RBPMW at E|AB Fair|08

Visit RBPMW’s booth to view our recent publications.

Dates:          Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2008

Location:    The Tunnel, 269 11th Ave. between 27th and 28th Streets, Chelsea, NYC

Hours:         Friday, Saturday: 11am - 7pm  Sunday: 11am - 4pm

Free Admission!

Opening Night Gala:   Thursday, October 30, 5 - 8pm
A benefit for P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

For tickets to the Gala and more info, please visit the E|AB Fair website: www.eabfair.com

ALSO. . .

RBPMW Open House

Saturday, November 1st  2pm - 6pm

In conjunction with the Print Fair and Print Week, NYC

-View prints on display by RBPMW members.

-Learn how prints are made with printing demonstrations in lithography, etching, and woodblock printing.

-Receive a guided tour of the workshop and learn how you can become a member of our studio!

For more information, contact RBPMW at rbpmw@efa1.org or 646-416-6226

Internship Opportunities at Robert Blackburn

Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop currently has multiple internship positions available for Winter term 2008-2009. We are now accepting applications. For detailed descriptions of these positions and to download an application form, please visit our internship information page.  Thank you for your interest.

2008 RBPMW Fellowship Recipients

RBPMW and EFA are proud to announce the recipients of the Project and First Edition - Emerging Artist Fellowships. Thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to our pool of estimable entries! Special thanks to our jurors John L. Moore, Roberta Waddell, and Craig Zammiello and congratulations to the Fellowship recipients:

NEW! RBPMW Photo Album on Flickr.com

Check out our new Flickr.com Album for the latest photos from the shop, including artist talks, demonstrations, and other events.

Album updated weekly!

Cannonball Press announces the newly published Mockery print portfolio.

The long awaited MOCKERY portfolio is now up for sale!! This is a folio of relief prints we produced to honor the late great Richard Mock (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/arts/11mock.html), whose old press we own.

We’re donating 100% of the proceeds of this folio to Dennis McNett at Howling Print, who is documenting, sorting, and storing all of Richard’s old blocks, of which there are piles.

Artists include Bill Fick, Tom Huck, Deborah Chaney, Florence Neal, Charlie Hewitt, Martin Mazorra, Betsey Garand, Dennis McNett, Mike Houston, and Peter Gourfain.

The portfolio costs $500, and we don’t have a ton of copies. This one will go fast, so if you or anyone you know would like to collect this awesome folio, and contribute to preserving the work of a great graphic artist, please go to http://cannonballpress.com/print_mock_0.html

Mike Houston and Martin Mazorra of Cannonball Press have had their work published by RBPMW and these prints can be viewed here.

RBPMW at Southern Graphics

Council Conference

Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop attended the 2008 Southern Graphics Council Printmaking Conference in Richmond, VA. Virginia Commonwealth University hosted this year’s conference which over 1200 printmakers from all over the world flocked to. There were numerous panel discussions, print exhibitions, demonstrations all with the common theme of the conference “Command Print”. The last day concluded with an open portfolio session where everyone was able to have a table to display their work, as seen pictured above. RBPMW participated in this open portfolio and showed published prints as well as a selection of prints by workshop members to promote the printshop and Bob’s legacy. SGC is a great way to connect with old friends and make new connections in the print world. It is definitely a worth while experience that all printmakers should experience.

Next year’s SGC conference will be in Chicago, so make your plans early to attend. The website with more information can be found at http://www.colum.edu/SpecialEvents/Southern_Graphics_Council/index.php