Hey all you poster kids! SURPRISE -
There’s a book release / signing TONIGHT by Jay Ryan of The Bird Machine at Atomic Pop in Hampden, with his new book Animals and Objects In and Out of Water. Here is Atomic Book/Pop’s write up on the book.
Jay Ryan is a very prolific poster artist, with working dating back a decade+ + +.
Also of note, Paul Hornschemeier is releasing his new graphic novel All and Sundry.
The book signings kick off at 7.
Atomic Books/Pop
3620 Falls Road in Hampden. (caution, the linked map is only kind of accurate)
By Light Rail – get off at the Woodberry stop. Walk under the 83 overpass and up the long hill (3 blocks). Hang a right at Falls Rd. and walk 2 more blocks. It’ll be on the right side, next to Doubledutch.
See you there!
With all this Print Fair excitement, I forgot to mention that TONIGHT is a screening of TYPEFACE, the documentary about the Hamilton Type Foundry (and now Museum) in Two Rivers, WI.
This will be excellent, and should not be missed if you are remotely interested in the printed word, letterpress, wood type, graphic design, and anything in between!
The screening is TONIGHT (That’s Monday, Nov. 9th) at 7 PM in Falvey Hall.
The Director, Justine Nagan will be presenting it an answering questions.
It is FREE to MICA folk.
You’ll regret it if you miss it.
Bill Fick visited our studios Monday and Tuesday of this week and brought a huge pile of prints, dating back through 10 years of work, to showcase and talk about in 3 of our classes.
Very graciously, he also brought with him some of his trademark linoleum blocks to print from. Unsatisfied with standard paper-printing, the visit turned into a tshirt-printing-free-for-all.
Unbeknownst to many, a writer for Printeresting.org was on hand to document it all. Be sure to check out their write-up on our T-shirt Extravaganza!
Monday Nov. 17th, Noon in Falvey Hall, Brown Center, MICA.
This Monday, November 17th, Ariel Genovese is showing the American Premiere of her documentary il Percorso, showcasing the creation of the exhibition DECALOGO, a show of prints and steel faced plates by artist Paolo Canevari produced at the print studios in Calcografia in Rome.
Following the Documentary Short, there will be a Panel Conversation on stage, led by Brett Littman, Executive Director of The Drawing Center in NYC. Also on the panel will be Paolo Canevari (Artist), Ariel Genovese (Director), and Gail Deery.
For those of you unfamiliar with Paolo Canevari, he is best known recently for his video Bouncing Skull which premiered at the Venice Biennale in 2007. You can view a snippet of the video here.
Printmaking Majors and Concentrators and EVERYONE – this is an amazing opportunity to see Paolo Canevari speak. The documentary is gorgeous and the work is simultaneously contemporary and classic. Make no excuses to miss this, it will be excellent.
View the press release of the documentary here.
Monday, November 10, noon
BBOX, The Gateway, 1601 Mount Royal Avenue
Since 1977, Charles Ritchie has recorded images and notes in a series of sketchbook/journals that now number 131 books. These volumes have become both settings for intimate watercolor studies improvised from subjects in and around his home, and dream repositories written in a pen and ink note hand that only the artist can fully decipher. The sketches and texts inform a broad program of small-size drawings created serially and independent of the books. In addition, Ritchie’s drawings and journals are the sources for his intaglio prints that engage the techniques and materials of printmaking to reinvent his images. The artist’s lecture at MICA will be based loosely around 30 years of work seen concurrently in his solo exhibition, From the Inside Looking Out, which will be on view at Gallery Joe in Philadelphia from November 1 through December 20.
In honor of his visit we are having a 2-hour show of student sketchbooks.
Bring your sketchbooks/journals directly to the talk at the BBOX. We will have tables set up in the BBOX for the books. It’s a great chance to see the variety of journals students keep. After Charles Ritchie speaks about his own work – there will be a discussion surrounding the student books.
Printed Matter’s annual fair of contemporary art books, art catalogs, artists’ books, art periodicals, and ‘zines offered for sale by over 120 international publishers, booksellers, and antiquarian dealers. Admission to the fair is FREE.
LOCATION
Phillips de Pury & Company
450 West 15th Street at 10th Avenue, 3rd floor, NYC
FAIR HOURS
Friday/Saturday, October 24 & 25, 2008, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 11am – 5pm
New York Print Week is coming up at the end of this month, October 27-November 2. It is a must see. The week centers around the IFPDA Print Fair and the EAB Fair starting on Friday, October 31. This is a week-long series of lectures, exhibitions, demonstrations, gallery talks and openings focused on printmaking and its vitality as an artistic practice through the ages. These events allow art collectors, artists, scholars, educators, and the public to connect with IFPDA member galleries, museums and non-profit organizations. In addition to participating in the art community, attendees will discover new projects, enrich and refresh their knowledge of fine prints, and expand or begin their own collections. Find out more at the above links or download the IFPDA information or the EAB information.
Come to Falvey Hall on October 15 at 7:00 pm to listen to Okwui Enwezor talk about his work as director of the 7th Gwangju Biennale. Mr. Enwezor is a pioneer of curatorial reflection on issues regarding cultural production in Africa, Asia and South America. Born and raised in Nigeria, he is well versed in the peculiar dynamics of modernity in these regions and has a record of exhibitions that manifests an interest in rethinking the canon of art from a global and political perspective. Mr. Enwezor is also known for his work as Artistic Director of Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany (1998-2002), the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (1996-1997), the Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo in Seville (2007) and the current Gwangju Biennial (2008).
Big Art’s Naughty Little Issues: Sex, Love, Power at the BMA
Saturday, November 8, 3:30 p.m.
Doors open at 3 p.m.
Free
This candid panel examines the role of sex, love, and power in contemporary art and pop culture. Artists Hilary Harkness, Nicole Eisenman, and Tom Otterness confront these issues and speak about their own work. Enjoy the varying perspectives of these uninhibited speakers, and join in with questions at the end. Moderated by Senior Curator of Contemporary Art Darsie Alexander.
This panel discussion is made possible by the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art (FoMaCA). FoMaCAis a forum for exploring contemporary art and ideas. From September to May, it provides its members with access to artist talks, special exhibition tours, private collection visits, and exciting trips. It also sponsors several public programs each year and helps fund acquisitions of contemporary art for the BMA’s collection.
For more information, call 443-573-1761 or e-mail friends@artbma.org
Stamps and Beyond: Design and Process
A Talk by Designer Michael Bartalos
Thursday, October 2, 2008
8:15 p.m.
American University’s Katzen Arts Center – Room 201
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC.
Free
Michael Bartalos will discuss his experiences and influences in regards to stamp design and novel project opportunities and their process. He will also share valuable marketing and personal promotion strategies useful to design and illustration students.
Mr. Bartalos will also be talking about his design for the Latin Jazz stamp at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum’s Latin Jazz Celebration on Saturday, October 4th. The Latin Jazz event features live jazz music, conga drum demonstrations, and stamp collecting. The Postal Museum is located directly across the street from Union Station on Metro’s Red Line. The celebration is presented by the Postal Museum and Smithsonian Jazz Appreciation Month Initiatives. Find out more.
While at the Postal Museum, check out the Alphabetilately exhibit opening Friday September 26. Concept sketches and unused versions of Bartalos’ Latin Jazz stamp design will be included in this wide survey of philatelic history and graphics. It’s shaping up to be an amazing show thanks to the efforts of San Francisco friends Michael Osborne and Alyson Kuhn.
