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Melanie Yazzie is the recipient of our 2024 Outstanding Printmaker Award! 💫💫💫 Through this award, MAPC is proud to recognize Melanie Yazzie’s dedication and contributions to print media which draws inspiration from her Diné heritage and focuses on the relationship between humans and the environment.

Make sure you’re coming to Kansas State University from October 2-6, 2024 for From The Ashes where Melanie will deliver a keynote address and have a a solo exhibition and reception during the conference.

The Outstanding Printmaker Award is given bi-annually to an artist who has made significant contributions to the field of printmaking; continuously makes creative work that is in line with the conference theme; and has a practice that underscores the mission of MAPC.

"Two Sisters”, Melanie Yazzie, mixed media, 2022

Save the date! Oct 2-6, 2024 for our 2024 conference at Kansas State University!

From the Ashes: Printmaking, Preservation, and Renewal 🌻🌻🌻Calls for proposals and participation are now live and due September 20, 2023. Conference website in bio!

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “Collage of etched images (seedpods, leaves, twigs,…)” by Cindy Koopman

Rives BFK, natural Japanese Kitakata, and green Japanese kitakata paper

Don't forget, applications for the Member's Juried Exhibition close this week on 6/15!

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Fear Itself" by Patrick Casey

Woodcut, 27"x22.5", 2020

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "The Air is Full of Eyes" by Lya Finston

2022, stone lithography & screenprinting, 15×22"

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Beans Forest No. 13 |" by Julia J. Wolfe

Screenprint | 12 in. x 9 in. | 2017

👁️ 👁️ Today is the day! Join us at 6:30pm EST for some amazing Studio Tours. The link to the PrintStream Zoom is above, see you soon.

Our two moderators for the evening are Lisette Chavez and Brett Taylor.

Lisette is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator with a focus in lithography, drawing and installation-based work. She received a Master of Arts degree from Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona. She is the creator of Show Me Your Print Shop, and currently lives and works in Tucson.

Brett is a print-based artist and art educator from South Florida, currently based in Columbus, Ohio. They earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from the University of Florida and their Master of Studio Arts in Printmaking from The Ohio State University. They are the current MAPC Membership Chair and Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art and Q***r Studies at Denison University.

Two Parts Press was informally founded in 2022 by Sara Hess (she/her) and Jon Swindler (he/him) in Athens, GA shortly after the purchase of a used 18 x 36” Conrad Intaglio Press. The studio is currently outfitted for intaglio, relief, monotype and screenprinting processes. See their studio during PrintStream Studio Tours 5/18 @ 6:30PM EST!

Two Parts Press resides in a small, scruffy space behind Swindler’s home in Athens. Sara and Jon’s tour will address present and future goals for Two Parts Press as they continue to establish and construct the print shop for themselves and others. In the near future, Two Part Press plans to host artists-in-residence for week-long projects, in which artists can create editions with as much (or as little) printing assistance as necessary. Ultimately, they intend to sell these editions, splitting the profits with participating artists in order to fund future projects and endeavors.

Power and Light Press is a ship-shape print shop built to handle all of life’s messy emotions, located in Silver City, New Mexico. Join them for PrintStream Studio Tours 5/18 @ 6:30PM EST!

Since opening in 2009, their greeting cards have been designed, printed, and packaged in-house. Their two-person company is fueled by “clean hands and filthy mouths.” This presentation will be led by press owner Kyle Durrie (she/her), and will tour their letterpress print shop and retail store, including images and information about their Artists’ Residency program and Moveable Type mobile letterpress truck, which toured around the country between 2011 – 2020.

Hosting the 2024 MAPC conference, Kansas State University is home to the Prairie Fire Printmakers Student Organization and the College of Arts and Sciences Current Prints Research Lab. Join them this Thursday for PrintStream, 5/18 @ 6:30pm EST!!

Founded through a National Endowment for the Arts Artworks Grant and private donors, Current Prints brings together teams of artists, chemists, and student researchers with a mission to develop and refine innovative safe, accessible printmaking materials and processes and disseminate our research with the greater printmaking community.

Recent developments include innovative methods for Electrolytic Etching, development and usage of Bio-Solvent Development and Environmentally sustainable, non-toxic Printmaking materials. MFA students Bryan Raymundo (he/him), Kyra Litwin (she/they), Charlie (she/her), and Charles (he/him) will present alongside Jason Scuilla (he/him), professor and area head of printmaking.

Highpoint Center for Printmaking is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the art of printmaking located in Minneapolis,MN. We’re excited they are joining us on Thursday, 5/18 @ 6:30 EST for our PrintStream Studio Tours!

The space is dedicated to providing educational programs, community access, and collaborative publishing opportunities to engage the community and increase the appreciation and understanding of the printmaking arts. This tour will be given by Edson Rosas (he/him), the Administrative Coordinator at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Throughout the tour Edson will go over the major areas of Highpoint.

We will hear from Gallery Director Alex Blaisdell (she/her) talk about Exhibitions, Director of Artist Programs Josh Bindewald (he/him) will show us the co-op space and talk about the residency and fellowship opportunities at Highpoint, Education and Community Programs Manager Tyler Green (he/him) will share the educational programing at highpoint, and Apprentice Printer Anda Tanaka (she/her) and/or Master Printer and Co-Founder Cole Rogers (he/him) will share what’s been going on in the Pro Shop.

Tune in this Thursday to check out this amazing space! Click the link in our bio for an emailed Zoom link or check back here on Thursday to sign on.

We are profoundly saddened to share news of the death of Shelly Gipson, a longtime MAPC member and supporter. A previous member of the board and a guest editor of the MAPC journal, she most recently served on the Membership Engagement Committee and chaired the 2022-24 board nominating committee. In 2021, she helped to develop and organize the inaugural PrintStream online professional development workshop "How To Apply." Shelley was a generous collaborator and donated her time, energy, and resources to MAPC and the wider printmaking community without hesitation. PrintStream as an event exists as it does because Shelley helped create it.

Shelley was passionate about supporting young artists. At the 2022 MAPC conference at Kent State University, she organized the "Call to Action" print exchange around the idea of mentorship. Print students and their respective mentors applied as collaborative pairs, working together on their portfolio pieces. In her time as a professor at Arkansas State University, she mentored countless students of her own.

Shelley leaves big shoes to fill—her kindness and generosity as an educator characterized her many significant contributions to our discipline.

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Flood Shift" by Brett Lysne
2022, waterless litho and screenprint

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “During the War” by Carole Winters
Trace monotype. 2022.

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “Over the Moon” by Jacob Taylor Gibson

We are pleased to seek entries for our 2023 Juried Members' Exhibition, to be juried by Golnar Adili. 🖼 Saint Mary’s College Moreau Gallery in South Bend, Indiana will host the show, which will run October 2–November 3. This year's entry fee is on a sliding scale, with a suggestion of $10 for students and $20 for regular members. Read all about it at the link in our bio, spread the word, and don't forget to submit your work by June 1!

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Spectral Evidence" by Vin Caponigro
2021

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Ancestral Garden" by Amy Sands
stencil monoprint on kozo panels, 2023

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Hawley" by Keith Buswell

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "Undocumented" by Carlos Barberena of Bandolero Press.
Linocut on Shopping Bag. 2020

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “Corn Cob Jelly” by Erica Lewis

24"x24". Relief on Recycled Bedsheets.

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “Roll Call” by Eric Von Haynes of Flatlands Press

We’re excited to tune in for “Layers of Accessibility”, a virtual panel on March 11th from 4:30 - 5:30pm CT with . Organized by access/accessibility thought leaders .macneil, , , , , and the panel will consider how printmaking practices for necessitate transitions from traditional studio’s notions into more accessible and inclusive standards of printmaking.
       

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 ”Altitudinal Zone” by Elizabeth Rose
Intaglio, Relief, Photo- Lithograph, Risograph, and Archival Pigment on Asuka, Kitikata Gampi, Kozo, and BFK assembled on Birch panel, 48” x 36” x 1.6”

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 Filoru Fan by John Bergmeier
11.5" x 8", monoprint screenprint with wood, 2022

Snag an amazing set of these Riso posters by donating to the strike fund! Thanks !!💚💚💚
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(Re)created these riso prints à la Atelier Populaire, because we need another student revolution. The lime green flyers are for campus distribution (DM me if you want to take some to hang around Temple), but the classic colors are available on card stock for the print folk among you. Send me a screenshot of your donation to the strike fund (link in bio, gentle suggestion of $30+) and I’ll mail you a set.

The grad students at at are on strike after months of negotiations where administrators refused to budge and offer anything close to living wages. If you want a taste of how low the Temple’s president and his team will go, note that they have 1) sent tuition bills to striking workers who had full tuition remission and 2) individually unenrolled workers from active health insurance. Temple spends less per dollar on instructional costs than any other R1 university (62 cents!) and our football coach earns $2 million every year.

If you know grads on strike elsewhere who want the PDF for their own protests, I’m happy to pass it on. Also: .marie simultaneously and independently made the smokestack fist (!!!) because is magic.

PS: I’m not in TAUP, so I can do this all day 😊

We’re standing with Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA)! Grad students are on strike after months of negotiating for a living wage, healthcare for dependents and families, longer parental leave (currently 5 days!) and bereavement leave, and better working conditions.
Check out www.tugsa.org/strike to learn how to support!

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 Amanda Durig
Don’t forget to update your member portfolio to be entered into the Provisional Press drawing! Entries accepted till February 15 at midnight EST

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 Doomscrolling (doctrine) by Kristina Paabus
2022, collagraph intaglio, linocut, and letterpress, 22”x18”

Just a week left to enter the Provisional Press giveaway!
Update your MAPC website profile and upload 5 images to your portfolio to enter the drawing. Already updated? Don't worry, you're already entered! Not a member yet? Just join and upload before February 15th at midnight EST to enter.
Contest closes on February 15th, 2023 — the winner will be announced the following week. Provisional Presses usually ship flat and must be built but this lucky winner will receive an already assembled press. Thank you to Steve and Liz Garst at Provisional Press!!
Contest shipping is limited to addresses in the United States.

DEADLINE EXTENDED!! Submissions for the MAPC Journal: LIMINAL close on February 12, 2023 at 11:59pm CST. There is no fee to enter—artwork, essay proposal, exhibition reviews and more are welcome!
midamericaprintcouncil.org/journal/
Email [email protected] with any questions.
(text reminder on top of “Gruppo di Scale ornato di magnifica Architettura . . .” Giovanni Battista Piranesi ca. 1750

Submissions for the MAPC Journal: LIMINAL close on February 1, 2023. There is no fee to enter—artwork, essay proposal, exhibition reviews and more are welcome!
midamericaprintcouncil.org/journal/
Email [email protected] with any questions.
(text reminder on top of “Gruppo di Scale ornato di magnifica Architettura . . .” Giovanni Battista Piranesi ca. 1750

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “Party Animal 1” by Samantha Buchanan
📆 AND don’t forget that the call for MAPC journal entries closes on February 1st! You've got a few days left to brush up your entries. Don't hestitate to reach out to [email protected] with any questions.
Ink on fiberglass mesh & paper, 22 x 18”, 2021

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 “Confused Light, Pescadero Coast Line 3” by Karen Gallagher Iverson
Pochoir, pastel and wax on panel, 2019

Excited to highlight our 2022 Travel Grant Awardees!
🎉 UNDERGRADUATE WINNER
Emma DeValk
🎉 GRADUATE WINNER
Katheryn Horne .horne_artist
🎉 EMERGING ARTIST WINNER
Susanna Harris
Presented every two years, these grants support creative opportunities that require travel, based on proposals submitted by MAPC members. $500 was awarded for each category.

💥💥 GIVEAWAY💥💥 You could be the proud owner of a Provisional Press! This DIY tabletop proof press is the perfect addition to any home studio.
Update your MAPC website profile and upload 5 images to your portfolio to enter the drawing. Already updated? Don't worry, you're already entered! Not a member yet? Just join and upload before February 15th at midnight EST to enter.
Contest closes on February 15th, 2023 — the winner will be announced the following week. Provisional Presses usually ship flat and must be built but this lucky winner will receive an already assembled press. Thank you to Steve and Liz Garst at Provisional Press!!
Contest shipping is limited to addresses in the United States.

Reflecting back on Repair, MAPC Journal Volume 34 / 35. Don’t forget to apply to the new journal call, Liminal, by February 1st!
Link in bio or visit midamericaprintcouncil.org

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 Winstead's, Lithograph, 33"x18", 2018 by Yoonmi Nam

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 The Linotype Occasionally (January 1st, 2023) by Dan Wood
Hope your 2023 is off to a great start! And that updating your member portfolio page on the new MAPC website is on the top of your resolution list!
Letterpress print from cast metal type, unnumbered edition, 5.5 x 8.5 inches

🌟 Member Spotlight! 🌟 "First thing tomorrow, I’ll let the house fill up with gas and I’ll light a match. We’ll start fresh, just us girls.” by Sophie Isaak, MAPC Board President
Wish you all a bright start to 2023!
Screenprint, acrylic, colored pencil, magnets, 42” x 42”, 2021