Juried Exhibition Prospectus 2024
The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin is dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. New Impressions is an international, juried exhibition to showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques. From this age-old tradition, we strive to challenge and inspire artists to continue the love of printing. 2024 is the 9th year of the New Impressions exhibition.
2024 Calendar
Eligibility & Media
Jurors’ Criteria
The jurors’ criteria for the exhibit includes quality craftsmanship and creative original use of the medium. Artwork must include at least one element of letterpress printing. The jurying process is anonymous; however artists must submit an Artist Bio and Description of Process.
Jurors
Celene Aubry, Hatch Show Print
Celene Aubry is the Director and Shop Manager at Hatch Show Print, the iconic letterpress print shop continuously operating since 1879 in Nashville, Tennessee. While the business thrives as a letterpress poster and design shop, expanded programming includes a visiting artist program, a gallery showcasing print-centric art, and offering hands-on tours and workshops from the education space. In between poster runs and whatnot, she also enjoys analog photography, making cyanotypes and van Dyke photoprints specifically.
Naomi Kent, Ink Squasher
Naomi has been teaching various printmaking techniques for the past 6 years at Birmingham City University but specialises in letterpress. Using traditional craft skills all prints are meticulously hand set using movable metal & wood type as a way of illustrating or design. Each design is hand inked with a brayer with ink that has been mixed with a careful eye to match pantone colours, the design is then printed using a proof press. Each print is tactile, you can feel the ink sitting on the paper and the impression the type leaves.
Jim Moran, retired Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
Jim Moran, retired as the Master Printer and Collections Officer at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in 2023. Jim ran letterpress workshops, archived the collection and maintained the museum on a daily basis. Previously he had volunteered at Hamilton and donated presses and equipment from his Green Bay, Wisconsin, printing firm, Moran’s Quality Print Shop, where he worked as apprentice, pressman, partner and owner with his father and grandfather for over 35 years.
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Awards
Awards will be announced at the artist reception and posted on our website.
Agreement to Participate
An application form indicates the artist verifies the following:
Donation to Permanent Collection and Sale of Work
Artists may choose to donate their exhibited work to the museum’s permanent collection. This allows for the work to travel in future years and be seen by more viewers. If the artist wishes to donate accepted entries to the Hamilton permanent collection, check the box “For Museum Permanent Collection.” Return shipping will not apply.
By March 2025 work that is not donated to the museum will be returned in the same manner as delivered. Do not send a pre-paid label. The museum will contact the artist and invoice for return shipping. Work not claimed by March 31, 2025 will become property of Hamilton.
Artists that would like to sell work through this exhibition may do so. If a piece is accepted the artist may send up to 10 additional prints of the same artwork to sell on consignment during the 2024 exhibition cycle and through March of 2025. Hamilton will receive 40% of work sold from the exhibition, and the artist will receive 60%. Works will be sold via the museum store, Hamilton Dry Goods, and online at woodtype.org. If submitted work is for sale, the list price must be included in the application. Hamilton will not increase the list price to include commission. If work is sold, artists’ payments are mailed within 90 days. Any pieces that do not sell will be returned in March of 2025 and not before.
Shipping of Work
Accepted work must arrive unframed at Hamilton by June 22, 2024. Work must arrive clearly labeled with artist information. Labels can be printed from artcall.org portal. Accepted work that differs significantly from the entry images or suffers from poor presentation will be disqualified.
Work may be shipped or personally delivered during museum hours (Wednesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm).
Shipping Address:
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
Attn: New Impressions
1816 10th Street
Two Rivers, WI 54241
Publication
Hamilton and our exhibition partners will be photographing the exhibition. Photographs taken may be used for future promotional materials. By submitting an application and participating in the exhibition the artist waives all rights of photographs taken for publicity purposes.
Insurance
Artists are encouraged to insure their work. Hamilton is not liable for damage caused during shipping for any reason, including mishandling by carrier or failure of packaging to protect work in transit. Artists are responsible for damage caused to submitted work by failure of the work itself, its mounting systems installed or provided by the artist, disintegration/degradation due to the nature/quality of materials or craftsmanship or incidental damage to work whose artist-directed presentation methods put them at risk.
Artist Bio, Description of Process and Images
For documentation and publicity purposes, an artist bio and short description of your process for each submission is required with the application. This exhibition is intended to showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques; your description will help inspire and inform viewers of this show. Each should be less than 200 words.
Please make sure that submitted images are clear, professionally presented and accurately represent the work. These images will be used for the digital catalog produced by Hamilton.
Entry Fee and Submission
Artists are welcome to contact us with questions and comments; call +1.920.794.6272 or email info@woodtype.org.
TO APPLY
ArtCall.org: https://newimpressions2024.artcall.org
You will be prompted to pay the $30 registration fee. You can update your profile information and bio after registering.
