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2024 | OPEN CALLS | RESIDENCIES | BURSARIES AT GRAPHIC STUDIO DUBLIN

Graphic Studio DublinExpanded Print Programme

POSTGRADUATE FINE-ART PRINT RESIDENCY AWARD 2024

Application Date: Friday 8th November 2024, 4pm- Digital Submission

Applications will be accepted by email to info@graphicstudiodublin.com only. 

Please use Postgrad – Expanded Print residency in the subject line.

Graphic Studio Dublin’s Postgraduate Residency Award offers a place on our Expanded Print Programme to a postgraduate working in any artform, visual arts, architecture, music, theatre, creative writing, film etc. The 2023 Postgraduate Fine Art Print Award was made to Niall McCrann and the 2022 Award to Roisín McGuigan

Expanded Print Residency

The Expanded Print Residency enables artists to re-contextualise and re-evaluate printmaking from the perspective of other artforms by providing opportunities to engage with printmaking. The goal is to achieve outcomes other than those usually sought from printmaking processes. We are not seeking to direct what these projects might look like, and so are looking at how applicants might respond to, or interact with, the environment of the print studio. The outcome could result from interactions with artists in the studio, visual or aural elements of the environment, engagement with printmaking;s conceptual or technical consideration, investigating the intersections between your own practice and printmaking. It can be a research or practice based residency.

The residency will provide access to Graphic Studio Dublin facilities and some materials, with technical support from Staff, and if requested a place on one of our courses will also be included. An opportunity to exhibit as part of a relevant exhibition in Graphic Studio Gallery will be offered to the artist. If materials are not required and the successful applicant is completing a research-based project, the materials budget will be transferred to provide a small stipend of €200.

The purpose of this residency is:

  • To develop artists’ practices.

  • To investigate and develop expanded print practices and outcomes.

  • To develop and evolve how arts practitioners communicate with their audiences.

  • To develop new perspectives on contemporary arts and printmaking.

  • To develop and increase the relevance of printmaking to artists from all Irish arts sectors.

  • To increase inclusiveness and engagement with artists.

  • To engage with new and more diverse audiences.

Application Criteria:

  • Applicants must be graduating or have graduated since, or including 2021 from a postgraduate program in Ireland, or abroad if they are normally, or will be, residing in Ireland for the duration of the residency. This is a self-directed residency. The residency will run for a month- or broken down into time slots that suit both the artist and staff, but should be completed within a year.

Application must include:

  • An outline of a proposed project/research project and how it relates to, or engages with printmaking or printmaking processes.

  • An outline of how the project relates to and will impact the artist’s practice.

  • The goals and timeframe for the project, and the expected outcomes.

  • Support documentation and images/recordings of relevant work.

  • Biography/CV to include details of postgraduate award programme

Graphic Studio Dublin welcome all applicants and encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, ethnicity or membership of the Traveller Community, or socio-economic background. If you have any difficulties making an application, please contact us at info@graphicstudiodublin.com and we can assist you.

The Postgraduate Fine Art Print Award – Expanded Print was offered in 2023 to Niall McCrann who is currently undertaking his residency and in 2022 to Roisin McGuigan, who developed her project, using woodblock as a print medium,  with Robert Russell, Master Printer over 2022/23.

“The Expanded Print Residency has given me an opportunity to bring my own material thinking to printmaking, to explore print in the context of my wider practice, and in a significant way, to allow the unique attributes of printmaking to inform my work.  

Encouraging a wide diversity of approaches, the residency opens the possibilities of print to the broad spectrum of contemporary arts practices and processes, and in that way I have been able to see it not simply as an alternative way of rendering, but a process that fully integrates into and enriches my practice.

My proposal for this residency was supported from the outset and realizing the resulting works would not have been possible without this opportunity and the expert guidance of Master Printer Robert Russell. It has been such a privilege to make work at Graphic Studio Dublin, the support and technical expertise never wavered, and the welcome and feedback of the studio members provided a creative and supportive environment for me to extend my practice. The experience has created exciting possibilities within my work and the potential for broader public engagement, outcomes that I am confident will continue long after the term of the residency.” Roisin McGuigan

2024 Post Grad – Expanded Print GSD Print Residency Application

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FINE ART PRINT BURSARY

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT

Weekend Etching course 5-6 October, 2024 at Graphic Studio Dublin – DIGITAL SUBMISSION ONLY

Application Date: to be submitted by Monday 30th September 2024 at 4pm

 

Applications will be accepted by email to education@graphicstudiodublin.com 

As part of an ongoing commitment to artists, Graphic Studio Dublin, in line with its EDI policies, are offering 4 artists who have first-hand experience of displacement, access to a weekend workshop- an Introduction to Intaglio Etching. It is planned that the two-day course will take place on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October 2024 from 10.00 to 4.00 pm. There will be no charge for this course, however we do ask for an indication of country of origin and how long you have been in Ireland.

Artists can be at any stage of their careers, in any discipline, who are interested in exploring print processes. No printmaking experience is necessary. The workshop will provide an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists.

INTRODUCTION TO INTAGLIO ETCHING

 

This course is designed for artists who may be new to printmaking but are interested in the techniques. Using a pre-pared image as a starting point – size 12×15 cm, students will apply a hard ground to a copperplate, drawing lines in the wax and then etching this in acid. Inking up and printing on a traditional printing press will follow and students may produce a small edition of their works.

APLICATION FORM

 
 
 
 
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Fingal County Council and Graphic Studio Dublin

FINE ART PRINT RESIDENCY AWARD 2024

Application Date: Thursday 25th July 2024, 4pm – DIGITAL SUBMISSION

Graphic Studio Dublin and Fingal County Council are delighted to be able to award two Fine Art Print Residencies in 2024. These 2-week (or equivalent) residencies  are open to professional artists at any stage in their career, working in any discipline, who are interested in exploring print processes:

Further information is included on each application form, or if required, from Graphic Studio Dublin- email info@graphicstudiodublin.com

For further information on  the Fingal residencies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLgLgKF7bnI

Graphic Studio Dublin welcome all applicants and encourage applications from all areas of the community regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, ethnicity or membership of the Traveller Community, or socio-economic background.

If you have any difficulties making an application, please contact us at info@graphicstudiodublin.com and we can assist you.

Previous recipients include Derval Carroll and Aoife Ward in 2023 and Maree Hensey & Deborah Hewson in 2022.

This 2-week residency is open to professional artists at any stage of their careers, in any discipline, but who is interested in exploring print processes. It offers the opportunity to make a fine art print with the guidance and assistance of a Master Printer and the team at Graphic Studio Dublin. The residency will provide an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists.

The artist will work over the two week period (or equivalent) with the Master Printer and a professional printing team, exploring printmaking and printing a small edition, using  a pre-prepared drawing or image as a starting point. The work may be displayed along with members’ work in Graphic Studio Gallery the following year. The professional aims and objectives of the successful candidate will be continually assessed during the residency to ensure the artist gains the maximum benefit from their time. The collaborative nature of being part of a collective print studio and working with a professional printmaker will be of enormous assistance to the artist.

The residency will include:

An initial meeting at the studio with Studio Director and Programme Manager to define the project, print medium and timeline.

Advice and assistance from the Master Printer on print methodologies, to allow the artist to professionally fulfil their objectives during the residency.

Professional studio support with regard to technical processes and artistic development.

Working in the studio from c.10am-3.30pm each day with the Master Printer and / or Studio team over two weeks

A small edition of prints, produced with staff at the studio during the two week period.

Documentation of the residency for the artist, Fingal County Council and Graphic Studio Dublin which can be used as promotional material for future projects.

Exhibition of work at Graphic Studio Gallery.

An artist\’s proof will enter the Fingal County Council Municipal Art Collection.

The recipient may be asked to give a public and/or written presentation on their practice and how the residency has benefitted them.

Criteria:

The applicant must be a professional artist at any stage in their career with an interest in printmaking. No printmaking experience is necessary. To be eligible to apply applicants must have been brought up, have studied, or currently reside in Fingal County administrative area.

 2024 Fingal GSD Application Print Residency

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CURRENT & PREVIOUS RESIDENCIES

 

2024: International Residency exchange: Elissa Freud, Shepherd & Maudsleigh, Boston USA, October 2024

2024: Print Network Ireland Inter-Studio Residency: Dylan Buckley, Limerick Printmakers, June 2024

2024: International Residency: Serhiy Sevchencko, Ukraine & Poland, March 2024

2024: International Residency: Rebecca Lord Gardiner, Shepherd & Maudsleigh, Boston USA, April 2024

2023: Graphic Studio Dublin- Postgraduate Fine Art Print Award- Expanded Print: Niall McCrann

2023: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Derval Carroll & Aoife Ward

2023: International Residency: Marta Wakula-Mac, Poland, February 2023

2023: International Residency: Katsutoshi Yuasa, Japan, August 2023

2023: International Residency: Jon Ransu, Iceland, June 2023

2022: Graphic Studio Dublin- Postgraduate Fine Art Print Award- Expanded Print: Roisín McGuigan
2022: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Maree Hensey & Deborah Hewson
2021: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Anna Hryniewicz & Naomi Taitz Duffy
2021: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Claire Kerr
2020: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: James English & Niall de Buitlear
2020: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Marie Farrington
2020: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Siobhan McDonald
2019: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Sorca O\’Farrell
2019: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Gillian Lawler
2019: International Residency exchange: Rebecca Lord Gardiner, Boston USA, April 2019
2019: International Residency: Katsutoshi Yuasa, Japan, August 2019
2017-2018: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Una Sealy
2018: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Kieran Crowley
2017: Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency, Funded by Dublin City Council: Cian McLoughlin
2016: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Michael Killen
2015: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Alan Clarke
2014: Fingal Arts Residency Award in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin: Elizabeth Comerford

TESTIMONIALS

I can’t emphasise enough how much this experience has augmented my practice in general. As an artist who works primarily in paint, I found it very beneficial to work in a medium that is mostly new to me. To have the opportunity to work with someone of the calibre of Master Printer Robert Russell, to guide my ideas to fruition, was an opportunity that I greatly appreciated. Not only did the process inform my own practice, but the expert editioning of my pieces has helped bring my work to new audiences. The open and welcoming atmosphere of the Graphic Studio, and the commitment of its Members to broadening the access to print through their skills and programmes is to be congratulated.”  Una Sealy, Fingal (2017 and 2018)

I was paired with master printer Niamh Flanagan during my time there and the sense of purpose and collaboration was fantastic. She made the experience a hugely enjoyable and rewarding one and, thanks to her extensive expertise in every aspect of print making, we were able to make work that we were proud of as it finally came off the press. For me, support of the DCC for residencies like this is so important as a catalyst for artistic development and interdisciplinary cooperation. I hope this support and patronage continues for many years.” Cian McLoughlin, DCC

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