| The 2007 Southern Graphic
Conference
Kansas City, MO
March 21 - 25, 2007
To understand Printmaking,
its effects and uses must be plotted in the expanded fields
of
art, politics, social science, business, mass media and individual
lives of artists. There is no one point that defines the term
print or printmaking. Print is a series of disconnected points
and activities concerned with communication, reproduction, process,
social criticism, and individual imagination. Print media and
printmaking artists often engage ploys that act as deceptions
and feints parodying the art world, criticizing society, or merely
protecting their own private studio investigations from transitory
mainstream culture.
Established in 1972, the purpose of the Southern Graphics Council
is to educate the public and promote awareness and appreciation
of the art of making original prints, books, hand-made paper,
and drawing. The corporation is a resource to educational and
non-profi t organizations, universities, and the public at large,
providing for the exchange of technical and critical information
on the art of printmaking. These goals are furthered through conferences
and workshops; through the organization, display and circulation
of exhibitions of original prints; through newsletters and journal
articles; through awards given to those deserving special recognition
for signifi cant contribution to printmaking; and through research,
study and general enjoyment of the arts.
The Southern Graphics Council is the largest print organization
in North America. Its annual conference is the largest yearly
gathering in the fi eld of printmaking. People regularly attend
this conference from as far away as Alaska and Hawaii. Attendees
also come from Canada, South and Central America, and the United
Kingdom.
The 2007 SGC Conference to be held in Kansas City will highlight
and showcase the unique and active Printmaking community here;
including institutions: Kansas City Art Institute, University
of Kansas City, Missouri, University of Kansas at Lawrence, Hallmark
Fine Art Collections, printmaking studios and businesses: Chameleon
Arts & Youth Development, Porter-Teleo, Hammerpress, Lawrence
Lithography Workshop, and galleries and museums: Spencer Museum,
Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art,
Belger Fine Art Collection, among many other Kansas City-based
printmaking organizations and practitioners.
Contact:
sgcprint@kcai.edu
lberman@kcai.edu (Laura Berman,
Director 2007 Conference)
Kansas City Art
Institute
4415 Warwick Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64111
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