Manhattan Graphics Center - jun

May 28, 2014

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK | VISIT OUR WEBSITE | DONATE | CONTACT US OPENING IN THE GALLERY FRANCIS DOSNE  June 3-29, 2014  Opening Reception  Saturday, June 14 6:30-9:00 pm frankdosne.com Festive Silk Screen 18"x24"  IN THE PROJECT SPACE The Lazarus Print  June 1-30, 2014  Closing Reception & Artists' Talk  Saturday, June 21, 6:30 pm  exhibitions viewing hours:  Mon 6-10pm, Tue-Fri 10am-10pm  Sat-Sun 10am-6pm  CLOSING THIS WEEK                     IN THE GALLERY A PORTFOLIO OF THE MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER FEATURING 57 ARTIST MEMBERS  IN THE PROJECT SPACE Living Large curated by Richard Turnbull       FREE ARTISTS' TALKS  On select Saturday evenings, MGC invites guest artists or curators to talk about their artistic visions. FRANCES JETTER  Saturday, JUNE 14, 6:30 pm Cry Uncle 2009, spread from 23-page accordion fold book  Since 1975, Francis Jetter has made prints on political and social subject matter to illustrate articles in publications that include The New York Times, The Village Voice, Time and The Nation. She has illustrated books for the Franklin Library and created book jackets for Knopf, Macmillan and other publishers. Her work in sculpture and printmaking has been widely shown in the United States in solo and group exhibitions at galleries in New York, Princeton, San Francisco and Seattle. Her work is in the collections of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Detroit Institute of Arts, The New York Public Library Print Collection, and Grinnell College Print and Drawing Study Room in Grinnell, Iowa. Her artist book "Cry Uncle", a graphic response to man's inhumanity to man in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Bagram and other sites, was recently purchased by Plymouth State University's Lamson Library in Plymouth New Hampshire.   She has received awards from professional organizations such as the Society of Newspaper Designers, the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers, and her work has been included in illustration annuals by Graphis, Print, and Communication Arts. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts. www.francesjetter.com  Extended Family OPEN WORKSHOP in Etching  Studio area available on Tuesday evenings  6:00 to 10:00 pm in May and June. OPEN WORKSHOP in Silkscreen  Studio area available on Thursday evenings   6:00 to 10:00 pm in May and June Places Still Available: EXPERIMENTS WITH ENCAUSTIC COLLAGRAPH  Tuesdays, 10:30 am-4:30 pm  June 17 and 24 (2 weeks) Instructor: Dorothy Cochran Artists will work with hot wax to create their printmaking matrix and to enhance their print practice. The fluid nature of this collagraph method is appealing for its versatility and ease of manipulation. Wax is applied to a plexiglass substrate using gestural brushwork, then further carved and incised for textural effects. Found objects can be stamped and embedded, linear elements layered with hot tools, tape and stencils used for precise geometry and image definition. Plates will be printed with Akua soy base inks used both as intaglio and relief. Additional explorations include multiple plate monotypes and chine collé applications.  Tracklights: MGC Member News Douglas Collins, Robin Dintiman and Katerina Kyselica are showing new prints in the juried exhibition New Prints 2014/Summer at International Print Center New York, on view from May 30-July 1, 2014. Forty-nine artists are featured. The opening reception will be on Wednesday, June 4, from 6-8 pm. ipcny.org   Katerina Kyselica will also exhibit work at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking located in Norwalk CT, in the juried 4th Biennial International Footprint Exhibition. Her etching Sharpsburg Ln II, has been awarded an Honorable Mention. On view from June 8-August 31, 2014; the reception will be Sunday, June 8 from 2-5 pm. www.contemprints.org Kirsten Flaherty is the curator of, and a participating artist in, a new permanent exhibition entitled Animalis, organized by Art Connects New York for theStanley M. Issacs Neighborhood Center located at 1792 First Avenue at 93rd Street in NYC. Eighteen artists will be showing prints that bring nature indoors using a variety of printmaking mediums. artconnectsnewyork.org The 9/11 Museum is now open in downtown Manhattan. Although the MGC 9/11 Portfolio is included in the collection, none of the prints will be on display at this time. Hilary North, a 9/11 survivor, will have 1 print on display at the Museum. The print was first shown at Manhattan Graphics Center. Pepe Coronado, Alex Guerrero, Luanda Lozano and Moses Ros-Suárez are participating in the group show Tyranny - A Search for Dominican Identity at the Rio Penthouse Gallery, at 10 Fort Washington Avenue and 160th Street in NYC. Twenty-six artists are exhibiting. May 30-June 30, 2014; Reception: Friday, May 30, 6-9 pm. Artists' Talk: Saturday, June 14, 6-9 pm. 212-568-2030 Virginia Smit, Abby DuBow and Douglas Collins are showing their prints in a exhibition entitled 3 Uptown at the Mehu Gallery, 21 West 100th Street, #1, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue in NYC, from May 15 to June 15. The opening is on May 15, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. 212-222-3334 HOURS: Mondays: 6-10 pm / Tuesdays-Fridays: 10 am-10 pm Saturdays & Sundays: 10 am-6 pm

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