Capricornia Printmakers Inc

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Current Exhibitions...

Two Words | 13th Annual Exhibition | Walter Reid Cultural Centre Gallery | 4-13 October 2024.

EXHIBITION OPENS FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER from 5:30pm and continues until Sunday 13 October. Each artist’s work will respond to two unique words that have been chosen by/for them at random from two word banks generated by members late 2023. It is up to each artist how they interpret their words and the form of their response. Sponsored by Dee Muir Design. Expression of Interest | A4 Poster | Exhibition Catalogue coming soon.

Chosen word themes -- Alys Mendus: worn \ enchanted | Amanda Watson Lawrence: ephemeral \ pastel | Belinda McGrath home \ layers | Brigitte Zimmermann: happy \ nature | Carmel Knowles: quiet \ frenzy | Diana Clarke: steampunk \ sparkle | Dianne Degney: celebrate \ bright | Emma Scragg: moment \ patterns | Erin O'Shannessy: book \ forest | Jan Ward: creation \ satellite | Kate Lacy: point \ time | Lisa Jocumsen: foundation \ spaciousness | Lynn Zelmer: bold \ secrets | Maryke Dobe: delicate \ challenge | Michele Kershaw: fishy \ emotion | Michelle Black: narrow \ beauty | Niloufar Lovegrove: empathy \ garden | Obscura: tonal \ memory | Peta Lloyd: earthy \ temptation | Phillipa Sturgess: soaring \ oceans | Ricardo Wilmshurst: freedom \ texture | Sarah Larsen: geometric \ abundance | Traci Lietzke: indigo \ compassion | Yvonne Moloney-Law: mythical \ horizon.

Coming Events...

Artist Books Popup | Walter Reid Cultural Centre Front Gallery | Early 2025

A Popup Exhibition of artist's books and related workshop delayed from 2024 due to a Gallery double-booking.

Print Day in May 2025 | 3 May 2025

An annual global celebration of printmaking taking place on the first Saturday in May each year. See our Archives for previous activities.

Chain Reaction | Walter Reid Cultural Centre Front Gallery | Early 2026

Printmakers will participate in a "Chinese Whisters" exercise, creating works in response to a selected object or another's print... the exhibition will show the transformational thread.

Recently Completed...

Collection Focus: Capricornia Printmakers | 24 February - 25 August 2024 | Artist in Residence Program 2023, Rockhampton Museum of Art | Catalogue of Works

Twenty Capricornia Printmakers members are participating in RMOA's 2023 Artist in Residence program responding to 17 items from the RMOA collection (prints, paintings, ceramics, etc.) for a 2024 exhibition.

"The Margaret Olley Art Trust Collection Study Room is designed to increase access to the Rockhampton Museum of Art's nationally significant collection. ... RMOA also hosts artist residencies in the Margaret Olley Art Trust Collection Study Room to facilitate creative responses to the collection."

Some Works in Progress: Each artist created a work in response to a selected work from the RMOA Collection

CPI Member | Name of RMOA Art Work | Artist

Amanda Lawrence | Lagoon, Emu Park | Levevre Cranstone
Belinda McGrath | www . pricklypear@Cunnamulla.au | Max Lovell
Carmel Knowles | Mt Morgan Sentinel | Max Lovell
Clare Ford | Momiji - Maple Trees | Tanaka Ryohei
Hanbing Lu | Demonstrations in a Department Store | Peter Blake
Heather La Bash | Demonstrations in a Department Store | Peter Blake
Kathryn Kerr | Paper Clip Suite II, 4 | Richard Smith
Linda Douglas | Nuptial Flight, The Dispatch Of A Queen By Post (from The Bees) | Graham Sutherland
Lynn Zelmer | Mountain Shack | Lesbia Thorpe
Mame Du Bois | Metamorphosis (From Linear Motifs - A Suite of eight Images No.5) | Victor Passmore
Michele Kershaw | By what means can we know? (From Word and Image portfolio no b) | Victor Passmore
Michelle Black | Lagoon, Emu Park | Levevre Cranstone
Nanette Balchin | Cosmic Signals 1 | Alan Davie
Niloufar Lovegrove | Red Meditation | David Rankin
Peta Lloyd | Nuptial Flight, The Dispatch Of A Queen By Post (from The Bees) | Graham Sutherland
Phillipa Sturgess | The locus of C is thus | Eduardo Paolozzi
Sally North | Untitled (Brahman Bulls Fighting) | Gil Jamieson
Sambuddhananda Saraswati | Platter (From Kimono and Cherry Blossom Series) | Milton Moon
Sarah Larsen | Metamorphosis (From Linear Motifs - A Suite of eight Images No.7) | Victor Passmore
Yvonne Maloney Law | Mt Morgan Sentinel | Max Lovell

Double Exposure 2024 | a collaboration between Capricornia Printmakers and Rockhampton Photography Club | Benevolent Living Gallery | 22 June - 4 August 2024 | Invitation

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Print Day in May: POP Goes the Artist | Exhibition 3-7 May 2024 | Screen Printing Workshops (Self-Portrait) 4-5 May 2024

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    Exhibition listing in Archives with sample images

Collection Focus: Capricornia Printmakers | Exhibition Opening | Friday, 23 February 2024 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

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Screen Printing Workshops | one day workshops using the RISO MiScreen process | Saturday February 17 and Sunday February 18 2024 | with presenter Jennifer Sanzaro-Nishimura, supported by Regional Arts Development Fund grant.

At the Rockhampton Museum of Art: Congratulations to our CPI printmakers, Niloufar Lovegrove, winner of 2023 Bayton award with 'Resonance of Freedom', and Hanbing Lu, runner up with 'Rockhampton Shan Shui'.
CPI was well represented at the Bayton this year (2023) with 7 members achieving a shortlisted place: Mame Du Bois, Michele Kershaw, Sarah Larsen, Peta Lloyd, Niloufar Lovegrove, Hanbing Lu and Belinda Mcgrath.

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Capricornia Printmakers Inc | ABN 34 774 997 211   Mail: c/- Sturgess Dental, 10 East Street, Rockhampton Qld 4700. E-Mail: capricorniaprintmakers @ gmail.com. Studio: G-0.8 Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Corner Derby and East Street, Rockhampton. Executive: Phillipa Sturgess (President), Sally North (Secretary), Niloufar Lovegrove (Treasurer). Page last updated 10 October 2024 [lz]