NOW SHOWING:

Gallery hours are Saturdays, 12-5pm and by appointment. for more info: 773-293-2070

Postcard collection: please view the entire collection

For more info on the original Beyond Boundaries exhibition at the CPC, please see below in Past Events and Exhibitions.

The full Postcard set of the Beyond Boundaries: 35 Chicago Artists Connect exhibition is now available at the CPC and other locations for $20 (Chicago Cultural Center, Powell's Bookstore, Illinois Artisans Shop, and Enjoy in Lincoln Square). These make the PERFECT gift‹they are beautiful, sendable, frameable, affordable and collectable and come in a fancy box. They are an unconventional 5.5 x 5.5 inch size, and so are also very ARTY! Your friends will be impressed. If you would like a set of postcards shipped, please send a $25 check or money order made out to Chicago Printmakers Collaborative and we'll have 'em there before you know it. The CPC now accepts Visa/Mastercard for orders over $50, as well as personal checks.

"Beyond Boundaries: 35 Chicago Artists Connect"
is NOW TOURING!!

The show has already made a few stops and is currently on its way to Saginaw Valley State University. The Larson Gallery at Yakima Valley Community College presentation was a stellar success. Gallery Director Cheryl Hahn created an interactive print "laboratory" right in the gallery, and "lines" were not only painted on the walls and across the floor (connecting the Chicago and Yakima artists), but also clear up and on the celebratory cake at the opening! We were duly impressed. They had a fantastic turnout and lots of press. Stay tuned for images by the participating Washington State artists.

The full tour schedule as it stands:

H.F. Johnson Art Gallery at Carthage College
(also featuring the work of Michael Goro, Carrie Iverson, Deborah Maris Lader and Steve Mueller)
Kenosha, WI
October 20 - November 18, 2007

The Larson Gallery at Yakima Valley Community College
Yakima, Washington
January 11 - February 9, 2008

Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI
March 10 - April 8, 2008

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
April 21 - May 19, 2008

This exhibition was built to travel, collecting new artists along the way. We are still looking for a few more prospective venues to exhibit and expand this collaboration. If you are interested in exhibiting this collection of work and adding your own artists, or for more information please contact Deborah Maris Lader at 773.293.2070, or email ink1101@aol.com

Past Events and Exhibitions:

18th Annual Small Print Show and Holiday Open House opened Saturday December 1st, 2007 and ran through February 2nd, 2008.

The show featured small printworks and artist-made gifts by members of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative and invited guests.

Our most successful Small Print Show to date! This annual show just proves to be more and more of a draw each year, and we're thrilled that folks put the CPC on their holiday

shopping itinerary and value the magical gift of hand made prints and other artistic creations.

Approximately 40 artists participated, including Hiroshi Ariyama, Shawn Ballarin, George Bodmer, Peter Brickell, Sue Demel, Joel Dugan, Christine Gendre-Bergere, Michael Goro, Susan Hall, Kathy Halper, Elise Hughes, Carrie Iverson, Scott Keifer, Ruth Keys, Jill Kramer, Carol Lader, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Laurel, Alan Lerner, Sharon Lindenfeld, Ray Maseman, Bert Menco, Brian Novak, Joel Rendon, Artemio Rodriguez, Duffy O'Connor, Dennis O'Malley, Mary O'Shaughnessy, Jaunith Skinner, Megan Sterling, Jerry Svoboda, Kyra Termini, Anatole Upart, and more.

The CPC invited its neighbors, friends and the public to cross the threshold and explore the "printmaking mystique" with a full day of inky demonstrations, an open house and hands-on print projects on October 13, 2007. The exhibit ran through October 31, 2007. In celebration of Chicago Artists Month 2007 with support from the Department of Cultural Affairs.

Beyond Boundaries: 35 Artists Connect
October 1 through November 4, 2006.

For the past 11 years, Chicago's artists have looked forward to Chicago Artists Month, the city wide celebration of the visual arts during the month of October. This past year's celebration was themed "Beyond Boundaries".

Boundaries-physical or imagined, global or personal-can constrain our lives if we let them. In "Beyond Boundaries - 35 Chicago Artists Connect", members of the Collaborative and invited guests created 12" x 12" unique works of art using materials of their choice: paper, glass, wood, paint, fabric etc. Each work of art contained a line or visual element that crossed the center, connecting one artist to the next, moving outside the borders of an individual space and into a new boundless one. The modular format of the project allows the exhibition to travel, be reconfigured and find new connections along the way.

A collection of postcards of the original art was created to celebrate this project. This allowed the public to purchase a form of the art while actively participating in the idea of going beyond boundaries, i.e. the "sending off" of the art as mail, disseminating the images all over the world. In this way the theme comes full circle. The postcards have also been displayed, arranged in frames, laminated, and used to build houses of "cards". A boxed collection of cards is available for purchase (see above).

Participating Artists: Hiroshi Ariyama, Stephanie Barenz, Margaret Buchen, Lia Conklin, Laura M. Coyle, Sue Demel, Sam Falbo, Susan Hall, Fletcher Hayes, Carrie Iverson, Catherine Jacobi, Janet Jaffke, Cynthia King, Kathleen King, Jill Kramer, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Laurel, Thomas Lucas, John McGlinn, Kate McQuillen, Bert Menco, Michael Miller, BettyAnn Mocek, Steve Mueller, Sarah Nishiura, Duffy O'Connor, Dennis B. O'Malley, Mary K. O'Shaughnessy, Heather Page, Tom Robinson, Robert Sabo, Megan Sterling, Kyra Termini, Kim Vanderheiden, Charlie Van Gilder.

This program is part of Chicago Artists Month, which is supported and coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, please visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.

The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative proudly presents: "The Chicago Show: Tracks, Cable, Sky and Lake"

A four-person show featuring new prints by:
Hiroshi Ariyama
Michael Goro
Dennis O'Malley
Jerry Svoboda
and others...

Opening Reception and Book Signing event: Saturday, March 18th, 2006 1-5pm. Meet the artists and guest Chicago authors Richard Cahan and Jeff Libman. Bring your friends, countrymen, neighbors, and kids! This event is free to the public. Cubs AND Sox fans welcome! celebrate Chicago and shop local! Meet the artists and guest Chicago authors Richard Cahan and Jeff Libman. Refreshments will be served.

"Other" artists include Jeff Atkins, Ruth Moscovitch, Joel Rendon, Anatole Upart, Miles Votek, and prints from the CPC collection. The show will run through June 3, 2006.

THANKS TO ALL who participated in, curated, publicized, and viewed our beautiful exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. Our show, On The Mark: Chicago Printmakers Collaborative 1989-2005 was an enormous success, seen by thousands of people and written up in Chicago Social, Time Out Chicago, and Chicago Artists News, among other publications. It was truly something to be proud of! Special thanks go out to Lanny Silverman and Jill Hurwitz and Cynthia Quick from the Dept. Of Cultural Affairs, and to Carrie Iverson, who did such a spectacular job with the original proposal. I had a great time yakking it up with Tony Fitzpatrick at the Gallery talk on October 6th, and I just finished the eeny weeny etching we worked on together during our presentation. Catch it at the Small Print Show...

Facade Project

Each window on the upper three floors of the CPC contains the faces
of 9 of the soldiers who have died in Iraq. Altogether, the piece shows the faces of 648 of the troops who have died in Iraq as a tribute and reminder.

Executed by Carrie Iverson. See installation photos and more details.

Workshop Print Gallery

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Facade Project

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