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PSC's Christopher Art Gallery Featuring 25 Years of Chicago Printmakers Collaborative with Exhibit Opening Nov. 17
The exhibit celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative,
The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (PSC) is presenting “Suite Prints: 25 Years of Chicago Printmakers Collaborative,” from Monday, Nov. 17 through Friday, Dec. 19. A reception for the exhibit will be held on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the gallery.
The exhibit celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, a community of print artists who create hand-made prints in the facility on Chicago’s north side. In the 25 years since its inception, many of Chicago’s best-known printmakers have passed through, creating prints in all media of printmaking. The printmaking facility features printmaker’s studios, classes, workshops, exhibitions and sales, all under the leadership of Director Deborah Maris Lader.
“Our exhibition at the Christopher Art Gallery features works of four collaborative suites of prints, in which various members contribute a print to a large portfolio based on a theme or anniversary, as well as a number of framed works by current and previous members,” said Beth Shadur, gallery director and exhibit curator.
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The exhibit includes lithographs, silkscreens, woodcuts and etchings and engravings, among other techniques.
“What makes hand-made prints interesting is that they are made with a huge range of techniques, and that they are multiples. Each print is one of a limited quantity of handmade prints called an edition, so that a print shown here might be one of forty such prints, but each hand-printed,” Shadur added.
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The 25th anniversary is being celebrated with simultaneous exhibitions at PSC and at the Chicago Cultural Center.
The Christopher Art Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Visits also can be made by appointment. In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the gallery will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27. For more information about the exhibit or to make an appointment for a visit, call (708) 709-3636.
