Exhibitions

Spring 2025

Screenprint Biennial 

Shelia Goloborotko's installation in the 2018 Screenprint Biennial.
Shelia Goloborotko’s installation in the 2018 Screenprint Biennial.
ScreenPrint Biennial

January 24 through March 1, 2025

This exhibition marks the 10-year anniversary of the Screenprint Biennial. Like many ideas, it took awhile to come to life. The very first Screenprint Biennial in 2014 was by invitation, followed by a series of open calls juried by myself and a rotating cast of screenprint artists and professionals. 2024 marks a return to the invitational, as I decided to invite artists who had shown at least once before in a Screenprint Biennial exhibition. Choosing among the scores of artists who have previously exhibited is sort of like choosing your favorite among your children, and I had to exclude many amazing artists. At the end of the day, I returned to my mission of assembling an exhibit showing off the amazing range of expression and meaning possible from screenprinted art. 

The works presented in this exhibition range from colorful to political. Some pieces are loud and in your face, where others are quiet and contemplative. While all the art works rely on the essential technology that is screenprint, some utilize a more digital approach, while others a more analog aesthetic. Together, these very different works act in tandem to tell the diverse, important, and even contradictory story of screenprinting in art.

The Screenprint Biennial has been a wild 10-year ride, and I’m not sure where it is going next. I hope you enjoy this stop along the way.

—Nathan Meltz, Founder, Screenprint Biennial

More detailed information about Programs & Events
  • FRI Jan. 24  Opening. Walkthrough with Nathan Meltz at 5:30. Reception 6:00pm to 7:30pm.
  • FRI Jan. 31  Pecha Kucha, 6:30 snacks, Talks at 7pm.
  • FRI Feb. 6  Member Appreciation Reception. 5:30 to 7:00pm. New members welcome. Join here!
  • FRI  Feb. 7  Ticketed performance by Owls Quartet Performance, presented by Capital Region Classical
  • THURS Feb. 13  Print Panel,  6:00-7:00pm. Tyanna Buie, Ann Aspinwall, Ruben Castillo, & Nathan Meltz.
  • SAT Feb. 22 All Ages Kids’ Art Workshop led by RSC MAT Art Education students. 1:00pm-2:30pm. Free but please register here.

 

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