Center for Contemporary Printmaking

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Spotlight on  3-D Pop-Up Art

Saturday, February 9    with Cathy Paine | 9 am to 1 pm open to 8 participants, all levels welcome This introductory workshop is for artist/printmakers interested in learning simple 3-D paper art, combining basic pop-up art techniques with their work, or making animated pop-up cards. (Valentine's day is coming!). Participants may wish to bring images and photos for inspiration and/or collage to use in creating their 3-D pop-ups. Everyone will be learning and experimenting and should be able to complete several pop-ups.  Register online  or call 203-899-7999 to register **If you have signed up for this class on line prior to January 29, please call 203-899-7999 to confirm your registration.  Cathy Paine was an award-winning professional dance/choreographer/performance improviser for 35 years, in spite of the fact that her mother, father, step-mother, and step-father were librarians, writers, and or editors. Books have always had a special place in her life (and in her home), and she started creating them after retiring from the stage. She has studied bookmaking and paper arts in Pittsburgh with Pam Sussman, Diane Maurer, and Daniel Essig, and is currently exploring the relationship between the physical construction of a book and its use or content. Also a writer, Cathy has yet to find her way into combining the two forms. But give her some time...

Upcoming Events Workshops  & Info      2/10 Opening Reception PORTRAITS IN PRINT The Annual Members' Exhibition and COURTNEY JOHNSON Cycle of Cities I: Collapse          Ausbruch I, 2011 Sunday, 2 -5 pm Awards presentation  at 3 pm Awards Juror Everett Raymond Kinstler Open to the Public Free Admission Handicapped Accessible  2/23 Make-A-Print Saturday:   Stencil Monoprints with  Roxanne Faber Savage Saturday 1 - 4 pm  Details     The CCP Winter Workshop Brochure  January - March 2013 Download from the website   Sign up now to reserve your place...              Etching / Aquatint / Drypoint      with Vijay Kumar   Tuesdays  February 12 -  March 19 10 am - 1:30 pm     This 6-week workshop includes 4 hours of studio time per week, during the session.           Untitled, 2011, Etching     Artist/printmaker Vijay Kumar demonstrates a variety of specialized techniques including aquatint, spit bite, chine colle, etching, and drypoint.  Participants are able to interact one on one with Mr. Kumar while selecting their own projects and direction for a personalized intaglio exploration.   Vijay Kumar has worked extensively in various printmaking techniques and has been teaching printmaking for many years. He has had numerous solo exhibitions of his drawings, prints and paintings in the United States and abroad. Mr. Kumar's prints are included in the collections of the New York Public Library, the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum. Register online or call 203-899-7999 to register now! Prospectus Entry deadline: Feb. 25, 2013 Exhibition on view: June 2 - September 1 Juror: Jan Howard   Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Museum of Art, RISD, Providence, RI  Still a few spaces left...    The Figure and the Monotype  with Nomi Silverman  Wednesday, February 13, 1 - 4 pm   Work form the model, using printing inks and processes, in the manner  of Degas. Read details and register online or call 203-899-7999 to register Summer Printmaking Arts Camp A one-week workshop for teens 11 years of age and up with Heather N Varco   June 17 - June 21 Monday - Friday, 10 am - 2 pm Call 203-899-7999 to register now! For beginners and serious youngsters interested in making art: learning and experimenting with the printmaking arts in a professional studio environment.  Each participant has the opportunity to create a variety of prints using water-based inks and other environmentally friendly materials. On the last day of camp there is an exhibition of the work created at a special reception for the young artists, their parents and families.

Editions Club 2012  Who is this year's Mystery Artist? What will the Mystery Print be this year?   There are a number of subscriptions to the 2012 Editions Club left.   Call 203-899-7999 to acquire an exceptional limited edition print.     Details    Artist Services: Special projects | Studio Rental | Keyholder Program... Details     Monotype portraits   in progress by   CCP member  artist/printmakers, Betty Ball Sally Frank     Mathews Park  |  299 West Avenue  |  Norwalk, Connecticut  06850  |  203-899-7999  |  info@contemprints.org