Maryland Printmakers

Maryland Printmakers

FYI

The American Print Alliance has an online exhibit, “Scrolling the Page,” on its new website at www.printalliance.org

New Print Gallery open on the Eastern Shore . Since moving to Maryland, Ray Esposito has been working diligently to open Printhouse, a new gallery located on the eastern shore of Maryland. The gallery will be a show place restricted to prints and printmaking but will expand into works on paper in the future. Printmakers have a difficult time getting places to show their works and Printhouse is dedicated to giving them that opportunity. The 1st floor will feature works from his personal collection. The 2nd floor will be for contemporary printmaking and houses his studio.

Printhouse is unique in that the net proceeds are donated to charity. He has created a new organization, Artists For Kids, in which printmakers donate a work to benefit terminally ill children in lieu of membership dues. Others can join by cash contributions. It is his hope to make this artist organization an integral part of the fund raising efforts of The Brass Ring Society.

The featured artist for September will be MP member Betty MacDonald.
He will also be introducing Print 2000, a new annual juried print show held in Snow Hill July 1-August 31 to catch the height of the tourist season. A call for entries will be made at the turn of the year.
(Note: Printhouse, Ray Esposito's new gallery was delayed a little while he opened a second gallery in Snow Hill called Brass Ring Gallery. Both galleries will be restricted to original prints. His new web site is: http://home.earthlink.net/ ~thebrassring/index.html )

Pyramid Atlantic Features Sixth Book Arts Fair at the Corcoran Gallery of Art . The Pyramid Atlantic Sixth Book Arts Fair at The Corcoran Gallery of Art will be held on November 19, 20 and 21, 1999 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day. This fair is the only event of its kind, known nationally and internationally as the premier artist book fair representing over 300 exhibitors from South America, California, Texas, Alaska, Maine, New York, and throughout the United States. The Book Arts Fair provides a forum for independent art presses, writers, dealers of artist books, binders, custom handmade papers, collectors, critics, curators and librarians for special collections, teachers and the general public to come together. Admission to Book Arts Fair $4.00per day, or $10.00 for all three days. Lecture Series Saturday and Sunday, $15.00. For more information call 301-459-7154. E-mail -pyratl@earthlink.net

Wanted to Buy-small-medium sized etching press. Please call Edda Jakab at 410-383-2491 or 410-367-8338 in Baltimore.

Washington Printmakers Gallery has moved. Its new location is 1732 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington D.C.

Employment Opportunity The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, is seeking artists to participate in the 2001-2003 Statewide Artists Workshop Program. Each workshop lasts for five hours, and features either fine arts or performance. The locations of the workshops are in the museum’s 26 affiliate museums, art centers, and art associations throughout the state. The artist chooses the age of the participants from elementary through adult. On average, each artist is booked for five workshops per year, with an honorarium of $350 per day. The workshops can be scheduled into geographic circuits. Artists outside of Virginia are welcome to apply. On some occasions the community will ask for an informal talk or slide lecture the evening before the workshop. Applications are due in September and the workshops start one year later. For more information, call 804-367-0816, or write: Statewide Artist Workshop Program, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, HealthSouth Visual Arts Center, 2800 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, 23221-2466.

(This notice is sent in by Sue Anne Bottomley who was chosen to lead workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998. She reports that it was a truly wonderful experience for her and she would be happy to discuss her adventures with interested artists. She did a total of fourteen workshops, and usually stayed in private homes. She also reports that she learned the difference between the Civil War and the War Between The States.)