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The Print Lottery is here! At long last, print lovers and collectors, AS220's Empire Street Gallery is the place to see prints and works on paper by 200 artists from all over the world. We're asking you to show your support for the shop with a $100 donation. In thanks, you receive a ticket redeemable for artwork on display during the 2nd Biennial Print Lottery on September 25th, 2010. In keeping with AS220's mission of accessibility and equality, and for the purpose of having fun, all artwork in the show is won by a blind lottery system.
Our Goal: to put together an exciting survey of contemporary prints / works on paper, cultivate appreciation for the art of multiples with an array of presentations, introduce print processes to the public with free workshops, foster a sense of involvement and ownership in the AS220 Community Print Shop, and raise $25,000 to help support all of our shop's operations. For more information, visit the PRINT LOTTERY website.
This event is part of a month long extravaganza of Printmaking thrown by the AS220 Community Printshop in celebration of their 3rd anniversary. For more details and other events this month
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH
Formal Open House & Farewell Shop Dinner
TIME: 6-9pm
LOCATION: AS220 Community Printshop
95 Mathewson Street, Dial #210 at door
We're going to bid farewell to our old shop in style. Dress up, drop in
and dine on some delicious food. We'll pull out a ton of prints produced
in the last 3 years, reminisce, share stories and take you on a tour of
the Printshop's new home in the Mercantile Block Building.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
Everybody Prints! Walk-in Workshop
TIME: 11am-4pm
LOCATION: AS220 Community Print Shop
95 Mathewson Street
Join us in the Print Shop for a creative introduction to the principles of
printmaking, with a series of small & playful print projects designed for
participants both young and old. Come experience the pleasure of pulling
prints and the magic of multiple-making.
Families especially welcome! Projects designed with young-ones in mind.
Parents - fear not, we'll keep you engaged, too.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH
Opening Reception for 2nd Biennial Print Lottery
TIME: 4-7 pm
LOCATION: AS220 Gallery & Performance Space
115 Empire Street
Come celebrate the opening of our 2010 Print Lottery Exhibition. See 200
Prints and Works on Paper, meet printmakers, and revel in a massive,
exuberant, salon-style showcase of work from a specatcularly diverse
spectrum of artists from near and far.
Also Opening Sunday September 12th:
Youth Screenprint Showcase
Location: 2nd floor of 115 Empire Street
Project Space: Welcome Back to the Twentieth Century! New Prints by Dan Wood
Location: 93 Mathewson Street
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
Artist Talk with Dan Wood of DWRI Letterpress
TIME: 6pm-8pm
LOCATION: AS220 Project Space Gallery
93 Mathewson Street
The patron saint of letterpress printing here at the AS220 Community Print
Shop is showing new prints in the Project Space located at 93 Mathewson
Street during the month of September. The exhibition is entitled Welcome
Back to the Twentieth Century! Come hear him speak on his work and
experience as a printmaker, artist, and professor.
Dan and collaborators Tiny Showcase will be transforming the reading room
in the Project Space. Stop in to see three years of tiny Letterpressed
works.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
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Talk with Artist Pippi Zornoza & Guggenheim Curator Lauren Hinkson
TIME: 5:15-6:30 pm
LOCATION: AS220 Gallery & Performance Space
115 Empire Street
The AS220 Community Printshop is proud to announce the newest print from
the Editions Project, Hex Drawing with Pippi Zornoza. This print typifies
Zornoza's characteristic use of intricate line-work, elaborate ornament,
and combined imagery based in textile patterns, varied mythology, and the
natural world. We invite you to this compelling conversation with Artist
Pippi Zornoza lead by Curator Lauren Hinkson.
TIME: 7-10 pm
LOCATION: AS220 Gallery & Performance Space
115 Empire Street
EVERYONE IS A WINNER! We're asking you to show your support for the
Printshop with the purchase of Lottery Ticket for $100. In thanks, you
receive one of 200 prints or works on paper by artists from all over the
world. In keeping with AS220's mission of accessibility and equality, and
for the purpose of having fun, all artwork in the show is won by a blind
lottery system. Keep you fingers crossed and wear your lucky charms, this
is a lottery folks. All proceeds directly support the Printshop
equipment, staff, supplies and programming.
*You do not need to buy a lottery ticket to attend! All events are
free and open to the public! Come for the fun!
For more information and details, visit our website:
www.as220.org/printshop
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Contact Printshop Manager, Morgan Calderini
morgan@as220.org | 401-831-9327
