CPC Fieldtrip to Fermi


With their bikes strapped to their cars which were loaded to the gills with artwork, Deb and Megan headed off to Fermilab to deliver the upcoming show. This is in Batavia, Il, not to be confused with Bavaria, which is a state in Germany known for its cream pie. Great adventures were had in six flags scienceland....it's a wonder they made it back after being attacked by oversized mosquitoes (hmmmm) and hopped-up bison and momentarily abducted by space aliens, not to mention their near collision with an enormous tank of liquid nitrogen...Fortunately, no one was hurt due to the spandex.

As the girls were pedaling away, minding their own business, an alien spaceship suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and invisible creatures attempted to suck out whatever cells were left in their solvent-addled printmaker brains. At one point, the aliens made Megan wear one of their special helmets so that they could control her mind and take bits of it back to their planet so that they could replicate the way we so ingeniously grain down litho stones.

Come see the awesome show at Fermilab! Please don't let Megan feel like she gave away her brain for nothing! She will feel much better knowing that all of her hauling and sightseeing efforts led to a good turnout at the opening, and Deb will be happy if you come for the artist reception and stay for her band's performance in the big hall just downstairs. Here's the scoop:

"Collaborative"
Fermilab Art Gallery, Wilson Hall
July 24 - September 7, 2010

Opening Reception July 24, 5-7pm
Batavia, IL, about 45 miles West from Chicago
directions

Featuring the work of 8 CPC members:
Ariyama-Goro-Lader-Laurel-O'Connor-O'Malley-Sterling-Upart

Followed by a special performance by Sons Of The Never Wrong in Ramsey Auditorium at 8pm (also in Wilson Hall). Tickets for the performance are $15, the art opening is free!
Come for this amazing night of art and music!!
More info

Twenty Summers and Dream Threads

Hi and welcome to the brand new blog website of Chicago Printmakers Collaborative! We are proud to present this site and our new facebook page to our fellow artists and friends. Here at the blog we will be regularly posting the most recent news of CPC, keeping you guys updated on shows and events and what we're doing at the shop!


So the first set of news is our new show that's up: Twenty Summers. We have pieces up in honor of the twenty years that CPC has been around. Come check out hand-selected works by Alan Lerner, John Himmelfarb, Yuji Hiratsuka, Miles Votek, and many more.


And.. the Twenty Summers show is currently featuring the Dream Threads Project! This project showcases all the postcards that have been collected from people all over. Interns Maria Sanchez and Jennifer Yung have set up the new window display with branches that provide a wonderful structure for the postcards. Also extending from the window display is a string of even more postcards, involving the dream thread idea quite literally!

Along the side, our director Deborah Maris Lader has set up larger prints of the Dream Threads with the reoccurring theme of the thread. Great designs by the Dream Threads artists are displayed in all these drawings and are definitely worth taking a look at.

In other news, Maria has revamped our letterpress and Jennifer has been working on new signage for the shop. Several of our artists are also going to have work featured in the coming shows "Collaborative" at the Fermilab Art Gallery and "Incised, Bitten and Gouged" at the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art. Find out more information about these shows below!

"Incised, Bitten and Gouged: Anchor Graphics and the
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative 20 Years of Printmaking"
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art
July 30-September 12, 2010

Opening Reception July 30, 6-9pm
2320 West Chicago Avenue
773-227-5522
more info


"Collaborative"
Fermilab Art Gallery, Wilson Hall
July 24 - September 7, 2010

Opening Reception July 24, 5-7pm
Batavia, IL, about 45 miles West from Chicago
directions

Featuring the work of 8 CPC members:
Ariyama-Goro-Lader-Laurel-O'Connor-O'Malley-Sterling-Upart

Followed by a special performance by Sons Of The Never Wrong in Ramsey Auditorium at 8pm (also in Wilson Hall). Tickets for the performance are $15, the art opening is free!
Come for this amazing night of art and music!!
More info

Stay tuned for our next update!! =)

(the interns that made the blog and facebook page possible)

New Blog Website

Welcome to our new blog website! The interns (Maria Sanchez and Jennifer Yung) have been working on spreading CPC through the internet. Make sure to check out our new facebook page that is up! We'd greatly appreciate it if you would "like" us so we can expand our connections.

For now we will leave this post short, but we will be back to update with more information. Check our blog often because we will update on a regular basis! Thanks