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3rd International
Print Exchange and Exhibition Opening/Vernissage
Thursday February 5, (Ottawa January 21st, 2004), The Ottawa School of Art presents The International Print Exchange Exhibition, an opportunity for printmakers of different geographical locations with opportunities to connect with each other through the exchange of their work and through exhibiting together. The International Print Exchange also provides an opportunity for the general public to learn more about printmaking. The idea for the International Print Exchange and Exhibition was sparked by Sheila Jonah from Toronto and has been organized by Karen Cornelius in partnership with KC Print Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba Printmakers Association, Winnipeg, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in China, the Visual Arts Centre in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Graphics Society and this year with the Ottawa School of Art. How the International Exchange and Exhibition works
The participants are required to submit two prints from the same edition. The first print is used in the exchange; the second is retained for fund raising. Each participant receives one exchange print, which is a tangible recognition for their valued participation and receives a catalog, which reproduces all the images submitted each year. The exchange print includes the name, address and email of the artist, so an opportunity exists for further communication between artists. Each participating printmaking group provides an individual contact person who is willing to collect and mail the initial prints and receive and distribute the exchange prints. Animals representing the Chinese New Years were chosen as an interesting way of giving a focus to the exhibitions. The Chinese Lunar calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has is that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from the earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order in which they arrived. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has profound influence on ones personality. The Chinese
lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history dating
from 2600 BC, when Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of
the zodiac. Like the Western calendar the Chinese lunar Calendar
is a yearly one, with the start of the lunar year being based on
the second new moon after the spring solstice.
----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Anna
Carlman, Gallery Coordinator
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Each
participant is required to submit two high quality prints from the
same edition. Each work is an original printed on acid free artist
quality paper and uses one of the following printmaking techniques:
Intaglio, Lithograph, Silkscreen or Relief.