Events
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PRINT CLUB : TBD
Show-And-Tell : Takes place on a quarterly basis, on the third Saturday of the month. January, April, July, October.
Monthly Prompts and Giveaways : Prompts are available on the Collective's Instagram page (@theprintmakerscollective)
The Printmakers Collective is happy to announce that we are co-hosting Febrayery with @neptooncat for the second time!
Febrayery is a month-long prompt list created by Kaitlin(@neptooncat) based on a theme and this year’s theme is: nature! We hope that you will join us this month in creating or supporting fellow artists.
There’s also a twist with Febrayery- it has a giveaway!
The winner has a chance to win a gelli plate and a custom printed shirt by Kaitlin!
1. Post a new image based on the given themes
2. Tag @neptooncat and @theprintmakerscollective
3. Use the hashtag #febrayery23
4. Printmaking is encouraged, but not mandatory
Every completed prompt is an entry- everyone has four chances to be entered.
The Febrayery giveaway will end on Tuesday, February 28th at 11:59pm.
We will announce the winner in our stories sometime on Thursday, March 2.
Winners will be contacted directly via DM by @neptooncat and only by @neptooncat. We will not ask for any information aside from your name, address, and shirt information.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram.
Prizes are available worldwide.
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BINGO! Holiday Edition
Here are the rules :
1. We are a printmaking collective, but all mediums are welcome to participate.
2. Select a square and create a work of art that represents your interpretation of the chosen prompt.
3. Five in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally gets you a BINGO!
4. Do use the #printmakersbingo hashtag and tag @theprintmakerscollective so that we can see your Bingo entry.
5. There is a prize! One (1) participant of the Holiday Bingo will be randomly selected to win 10 Sheets of 8.5” x 11” recycled handmade paper colored paper
Prize guidelines:
1. Complete at least one prompt from the Holiday Bingo AND tag @theprintmakerscollective as well as use the #printmakersbingo hashtag.
2. Each prompt completed is an additional entry.
3. You do not need to be a member of the Collective to qualify.
Holiday Bingo will end on Sunday, January 8th at 11:59pm.
We will announce the winner in our stories sometime the following day.
Winners will be contacted directly via DM by @theprintmakerscollective and only by @theprintmakerscollective. We will not ask for any information aside from your name and address.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram.
Giveaway is available worldwide.
The Secret Krampus Postcard Exchange : See sign up sheet for additional details. Postcards need not be Krampus themed, and can be of an already existing block.
SIGN UP SHEET ---> https://forms.gle/4bjaFUrm1QoS4M737 --- CLOSED
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Introduction To Woodcut Workshop
Event Date: November 5th, 2022
Event Time: 10a - 12p ET
Event Cost: Free. Lovingly suggested (but definitely not required) donation of $20 for those financially abled.
Event Description : Collaborate with the grain of wooden blocks to create exciting graphic compositions. Relief printmaking is a fantastic way to strengthen your sense of composition. Students will learn how to prepare their images, ink and print by hand. Beginners are welcome.
Materials
Wood block – flat, prepared to print sanded etc.
Wood cut carving tools
Sheet /glass/plastic surface for ink rolling (aprox.12 x 12 “)
Rubber ink roller/brayer
Non-toxic water-based ink
Palette knife to spread ink
Printing paper: Smooth paper, newsprint, printer paper (multiple sheets!)
Chalk, graphite, (optional) watercolours & brush
Wooden spoon or baren for printing
Sketchbook for note taking sketching out ideas
Clean up
rags / kitchen towel
water
dish soap
garbage bin nearby
Instructor : Anna Jane McIntyre (@annajanemcintyre) She/Her/Them
Anna Jane McIntyre is a visual artist-parent with a practice combining shape-shifting, mark-making, thinking, doing, looking, breathing, $5-improv-benevolent-capitalism and microactivism. Anna's work investigates how people perceive, create and maintain their notions-of-self, belonging and culture through behaviour and visual cues.
Projects may incorporate giant emojis, feminist-foosball-tables, community workshops, parade floats, commercial signage, thinking forests, urban ecology forest-school cahiers prioritising BIPOC kids, time-travelling-soundscapes-mapping-abstract-narratives, Speaker's corners, love-letter-services and homages-for-the-forgotten.
Anna's projects are an expression of Afropresentism that combine her cultural influences (Trinidadian, British, adoptive-Canadian) through the juxtaposition of familiar materials in novel contexts. Her work acknowledges the past and present, imagining a surreal dream of what is to come.
Moderator : Pat Rosario (@numberfoursofttaco) She/They
Host : The Printmakers Collective (@theprintmakerscollective)
Zoom Link : To be mailed out the day before the event.
Sign Up Sheet :
forms.gle/Dh5YF6cvSEt4AUor5
Donations :
PayPal - www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=NHQCMAGXW62U6
Venmo - @theprintmakerscollective
Contact us on Instagram : @annajanemcintyre @theprintmakerscollective @numberfoursofttaco
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Holiday Show And Tell : Saturday, October 15th at 12p - 1p EST - Join us on Discord to show the work in progress that is rocking your socks off, while also getting a chance to discuss holiday print preparation!
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The Printizen Summer Print Exchange : Sign up sheet is available on the Discord Server. Deadline to sign up is July 31st 2021 at 11:59p ET. [CLOSED]
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BINGO! Summer Edition
[EDIT 08/01/22 : Summer Bingo! has been extended until August 31st at 11:59p.One (1) participant of the ✨August✨ Bingo! Summer Edition will be randomly selected to win a Mikisyo Power Grip Carving Knife 1.5mm U Gauge Tool.]
The Printmakers Collective is excited to announce that they will be hosting Bingo! Summer Edition by @numberfoursofttaco during the month of July.
Here are the rules :
1. We are a printmaking collective, but all mediums are welcome to participate.
2. Select a square and create a work of art that represents your interpretation of the chosen prompt.
3. Five in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally gets you a BINGO!
4. Do use the #printmakersbingo hashtag and tag @theprintmakerscollective so that we can see your Bingo entry.
5. There is a prize! One (1) participant of the Bingo! Summer Edition will be randomly selected to win a package of 8” x 10” Sun Print papers for Cyanotype.
Prize guidelines:
1. Complete at least one prompt from the Bingo! Summer Edition AND tag @theprintmakerscollective as well as use the #printmakersbingo hashtag.
2. Each prompt completed is an additional entry.
3. You do not need to be a member of the Collective to qualify.
Bingo! Summer Edition will end on Sunday, July 31st at 11:59pm.
We will announce the winner in our stories sometime the following day.
Winners will be contacted directly via DM by @theprintmakerscollective and only by @theprintmakerscollective. We will not ask for any information aside from your name and address.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram.
Giveaway is available worldwide.
The Collective's $5 Art Show - Cambridge, Ma.
[EDIT 08/07/22 : We raised an incredible $900 dollars during The Collective's $5 Art Show with Alex Makes Art! Thank you to everyone who believed in our mission and worked at making all our dreams come true.]
Do you have any ‘Seconds’ prints laying around your house? Do you suffer from an uncontrollable urge to support The Printmakers Collectives mission?
If you answered yes to both of those questions, then this event is for you!
Alex Makes Art @alexmakes_art has been chosen to be the 5th Inman Incubator and has decided to make The Printmakers Collective part of The Alex Makes Art Experience!
Thus, the Collective's first $5 Art Show was born!
Here is the deal :
1. Locate your unwanted ‘Seconds’.
2. Mail in your unwanted ‘Seconds’. (Contact us for mailing address @theprintmakerscollective)
3. Alex will receive your prints and make them ‘gallery ready’.
4. Alex will hang your prints as part of the 190 sqft gallery installation. With its own plaque and all!
5. All $5 prints will remain on sale until August 7th.
Please have your prints mailed in by July 15th so that they have fair chance at being bought/chosen.
The funds from The Collective’s $5 Art Show will go directly towards making the dreams of The Printmakers Collective come true.
Thank you for making this all possible, and please let us know if you have any questions.
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May’s Print Prompt - any and all interpretations of “Companionship”.
Do use the #printiesprompt #printizenprompt hashtag and tag @theprintmakerscollective so that we can see your prompt entry.
There is a prize! One (1) participant of May’s print prompt will be randomly selected to win a Wendi Vecchi Designer Series Ranger Stamp Pads (set of 5).
Prize guidelines:
1. Complete at least one new print entry for the ‘Companionship’ prompt and tag @theprintmakerscollective as well as use the #printiesprompt #printizenprompt hashtag.
2. Each original print completed is an additional entry.
3. You do not need to be a member of the Collective to qualify.
May’s Print Prompt will end on Tuesday, May 31st at 11:59pm.
We will announce the winner in our stories sometime the following day.
Winners will be contacted directly via DM by @theprintmakerscollective and only by @theprintmakerscollective. We will not ask for any information aside from your name and address.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram.
Giveaway is available worldwide.
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The Printmakers Collective Sells T-shirts! :
https://www.customink.com/fundraising/printmakerscollectivefundraiser
Fundraiser will remain open until April 18th, 2022. [CLOSED]
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FEBRAYERY
The Printmakers Collective is excited to announce that they will be hosting Febrayery by @neptooncatduring the month of February.
A note about the prompt list from @neptooncat and @theprintmakerscollective :
1. All mediums are welcome to participate.
2. Do as many or as few prompts as you want. This is not coursework - it is fun art stuff!
3. If you find yourself behind and can’t post right away: don’t stress. The dates are arbitrary. Just make a piece you’re proud of!
4. Do use #febrayery22 and tag @neptooncat as @neptooncat is planning to have a designated sharing time.
5. There is a prize! One random participant of the Febrayery prompt list will be selected to win a 5x7 Gelli Plate with Tools!
Prize guidelines:
1. Complete at least one prompt from the Febrayery prompt list AND tag @neptooncat @theprintmakerscollective as well as use #febrayery22.
2. Each prompt completed is an additional entry.
3. You do not need to be a member of the Collective to qualify.
The Febrayery giveaway will end on Monday, February 28th at 11:59pm.
We will announce the winner in our stories sometime the following day.
Winners will be contacted directly via DM by @theprintmakerscollective and only by @theprintmakerscollective. We will not ask for any information aside from your name and address.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram.
Prizes are available worldwide.
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BINGO! Favorites Edition
The Printmakers Collective is excited to announce that they will be hosting Bingo! Favorites Edition by @numberfoursofttaco during the month of February.
Here are the rules :
1. We are a printmaking collective, but all mediums are welcome to participate.
2. Select a square and create a work of art that represents your favorite version of the chosen prompt. I.e Flower - sunflower, food - taco, or pet - your cat dog chicken.
3. Five in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally gets you a BINGO!
4. Do use the #favoritesbingo hashtag and tag @theprintmakerscollective so that we can see your Bingo! entry.
5. There is a prize! One (1) participant of the Bingo! Favorites Edition will be randomly selected to win a Muji pencil sharpener!
Prize guidelines:
1. Complete at least one prompt from the Bingo! AND tag @theprintmakerscollective as well as use the #favoritesbingo.
2. Each prompt completed is an additional entry.
3. You do not need to be a member of the Collective to qualify.
Bingo! Favorites Edition will end on Monday, February 28th at 11:59pm.
We will announce the winner in our stories sometime the following day.
Winners will be contacted directly via DM by @theprintmakerscollective and only by @theprintmakerscollective. We will not ask for any information aside from your name and address.
This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram.
Giveaway is available worldwide.
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Multicolor Relief Print Workshop
Event Date: February 20th, 2022
Event Time: 10a - 12p ET
Event Cost : Free. Lovingly suggested (but not required) donation of $20 for those financially abled.
Event Description : In this workshop, we will go over multicolor relief printing techniques to get more color in your prints including jigsaw printing, reduction printing, multi-block printing, and mono printing. We will spend a few hours learning how to make a simple registration device, discuss the pros and cons of each technique, and troubleshoot these different printing methods. Also - RAINBOW ROLLS!
Instructor : Karen (@outdoorartlove) She/Her/Hers
Karen Waggoner discovered printmaking in January of 2021 and has been carving, inking, and printing non-stop since. She is most inspired by her enthusiasm for travel as well as the natural world - moon phases, trees, the changing of the seasons. Her main method of printmaking is relief printing, but she dabbles in collage, monoprinting, suminagashi paper marbling, and cyanotypes. Karen works in the operating room in a hospital by day and prints in her basement studio by night. She lives with her husband and two creative kiddos, in a small village in Michigan.
Karen is so proud to be a member of The Printmaker's Collective, where she has connected with so many wonderful art-loving humans from around the world.
Moderator : Pat Rosario (@numberfoursofttaco) She/They
Host : The Printmakers Collective (@theprintmakerscollective)
Zoom Link : To be mailed out the day before the event.
Sign Up Sheet :
https://forms.gle/Ha7GmCCnKVKSHCkMA
Donations :
PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6TA6DPLZG5894
Venmo - @theprintmakerscollective
PDF Format :
Multi Color Relief Printmaking Workshop - Digital Download
Links to the PDFs have also been made available for free under the Collective's Discord Resources Channel.
Recorded Workshop :
Will be edited and then uploaded to the Collective's Youtube.
Contact us on Instagram : @outdoorartlove @theprintmakerscollective @numberfoursofttaco
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The Printizen Print Exchange : Sign up sheet is available on the Discord Server. Deadline to sign up is December 31st 2021 at 11:59p ET
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The Collective's 'Seven Days of Printizens' : begins November 20th, 2021 and it is a wonderful opportunity for us to highlight the Etsy Shops/Websites and amazing print work of our fellow Printizens just in time for the Holiday Shopping Season. If you are a Printizen and have an Etsy shop or a Website make sure you have posted about it under the Member Directory Text channel because that is where the information is being pulled from.
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The Printmakers Collective's : "First Annual Holiday Print Show Fundraising Sale Event Thing"
The proceeds from the sale of any of prints below will go towards helping us fulfill our mission of providing printmaking workshops that are free of charge to the public.
The Fundraiser ended Friday, December 10th at 11:59pm ET.
