WE ARE SOUTH CAROLINIAN
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ENGAGED WITH PRINTMAKING
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ARTISTS
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ART STUDIOS
& PRINTSHOPS
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ARTS EDUCATORS
It is our mission to create, exhibit, collaborate, and educate through printmaking and within the contemporary dialectic of art. We seek to foster an awareness of original, hand-pulled prints by promoting exhibitions, educational opportunities, and encouraging the art of collecting prints.
Location
Greenville Center for Creative Arts, 101 Abney Street, Greenville, SC 29611
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DEMOnstration | Artisphere 2023
CPC members collaborated on the design, carving, and live printing of a 42” x 90” woodcut, which was printed live with a 1.5 ton drumroller at Artisphere in downtown Greenville.
EXHIBITION | UNMASKED
Unmasked features the work of CPC member artists and friends of the CPC.
ARTISTS: Kent Ambler, Jim Campbell, Steven Chapp, Kevin Clinton, Katya Cohen, Marty Epp-Carter, Barbara Ervin, Mandy Ferguson, David Gerhard, Luis Jaramillo, Nancy Jaramillo, Catherine Labbe, Shaun McCallum, Vivian Morris, Mark Mulfinger, Jane Nodine, Douglas Piper, Deborah Puretz, Roberta Restiano, Ambrose Rouse, Susan Staggs, Jared T Stanley, Freda Sue, Mary Walker, Joel Wilkinson, and Gerry Wubben.
Art can provide an important intellectual and emotional outlet when the artist and the audience face personal and social challenges. After 2 years of an anemic social environment due to a challenging global crisis, privatization has trumped community in many respects. This process has been visually hallmarked by face coverings, which, while vital to public health, also represent the suppression of social interaction contributing to emotional isolation. In Unmasked, printmakers reintroduce themselves to society through self-portraits. Participants were asked to create a self-portrait that is recognizable yet not necessarily realistic. These portraits range in print media, from relief prints of woodcut and linoleum to intaglio and lithography.
CPC MONTHLY MEETINGS
Each month, CPC members gather to share work, discuss ideas, and connect with each other. Contact us if you would be interested in joining us. Prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Meetings were typically held at the GCCA with the exception of an occasional member studio visit. Meetings are still in session each month via zoom.
INSTAGRAM FEED
PORTFOLIO | CONFLUENCE
22 artists from the Contemporary Printmaking Collective of South Carolina and 22 artists from the Ideas Creation Studio of Taiwan are together in this international exchange exhibition of printmaking ideas and images.
Confluence, an international print exchange exhibition between US & Taiwan, is available to travel—please CONTACT US for details and available dates.
COLLECTORS LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR COLLECTION
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ARTISTS LOOKING FOR A PRINTMAKING COMMUNITY
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