Grants
As part of its mission to promote a greater awareness and appreciation of prints, the IFPDA provides grants for exhibitions, scholarly publications, lectures, and symposia that focus on fine prints.
2009 Grant Awards
Matisse as Printmaker
Baltimore Museum of Art
A comprehensive exhibition of more than 150 prints designed to bring printmaking out from the shadows of the artist’s work as a painter so that viewers could better understand the artist’s profound commitment to making prints and his process of creation. October 2009 – January 2010.
Art in Ruins
Des Moines Art Center
This exhibition took a fresh look at ruins imagery in prints from 17th to 21st centuries, examining the traditional form’s significance in light of contemporary events, particularly devastation wrought locally in Des Moines by floods and tornados in recent years. It used the historical context of the older art to illuminate more recent contemporary works. September 2009 – January 2010.
Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon
Baltimore Museum of Art
An exhibition of artwork inspired by Edgar Allan Poe designed to anchor a city-wide festival commemorating Poe’s birth. October 2009 – January 17 2010.
The Los Angeles Printmaking Society's 20th National Print Exhibition
The Los Angeles Printmaking Society
This catalog commemorates the Society's 20th National Exhibition which featured three print exhibitions as well as lectures, and events. In addition to the juried show, one exhibition celebrated printmaking in Los Angeles during the ‘60’s and ‘70’s and another honored the work of Robert Blackburn. October 2009 – January 2010.
Mini-guide: Philagrafika 2010
Philagrafika
Philagrafika 2010 is Philadelphia’s international festival celebrating the print in contemporary art. A quadrennial event, Philagrafika will comprise exhibitions, installations, an international conference, public programs, and events around the city at museums, colleges and universities, galleries, print shops and artist collectives. January – April 2010.
Printmaking Masters of Fontainebleau
Two volumes will present the first in-depth study of prints from the Fontainebleau School. Author: Catherine Jenkins. To be published by Sound & Vision, 2010.
Louis Schanker