1. Rob Roy Kelly Collection website is back online.
2. De Reede - the museum of graphic arts in Antwerp opened its doors last week.
3. Make Prints podcast by Sabrina Sundermann aka Small Caps (Berlin)
4. The Gutenberg Effect: Living a Handmade Life - article
Quick links
1. "The Paper Revolution 1920 – 1930’s. Soviet Graphic Design and Constructivism" exhibition at the ADAM in Brussels. 05.06-08.10.2017
2. 40 years Purgatory Pie Press exhibition hosted by Edition Schwarzdruck at the Eremitage, Gransee (DE), 27.05 - 09.07.2017 - link
3. The Matrix Reloaded: Establishing Cataloguing & Research Guidelines for Artefacts of Printing Images. Conference: Blocks Plates Stones, 21 September 2017
4. P22 Type Foundry and The Hamilton Wood Type Museum have announced the newest addition to the Hamilton Wood Type Legacy Project: Brylski by Nick Sherman, named for retired wood type cutter Norb Brylski and designed to be cut as wood type at the museum in Two Rivers, WI - link
Quick links
1. Last week the world premiere of Pressing On: The Letterpress Film took place at the iconic Hatch Show Print (Nashville, TN). And in honor of the world premiere, Hatch Show Print’s Haley Gallery hosts an exhibition of works from over 50 letterpress artists.
2. The Regional Print Centre (Wrexham, UK) offers open access printmaking facilities to artists and designers across Wales and beyond.
3. Antwerp Type Society celebrates type in all its forms, shapes and sizes. Expect drinks + expo + type jam + printing bike + live mural. 15.06.2017
4. Oxford Print Fair, a day long event for lovers of print hosted at one of the leading UK contemporary art spaces, Modern Art Oxford. Saturday 9th September 2017
Visiting the London College of Communication
The next day after visiting St Bride Wayzgoose and being overwhelmed by what I saw I had one more day, or to be more precise a half-day, left in London. And as my train was leaving only at 18 o'clock I headed to the London College of Communication (LCC) to visit the printmaking department I heard so much about and where Christian Granados, a letterpress technician, was kind enough to make some time free to guide me around.
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1. Letterpress Workers 2017, 28.06-02.07.17, Milan. Come and say 'hi' if you are around ;)
2. The René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking is open to printmakers and students of printmaking, of any nationality and with no age limit - link
3. Lovely work by Dmitry Sayenko (btw, one of his works is currently on display at the V&A)
4. Letterpress summer workshops at the Ink and Rolling, Paal (BE)
St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose 2017
Last weekend I travelled to London to visit St Bride Foundation Wayzgoose for the first time. In case you are wondering what the term Wayzgoose stands for, here is an explanation - it was an entertainment given by a master printer to his workmen each year on St Bartholomew’s Day (24 August). It marked the traditional end of summer and the start of the season of working by candlelight. Later, the word came to refer to an annual outing and dinner for the staff of a printing works or the printers on a newspaper. Although traditionally held in August it has no fixed date these days.
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Quick links
1. Printmaking festival spread through France and the rest of Europe. 26.05.2017 - link
2. Lithography highlights from the graphic collections at the municipal museums Offenbach am Main (DE). 04.05-09.07.2017 - link
3. Letterpress courses/summer program by Thomas Gravemaker (NL) - link
4. Printers Matters - 48 European artists come together to present a selection of their works during Multiple Art Days festival in Paris. 26-28.05.2017 - link