SGC International
Image credit: Enrique Chagoya, SGCI Lifetime Achievement Award 2021. Travels of Fortune, 2021Color lithograph, 21.5 × 36"
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Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) fosters the practice, study, research,enjoyment and advancement of printmaking and graphic arts.
SGCI aims to encourage public interest in printmaking and graphic arts. We share professional information among artists and related individuals, organize and circulate exhibitions of prints and graphic arts in educational and arts-focused institutions, and recognize outstanding contributions to these arts through awards. Additionally, we engage and support artists and communities from diverse backgrounds including but not limited to BiPOC, LGBTQIA+ and individuals with disabilities in our programming, and keep members and the public informed about relevant activities and information through publications.
SGC International is an educational non-profit organization committed to informing our membership about issues and processes concerning original prints, drawings, book arts, and handmade paper.
Each year, our annual conference draws participants nationally and internationally. Our awards, publications and exhibitions promote greater understanding, scholarship, and enjoyment of these art forms to the public at large.
Originally formed as Southern Graphics Council, a regional organization for educators of print in the U.S. South, we have grown over the years into the nation’s largest organization of printmakers. We now have representatives internationally, and in 2010 changed our name to SGC International to reflect this broader scope. While the SGC International mission focuses on printmaking, we welcome everyone interested in advancing the dialogue of art, its education, and its processes.