Yeah, it is summertime! Time to take a break, visit places, meet old and new friends and enjoy the sun. So last week we, a group of printmaking enthusiasts, decided to take a day off to visit the Chalcography department of the Royal Library of Belgium/KBR in Brussels, currently lead by talented illustrator and printmaker Leen Van Hulst. To be honest, before meeting Leen during the letterpress workshop in Antwerp earlier this year I had no idea about this department at all. So when she kindly suggested to visit it we immediately scheduled the appointment.
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1. The 8th issue of Pressing Matters magazine is available for sale - link. An independently-run publication, honing in on the people, passion and processes behind the artform of printmaking. Featuring some photography by your truly (cover + LpW in Milan).
2. Check out the upcoming workshops at the Letterpress Corner in Ghent.
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1. The Typography Museum of Chania launches its fifth poster competition - link
2. John Southward: Adventures in 19th Century Print and Journalism. 17.09.19, St.Bride Foundation - link
3. Grafiek2019 is een grafiekmanifestatie die van 1 september tot en met 30 november 2019 zal plaatsvinden op meer dan honderd locaties in Nederland.
4. For the Love of Letterpress. A Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students (second edition) - link
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1. Talk on Monotype punchcutting given by Richard Ardagh at the AEPM conference in Turnhout (BE).
2. Small editions market at the Museé Royal de Mariemont. 18-20.10.2019, Mariemont (BE).
3. Check out the new venue & the summer workshops at the Edinburgh Printmakers.
4. Arion Press and M & H type. Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.
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1. Mooi Marginaal. De mooiste Nederlandse & Vlaamse bibliofiele uitgaven 2012-2017. Alveringem (BE)
2. The Whittington Press Open Day. 07.09.19. The Press will open its doors at 1pm to any and all as well as hosting around 30 other ‘bookmakers’ and printers from around the world.
3. Art on Paper. Brussels International Contemporary Drawing Fair. 25-27.10.19
4. Summer Open Studio at London Book Arts Centre. 27-28.07.19
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1. Southampton Wayzgoose. 28.09.19
2. The Posters of Golden Cabinet, created by Nick Loaring (The Print Project) are on display at the Northern Print in Newcastle upon Tyne. It’s on until 31st August!
3. The René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking is open to printmakers and students of printmaking, of any nationality and with no age limit - link
4. Jobs / Call for Papers or Proposals for printmakers - link
Visiting Bodoni Museum in Parma. 28.06.19.
Every year, in June, I take a few days off to travel to Milan to attend the Letterpress Workers Summit in Milan, a unique event gathering more than letterpress practitioners from Europe and US (blogpost about the event will follow next month). After a short train ride from Milan, we, a group of 10-12 people arrived in the city of Parma. The Bodoni Museum is only open till 13 o'clock and it is better to arrange an appointment before visiting, although it requires a certain knowledge of the Italian language. And we have to thank John Christopher (Flowers & Fleurons, UK) for contacting the museum staff.
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