MICA’s Undergraduate Thesis Exhibitions for 2013 open TONIGHT, Thursday May 16, 5-9PM. Tonight’s viewing is part of the Artwalk ‘preview’, and tickets are required to attend. The main reception for the show is Sunday, May 19th 1:30-5 PM. This event is free to the public. You are also free to walk the galleries all weekend long to view the work. The exhibitions de-install on Monday, May 20th, so don’t procrastinate.

Work by the Printmaking Majors are scattered throughout galleries in the Fox and Main buildings (along with great work from other departments).

In conjunction with this year’s exhibition, we’ve created a catalog of the 2013 Graduates and their work. You can view a pdf of it here: Printmaking 2013 senior thesis Booklet (Click to view in your browser, or Control > Click and Save As to download). You can also purchase a copy of it, printed and bound, from Lulu.com right here. Special thanks to Justin Caruso for his handiwork in laying out the booklet for us.

After the thesis exhibition closes, the department will be hosting two mini-mester courses, lasting into early June. The studios in Dolphin will only be available to students in those classes, and once they’re finished, studios will be closed for the remainder of the summer.

We hope everyone who was supposed to has emptied the appropriate drawers and lockers. We’ll be cleaning the studios thoroughly this summer and either keeping or throwing away any abandoned supplies.

Congrats to all of our graduating Seniors, and we look forward to having everyone else back in the Fall!

Thanks everyone for an exciting and eventful year!
♥ Printmaking

**UPDATED WITH MORE IMPORTANT DATES!**

This is it, the final countdown! Spring Finals for 2013 are here! 

There are a few rules everyone needs to follow for cleaning up and clearing out. Please read carefully:

-The last day to work in the studio is Friday, May 10th. Shop supplies are being packed up at 3 PM.

-The last day to clean out drawers and lockers is Sunday, May 12th. Anyone with regular class drawers must have them emptied by this time.

-Any Majors or Concentrators returning in the Fall who wish to keep their drawers MUST LABEL THEM with a TEAL TAG. They are available in every studio. Not labeled? It’ll be thrown away.

-All lockers must be emptied. No exceptions.

-All personal screens must be taken home. No exceptions.

-All oversized materials (blocks, paper, etc) must be taken home. 

-All Seniors have until THURSDAY, MAY 16th to vacate, clean, and paint their studios. 

-Any drawers that are not emptied for summer, and are not tagged properly will be cleaned out, and the contents thrown away. Yep, really.

-Book Concentrator drawers in Fox 418 must be emptied. You will get a new drawer in the fall when you return.

-The last day to print films is Thursday, May 9th. 

THEN! Please, everyone, join us on Friday May 10th, from 3:30PM to 5:30PM for an all-department cleaning session. We’ll scrub the shop back to a shiny finish. The more hands we have, the faster it will go. Everyone is welcome to join in!

Questions? Email Kyle: kvanhorn@mica.edu.

And enjoy your last week.

Here’s your requisite Queen video:

Hey all -

Just a quick reminder that there is a Lost and Found drawer in the Intaglio Studio. A quick check today revealed that it is quite full:

If you’ve had something go missing throughout this semester (or last?), now is a great time to have a look and see if it landed there. It’s located in top drawer of the tall flat file stack, by the paper tear table and studio speakers.

This is also a good time to remind everyone that it’s bananas in the studio this week and next, and prints, plates, and screens are all going to go missing. Take good care of your personal belongings, and please be respectful of others’.

This weekend at Creative Alliance!

Globe Poster: Not to be Missed! celebrates a slice of African-American music history through Baltimore’s Globe Poster Printing Corp. The iconic print shop acquired a national reputation for its eye-popping posters that promoted musicians the likes of James Brown to A Tribe Called Quest. The posters have left a lasting impact on design, pop culture, and music. This is a collaboration between Creative Alliance, the Globe Collection and Press at MICA, and the Maryland Institute College of Art’s MFA in Curatorial Practice Program. The exhibition is curated by MFA candidate Chloe Helton-Gallagher and is made possible by generous support from the partnering institutions and a Maryland Humanities Council Major Grant.

Link  here  for all the details

Hello printmakers and book arts concentrators,

This week on Tuesday, April 16th, there will be a meeting in the Lithography studio at 3:15.  The faculty teaching book arts next year will review the selection of courses for fall 2013 and spring 2014. If you are concerned about prerequisites and getting into the course that you want, faculty can sign forms to assist in registration. I will be showing a selection of artist books and conducting a paper giveaway to a few lucky students attending the meeting. Don’t miss this meeting!

All students interested in book arts are welcome to attend: this is not limited to print majors or book arts concentrators. Spread the word and tell your friends!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Detroit-based printer, and founder of the forthcoming Detroit Printing Plant, Amos Kennedy will be visiting the Printmaking Department this week. There are many events scheduled within classes and departments around MICA, but there are two notable public events.

First is a screening of the documentary Proceed and Be Bold, by Laura Zinger (about Amos Kennedy), including a Q&A. This will be Thursday, April 4th evening at 7:30PM in the Studio Center Auditorium, Room 115. The event is free, but seating may be limited. Posters from Kennedy Prints, will be available for purchase after the film.

The second event is a Letterpress Open Studio on Saturday, April 6th, 1:30PM – 4PM. The preses will be inky, and Amos, along with the Globe Interns, will be in production mode making posters.

Both of these are open to any student from any department. Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet Amos!

Painter, Printmaker, and Sculptor Charlie Hewitt will be visiting Quentin Moseley’s class this Wednesday to talk and present work.

If anyone would like to see him speak, all are welcome to join in for the presentation starting at 9:00 AM Wednesday morning. Don’t miss it!