtmercy.edu> with the subject line, “Art Faculty.” Only application materials emailed to this address will be considered. Application materials submitted on paper will not be reviewed. Visit www.mtmercy.edu <http://www.mtmercy.edu/> for further information. Mount Mercy University is an equal opportunity employer and a smoke free environment.