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The Printmaking Summer REsidency Program

During the summer months of December, January and February the RMIT School of Art Galleries/Visual Arts invites seven artists to take part in an annual artist residency program. The artists are provided with 24 hour access to studios, extended access to the Visual Arts printmaking facilities and an exhibition in Project Space/Spare Room. Artists were also provided with paper and ink and asked to create an original edition of 25 prints.

1 print will be retained for the RMIT Collection, 7 will be collated into portfolios and presented to each of the participating artists while the remaining 17 prints from each edition will be sold as fundraisers for the residency programme. The fundraising prints will be displayed in Spare Room. Funds raised from the sale of the prints will be used for upgrading facilities in Project Space / Spare Room, the printmaking studio and the artists' studios, and to cover residency and exhibition costs such as paper, inks, invitation and catalogue.

The residency, exhibition and fundraiser has since become a much anticipated annual event, serving to support not only RMIT Project Space / Spare Room and Visual Arts, but also the local community of emerging and established printmakers. At least one place each year will be reserved for a former RMIT University graduate.

The School of Art Galleries/Visual Arts Summer Print Residency program is non-profit and fully self funded through sale of the fundraising prints. There is no entry fee, and no exhibition/participation cost to the artist.

 

Previous Residencies

2008 Visual Word Residency Prints Residency Exhibition Curated by Deb Williams Essay by Jason Cotter Rosalind Atkins, Angela Cavalieri, Katherine Hattam, George Matoulas, Alex Selenitsch	2007 The Body Residency Prints Residency Exhibition Curated By Richard Harding Alexander Carroll, Antonietta Covino-Beehre, Steve Cox, Linda Erceg, Shane Jones, Deborah Klein, Damon Kowarsky	2006 The Residency Show Residency Prints Residency Exhibition Curated By Richard Harding Ursula Bolch, Kate Just, Mark McDean, Simon Perecich, Stacey Ryan, Kate Stones and Michael Vale	2005 Ex Libris Residency Prints Residency Exhibition Curated By Jazmina Cininas Justin Caleo, Gracia Haby, Louise Jennison, Jessica Irvin, Marion Manifold, Jennifer Mills, Julia Silvester and Kate Žižys
2004 Pelt Residency Prints Residency Exhibition Curated By Jazmina Cininas Deborah Williams, David Noonan, Euan Heng, Rona Green, Annette Cook, Jazmina Cininas and Visual Arts graduate Jonas Ropponen

Expressions of Interest

While participation in the residency is by invitation, The School of Art Galleries/Visual encourages expressions of interest, which will assist in determining future curatorial guidelines. Expressions of interest should include:

• Curriculum vitae (maximum 1 A4 pages)
• Images in jpeg or tiff format (maximum 10)
• Brief artist statement (no more than 400 words)

And should be either posted or emailed to:

Deb Williams
RMIT University
Visual Arts, School of Art & Culture
Level 6, Building 94
25-27 Cardigan Street
Carlton, VIC 3053

Email: deborah.williams@rmit.edu.au

Residency materials and facilities

Residents receive:

• 24-hour access to a reasonable studio space in Building 66, cnr Earl and Orr Streets Carlton. Most studios have heating/air conditioning
• 8.30 am - 9.30 pm, 7 day access to the Visual Arts Printmaking facilities, located on Level 6, Building 94 Cardigan Street Carlton (in close proximity to the studios)
• Printmaking paper and inks of their choice for the production of the fundraising prints
• An exchange folio of prints by fellow residents
• A curated group exhibition in Project Space/Spare Room (date to be determined)
• Illustrated catalogue with text by curator
• 40 exhibition invitations

The printmaking facilities include:

• large etching press: 148 x 77.5 cm bed
• small etching press: 125 x 58 cm bed
• hydraulic press (suitable for small relief prints): 74 x 89 cm bed
• A4 book press
• drying racks
• 2 paper drawers per resident
• large light box
• large cutting mat
• small acid bath: 53 x 43 cm
• paper bath: 101 x 76.5 cm
• hotplate
• fume hood
• a selection of rollers and scrapers
• use of various expendables such as newsprint, turps, vegetable oil, etching grounds, ferric chloride, etc.

 

The Printmaking Summer Residency

Previous Residencies

Expressions of Interest

Residency materials and facilities

 

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