Martha Street Studio Blog

Screen Crash Workshop - This weekend!

2011-11-18T10:54:00.006-06:00

Last chance to register for the screen printing workshop this Saturday & Sunday from 12-5. For some marathon printing inspiration check out Jen Pauls & crew hard at work in the studio:

Martha Street from For You, Me & Us on Vimeo.

New item in the Printshop!

2011-08-12T16:13:00.003-05:00

Available now in the printshop:

Dolls made by Suzie Smith!

Come check them out!

POST NO BILLS

2011-07-11T13:32:00.004-05:00

http://viewoncanadianart.com/2011/07/09/post-no-bills-winnipegs-pop-up-art-gallery/

On July 13th Post No Bills Gallery will launch the first ever outdoor commercial gallery at the 24th annual Winnipeg Fringe Theater Festival. In conjunction with Martha Street Studio, RAW:Gallery of Architecture and Design, and Golden City Fine Art, Post No Bills functions as an on-site commercial gallery to market the work of contemporary Manitoban artists during the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, which runs July 13-24th, 2011.

The gallery will be featuring rotating exhibitions day and night from 11am to midnight.

Also, preview some of the works here:

postnobillswpg.tumblr.com

Opening March 18th at Fleet Galleries | Adamson & Saper: 2011

2011-03-17T10:19:00.003-05:00

The wait for an accessible entrance is almost over!

2010-10-07T12:43:00.001-05:00

The wait for an accessible entrance is almost over! All we're waiting on is the City of Winnipeg to build a swale on our sidewalk and we'll be there. In the meantime on September 23rd, Martha Street Studio welcomed Ted Howarth, local printmaker and professor as the first visitor to use our new elevator!

Teens who Monoprint.

2010-09-25T12:54:00.013-05:00

Dear Martha Street Studio,

Oh how you are all missed! Here are a few photographs depicting a Monoprint class taught by the amazing Inga (top photo), who was kind enough to let me capture the mayhem of student teens hard at work. What an amazing woman and teacher. Also included in this post are a handful of staff/volunteer portraits. Beauties, all of you.

Sincerely, Meg Kroeker

Darren Stebeleski Presentation:

2010-08-24T14:08:00.004-05:00

Be sure to check out Darren's presentation at the 3rd volume of Pecha Kucha Night!

What's Pecha Kucha Night?

12 Speakers present 20 slides for 20 seconds each.

Alongside artists, architects, designers illustrators and creative-types,
Darren will be discussing Martha Street Studio's present and future!

Thursday, August 26th at 8:20pm. (Doors at 7:30pm)
The Park Theatre - 698 Osborne

Press For Sale!

2010-07-22T15:03:00.002-05:00

Click on the image to enlarge!

Job Posting at UofM!

2010-07-15T11:14:00.002-05:00

U of M is hiring for the position of Studio Technician!

Application deadline is Wednesday, July 21st. For more information visit:

http://umanitoba.ca/cgi-bin/human_resources/jobs/view.pl?posting_id=84627

Steamroller Video!

2010-06-29T17:07:00.003-05:00

Check out this video of our Steamroller Festival this past weekend! Special thanks to volunteer, Mike Shillinglaw for making it!

Transience and Resistance by Tracey Peters

2010-06-24T12:46:00.002-05:00

INVITATION to OPENING

I invite you to come out and see my latest project - a temporary installation. Informal receptions will take place in situ on Tuesday, June 29th and Wednesday, June 30th, from 6:00-9:00pm. at 160 Marion Street (1 1/2 blocks past the Norwood Hotel, same side). Refreshments will be served.

Extra parking at rear of the building.
Entrance on main floor side door, west side of building (sign on door).
Inside are two separate sets of stairs with railings.

If possible, please RSVP by email or phone 803-7003.

I look forward to celebrating this work with you,
Tracy Peters

Impending plans to redevelop the building is a circumstance that parallels the concept of this work.

Transience and Resistance is an installation that investigates transitional dwellings that once housed life and now evoke futility. This is part of a long-term investigation into abandoned living structures that represent decay. In this work, I am studying how erosion wipes away the layers of utility and rational logic, and pushes a structure into the realm of uselessness, nostalgia, and melancholy. This installation attempts to engage the viewer through a heightened sense of interiority and tactile intimacy.

Free - Wooden Art Crates

2010-06-10T10:48:00.000-05:00

I have 2 crates that were made by the AGO for a show of mine. They're wood, 22" W. x 27" H. x 32" L. They're fully sealed and the tops are secured by heavy-duty twist locks. They are also fully lined & padded. The worst thing about them is that they're heavy. The best thing is that they're virtually indestructible.

I no longer need them and am wondering if they might be useful to MPA or possibly one of the other members?

Oh - and the other good thing is, they're free. First come, first served.

Cheers,

Richard

Ph.: 284-3835

Cel.: 293-1777

E-mail: simulacra(at)mts.net

PRESS FOR SALE!

2010-05-03T12:33:00.002-05:00

I have a press for sale. It is located in my studio in the ArtSpace building. The press is Praga built, a very respectable maker. These presses are used in many universities & colleges throughout North America.

• Model EH 30 (2004 Praga Catalogue)
• 3/4" x 30" x 54" Steel Press Bed.
• 8 1/2" Diameter Top Roller.
• Large Star Wheel Geared in a 9:1 Ratio for Easy Turning.
• Custom Built Heavy-duty 26" x 32" Stand.

This press has been rarely used & is in pristine condition. The press itself is easily disassembled into individual components, though the bed itself, being of solid steel, is of considerable weight.

Anyone interested in viewing the press can contact me at allan.geske@gmail.com.
More can be seen on my website: http://allangeske.ca/image/tid/2 (Click on images to enlarge.)

Call for Submissions: Convergence/Divergence, Hong Kong Graphics Art Fiesta 2010

2010-04-30T15:17:00.001-05:00

It is with great pleasure that the Hong Kong Open Printshop (HKOP) would like to invite your print studio/printmaker group to join us in the coming international exchange exhibition — Convergence/Divergence — as part of the Hong Kong Graphics Art Fiesta 2010 (HKGAF 2010).

We hope you will be able to join us in this HKGAF — where your prints will be exhibited alongside those from print studios and printmaker groups from around the world — and make Convergence/Divergence an eye-opening and inspiring event for Hong Kong audiences...

(Click here for more information...)

http://www.open-printshop.org.hk

http://www.facebook.com/HongKongOpenPrintshop

50 PROOF

2010-04-21T16:22:00.006-05:00

Martha Street Studio is about to explode on May 3rd
when 50 PROOF opens: an intoxicating mix of print media
created by the students of the School of Art, University of Manitoba.

Opening Reception: Monday, May 3rd. 7-10pm

The exhibition runs May 3-7.

Available for viewing:
Tuesday to Thursday - 10-5pm.
Friday - 10-3pm.

(More information...)

(On Facebook...)

Intaglio Press For Sale

2010-04-06T17:01:00.003-05:00

Intaglio Press For Sale:

For more information contact:

Randal Newman
229-9129

MPA - Annual General Meeting

2010-03-30T14:20:00.003-05:00

Attention MPA Members: It's time for the

Annual General Meeting!
Please join us at Martha Street Studio,
Wednesday April 28th, 2010 at 6 PM.

"Faces & Figures" Arnold Saper & Arthur Adamson

2010-02-22T14:29:00.002-06:00

Mapping: Martha Street Studio

2010-02-18T15:59:00.005-06:00

On now at the Buhler Gallery in St. Boniface Hospital:

(Click on the image to view the exhibition invitation)

The Frank Mikuska Donation Exhibition

2010-02-10T14:46:00.003-06:00

The Frank Mikuska Donation Exhibition
1 March to 1 April, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday 10 March 5-8 pm
Gallery One One One
University of Manitoba - Fort Garry Campus,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.

(for more information, click on the image)

Etchings - Jacek Sroka

2010-01-19T15:22:00.000-06:00

Youth Outreach Program - Call To Young Artists!

2010-01-11T16:46:00.000-06:00

Click on the image to view the full poster.

MPA Still Under Construction

2010-01-06T14:49:00.000-06:00

The view from within the front doors of MPA looking upward to the second level. A temporary staircase has been built for access to the offices and studio upstairs.

Here are some pics of our New Entryway which is currently under construction. Martha Street Studio's offices are currently open however, our studio spaces still need to be dusted mopped and cleaned before renters and artists can access our facilities to print. We are hoping to have the studio ready by January 11th, however, please phone ahead.

"Al" our site manager is completing the temporary staircase heading to the lower level of MPA.

Under Construction

2009-12-15T11:30:00.001-06:00

Winter Classes!

2009-12-15T11:23:00.001-06:00

Our winter 2009/10 class brochure is available now!

Dream team.

2009-11-20T21:47:00.000-06:00

Drex and Andrew, doing their 'thang.

Photographic evidence.

2009-11-12T21:14:00.000-06:00

Martha Street studio is very photogenic (film photographs by Meg Kroeker).

Member looking to buy a used press!

2009-09-29T10:46:00.000-05:00

Experienced printmaker setting up intaglio studio, looking to buy a gently used press, blankets, vertical etching tank, etc. Please contact vw528 at yahoo.ca.

Youth Outreach Participant Dany Reede Showing at Fleet Gallery

2009-09-29T10:42:00.000-05:00

A Life in Print, Jan Boning Opening

2009-09-17T19:40:00.000-05:00

A Life in Print; Jan Boning
Opening September 10th at 7:00pm - Show runs until October 15th, 2009

Seriously check this show out.

Jan Boning immigrated to Canada from Holland in 1956 with a certificate in the graphic arts and claims to being a poet.

The crew holding down the bar!

Kristin's new hair!

My personal favorite...the viewbox!

Looking inside.

Frieso Boning and Sheila Spence worked together to curate the exhibition of work by Jan Boning.

After his death in 2006, his son Frieso Boning re-discovered this accomplished and long unseen body of work under a bed. Jan Boning's exhibition is a celebration of his artistry and his contribution to Winnipeg's and Canada's artistic legacy. He ruled and so does this show!

Member's Show at 8th Wave Studio Tour

2009-08-31T11:47:00.000-05:00

The 8th WAVE Artists' Studio Tour

Sat. & Sun., Sept 5 and 6, 2009

10 am – 6 pm

Come visit my creative chaos!

Summer arrived just in time for the fall Wave tour. Hard to believe it's that time again! This Labour Day weekend at the Runs with Scissors Studio, I will be exhibiting the work of printmaker Leslie Gillies, along with my mother Jean's stunning ceramic work. Plus, I've got a new shipment of those funky San Miguel shoes and boots to kick off the fall season (samples are on my website). My studio is #17 on the map right next door to CF Casey Guitars #18.

For downloadable maps and brochure, visit http://www.watchthewave.ca/ (If links in this email don't work, you'll have to type the URL into your browser)

Hope to see you out!

Heidi Hunter
http://www.runswithscissors.ca

The Forum Art Centre is looking for instructors

2009-08-19T15:47:00.000-05:00

We are looking for an instructor for a Saturday afternoon class. The class is for parent and child together called "Doing Art Together". It would cover a variety of media- drawing, painting , sculpture (we have 2 kilns) etc. The class is ten weeks. If we get enough students signed up (6 or more) the class will start Sept 19. We are also always on the lookout for artist/instructors in other mediums for our day or evening classes or artists wanting to do Sunday workshops.

The criteria for an instructor is someone in the final years at the art school or with a BFA or equivalent experience in art that is interested in being an instructor. A very strong interest in teaching art is the most important element.

If you are interested send a resume - call/email Art Director Tom Andrich at 667-1345- hogshair@yahoo.ca or Exec Director Daryl Dumanski at the The Forum Art Centre Mondays or Thursdays 9-4 235-1069 forumart@shaw.ca.

Summer Screen Printing Class

2009-08-18T10:40:00.000-05:00

Andrew Lodwick's Monday Night Screen Printing Class was nice enough to let me sit in on there class and capture the process of screen printing. Thanks guys!

The Printing Process.

In 8 weeks at the Beginner Screen Printing class, you learn a highly versatile printing process which allows participants to print in multiple colours on numerous surfaces.

Measure, cut, print

Print Making Fun!

Andrew teaching the art of registration.

First layer.

Drying Rack!

The next Beginner Screen Printing class will be starting Tuesday September 22nd, 6-9pm, it is an 8 week class. For more info on registration visit Martha Street Studio's website http://www.printmakers.mb.ca/education/classes.html

Blankstein Art Gallery

2009-08-07T16:01:00.000-05:00

The BLANKSTEIN ART GALLERY at the Millenium Library hosts the Manitoba Printmakers Associations' Archive Exhibit!
Come and see work by many of Manitoba's best printmakers at the Winnipeg Library's exhibit on until the end of August, 2009. The Manitoba Printmakers Association holds work by Prominent Manitoban artists, not usually seen by the general public. Open during library hours on the second floor.

Hot Off the Presses: Fall Class Brochures are Here!

2009-07-28T14:03:00.000-05:00

Fall is fast approaching...time to register and be inspired by Martha Street Studio Fall Classes.(pdf)

Happy Printing!

Welcome to the Martha Street Studio BLOOGGG!

2009-07-28T12:29:00.000-05:00

The new Martha Street Studio blog is a space where we can post community-based happening in art & culture! Watch for new posts coming soon!

A little bit about us: The Martha Street Studio a.k.a. Manitoba Printmakers Association is an incorporated member-based non-profit organization and was initially dedicated to artistic and technical excellence in the fine art of printmaking--intaglio, relief, lithography, silkscreen and monoprints. The studio has now expanded to include digital prints and printing.