Events include lectures, symposia, and demonstrations at IFPDA member galleries and print workshops, museums, and nonprofit venues. The events listing is limited to IFPDA members and nonprofits, the proposed program must be focused on fine prints. To submit an event for consideration.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
David Driskell speaks at the Amistad Center
Amistad Center, Wadsworth Atheneum
Painter and printmaker Dafid C. Driskell, PhD, also a leading authority on African American art history, a collector and curator, and distinguished professor emeritus of art at the University of Maryland, will be the special guest of the Amistad Center for Art & Culture. Driskell will be interviewed by Joyce C. Willis, chair of the Amistad Center's curatorial committee. A book signing of Julie L. McGee's David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar will follow. The talk is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Confirmation of attendance is requested by emailing amistadcenter@wadsworthatheneum.org or calling 860-278-2670. The talk will take place on Tuesday, May 6 at 6 pm, at the Amistad Center at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art at 600 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Madison Avenue BID/Gallery Walk
63 galleries along Madison Avenue in New York City, between 57th and 86th streets, will be open from 11am to 6pm and will be celebrating this event with special exhibitions and receptions. The galleries will welcome the public to experience an insider's look at the world of fine art. IFPDA galleries participating in this event include Flowers, Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, Jan Krugier Gallery, and Jane Kahan Gallery.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Multiple Conversations: An Ongoing Series on Print Collecting
The Print Center, Philadelphia
Robert Morrison is joined by Lee Stoetzel, curator of the West Collection, Oaks, PA, a challenging contemporary art collection housed in a corporate setting, to discuss philosophies and strategies of collecting. Free and open to the public.RSVP 215.735.6090 x1.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Intricacy, Variety, and Hilarity of Sporting Prints
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Marble Hall
Dr. Rosemary Smith will discuss the making and historical significance of sporting prints. She will use examples from the Mellon Collection of Sporting Prints to discuss technical differences within the genre, and a selection of prints from the Mellon Collection will be available for guests to view after the lecture. The lecture will take place on Thursday, June 5, 2008, 6-8:30pm, at the VMFA's Marble Hall. Lecture is open to the public with an admission fee of $15. Call (804) 340-1405 for ticket reservations.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Discriminating Eye: Understanding Prints
Panel Discussion at the New York School of Interior Design
The IFPDA, IPCNY (International Print Center, New York), and NYSID (New York School of Interior Design) will sponsor a panel discussion in conjunction with IPCNY's exhibition "New Prints, Spring 2008: selected by Jane Hammond" in the NYSID Gallery. Moderator Janice C. Oresman and panelists Jane Hammond (artist and curator of the exhibition), Joe Goddu (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.), and Samantha Rippner (Associate Curator, Department of Drawings & Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) will discuss why artists make prints and why they are important. This discussion will focus on information for Design Professionals and collectors new to the print medium. Panelists will offer insight into recognizing prints and guidance on where and how to purchase fine prints. Media sponsor: Art on Paper. Seating is limited, reservations are recommended. Please contact: contact@ipcny.org. Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 6 pm. Reception to follow, 7-8:30 pm. NYSID, 170 East 70th Street, New York, NY.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Expert Perspective: Excellent Impressions: Observations on the James Michener Collection of Japanese Prints
University of Texas, Austin
James Ulak, deputy director, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smihsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., traces the evolution of the Japanese woodblock print from its early 17th-century origins as the medium of choice for the world of theatre, through the mid-19th century when flowers, fauna, and landscapes were popular subjects, to the eventual demise of the medium -- a victim of mass circulation publications. This lecture will be held at the ACES Building, Avaya Auditorium (room 2.302), at The University of Texas. Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 6 pm. Lecture is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Expert Perspective: Mind Unmoving, Body Awake: The Universal Appeal of Japanese Prints
University of Texas, Austin
Roger Keyes, a visiting scholar at Brown University, addresses how Japanese prints speak directly to the senses, transcending language, time, and cultural boundaries and shows how these works of art communicate some of the inherent values of pre-modern Japanese culture to responsive viewers without words, thought, or effort. The lecture will be held at the ACES Building, Avaya Auditorium (room 2.302), at The University of Texas. Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 6 pm. Lecture is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 25-Sunday, March 29, 2009
Global Implications, Southern Graphics Council Conference
Columbia College, Chicago
Columbia College Chicago and Anchor Graphics will be hosting the Southern Graphics Council's annual printmaking conference in 2009 featuring 4 days of exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops, lectures and round table discussions exploring the artistic and social currents that can be found in printmaking throughout the world.
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