CPC Show: Unmasked, GCCA Opening
Sep
2
6:00 PM18:00

CPC Show: Unmasked, GCCA Opening

Contemporary Print Collective’s “Unmasked”
to open at GCCA’s Community Gallery.
Exhibition opens First Friday, September 2nd, 2022 @ 6pm

 

Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) in association with the Contemporary Print Collective is excited to announce the opening of the new Community Gallery exhibition, Unmasked. The exhibition features the work of CPC member artists and friends of the CPC, 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. The exhibition opens with a First Friday reception from 6:00 - 9:00 pm on Friday, September 2nd and continues until Wednesday, October 26th, 2022. The exhibition will also be open during the First Friday on October 3rd, 2022.

 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.

UNMASKED

 

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Reset | Nancy Jaramillo & Catherine Labbé
Aug
11
to Aug 13

Reset | Nancy Jaramillo & Catherine Labbé

A collaborative exhibition of botanical theme artwork by artists Nancy Jaramillo and Catherine Labbé.

RECEPTION: AUGUST 11, 2022, 5:00 until 9:00 PM

LOCATION: Wilkinson ART, 39 Blair Street, Greenville SC 29607

EXTRA DAYS TO SEE THE ARTWORKS: AUGUST 12-13, 5-9 PM

For the love of plant life. Join us for a presentation of artworks coming about through two artists' collaborative sessions and meetings over the last eighteen months, focusing on botanical subject matter.

The art features juxtapositions of exotic cultivars and common garden flowers, genres such as the traditional flower still-life injected with a subversive element: wild weeds, and compositions of plant decay and debris.

Please share and pass the word to your phyto-curious friends

This is a free event, bring a friend!

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PRINT COLLAGES: Steven Chapp (CPC MEMBER)
Aug
27
to Sep 18

PRINT COLLAGES: Steven Chapp (CPC MEMBER)

For a new set of four solo exhibitions, if ART Gallery in Columbia, SC, presents paintings by Columbia artist David Yaghjian; collages made from cut-up prints by Easley, SC, artist Steven Chapp (CPC Member); works on paper by Sullivan’s Island native and Virginia resident Aggie Zed; and etchings and lithographs from the 1960 by the late Dutch artist Hannes Postma, who died last year at age 87. Postma’s prints are exhibited in the Print Room @ if ART. All exhibitions will run through September 18.

Masks and distancing required

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CPC Members in NEW FACES 2021 Artists We Want To Know
Mar
27
to May 7

CPC Members in NEW FACES 2021 Artists We Want To Know

CPC Members Katya Cohen & Shaun McCallum show work at Upstairs Artspace in Tryon.

Upstairs Artspace, Tryon’s legendary contemporary gallery, is always looking for new artists to showcase. With this goal in mind, the current exhibit is “New Faces 2021: Artists We Want to Know.” A concurrent exhibit is Postal Artifacts: New Work by Terry Taylor. Both exhibits run from March 27 through May 7 with an Open House, noon to 7pm, on the 27th. Between 4 and 7, gallery visitors can meet and talk with the artists. New Faces features 10 artists who live and work in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina. They are: William Asman, Jennifer Bonner, Katya Cohen, Joan Lesikin, Shaun McCallum, Lisa Shimko, Lisa Steffens, Sandy Singletary, Jena Thomas and Carolyn Wright. Some artists are emerging, many are well established, but all have in common the fact they have never been in a regular Upstairs show. There's an awesome range of art for every taste, says gallery manager Merry-Beth Noble, citing paintings, drawings, prints and ceramic art. The show is bursting with color, newness and fun, she adds. A second show features the charming, nostalgic postcard art of Terry Taylor. Taylor collects vintage postcards of scenes in Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains, which he transforms into art quilts by stitching together the postcards on a vintage sewing machine. The quilt patterns, which are traditional, often include pieces of handwritten messages and cancelled stamps from a postcards back. Taylor is also new to Upstairs Artspace. The Upstairs still asks people to social distance and wear a mask. However, as Covid rules relax and vaccinations increase, we are letting more visitors into the gallery at given times.
Location is 49 S. Trade St, Tryon NC; business hours are Tues - Sat, 12 - 5pm. Contact: 828.859.2828, www.upstairsartspace.org.

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Roberta Restaino : Disappearing Lines
Mar
1
to Mar 19

Roberta Restaino : Disappearing Lines

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Disappearing Lines

Benson Campus Galleries

Disappearing Lines is an exhibition of prints made by Roberta Restaino. Restaino reimagines ancient printmaking processes as a forum for contemporary discussions of technology and nature. She also incorporates contemporary processes, such as laser woodcutting, and contemporary materials, such as mylar, to carry images of cells. Bioengineering, cyberspace, and algorithms currently create a virtual space that has become seminal to human life. She demonstrates the impact of technology on natural evolution and her belief that “We are in a certain way changing our evolution.” She reimagines the most basic biological elements of cells, embryos, and fertilization with playful imagery and engaging color.

In her appreciation of our quickly evolving virtual world as it coexists with biological life, she finds no limitations in art processes. She embraces innovation in process using laser woodcuts and reinterprets prints as large installations of multiples. “Interchange-able Camouflage” contains multiple drypoint prints that wrap around a corner without the confinement of mats and frames. “Dentro una Cellula” is another large-scaled grouping of prints, some incorporating three dimensional, pop up elements. Each of her experimentations seem to be a starting point for another discovery and platform. According to Restaino, “I investigate the ‘disappearing’ line between new technological processes and nature.”


Restaino, originally from Italy, moved to South Carolina from Colorado to join Greenville Tech’s Department of Visual Arts in the fall of 2020 as a full-time instructor. She earned a BFA from the Academy of Fine Arts (Accademia di Belle Arti), Rome and an MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder where she also taught Printmaking and Foundations. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the globe. Her work is included in a number of public and private collections including UNESCO, Italy; Stara Zagora Art Gallery, Bulgaria; Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor, Spain; and the SGC International Print Collection at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, Georgia, United States.

Currently on exhibit with Disappearing Lines are also 40 other prints made by 39 artists from two portfolio exchanges, “Necessary Duplicates” and “The Laser Printmaker.” Restaino has generously allowed the Benson Galleries to also display these two portfolio exchanges from her collection.

Disappearing Lines is on view in Greenville Technical College’s Benson Campus Galleries. The Benson Campus Galleries are operated by and for the faculty and students of the Department of Visual Arts at Greenville Technical College. The galleries are located at 2522 Locust Hill Road, Taylors, SC, 29687 and are open to the public Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. Face coverings are required on campus.


For more information contact:


Fleming Markel

Gallery Director

fleming.markel@gvltec.edu


Patrick Owens

Gallery Assistant

pat.owens@gvltec.edu

864-250-3051

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Sep
16
6:30 PM18:30

CPC Meeting: Presentation and Discussion on Print-based Installation Artwork

CPC member, Dr. Jared Stanley, presents on the relationship between metamodernism and printmaking-based installation work. Stanley’s presentation was originally given at the 2019 CAA National conference in New York.

While this meeting is intended for CPC members, contact us if you have any interest in joining.

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UNITY: CPC 2020 Print Exchange Exhibition
Dec
6
to Jan 26

UNITY: CPC 2020 Print Exchange Exhibition

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19 Printmakers from the Contemporary Print Collective created unique printmaking works on paper around the theme: UNITY. These works and selected works from the CPC members previous paintings, prints, and artistic expressions will be on display at the Anderson Arts Center for their Annual Holiday Show from December 6th through January 10th.

Please join us for the opening on Dec 6th, 2019 at 6:30 pm

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ABOUT THE EXCHANGE

By nature, printmaking encourages cooperative interaction.  It is an art that requires the use of unwieldy and expensive equipment in the creation of multiple images from one matrix (a plate or block or stone from which the image is pulled); and because of this, printmakers like to come together to share in the costs and work collaboratively. We like to gather and exchange ideas about different technical challenges.  The fact that printmakers like to work with other printmakers, plus the fact that we create multiples, has led to the practice of print exchanges. 

In a print exchange, a limited number of printmakers will convene, usually decide on a theme and print dimensions for the exchange, and then each member of the group will create a matrix with an image that he or she will print in a limited edition to be traded among all the members of the group. At the end of the process, each member ends up with a portfolio containing works by every other member. 

The Collective had been exploring different options for organizing a show of its members’ prints for some time. Although prints have inherent commonalities, such as being pulled off a matrix and usually coming in multiples, every artist uses the medium in unique and random ways. We decided that having an exchange would not only be fun, but would make for a coherent show. Given that the year 2020 feels momentous, one of the members suggested it as a theme for the exchange, as well as, the dimensions (in centimeters) for our images. We liked the idea, discussed the various interpretations of 20:20, and voted on adding the word “Unity” to it as a thematic prompt. This is how 20:20/Unity came to be.

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RELATIVE RELATIONS
Sep
12
to Jun 30

RELATIVE RELATIONS

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CPC Member Joyce Ellen Weinstein is currently exhibiting a work in a group exhibition “Relative Relations” at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York. For this exhibit, seventy artists explore human connections shaped by genetics, proximity interests, and shared destiny.

Admission is Free!

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Jun
7
to Jun 14

The Warehouse Theater - Katya Cohen

The Warehouse Theater is presenting "Pride and Prejudice" opening June 7.  It is a hilarious recent adaptation of the novel for the stage with a small cast who will play multiple roles.

The Warehouse hangs a visual art exhibition in its lobby that speaks to its current production. 

The work of CPC member, Katya Maria Cohen, has been chosen to complement the production. Katya's paintings, collages, and prints will hang during the run of the show.  Fleming Markel remarks, “I was especially attracted to Katya's series of paintings based on Duchamps "Fountain."  Katya has turned the most masculine of artworks on its head by making small feminine, sensuous paintings of details of the "Fountain".”  Also on view will be several of her works from her series Virtual Landscapes.

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Oct
26
to Oct 28

CPC Annual Print Fair

Peruse the world of printmaking at the CPC Annual Print Fair. Meet the artists, learn about printmaking techniques and processes, and purchase new prints for your collection. 

OPENING Friday October 26, 2018 | 5:30 - 9:00 pm

Saturday October 27, 2018 | 10:00 - 6:00 pm

Sunday October 28, 2018 | 12:00 - 5:00 pm

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Jun
20
to Aug 4

CPC Member Jim Creal : Coastal Carolina Lithographs

South Carolina Coastal Lithograph Project
by Jim Creal

The original mission of The South Carolina Coastal Lithograph Project was to create a lasting body of lithographic work devoted to capturing the mood, spirit and rich diversity of South Carolina's coastal habitats and some of their extraordinary indigenous creatures. In this exhibit, Jim Creal augments the original project to include not only the hand produced original lithographs as originally envisioned but also adds his documentary site/habitat photographs to flush out telling the visual story of our coast’s magnificent and increasingly endangered ecosystem.  This project is his way of sharing with audiences the visual story and magnificent beauty of South Carolina’s coastal habitats, their combined significance as a vital ecosystem under stress and their value as a national treasure that needs to be preserved for future generations.

Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts
https://www.wofford.edu/arts/exhibitions/

This exhibit runs through  Saturday, August 4th.   
Thursday, June 21, 7 pm: Artist Talk 

Museum Hours:   

Tues. Wed. Fri. & Sat.: 1-5 p.m. 

Thurs.: 1-9 p.m. 

Sun. & Mon.: Closed 

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Jun
1
to Aug 25

CONFLUENCE: Upstate Gallery

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June 1 – Aug. 25, 2018
Artist Reception & Art Walk, June 21, 5–8 p.m.
Gallery Talk, June 21, 6:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

UPSTATE Gallery on Main is pleased to announce an international exhibition of unique artist prints by the Contemporary Print Collective of Upstate South Carolina, and Ideas Creation Studio of Taiwan. The exhibition opens June 1 and continues through Aug. 25, 2018. A public reception will be held on June 21 at 5:00 p.m., with a gallery talk at 6:00 p.m. This event coincides with Spartanburg Art Walk.
 
Contemporary Print Collective, CPC, is a collaborative group of artists living and working in upstate South Carolina. The CPC group was formed to engage artists and community in the art of printmaking by sharing original art and artist’s knowledge through educational events and exhibitions. The CPC mission states; “We seek to foster an awareness of original, hand-pulled prints by promoting exhibitions, educational opportunities, and encouraging the art of collecting prints”. An associate member of Greenville Center for Creative Arts, GCCA, the CPC 25 artist members include, 11 active studios and printshops, seven artist educators and representation in nine commercial galleries.
 
Confluence, the brainchild of Freda Sue Gin-Win, assistant professor of printmaking at USC Upstate, and Louis Chen, director of Ideas Creation Studios in Taiwan, is an exhibit comprised of 44 artist prints, 22 by CPC in the US, and 22 by ICS in Taiwan. Each artist participated with works that represent their individual technical and conceptual interests in printing, and offers an exhibit of depth and breadth across the spectrum of printmaking. Confluence exhibited in 2017 at GCCA in Greenville, and in 2018 it in Taipei City and Chiayi City in Taiwan. The exhibit is available to travel and inquiries can be made to CPC at:contemporaryprintcollective@gmail.com.
 
Jane Nodine, University Gallery Director at USC Upstate, and fellow CPC member states; “I am pleased to bring Confluence to UPSTATE Gallery on Main, and the Spartanburg Community, where we have strong ties to international collaborations and residents. This exhibit supports the mission of USC Upstate and the outreach of our university gallery program. I believe there will be something in this exhibition that will interest all viewers and I encourage attendance of all ages.”

UPSTATE Gallery on Main is one of three galleries sponsored by the University of South Carolina Upstate. Located at 172 E. Main St. in downtown Spartanburg, the gallery is dedicated to contemporary exhibitions and works from the University's permanent collection. 

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