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As SGCI enters a biennial conference schedule the organization is steadfast in making sure we’re providing content and opportunities to be sure you are getting more bang for your membership buck, especially in the non-conference years. Here is where you can find happenings both virtual and announcements for IRL gatherings, workshops, and demonstrations. If your membership is in good standing you have the all access pass, the Golden Ticket to all things SGCI and beyond! New to the organization? Join SGCI here. Do you need to renew or upgrade your membership? You can do that here.

What’s New at Conrad Machine Co.

Thursday, May 21

7:00-9:00pm EDT

Join SGCI president, Myles Calvert, and members of the Conrad clan for an exclusive tour of facilities, discussion of presses and maintenance, and the roll out of some new developments!

This event is available only to SGCI members in good standing. Renew your membership here.

Preregister Here!

“Catalonia Colour Palette” Themed Portfolio at Art Print Residence in Spain!

Jurors:
Ariadna Abadal, Jordi Rosés, Clàudia Lloret

Portfolio Details

Printmakers attending the Excursion to Catalonia in August will create an edition at Art Print Residence. In addition, SGCI members are welcome to apply to share in the portfolio even if you can’t make the trip. The portfolio will be exhibited at Taller Galeria Fort, held in parallel with the 46th Miniprint Internacional de Cadaqués. Excursion artists will have the opportunity to attend the opening on August 8. The portfolio will also be shown at the 2027 conference in Pittsburgh, and published in Graphic Impressions.

All Excursion artists attending Art Print Residence are automatically included in this portfolio if they choose!

The fee for Excursion artists is $0. In addition, APR has offered to cover your paper for this portfolio if you choose to participate.

$30 is the fee for artists not making the trip. We just need your commitment by the deadline of May 29. See below!

Timeline

Application Deadline: April 30, 2026 (free)
Notified of acceptance by: May 22
Deadline to pay $30 and accept by: May 29
All prints due by: Sept 30

Application Materials:

– 200 word short proposal covering concept and print processes anticipated.
– 3 previous print examples

Submitted as one pdf. Please include:

Name

Email Address

Shipping Address/Phone

And Social Media Handle (optional)

Please email application to help@sgcinternational.org

Notified of Acceptance: May 22, 2026
Acceptance / Payment by: May 29, 2026

Theme and Description

“Catalonia Colour Palette”
Each print reflects a unique palette, creating a vibrant collection of personal perspectives on Catalonia’s identity and landscape.

This project invites artists to research and interpret the visual, cultural, and environmental characteristics of Catalonia through color. Drawing on historical references, geographic features, architectural traditions, and contemporary social contexts, each participant develops a chromatic palette, which is translated into the final print.

Print Requirements

– Limited to 20 participants
– Edition quantity must be exactly 5
– Each print should be folded in a sheet of glassine for protection

– Prints may be pulled using any matrix with the caveat that they should be uniform across the edition and should not be digital-only work, though digital-adjacent methods such as Risograph and laser engraving are acceptable.
#1 – One for the SGCI archive and 2027 conference exhibition
#2 – Art Print Residence archive
#3 – donation to Carnegie-Mellon University / conference host institution
#4-5 – for the artist for whatever purpose, sales, exchanges amongst other participants, etc. Do
not ship edition #4 and #5.

Love your print? Good! Make more but please edition separately and change it via color or paper choice, etc.

– ***Prints to be shipped rolled in a tube.***
– Heavy rag papers are not permitted for this exchange portfolio. Why? APR offers an incredible selection of Japanese papers alongside Western papers, and we wish to encourage diversity and experimentation with different types and variants.
– Focus on thin (rollable) papers such as Japanese, Chinese, Thai, etc. fiber and cotton mixtures accepted
– Paper size should be approximately 19.5 x 26” / 49 x 65cm (this is based on a half sheet of Sekishu Shi, for example)