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| Locations Be sure not to miss the plethora of events that the AS220 Community Printshop will be hosting this September. Events will take place at the following locations: |
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 The Performance Space at AS220: 115 Empire Street, Providence RI 02903 |
 The Printshop on the 2nd fl of the Dreyfus: 95 Mathewson St, Providence RI 02903 |
 The Bernard Room at the PPL: 150 Empire Street, Providence RI 02903 |
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Events |
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| Monday, September 1st Extra Special Open House & Shop Orientation 6pm Location: Printshop (95 Mathewson St. #210) Come explore the printshop and learn more about how to get involved! |
Sunday, September 7th Print Lottery Opening reception 4-7pm Location: 115 Empire Street, Gallery/Performance Space We opened the AS220 Community Printshop one year ago today! Come celebrate our anniversary and the art of printmaking. See the work of 200 artists, you can buy your lottery ticket in advance here too. |
Thursday, September 11th Typography Lovers Unite! 6pm Location: Providence Public Library, Bernard Room, Second Floor. Join AS220's Design Providence Art Director Arley-Rose Torsone and PPL's Special Collection Librarian Rick Ring as they present the typographic treasures from the Special Collections at the Providence Public Library! Prepare for some serious geeking out over typography. |
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| Saturday, September 13th Drop-in Workshop 1-5pm Location: Printshop (95 Mathewson St. #210) Stop by the shop on a Saturday afternoon for a mini printmaking project. Bring the kids, bring grandma, and bring your friends. All supplies provided, stay as long as you want or just drop by. |
Saturday, September 20th Lecture 6:30pm Location: 115 Empire Street, Gallery/Performance Space The AS220 Community Printshop is extremely pleased to announce that professor, scholar and printmaker Andrew Raftery will be joining us, along with Grehchen Wagner, Curatorial Assistant from the Department of Prints and Illustrated books from the Museum of Modern Art, on Saturday, the 20th of September, for two very special guest lectures. Andrew Raftery (MFA, Yale University School of Art), a printmaker specializing in narrative engravings of contemporary American life, is an associate professor in the department of printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design. Raftery recently received a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship, and will use the fellowship period to complete an engraving project he’s been working on for several years. The works will be exhibited in a solo show at New York City’s Mary Ryan Gallery in October. His work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Fogg Art Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery and the New York Public Library. “I would like to talk about the power of the artist as publisher, first by defining self-publishing for the audience. Then I would like to trace a few highlights from art history including Dürer and his enforcement of his copyright against Marcantonio in Venice, Diana Mantuana and her use of the Papal Privilege to ensure the copyrights to her work and of course Hogarth’s lobbying for the act of parliament that created the first copyright laws for visual artists. I think these compelling examples can show how printmakers established their own agency within the larger culture. I would then like to talk about current practices in publishing and my own experiences as a self-publishing artist.” -and- Gretchen L. Wagner (MA, Williams College) is a curatorial assistant in the department of prints and illustrated books at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Wagner has curated exhibitions at the D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY, the Tang Museum at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, and the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, among other institutions, in addition to acting on the programming and curatorial committees for WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution and Greater New York 2005 at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, NY. “In recent years, contemporary artists have taken printmaking into the realm of the super-size. Pointing to monumental works of past eras, such as Albrecht Dürer’s woodcut Arch of Maximilian I, artists practicing today have embraced the medium to produce sprawling installations and environments in the gallery with dramatic effect. Large formats have also allowed individuals to place their works in exterior and public spaces, far more expansive then the typical interior setting. Outside, the works often take on meanings with social and political resonance. Closely following these developments in the medium, The Museum of Modern Art has recently acquired several projects by artists working in this manner, such as Gabriel Orozco, Nicola López, Nicolas Lampert, and Swoon, among others. This presentation will introduce some of these works, and the challenges involved in their museum display, as an investigation of this recent turn in printmaking and its impact on art produced in all mediums.” |
Saturday, September 27th Print Lottery!!!! 7-10pm Location: 115 Empire Street, Gallery/Performance Space Every ticket is $75 and all proceeds directly support the Printshop equipment, staff, supplies and programming. In thanks you will receive a print from the show, chosen blindly through the lottery. Come for the fun, and two very special secret announcements. Don't forget - you don't need to buy a lottery ticket to attend the event! Come support your Community Printshop by attending! |
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