Monotype Guild of New England

Today's featured print is a beautiful monotype/lithograph, called 'Sunspots' is by MGNE member Sally Frank.

Sally has lots of news to share, she is currently exhibiting at:

9th Biennial FootPrint International Exhibition
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
Norwalk, CT

On view until August 25, 2024

Summer Group Exhibition
Oak & Oil Gallery
Katonah, New York

On view from July 27, 2014

Artists’ Reception: Saturday August 26, 3pm

Nostalgia
Greenwich Arts Council’s Bendheim Gallery
Greenwich, CT

September 19- October 26, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 6-8 pm

In June, an article about Sally’s work and process was featured in the Journal of the Print World, volume 47.

This elegant print is an Encaustic Monotype, titled ' Salome, by MGNE member Debra Claffey.

Debra will be exhibiting prints at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, Maine, as well as members Joe Caruso (whom we featured last week) and Victoria Elbroch.

Opening Reception/Meet the Artists: Friday, August 2nd, 5-8pm

August 2 - 25, 2024

3S Artspace
319 Vaughan St.
Portsmouth, NH

https://www.3sarts.org/exhibitions/print-2024

Image: Debra Claffey, Salome, Encaustic Monotype

3S Artspace Debra Claffey Art

MGNE member Joe Caruso will be be exhibiting this beautiful printed sculpture in the Portsmouth Print Expo at:

3S Artspace
319 Vaughan St.
Portsmouth, NH

August 2-15

Joe tells us, "The piece is called, "Afternoon Breeze," ( 65" x 30.5 ") which consists of two layers of fabric with leaves printed on each. The under layer
is collaged with hand stitching. The top layer is a very fragile gauze material which enables the viewer to see through to the layer behind".

https://www.3sarts.org/events/341319586176

Image: Joe Caruso, 'Afternoon Breeze'

3S Artspace

Congratulations to MGNE Board member, Sharon Whitham, who has work in several exhibitions this summer:

'For the Love of our Planet', a Shared Habitat Earth exhibit at both the Brookline Village and Coolidge Corner libraries in Brookline, MA. Exhibitions run July 3 - August 30.

'Free Speech: Art and Activism', at LexArti in the Lexington Art and Crafts Society in Lexington, MA. Exhibit runs July 20 - August 7.

'Extreme Pressure', Webber Gallery, College of Central Florida, in Ocala, FL. Exhibit runs August 5 - September 12.

'The Grandeur of Color,' the Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, PA. Exhibit runs July 31-August 31.

Members please share your news with us! Send all the details to us at [email protected] and be sure to send an image of your work.

Image: Sharon Whitham, 'Tears for Our Madre', Monotype with Waxed Thread.

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Today's gorgeous, moody monotype is titled 'Moon Rising', by MGNE member Michele Meister.

Michele describes her work, "What compels me to create my artwork is to share my affinity for the mystery, beauty and timelessness of landscape. These moments of exquisiteness bring me closest to a portrayal of what is “true” and universally the essence of spirit. By exploring the duality of shadow and light, I hope, through my art, to convey my experience with my audience."

You can see Michele's print and many more at our current exhibition in Portland, Maine - but hurry, it closes after Saturday, July 13th.

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

Can't make it to Portland? Follow the links below to see the exhibition web gallery and read the gallery brochure:

Exhibition Web Gallery: https://mgnecovestreetportland.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Gallery Brochure:https://mgne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Cove-Street-Arts-Exhibition-Material_MGNE.pdf



Image: Michele Meister, 'Moon Rising', Monotype

Here's a print that will fill you with the spirit of summertime, even on a rainy day!

This gorgeous monotype is titled 'Northern Pond, Summer' and by
our talented Board Secretary, Rachel Leaney.

You can see Rachel's print and many more at our current exhibition in Portland, Maine - but hurry, it closes after Saturday, July 13th.

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Can't make it to Portland? Follow the links below to see the exhibition web gallery and read the gallery brochure:

Exhibition Web Gallery: https://mgnecovestreetportland.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Gallery Brochure:https://mgne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Cove-Street-Arts-Exhibition-Material_MGNE.pdf

MGNE's Membership Chair, Carol MacDonald is currently showing work in two exhibitions:

'Four Printmakers Expand the Matrix'

Saturday, June 29 – Sunday, August 4, 2024

Highland Center for the Arts
2875 Hardwick Street
Greensboro, VT 05841

'Fibrous: A Juried National Exhibition of Paper and Textile Artworks'

June 22, 2024 - June 27, 2024

d’Art Center
740 Boush Street
Norfolk, VA

Image: Carol MacDonald, 'Reconstruction-IV'

Our featured image today is a monoprint by Kathleen Wynn, titled 'Displaced,'.

Kathleen's brilliant collage monotype, which reminds us of the terrible situations many people the world over are enduring, won an honorable mention in our current exhibition.

Kathleen describes the print's process here:

"The piece was created using yupo paper, stencils and collaged prints. Printed on Hahnemuhle paper."

We hope you can see 'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition live, at:

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Or peruse the fabulous web gallery here: https://mgnecovestreetportland.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Press Access!

Artist Paul Foote and Sandwich Home Industries (SHI) (aka the Center Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery) in Center Sandwich, New Hampshire will be offering use of Paul’s new Conrad Monotype Press to experienced print artists who wish to give print workshops or print for their own work. The press is capable of making a variety of fine art prints, including low-pressure etchings.

Call Ralph Watson, the Gallery Manager at 603-284-6831 or email Paul, the press owner, for more info.

Image: Artist Katie Riendeau demonstrates printing an etching plate to Ralph Watson the Sandwich Home Industries Gallery Manager.

TONIGHT! DON"T MISS OUR

Virtual Tour & Artists Talk

Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint

WED. JUNE 19 at 7PM ET

Join us for a virtual tour of the juried exhibition 'Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint' at Cove Street Arts. We will be joined by juror Elizabeth Jabar and the award winning artists from the exhibition for a presentation of their works in the exhibition.

Registerfor this event at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017156191727/WN_wgjAlkT5S-aCu-Lf2jpbGg #/registration

Our featured image today is a monotype by R. Leopoldina Torres, titled 'Remnants, Black Bear (Pikes Peak Highway)'. This striking print is also an honorable mention award winner in out current exhibition.

Artist Statement: "For this work, I deconstructed, tore, folded and inked paper/trash found while hiking the summit to Pikes Peak to create a printing matrix on plexi plates. As these materials fall apart through the printing process, it created a singular and unique impression on paper, a remnant."

'This monotype print is part of an ongoing print series titled “Remnants.” I deconstruct discarded materials from cultural institutions, museums and parks to create works that explicate the ways in which we consume culture and produce meaning. Through the printing process, often impressions of words and images from the original materials are transferred to the prints, leaving a residue. As a contemporary artist of color and a visual anthropologist, I am particularly interested in what is left behind in these remnants, exposing what is seen and unseen."

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TOMORROW!

Virtual Tour & Artists Talk

Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint

WED. JUNE 19 at 7PM ET

Join us for a virtual tour of the juried exhibition 'Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint' at Cove Street Arts. We will be joined by juror Elizabeth Jabar and the award winning artists from the exhibition for a presentation of their works in the exhibition.

Registerfor this event at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017156191727/WN_wgjAlkT5S-aCu-Lf2jpbGg #/registration

Our featured image today is a monoprint by Susan Osgood, titled 'Map of Water 5'. A soothing body of water to dive into during today's heat wave!

Susan's lovely print won an honorable mention in our current exhibition.

In her artist's statement, Susan writes, "Exploring the concept of mapping and envisioning a series of prints, colors of blue came to mind − Prussian, ultramarine, cobalt, and cerulean. Once the project was underway I realized they were about water and wondered would we someday need a map of water; not a chart for navigation, but rather a diagram of its very essence, telling a mythological tale, a secret life of dark depths, and conveying its serene otherworldliness".

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Congratulations to our 'Making an Impression' Prize Winners!

Today we are featuring our Third Place Winner, Lisa Barthelson's fabulous 'wallforms 1, art in isolation, family debris' monoprint sculpture.

Our exhibition juror, Elizabeth Jabar writes:

"Lisa Barthelson’s unique sculptural printed work uses playful colorful forms to explore narratives of family and our endangered natural environment. Using discarded everyday materials, the Family Debri series questions the culture of consumption and gives materials new life. The process of transformation is heightened by the physical traces in the stitching and layering of print fragments."

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Virtual Tour & Artists' Talk
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2024 AT 7-8:30PM ET

Join us for a virtual tour of the juried exhibition 'Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint' at Cove Street Arts. We will be joined by juror Elizabeth Jabar and the award winning artists from the exhibition for a presentation of their works.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017156191727/WN_wgjAlkT5S-aCu-Lf2jpbGg #/registration

Exhibition Web Gallery: https://mgnecovestreetportland.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Gallery Brochure:https://mgne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Cove-Street-Arts-Exhibition-Material_MGNE.pdf

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TONIGHT at 7 pm!

Join us for our Summer Artist Virtual Meet-Up & Annual Board Update
This Thursday, June 6, 2024 from 7-8:30pm ET

We'll connect via Zoom to meet up with fellow MGNE artists. Hear exciting updates from the MGNE Board, including the launch of our 2025 National Exhibition at the Art Complex Museum in Duxsbury, MA.

Participants will be encouraged to share printmaking projects or ideas that they are currently working on. This will be a great opportunity to meet fellow artists working in New England and across the US.

If you are interested in sharing your work, please be prepared to share your screen by watching this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4sptqFb0Bk
We will also be on hand to help.

This virtual meeting will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Open to printmakers and artists working-in or interested in monotype and monoprint printmaking, MGNE membership not required.

Register for this Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOCupj0qHtzdG68J8ejhYJ6JU0L32vUF #/registration

If you have questions, please email [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you online!

Image: Image: Shelly Ramsay, 'Happiness' from our current exhibition:

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Virtual Tour & Artists' Talk:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2024 AT 7-8:30PM ET

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Join us for our Summer Artist Virtual Meet-Up & Annual Board Update
This Thursday, June 6, 2024 from 7-8:30pm ET

We'll connect via Zoom to meet up with fellow MGNE artists. Hear exciting updates from the MGNE Board, including the launch of our 2025 National Exhibition at the Art Complex Museum in Duxsbury, MA.

Participants will be encouraged to share printmaking projects or ideas that they are currently working on. This will be a great opportunity to meet fellow artists working in New England and across the US.

If you are interested in sharing your work, please be prepared to share your screen by watching this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4sptqFb0Bk
We will also be on hand to help.

This virtual meeting will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. Open to printmakers and artists working-in or interested in monotype and monoprint printmaking, MGNE membership not required.

Register for this Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOCupj0qHtzdG68J8ejhYJ6JU0L32vUF #/registration

If you have questions, please email [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you online!

Image: Donna Gordon, ' Dryad with Muses', from our current exhibition:

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Virtual Tour & Artists' Talk:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2024 AT 7-8:30PM ET

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Congratulations to our 'Making an Impression' Prize Winners!

Today we are featuring our Second Place Winner, Ellen Roberts' monotype 'Collecting Observations' .

Elizabeth Jabar, our exhibition Juror describes her impressions of Ellen's winning monoprint:

"Collecting Observations’ by Ellen Roberts is a meditation of the landscape using abstracted forms and textures. The scale of the print creates a powerful multisensory experience and washes over the viewer. There is a tactile quality created by the combination of techniques and printing surface that heightens the sensory nature of the work."

Ellen writes in her Artist Statement:

"Living in Maine, I am fortunate to be able to examine the ever changing colors, textures and patterns of nature. This inspires my ideas and imagination. My work is often created with monotype prints forged from the evolution of techniques previously explored –– with hints from my experiences with sculptural ceramics, dyed fibers, stitching, and handwoven wall pieces."

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Virtual Tour & Artists' Talk
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2024 AT 7-8:30PM ET

Join us for a virtual tour of the juried exhibition 'Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint' at Cove Street Arts. We will be joined by juror Elizabeth Jabar and the award winning artists from the exhibition for a presentation of their works.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017156191727/WN_wgjAlkT5S-aCu-Lf2jpbGg #/registration

Exhibition Web Gallery: https://mgnecovestreetportland.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Gallery Brochure:https://mgne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Cove-Street-Arts-Exhibition-Material_MGNE.pdf

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Congratulations to our 'Making an Impression' Prize Winners!

Today we are featuring our First Place Winner, Susan Denniston's 'Mapping at the Edge' monoprint.

Elizabeth Jabar, our exhibition Juror describes her impressions of Susan's winning monoprint:

"Susan Denniston’s print suspends two realities in dynamic tension-a precarious imbalance of our world held by the embrace of a quilt fragment. The piecing of image, color and form further amplifies a strong sense of fragmentation, while the stitching holding the bottom of the form is an acknowledgment of fragility and attempt at wholeness."

Susan describes her process here:

"My work addresses ideas of decay and transformation, mending and repair; giving new life to discarded or broken things. I often work with fragments of vintage quilts, gently breaking the stitches, deconstructing the remains. The imprint of these tattered and torn pieces evokes a sense of ravaged fields, turbulent water, and an unsettled sky; a sense of our land in flux. As I work, I draw a thread from the past to the present and contemplate a future."

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Virtual Tour & Artists' Talk
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2024 AT 7-8:30PM ET

Join us for a virtual tour of the juried exhibition 'Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint' at Cove Street Arts. We will be joined by juror Elizabeth Jabar and the award winning artists from the exhibition for a presentation of their works.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017156191727/WN_wgjAlkT5S-aCu-Lf2jpbGg #/registration

Exhibition Web Gallery: https://mgnecovestreetportland.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery

Gallery Brochure:https://mgne.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Cove-Street-Arts-Exhibition-Material_MGNE.pdf

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TONIGHT!

OPENING RECEPTION AT COVE STREET ARTS

THURSDAY, MAY 16 AT 5-7PM

71 COVE STREET, PORTLAND ME 04101

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

MGNE is excited to announce its upcoming exhibition, “Making an Impression: The Monotype and Monoprint,” at Cove Street Arts in Portland, Maine. This juried members exhibition, curated by esteemed printmaker Elizabeth Jabar, will run from May 16 to July 13, 2024.

The exhibition features an impressive collection of 41 prints by 35 artists, each exploring the unique processes of monotype and monoprint techniques.

Image: Debra Arter, 'Portland Town', Monotype

OPENING TOMORROW - THURSDAY, MAY 16th!

'Making an Impression': A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Artists’ Reception: May 16, 5-7 pm

The exhibition features an impressive collection of 41 prints by 35 artists, each exploring the unique processes of monotype and monoprint techniques.

OPENING RECEPTION AT COVE STREET ARTS
THURSDAY, MAY 16 AT 5-7PM
71 COVE STREET, PORTLAND ME 04101

SPECIAL THANKS: SALLY DION

Sally Dion will be stepping down as chair of exhibitions for MGNE at the end of May. We are immensely grateful to Sally for all her work with heading our exhibitition team for the past couple years.

Sally has been instrumental in keeping the guild thriving and has made a great impact on the community with exhibitions such as 'Ecology' at the Silver Center at the Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University and 'Lasting Impressions', a juried exhibition at Thayer Academy in Braintree, MA.

We are grateful for all the dedication, hard work and support Sally has provided the Guild. We will be formally recognizing Sally and her achievements at the Cove Street Arts opening reception on Thursday, May 16. We hope you can join us.

Image: Sally Dion, 'The Feminine Gaze', Monotype

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OPENING NEXT THURSDAY - MAY 16th!

'Making an Impression'
A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Artists’ Reception: May 16, 5-7 pm

Juror: Elizabeth A. Jabar

Our gorgeous featured monotype is by MGNE board member Rose Christian and titled 'What Grows Above, What Lies Beneath: Lactuca Muralis, Mining Sediments'.

Rose describes her printmaking process here:

"A specimen of the plant Lactuca muralis was inked and printed on a 1970 U.S. Geologic survey map of mine sediment testing. Additional marks were made with graphite, colored pencil and pastel".

Image: Rose Christian, 'What Grows Above, What Lies Beneath: Lactuca Muralis, Mining Sediments', Monotype

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Let's get to the root of the matter!

Committee Chairs & Volunteers Needed for
MGNE's 6th National Show Exhibition & Programming Teams:

MGNE will be holding its 6th National Open Juried Exhibition in the summer of 2025. This exciting event is a flagship celebration for the Monotype Guild. It is an opportunity for us all to come together to share the very best of modern printmaking. For this show, we will be returning to the beautiful Art Complex Museum in Duxbury MA, an hour south of Boston.

It is no surprise that this event, planned for the MGNE’s 40th Anniversary year, will require a robust team of volunteers to bring it to life. Our goal is to launch the National Show planning team in June and we need your help!

We are looking for two members to act as co-chairs/project managers of the committee, reporting to and fully supported by our experienced MGNE board members. The two exhibition co-chairs would complement each other in their skills and work with a group of other volunteers assigned to more narrowly defined roles.

If you are flexible and organized with good people skills, we would love to hear from you! A significant perk of the job will be to be in regular communication with our nationally-recognized juror and to participate in all aspects of the show-building process. You do not need to live locally because many of the tasks can be done remotely.

We are also looking for additional volunteers who are interested in a role which is more limited in scope. These areas include: fundraising/sponsorship, publicity, hospitality, community outreach, education/workshops, merchandising, intake of artwork and copy editing! We have small and large tasks we need help with.

If you are interested, please respond to this email or contact us at: [email protected].

Let us know your skills and where you think you would fit into this team!

We hope your interest is growing! Our featured monoprint is by MGNE member Lynne Johnson, and titled 'Root of the Matter 4'.

Lynne describes the process here: "I use a combination of collagraph, stencils and monotypes to create these prints".

You can see Lynne's monoprint and many others at our upcoming show, opening next week:

'Making an Impression'
A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Artists’ Reception: May 16, 5-7 pm

Juror: Elizabeth A. Jabar

Image: Lynne Johnson, 'Root of the Matter 4', Monoprint

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It's not long before our new show, 'Making an Impression'
opens in Portland, Maine on May 16th!

Exhibiting artists: If you have questions about drop-off, please contact [email protected]

'Making an Impression'
A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Artists’ Reception: May 16, 5-7 pm

Juror: Elizabeth A. Jabar

Our fabulous featured print, 'Frag-ment #1', is a monotype by MGNE member Joanne Simon.

Joanne describes her process here:"I created this monotype on a Takach press using Akua inks, stencils, and trace monotype, mounted on rice paper and Rives BFK paper".

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This dazzling monotype is by our wonderful former Exhibitions Chair, Kate Higley.

Kate is currently re-making art from her existing monotypes:

"Recently, I have been opening flat files and making decisions about prints that no longer appeal. I took a large monotype, cut it into strips and wove it to create a new work."

See Kate's print and many others by our talented members at:

'Making an Impression'

A Monotype Guild of New England Juried Members’ Exhibition

Cove Street Arts
71 Cove Street
Portland, ME

May 16 - July 13, 2024

Artists’ Reception: May 16, 5-7 pm

Juror: Elizabeth A. Jabar

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TONIGHT!
MGNE Spring Virtual Meet-up & Mixer:
Thursday, April 25, 2024 from 7 pm ET

Join MGNE for this virtual meeting to connect with fellow printmakers and discuss your current projects and creative goals for the new year. This event is open for all artists and members of our printmaking community.

Participants will be encouraged to share their printmaking projects or works in progress. It will be a great opportunity to meet fellow artists working across New England and the US.

Our virtual meet-up will take place online via Zoom. Please sign up at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucuqtqDwjGdxAOzQoBOhjwLVbImEWSOpl #/registration

Admission is free but registration is required. This event is open to printmakers and artists working-in or interested in monotype and monoprint printmaking.
MGNE membership is not required.

SEE YOU SOON!

Image: Mary Pollak, Detail: ‘In Search of Time Lost’, Monoprint

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