25 x 25: Celebrating 25 years of Printmaking

Main Gallery: 13 April - 22 July 2007

Annie Franklin

Image: Annie Franklin, Still life with tamarillos, 2005, hand-coloured etching

Presenting the work of 25 artist-printmakers who created their prints in the workshops of Megalo Access and Arts Studio One over a period of 25 years. The show reveals a range of media encompassed by the field of printmaking from screen-printing, through etching, lithography, woodblock and linocut printing.

Opening: The Gallery held a combined opening of Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection and 25 x 25: Celebrating 25 years of Printmaking.  Akky Van Ogtrop, Executive Director of the Sydney Art on Paper Fair, and Dianne Fogwell, Lecturer in Charge 1996-2005: Edition + Artist Book Studio, ANU School of Art, officially opened the exhibition, sharing their considerable knowledge of Australian printmaking with the audience, and in Dianne Fogwell's case, providing a brief impromptu jazz concert.
Date: Friday 13 April 2007, 6:00-8:00pm
RSVP: Ph 6926 9660
Cost: $5 ($3 for Friends of the Gallery)

Floortalk: Akky Van Ogtrop and Dianne Fogwell discussed works on paper and the works in 25 x 25: Celebrating 25 years of Printmaking and Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection.
Date: Saturday 14 April 2007, 11:00am
Cost: Gold coin donation

25 x 25: Celebrating 25 years of printmaking is a Megalo exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries NSW.