Events, News, Opportunities 2010
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Lessedra Print Competition winner is Mark Graver
5th Biennial National Print Exhibition, NAU Art Museum
New Publication from Henrik Boegh
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This year's First Prize winner of the Lessedra international print competition is Mark Graver with a nontoxic acrylic resist etching.
Above:
Harbin I, II, III
acrylic resist etchings, 100x150mm, etched on aluminium using copper sulphate/salt, 2010
Mark's prints were influenced by a trip he made to Harbin in China in January last year.
He was invited to Harbin to be part of a judging panel for an international print show for children.
The images are based on Chinese calligraphy.
There are 26 in the series to reference the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
As part of the prize, Mark will have a solo show in Sofia for Lessedra 2011.
For more on Mark Graver and Wharepuke Print Studio, NZ visit:
http://www.nontoxic-printmaking.co.nz/index.html
For more on Lessedra visit:
http://www.lessedra.com
http://www.lessedra.com/annual.php?page=prizes
ADVANCED NOTICE: New publication available January 2011
Non-toxic Printmaking Printmaking Handbook by Mark Graver
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The Fifth Biennial National Print Exhibition
August 24 - September 25, 2010
Northern Arizona University (NAU) Art Museum invites artists to submit work for the Fifth Biennial National Print Exhibition. This juried exhibition is open to student printmakers and professionals nation-wide and welcomes submissions in traditional and innovative print technologies.
More information, Prospectus and Entry Forms are available on line at http://www4.nau.edu/art_museum/Fifth_Biennial_National_Print_Exhibition.html or send prospectus request and SASE to NAU Art Museum, PO Box 6021, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6021.
Entry deadline June 1, 2010 
We are delighted to have Melanie Yazzie, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Colorado as our juror for this exhibition.
Her works appear in distinguished collections including the Anchorage Museum of History & Art, the Art Museum of Missoula, the Australian National Gallery, the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Kennedy Museum of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
She has exhibited in Alaska, California, New Mexico, New York, Florida, New Zealand, France, Russia, Canada, Estonia, Northern Ireland, Korea, China, South Africa, The United Kingdom, and Australia.
Robin Sherin, Windows with Shadow, aquatint, 4th Biennial National Print Exhibition
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New Publication 2010
The new 2nd edition of Henrik Boegh's Spanish Handbook of Non-Toxic Intaglio is now available.
Manual de Grabado no Toxico
Barnices Acrilicos - Film de Fotopolimero -
Planchas Solares y su Mordida
de Henrik Boegh
ISBN: 978-87-987757-7-5
Forlaget Boegh, Dinamarca (Espana) 2010
Traduccion: Juan Carlos Ramos Guadix, Universidad de Granada
Price: Euro 24.00 or US$ 32.00
Order the book directly at: www.GrafiskEksperimentarium.com
This new and beautiful edition of 124 pages and 150 illustrations has been printed in duotone and published by Boegh in Denmark for the Spanish and Latin American market.
This is the second edition of the book Manual de Grabado en Hueco no Toxico earlier published by the University of Granada in Spain in 2004 (now sold out). Since then a lot of new materials and techniques have been developed in this field. All techniques in relation to acrylic resists, photopolymer film and etching described in this book have been thoroughly updated according to the latest developments.
More about the content of the book in Spanish language can be found on Henrik's website: www.GrafiskEksperimentarium.com
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