Connect: Collect and Print as Object

Runs through 03/31/2020.

Connect:Collect is an international print exchange for artists working with traditional, analogue print processes. The project seeks to connect printmakers across great distances and create connections to artists and art appreciators alike. Each of the 30 printmakers in this exchange created a unique edition of prints that engages the theme of connection from physical attachment to social relationships or the collection of objects that link us to people or ideas.

Print as Object is a group exhibition of installation, sculptural and mixed media art work that stretches the boundaries of traditional printmaking mediums. The exhibition feature work from individual artists and collectives from across the US and around the world. These artists use printmaking as a starting point and push the print beyond the traditional editioned print on paper to create objects and experiences exploring a range of subjects including memory, identity and environment.

Print as Object shown alongside Connect:Collect illustrates the two contrasting facets of the printmaking medium. Several printmakers from the exchange are also exhibiting their unconventional print objects. Print as Object aims to show printmaking as rooted in tradition and craft, but also as a relevant tool for exploring contemporary issues in art.