Call to Artists
Dates: May 9 - June 27
The Mosesian Center for the Arts invites artists to submit work that uses at least one or more printmaking processes. Contemporary printmaking is both shaped by tradition and innovation. This exhibition aims to showcase the variety of ways that contemporary artists approach printmaking from employing traditional techniques to more alternative methods and materials. It is a celebration of the staying power of age-old techniques and the spirit of innovation that printmakers embrace to combine the tradition with contemporary technologies and approaches.
Mosesian Arts accepts artworks created by using at least one traditional printmaking technique such as intaglio, woodcut, lithography, silkscreen, collagraph and monotype or any combinations of those techniques. The traditional printmaking can also be combined with digital print processes or other media such as drawing, painting, bookmaking or collage. Video, animation, installation and sculptural works are accepted and encouraged if they use at least one traditional printmaking process.
Boriana Kantcheva, Director of Visual Arts, teams up with well-known artist and educator Rhoda Rosenberg to curate this exciting exhibit designed to showcase local and national printmaking talent.
Rhoda Rosenberg has been making prints since 1972 and has been teaching printmaking since 1982 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has had the honor on four occasions to be a Visiting Fellow at Artists Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa. Rhoda Rosenberg’s printmaking has evolved over the years from an abstract focus on shapes to a focus on images of personal memory, such as her grandmother’s pocketbook and her brother’s glasses. Ms. Rosenberg has also made one-of-a-kind books because she wanted to create a three-dimensional object with prints that could have a narrative component. Those books include text, often handwritten, and have bindings that connect to the content of the book. Katherine French, Curator, Director emerita of the Danforth Museum of Art has observed, “Rhoda’s work is a lens through which she views her own past, one that is artistically complex and filled with intelligent emotion”. Ms. Rosenberg’s prints are owned by seven public collections, among them the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, and The Art Complex Duxbury and Artists Proof in Johannesburg, as well as by many private collectors. She has had 16 solo exhibitions, including Retrospective: Shapes of Time” in 2023 at Concord Art and The Shape of Memory at the Danforth. Her work has been included in 60 group exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: March 31
Announcing Selected Artists: April 7
Drop off Dates: Tuesday, April 29, 10:30 AM–3:00 PM and Saturday, May 3, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
*Shipped work must be received no later than May 1
Exhibition Opens: May 9
Opening Reception: May 29, Thursday, 5:30–7:30 PM
Annual Benefit Fundraiser: Thursday, May 22
Exhibition Closes: June 27
Artwork Pick Up: Saturday, June 28, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM and Tuesday, July 1, 10:30 AM–3:00 PM
*Please note that the Mosesian Center for the Arts reserves the right to make minor adjustments to the exhibition timeline.
About Mosesian Arts:
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary arts venue in Watertown, Massachusetts. The 30,000 square foot center, located within a former U.S. Army arsenal, houses a 339-seat main stage theater, a 100-seat black box theater, exhibition galleries, classrooms, and rehearsal studios. Mosesian Arts is located six miles from downtown Boston, borders the Charles River and Brighton, and is easily accessible from surrounding suburbs and Metro West. Programs include professional theater and musical performances, gallery exhibitions, literary and art discussions, and performing and visual arts classes and workshops for all ages.
Eligibility:
Artists located in the U.S.A are welcomed to apply. Local artists will be provided with drop-off times and date details upon acceptance. Non-local selected artists’ work must be received at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472 c/o exhibitions by May 1, 2025. Non-local artists are responsible for shipping costs both to and from the MCA, unless other arrangements are made, and are responsible for insuring their work while in transit. If shipping works, each artist must provide a pre-paid, UPS or FedEx return shipping label including insurance. Please pack your work in sturdy reusable packaging. The Mosesian Center for the Arts carries appropriate insurance to cover all artwork in the show for the duration of the exhibition, including the time frame of drop-off, installation, de-installation and pick-up.
Additional guidelines:
Submission Fee:
$15 per submission. Limit 5 submissions per artist. Artwork must be submitted online here at: https://mca-contemporary-printmaking.artcall.org To submit work, click the register or login buttons at the top of this page. There's an Application Process Tutorial if you'd like more info on the submission process.
Commission Structure:
Artists receive 60% commission, and the Mosesian Center for the Arts receives 40% for art sold during the exhibition. The Artist reserves all copyrights and reproduction rights on the artwork in the exhibition. Mosesian Center for the Arts may duplicate and reproduce images of work for purposes of public relations and exhibition announcements directly related to the exhibition.
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Featured image: Rhoda Rosenberg, Tisserand
