This is it – the last week of classes.  We have a lot happening in this shop over the summer, it and it’s important you follow our instructions below.

ALL CLASSES and ALL CONCENTRATORS: You must clean out all drawers and lockers, and take all personal screens home.

ALL MAJORS: You must clean out lockers and take home all personal screens. You may keep your drawers.  ** MAJORS – if you have a drawer in Litho, you should speak with Kyle. **

SENIOR MAJORS: You may access your studios through May 11th, but the classroom studios are not available for use after this Friday.

Important dates:

May 4, Friday, is the last day for working in the studios – all supplies will be put away that day.

May 6, Sunday, is the last day for studio access – all drawers and lockers must be clean by this date.

May 11, Friday, is the last day for Senior Access.

As always, email kvanhorn@mica.edu if you have questions or concerns, and rock on you champions!

BALTIMORE CONTEMPORARY
PRINT FAIR
April 28, 11 am – 6 pm & April 29, Noon – 6 pm
ARTIST TALK: TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK Thursday, April 26, 7 pm
PRINTERESTING DISCUSSION
Sunday, April 29, 11 am
ARTIST & EDITIONS AWARD
Sunday, April 29, 3 pm

Danielle Blevins was accepted into the IPCNY New Prints Exhibition with this wonderful lithograph:

Justin Caruso  received an internship at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, our first Globe-Hatch cross-cultural show poster exchange!

Katherine Stankewicz will be wallpaperin’ at Flat Vernacular in Brooklyn

Jacqueline Riccio and Amy Cousins received an internship at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center  - double whammy!

Flannery Silva is internin’ in the Curatorial Department at the Whitney… holla

Madeline Horan is crossing over to the third dimension to work for Litha Wilson

Lyla Shlon will do the hotstepper at Second State Press in Philadelphia

and Zach Ingram is headed beyond screenprinting at Captain Jerry’s!

The candidate chosen to receive the scholarship will be granted 24 hour access to the facilities at Second State Press for the entire month of June, two flat file drawers in which to store paper and supplies, a modest stipend, and all critical feedback that membership in a communal print shop like SSP provides.  It is requested that two prints from an edition generated during the month be donated to permanent collections belonging to CR Ettinger Studio and Second State Press.

For more information, please visit: http://secondstatepress.org/scholarship-opportunities

Tomorrow, Andrew Raftery will be visiting campus for some Wednesday evening critiques, and Thursday morning demonstration.

Andrew Raftery teaches Printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design. Raftery will visit MICA to discuss his work and demonstrate the process of engraving as it is used in intaglio printmaking.
Andrew Raftery will be speaking with the Robert Tillman’s Intaglio Class, however anyone interested is welcomed to attend the presentation. Raftery will demonstrate his distinctive approach to this rarely-mastered medium.
Thursday, March 29 from 9AM – 12PM.

See you there!

The exhibition hangs March 20-25th in the Fox 2 Gallery on the MICA Campus.

Vestige was curated by Ann Shafer, the Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, & Photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Please join us for drinks and light fare this Friday evening!

The DayGlo colors of Globe Poster are being exhibited at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall right now, and MICA is hosting a closing reception for the show Tuesday, March 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The exhibit covers Globe’s astonishing output of hard-working posters for music — from James Brown through Run DMC and Rare Essence — to carnival and politics. Dozens of posters and several banners created by Globe during its long history were hung at the Meyerhoff as a “welcome to the neighborhood” exhibit honoring MICA’s recent purchase of the Globe collection.

Please join us for the exhibit and light refreshments, cash bar, raffles of posters created for the exhibit, and the sale of Globe Classic posters.

A number of MICA students and alumni helped to put the exhibition together:
Curators: MICA graduate students Allison Gulick, Deana Haggag, Chloe Helton-Gallagher and Kelcey Towell, Allison Fisher ‘11, and Mary Mashburn. Letterpress proofing by Globe Collection and Press coordinator Ingrid Schindall and interns Christine Brown, Justin Caruso, Rei Lem, Lyla Shlon and Dino Urpi. Photographs by Sam Culpepper, Allison Fisher, Becky Slogeris ‘11. Exhibit aid: Kimberly Gim and Sabrina Kogan ‘11.

The shop will be open for the duration of Spring Break from 7 AM until 11 PM.

A few things to keep in mind:

-Workstudy and Technician Hours will be limited. Please keep this in mind when working in the shop.

-We have new ventilation being installed in the Silkscreen washout room starting Mid-Week. Please expect the washout room to be unavailable at this time.

-Digital Printer Hours will be limited over break. Printing is only available Tuesday and Wednesday, 4-7 PM.

-The Letterpress Studio is closed for break.

Please be safe as you’re using the shop. Colin will be around on some days, and Kyle will be around on others. If you need to reach someone about an emergency, email your faculty or write to kvanhorn@mica.edu or colin.benjamin@gmail.com. We will do our best to fix problems asap.

HAVE A GREAT BREAK EVERYONE!!!

Learning about the exciting history of the avant-garde scene in Berlin since German reunification, you will explore the architecture, museums, bookstores, theaters, and cafes that have fostered this city’s dynamic culture. Sites to be visited include Kunst Werke, Hamburger Bahnhof, the Hebel Theatre, and the Stasi Museum. Guest lectures by MICA faculty and faculty residing Berlin on various topics of German culture will round out the experience.

This three-week program offers 3 studio credits in art history, with an optional 3 credits in humanistic studies (independent study). Classes may be taken for undergraduate and graduate credit or audit. The program is open to undergraduate or graduate students (rising sophomores to second-year graduate students), and to lifelong learners at least 18 years of age who have completed at least one year of college study. All students must have a current, valid passport for travel.

Please contact T’ai Smith as soon as possible if you are interested in going this summer: tsmith@mica.edu

There is a Department Meeting (all Majors, all Concentrators) this coming Tuesday March 6th.

We will be discussing the state of the shop, the latest changes and additions (there are many), upcoming events (Spring Break, SGC, the BMA Contemporary Print Fair, etc) and things you should already be planning for (summer internships, study abroad, etc).

The meeting will be held in the Litho Studio, Tuesday March 6th at 3:15.

Please be punctual. We will, of course, finish in time for 4 PM classes.

SEE YOU THERE!