Anchor Graphics
Anchor Graphics is a not-for-profit fine art press that brings together, under professional guidance, a diverse community of youth, emerging and established artists, and the public to advance the fine art of printmaking by integrating education with the creation of prints. Anchor Graphics is a program of the Art + Design Department at Columbia College Chicago.
Saturday Open Studio is now available by appointment only. Please call 312-369-6864 at least 4 days ahead to schedule.
New Publishing Projects:
Upcoming Programs:
Incised, Bitten and Gouged: Anchor Graphics and the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 20 Years of Printmaking
at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
July 30 – September 12, 2010
Opening Reception: July 30, 6 - 9 pm
A group exhibition of work created at Anchor Graphics and the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative will be on view this summer at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Come view prints created through out the 20-year histories of two of Chicago’s finest print institutions.
Museum of Contemporary Photography Members Printmaking Workshop
August 11, 2010
6 - 9 pm
In the tradition of John Baldessari, participants will reproduce manipulated photographic images as pronto plate lithographs. During this hands on workshop David Jones, Director and Master Printer of Anchor Graphics, will instruct participants in this process which uses polyester plates that can hold digital, xeroxed and hand drawn imagery. Participants will make small editions of 5 prints. This workshop is only open to Museum of Contemporary Photography members. Please call or email to reserve your spot at 312-369-7779 or mocp@colum.edu. This event is sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Photography as part of their exhibition John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From The Collections Of Jordan D. Schnitzer And His Family Foundation.
Susan Tallman Lecture
in Ferguson Auditorium
September 22, 2010
6:30 pm
Susan Tallman, art historian and author of the book The Contemporary Print: from Pre-Pop to Postmodern, will discuss the work of John Baldessari. This event is cosponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Photography as part of their exhibition John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From The Collections Of Jordan D. Schnitzer And His Family Foundation. Lecture will take place in Columbia College Chicago's Ferguson Auditorium, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 1st Floor.
Printlandia Metropolis
October 1, 2010
5 - 7 pm
For a third year the artistic citizens of our fair city will be contributing to civic dialogue through the dispersal of visual imagery. An elite group of four has been selected from Printlandia's ever growing population to explore the impact of the urban environment on their work and the reciprocal impact that work can have on the urban environment. These highly skilled and highly trained artists will cull the inspiration of our expansive metropolis, from the dregs of the sewers to the tops of gleaming glass skyscrapers, to create limited edition fine art prints. Then with the friendly spirit of small town neighborliness these prints will be given away for free. Join us on October 1st, from 5 - 7 pm for a celebratory and revelatory reception where you can receive your free print. Only one per visitor and come early as they will go fast. This program is being presented as part of Chicago Artists Month.
Now On View:
New Prints 2010 / Summer - Heat!
at International Print Center
New York
July 13 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 15, 6 -
8 pm
New Prints 2010/Summer - Heat! is the thirty-fifth presentation of IPCNY's New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY four times each year, featuring prints made within the past twelve months by artists at all stages of their careers. The exhibition represents a cross-section of some of the most exceptional printmaking today. If you happen to be in New York be sure to check out this terrific group show.
Imirce
in
The Fish Tank
May 25 - July 24, 2010
Imirce is the Gaelic word for migration. Although this variation of the word is commonly used for the movement of birds, Lloyd Patterson Jr. is using it in this instance to describe his own journey. Having moved to and from nine different locations in the last five years, Lloyd's recent prints and installations have documented his long voyage and his unsatisfied yearning for a place to call home. This installation is on View in The Fish Tank located at 623 S. Wabash on the 2nd floor next to Anchor Graphics.
Lloyd Patterson Jr.
Imirce
paper houses,
hand-water
colored lithographs, tape, string
dimensions variable
2010