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Virtual Open Portfolio!

Who says we can't have an SGCI Open Portfolio? Let's make it virtual!
Post an Instagram carousel of your prints and hashtag it #sgci2020op.
Follow on Instagram or walk the room in our SGCI 2020 Virtual Open Portfolio on our website. Our printmaking community is  ALWAYS TOGETHER!

Dear SGC International Members,

SGC International is seeking nominations/self-nominations to fill a number of openings and new positions on the 2020-2022 Executive Board and Subcommittees. Terms begin in the fall of 2020 and end in March of 2022. We seek nominees who reflect the philosophic, geographic, institutional, racial, and gender diversity of our membership.

The call for nominations will only proceed on the proviso we have a pool with 40% of applicants identifying as Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Persons of Color, Women, or Persons with a Disability. We hope you will consider nominating yourself or your colleagues for these important leadership roles; see "Openings," listed below, or visit this web page.

All SGCI Members in good standing are invited to nominate/self-nominate. Submission forms will be available in the coming weeks; in the meantime, learn more here. For more information please contact Kate McQuillen admin@sgcinternational.org or
Faisal Abdu'Allah fabduallah@sgcinternational.org.

Thank you,

Dr. Faisal Abdu'Allah
President, SGC International

 

 

Call for Participation Round 1 is Now Live!



 

We all need something to look forward to these days! The SGCI 2021 Providence Call for Participation is now up and running. Dream up programming, brainstorm with colleagues, and send your ideas our way! We can''t wait to meet again in person.

"Verified by Proof " is taken from the broadside This is a Printing Office, written by Beatrice Warde in 1932. In a high-speed digital age, the phrase gains importance and embraces the meticulous nature of the hand-pulled print. The Verified by Proof steering committee seeks proposals that engage the message of This is a Printing Office-establishing truth, validation through proof/proofing, and the power of the press-and invites you all to celebrate print and its important role in countering the turbulent culture that we all currently face. 

Providence is a city that has historically been a refuge for dissidents and a stronghold in the battle for individual freedoms. It is a city where print is celebrated in all its forms, from conceptual art to communication design. Printmaking often intersects with other media in Providence's rich artistic community, which is host to a variety of creative spaces ranging from traditional academic settings to community shops and maker/DIY spaces. We encourage proposals that embrace this cross pollination and celebrate the broad scope of printmaking, graphic media, and independent publishing.

Dates & Location
April 7-10, 2021, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Convention Center & the Omni Providence Hotel

Call for Participation
Round 1 Event Proposals are due June 15th. Round 1 is for members who are interested in leading an event, such as a panel, themed portfolio, demonstration, pop-up exhibition, etc. Find out more about these how events are structured on our Conference FAQ page.

Application forms will be available on our website in mid-May. Visit this page for more details on how the Call for Participation works.

Timeline
Mid-April: Abstract and Call for Participation announced
Mid-May: Online submission forms for Round 1 go live (Inkubators, Panels, Demos, Pop-Up Exhibitions, Themed Portfolios, Mobile Events, Special Events)
June 15: Round 1: Event Proposals due. Events are juried by the Providence Steering Committee.  
July 1: Acceptances announced
July 8: Event confirmation from applicant due 
July 15: Round 2: Event Participant Call goes live! (Panel participants, Themed Portfolios participants, Special Event participants). Submit applications through our website.
August 15: Round 2: Event Participant applications due. Participants selected by Event Organizers.
September 15: Event Organizers send final list of participants to SGCI

Participating Institutions
AS220
Brown University
Providence Public Library
DWRI Letterpress
Rhode Island College

 

ANNOUNCING: MakeReady, SGCI''s Social Platform

Our shops may be closed and we were not able to gather for the annual SGCI conference, BUT the energy of camaraderie, friendship, and love found in our printmaking community never stops traveling. The strength of the print world is boundless and our bonds are resolute. Through the distance that we are all living and feeling, SGCI is determined to help keep us together. In this spirit, we are pleased to announce MakeReady, the social platform addition to our Conference App.

MakeReady will allow our members to share resources, ideas, projects, observations, and inquiries to broaden our discourse. Like a makeready process of preparing a work for printing, this community space provides the opportunity to observe potentials, expand understandings, define contexts, and explore the resonance of printmaking history, theory, and practice.

To get started: on your phone, go to the App Store and search for SGC International. Download the app and log in with the username and password linked to your SGCI account! A desktop version will be coming soon.

What types of things can I find and share on MakeReady? 

Shared Resources

. Course Materials: Syllabi, lesson plans, exercises, demonstrations, tagged by print process and subject matter.
. Social Distance Learning: Share your ideas for printing at home, teaching away from the studio, and ways to support your students and colleagues during this time of remote education. 
. Reading Materials: Articles, essays, bibliographies, books, book chapters, conference publications, reading lists, etc.
. Art History Collection: Share your favorite prints into our image database! Tag these print-related images by era, artist, medium, and topic. 
. Medium-specific Information: Looking for info on a specific medium? Search through the categories of relief printing, intaglio, engraving, screenprinting, lithography, letterpress, mezzotint, book arts, digital printing, post digital printing. Or make your own tag!
. Non-profit/Community Shop/Small Business Resource Area: How-to's, city and government resources, and FAQs. 
. Online Resources: Listing of suppliers, printmaking blogs, printmaking websites, and more. 

Chats with Colleagues 
Use the comments function to ask questions, share your knowledge, and chat with colleagues! Dream up Themed Portfolios, suggest panels for future conferences, share your Call for Participants. 

Your Profile
Add a little bit of information to your profile so people can learn about you. Members can see your profile by searching for your name within the Search Bar. Fill out your Profile in the main menu: add information about your work, your research, your interests, and how to find you in the web! To do this, select the icon next to the search bar at the upper right corner of your schedule. A "Menu" list will pop up; select "My Profile" to make edits. Highlight the "About Me" field to add a description of yourself. If you don''t want members to be able to add you, you can toggle that feature here as well.

New contacts!
Add contacts both old and new! Simply search for an individual''s name through the Search Bar. Once you find your friend, select their name and add them to your contact list.

Posts
All posts will appear in the "Everything" section. But be sure to tag them so they get filed in the right area for future reference and easy searching!

Our hope is that our members will use this platform to help make SGCI's outreach and programming exactly what they want it to be. We look forward to seeing how you use it to expand our understanding of the medium we love. Most of all, our goal for MakeReady is to allow members to connect and learn from each other all year long, in the times between our annual gatherings. Please share MakeReady within your network by using #sgcimakeready 

The SGCI Board would like to thank Kate McQuillen on behalf of the entire membership for her work on this project. MakeReady is Kate's brainchild and she has led its buildout through her work with the board and Bryce Meyer, our incredible web developer. Thank you, Kate, for this and all of the outstanding work you do for our organization.

Keep printing!
The SGC International Executive Board
 

 

Have you found any news ways of making? Share them on MakeReady!

 

 

 

Dear SGC International Members,
Forms are now available online for nominations and self-nominations to fill a number of openings and new positions on the 2020-2022 Executive Board and Subcommittees. Please log in to your account to access the form.

Terms begin in the fall of 2020 and end in March of 2022. We seek nominees who reflect the philosophic, geographic, institutional, racial, and gender diversity of our membership. The call for nominations will only proceed on the proviso we have a pool with 40% of applicants identifying as Black, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, Persons of Color, Latinx, Women, or Persons with a Disability. We hope you will consider nominating yourself or your colleagues for these important leadership roles; see "Openings," listed below.

All SGCI Members in good standing are invited to nominate/self-nominate. Learn more about the roles here or read below. For more information please contact Kate McQuillen admin@sgcinternational.org or Faisal Abdu'Allah fabduallah@sgcinternational.org.

Thank you,

Dr. Faisal Abdu'Allah
President, SGC International

 

 

 

Bright Days Ahead:
Announcing the 2020-22 SGCI Executive Board Slate of Nominees

SGC International is thrilled to announce the 2020-22 Executive Board Slate of Nominees formed by our Nominating Committee. We are certain that you will agree, this inspiring group of individuals eager to lead our community into the future is indeed an example of optimism we are all reaching for today!

Under normal circumstances we would have made this announcement much earlier and voted today to affirm this slate of candidates. This year, however, our attention has been laser focused upon our current world circumstance and its effects upon Puertogr?fico. Given the complexity of SGCI's current challenges the 2018-20 Executive Board has agreed to remain in place until May 1. It is our desire to hand off the leadership of our community with a clear financial picture and without involved, unfinished business. Over the course of the coming weeks we will be working earnestly to tighten matters up, share our perspectives, and present our incoming board with a clear path forward.

The SGCI membership will be affirming our next Executive Board through online voting. We are currently in the process of designing this process and plan to open this election for voting on April 15. We will be reaching out with details soon. 

Best wishes to you all! We have bright days ahead!

Charles

Charles Beneke
SGC International, President

 

A New SGCI Strategic Plan

In November of 2018 at our Mid-year Meeting, the SGCI Executive Board began the process of developing a new strategic plan for our organization. This process was started by identifying areas of key importance for SGCI and building working groups to examine these issues and develop goals in each area. The working groups, which were composed of board members and student and professional SGCI members, presented reports in the fall of 2019. These reports became the basis upon which the board structured our new strategic plan. 

The new SGCI Strategic Plan is aspirational and concise. This two page document outlines goals for our organization in specific areas, all of which are aimed at strengthening the whole organization. This plan charts a direction for SGCI without determining a specific path or limiting the potential for new ventures. It is a guide forward to help ensure continuity of vision and continued collaboration.

The SGCI Executive voted unanimously to approve our new strategic plan on May 24, 2020 at the first half of our Spring 2020 Executive Board Meeting. We now present it to the membership for your review and a vote for approval in the coming weeks.

 

Dear Members,

We are announcing new initiatives in response to a recent call for organizational change generated by the membership and from an introspective review by the board. We acknowledge these claims and reassert our dedication and commitment to creating a non-profit that is equitable, accessible, and relevant to our printmaking community. 

Recent weeks have brought an intense period of organizational reassessment. We have taken the time to square our organization as it exists against those ideals that were laid out before us. We are seeking new members to fill open positions within our board who are committed to doing the work required to create real change along with us. We are dedicated to listening to and standing by this community, our members, and our employees.

The executive board is composed of volunteers drawn from the membership. Consequently, the board fundamentally reflects representative and shared governance. We welcome all efforts to constructively reform the organization, and are working to expand leadership opportunities at SGCI. We are a community that shares values regarding civil discourse, collaboration, and collegiality. As we continue to reform our organization we must dedicate ourselves to working together in a restorative manner and avoid strategies that rely on divisiveness.    

It has come to our attention that there are some misunderstandings of the concrete work performed by the board and staff over the past several years. It would be an institutional loss to disregard this work without understanding it fully, as much of the work completed by former board members can address many of the questions asked about SGCI over the past few weeks. We want to direct those with questions about past work to the SGCI Executive Board Reports. These reports contain information about the financial transparency of our organization, the work of the previous boards, and the Program Coordinator, who executes their duties at the direction of the Board in an administrative capacity and supporting role. As we continue the work of enhancing the organization in ways that align with our members'' needs, we must also consider the operational requirements of this dynamic and multifaceted nonprofit organization that we've built. In the coming weeks and months, we will be rolling out a number of new reform-based initiatives that prioritize the members'' concerns while bolstering the good work that has been done by past leaders and boards. Initiatives will include: 

• Prioritizing DEI consultation.           

• Forming a Finance Subcommittee: We seek 2 members to sit on the subcommittee. This work will consist primarily of research to report back to the committee in order to create formal recommendations to the board and further financial transparency to the membership.

• Forming a By-Laws Subcommittee: We seek 2 active members to sit on the subcommittee who have never served on SGCI's board. This work will consist of reviewing and updating the bylaws and constitution, making recommendations to the board, and ensuring legality and clarity in our structure. 

• Revisiting our current ethics policies to form a more cohesive Code of Conduct for the membership, executive board, and employees. We will share this Code of Conduct and invite members to comment on the policy before enacting it.

In addition to our regular board activities, we are also continuing to work on:

• Finalizing the venue conference contract for Madison 2022.

• Providing a healthy workspace for our staff.

To inform you of our ongoing commitment to update our best practices as a non-profit organization, we will be using our Facebook and Instagram pages to post an info series which will help clarify many of the questions surrounding how SGCI operates, what funds it has, how voting takes place, and more. The info series will be archived on our website, at Organizational FAQ, and we hope by using different channels, this series will get out to more members and provide answers for many frequently asked questions. Please continue to share your questions, comments, or concerns to The Listening Channel, our newly established source for reaching out to the executive board with your concerns. You can also report anonymously by visiting the link https://www.sgcinternational.org/about/contact/. 

Finally, we also must acknowledge that our announcement is overdue. Although we have had a change in President and shift in board positions, we did not act fast enough to anticipate the responses from our membership during this time of crisis. We have proceeded with caution after seeking both legal and HR counsel and this has also caused us some delay. We extend our gratitude to the past leadership of SGCI and hope to continue in the tradition of the positive changes they created. As we have transitioned into our roles on the board, we have met new challenges and centered the importance of crucial social movements in our organization. We hope you will continue to join us as the next chapter of SGCI takes form, and our commitment to advancement transforms our future.

Sincerely,
SGC International Executive Board

 

Southern Graphics Council International is returning to New England for the first time since 2003 Boston: Making Histories: Revolution & Representation. We are thrilled to share our event with printmakers in the Northeast.

The SGC International annual conference brings together over 1,000 printmakers and arts professionals in all stages of their careers. Artists from all 50 states and international attendees from Canada, South and Central America, and Europe regularly attend. Programming includes keynotes by distinguished artists, scholars, and advocates; panel presentations; exhibitions; demonstrations; vendors and publishers fairs; round-table discussions, student-led critiques, and more!

SGCI 2021: Verified by Proof will take place April 7-10, 2021 in Providence, at the Rhode Island Convention Center & the Omni Providence Hotel, and in conjunction with AS220, Brown University, Providence Public Library, DWRI Letterpress and Rhode Island College. The conference theme is "Verified by Proof:"

"Verified by Proof" is taken from the broadside This is a Printing Office, written by Beatrice Warde in 1932. In a high-speed digital age, the phrase gains importance and embraces the meticulous nature of the hand-pulled print. The Verified by Proof steering committee seeks proposals that engage the message of This is a Printing Office-establishing truth, validation through proof/proofing, and the power of the press-and invites you all to celebrate print and its important role in countering the turbulent culture that we all currently face.

Providence is a city that has historically been a refuge for dissidents and a stronghold in the battle for individual freedoms. It is a city where print is celebrated in all its forms, from conceptual art to communication design. Printmaking often intersects with other media in Providence's rich artistic community, which is host to a variety of creative spaces ranging from traditional academic settings to community shops and maker/DIY spaces. We encourage proposals that embrace this cross pollination and celebrate the broad scope of printmaking, graphic media, and independent publishing.

Round 1 Call for Participation
Deadline June 15th: Lead a panel, themed portfolio, demonstration, inkubator, pop-up exhibition, or special event.

The Round 1 Call for Participation is for members who are interested in leading an event, such as a panel, themed portfolio, demonstration, pop-up exhibition, etc. To present as broad and diverse a program as possible, we welcome submissions from emerging artists, students, professionals, and independent artists.

Please use the online forms to submit your files to the Steering Committee's jury. Learn more about leading an event here.

Dates & Location
April 7-10, 2021, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Convention Center & the Omni Providence Hotel

Participating Institutions
AS220
Brown University
Providence Public Library
DWRI Letterpress
Rhode Island College

Find Out More!
Are you interested in attending as a participant? Considering bringing a student group? Sign up for our email list, or reach out directly to Kate McQuillen, Program Coordinator, for more information.

Please share this announcement with your students and colleagues. We hope to see you in Providence!

Dear SGCI Members,
On behalf of the Executive Committee, it is my great pleasure to serve as the next President of SGCI. I would like to thank the past President Sarah Ellis who navigated our board through the tide of uncertainty and remained committed to the concerns of our members. I would also like to extend gratitude to Stephanie Alaniz, Sage Perrott, and Charles Beneke who have resigned from their roles.

We are amid two pandemics, the indiscernible (COVID 19) and the ever-present implicit bias called racism - both affecting the bodies of black and brown people disproportionately. The SGCI board''s attempt to initiate meaningful change for our members and printmaking community fell far short of the restorative change needed to pull society towards a deeper reckoning with race and provide achievable goals. But the board is committed to the work of questioning and dismantling the systems that have been in place within SGCI and that space it inhabits in the printmaking community.

Our 2020 Strategic Plan on Space: Inclusivity & Intersectionality in Action in the SGCI Handbook states:   

Space is generated by the fundamental principle of mandating a culturally responsive framework that creates space for all through the cultural kaleidoscope created by welcoming intersectionality and inclusive perspectives. Space is where alterity, diverse ways of seeing, and freedom of expression provide an appropriate testbed to educate and influence artists, students, and professionals beyond the boundaries of the organization. To realize the profound potential of Space, SGCI must insure that inclusivity and intersectionality are reflected in:

• The Executive Board composition,

• Leadership (board) programming, and 

• Membership participation and engagement. 

 

 

 

 

The New SGCI Strategic Plan: Approved!

We are pleased to report that the membership voted unanimously to approve our new strategic plan on May 25th, 2020. 

In November of 2018 at our Mid-year Meeting, the SGCI Executive Board began the process of developing a new strategic plan for our organization. This process was started by identifying areas of key importance for SGCI and building working groups to examine these issues and develop goals in each area. The working groups, which were composed of board members and student and professional SGCI members, presented reports in the fall of 2019. These reports became the basis upon which the board structured our new strategic plan. 

The new SGCI Strategic Plan is aspirational and concise. This two page document outlines goals for our organization in specific areas, all of which are aimed at strengthening the whole organization. This plan charts a direction for SGCI without determining a specific path or limiting the potential for new ventures. It is a guide forward to help ensure continuity of vision and continued collaboration.

 

Round 1 Deadline Extended


 

Dear SGCI Community,
Since we launched the Call for Proposals for Providence, we have witnessed an enormous shift in our nation's perspective. We have seen many of you taking to the streets, and to your printing presses, to work for change. We are thrilled to see this movement taking shape, and we pledge to be part of it as we move forward collectively. 

Round 1 Call for Participation
New Deadline To Be Announced
Lead a panel, themed portfolio, demonstration, inkubator, pop-up exhibition, or special event.

The Round 1 Call for Participation is for members who are interested in leading an event, such as a panel, themed portfolio, demonstration, pop-up exhibition, etc. To present as broad and diverse a program as possible, we welcome submissions from emerging artists, students, professionals, and independent artists.

Please use the online forms to submit your files to the Steering Committee's jury. Learn more about leading an event here.

Dates & Location
April 7-10, 2021, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Convention Center & the Omni Providence Hotel

Find Out More!
Are you interested in attending as a participant? Considering bringing a student group? Sign up for our email list, or reach out directly to Kate McQuillen, Program Coordinator, for more information.

We hope to see you in Providence!

Submission Forms Now Live!



 

We all need something to look forward to these days! The SGCI 2021 Providence Call for Participation is now up and running, including the submission forms. Dream up programming, brainstorm with colleagues, and send your ideas our way!  Sign into an existing account or create a free account and submit your forms online by June 15th.

"Verified by Proof " is taken from the broadside This is a Printing Office, written by Beatrice Warde in 1932. In a high-speed digital age, the phrase gains importance and embraces the meticulous nature of the hand-pulled print. The Verified by Proof steering committee seeks proposals that engage the message of This is a Printing Office-establishing truth, validation through proof/proofing, and the power of the press-and invites you all to celebrate print and its important role in countering the turbulent culture that we all currently face. 

Providence is a city that has historically been a refuge for dissidents and a stronghold in the battle for individual freedoms. It is a city where print is celebrated in all its forms, from conceptual art to communication design. Printmaking often intersects with other media in Providence's rich artistic community, which is host to a variety of creative spaces ranging from traditional academic settings to community shops and maker/DIY spaces. We encourage proposals that embrace this cross pollination and celebrate the broad scope of printmaking, graphic media, and independent publishing.

Dates & Location
April 7-10, 2021, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Convention Center & the Omni Providence Hotel

Call for Participation
Round 1 Event Proposals are due June 15th. Round 1 is for members who are interested in leading an event, such as a panel, themed portfolio, demonstration, pop-up exhibition, etc. Find out more about these how events are structured on our Conference FAQ page.

Timeline
Mid-April: Abstract and Call for Participation announced
Mid-May: Online submission forms for Round 1 go live (Inkubators, Panels, Demos, Pop-Up Exhibitions, Themed Portfolios, Mobile Events, Special Events)
June 15: Round 1: Event Proposals due. Events are juried by the Providence Steering Committee.  
July 1: Acceptances announced
July 8: Event confirmation from applicant due 
July 15: Round 2: Event Participant Call goes live! (Panel participants, Themed Portfolios participants, Special Event participants). Submit applications through our website.
August 15: Round 2: Event Participant applications due. Participants selected by Event Organizers.
September 15: Event Organizers send final list of participants to SGCI

Participating Institutions
AS220
Brown University
Providence Public Library
DWRI Letterpress
Rhode Island College

 

VOTE!
On the New SGCI Strategic Plan

The SGCI Executive voted unanimously to approve our new strategic plan on April 24, 2020 at the first half of our Spring 2020 Executive Board Meeting. We now present it to the membership for your review and vote.

In November of 2018 at our Mid-year Meeting, the SGCI Executive Board began the process of developing a new strategic plan for our organization. This process was started by identifying areas of key importance for SGCI and building working groups to examine these issues and develop goals in each area. The working groups, which were composed of board members and student and professional SGCI members, presented reports in the fall of 2019. These reports became the basis upon which the board structured our new strategic plan. 

The new SGCI Strategic Plan is aspirational and concise. This two page document outlines goals for our organization in specific areas, all of which are aimed at strengthening the whole organization. This plan charts a direction for SGCI without determining a specific path or limiting the potential for new ventures. It is a guide forward to help ensure continuity of vision and continued collaboration.

 

WE DID IT!
We Sent a Press to Puerto Rico!

 

Today SGC International had planned on joining members of the Puerto Rican and Latin American printmaking communities in San Juan, Puerto Rico for an epic celebration of printmaking. While sadly we remain spread across the world in our homes doing our best to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's a bright spot towards which we can turn our attention-our printmaking spirit has traveled to Puerto Rico in spite of our trying world circumstances. Members and friends of the SGC International (SGCI) community and patrons of the Puerto Rican art community successfully completed a crowdsourcing campaign to raise funds to donate a press to the University of Puerto Rico Recinto de R?o Piedras (UPRRP) Printshop. Today, that press is working its way to its new home.

Puerto Rico has a rich printmaking tradition, which draws on the island's unique history while always being in dialogue with contemporary art. Puertogr?fico 2020 conference planning began shortly before Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. The SGCI membership saw its devastating effects leveled not only buildings, infrastructure, and the environment, but the economy, citizens' ways of life, and their sense of security and well-being. Knowing the healing potential of the arts and understanding the circumstances of fellow artists in Puerto Rico, SGCI's community of printmakers was eager to assist Puerto Rican printmakers as they continued to promote printmaking and its democratic practice as a way to engage with citizens in their communities. 

SGCI's efforts came to fruition under the leadership of Joseph Velasquez, associate professor of art at Florida Atlantic University and chair of the SGCI Ad Hoc Committee on Community Exchange, and the assistance of Hannah March Sanders, associate professor, and Blake Sanders, instructor, both in the Department of Art & Design at Southeast Missouri State University. On a planning visit to Puerto Rico, Mr. Velasquez and fellow printmaker John Hancock, professor of art at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, recognized the great need for a lithography press in the UPRRP printshop, led by Professor Martin Garc?a-Rivera. Upon their return the team launched Let's Leave a Press in Puerto Rico, a crowdfunding campaign. The initiative offered perks including prints donated from well-known professional printmakers and tools and supplies from printmaking vendors. The group also asked school print and art clubs to participate by raising funds in their respective club/school names while SGCI created a portal for donations to the organization earmarked specifically to support the campaign. These collective efforts raised nearly $11,000 in 60 days. These gifts, along with the difference and shipping costs generously donated by the Takach family, enabled the acquisition of a brand new Takach Manufacturing Corporation 2648 Floor Model Lithography Press!

The SGCI Ad Hoc Committee for Community Exchange has continued gathering equipment, tools, and materials from its membership through a registry created understanding the specific needs of Escuela de Artes Pl?sticas y Dise?o and other printmaking programs in the region. SGCI is developing a plan to transport these donations to San Juan where they will be delivered to the programs for which they are intended. https://sokindregistry.org/registry/puertografico 

SGCI would like to thank Joseph, John, Hannah, and Blake for the tireless work that they put into making these ideas happen and these gifts a reality. To the Takach family, you are amazing! Your generosity is humbling. We would also like to thank everyone who donated to the press fundraiser and equipment, tools, and materials registry. Thank you for your generosity and for helping SGCI support Puerto Rican printmaking!

 

Announcing the 2020-22 SGCI Board Appointments

With each new board, the SGCI President makes five appointments: Archives Coordinator; Awards Coordinator; Affiliate Liaisons Coordinator; Web Editor; and Web Curator. SGC International is thrilled to announce the 2020-22 Board Appointments: 

Valerie Dibble, Archives Coordinator
Stephanie Alaniz, Awards Coordinator
Sage Perrott, Affiliate Liaisons Coordinator
Louise Fisher, Web Editor
Blake Sanders, Web Curator

Read more about our appointees on the Executive Board profile page. 

Apply by February 15th to:
Lead a panel
Hold a demonstration
Submit pre-recorded content

We invite you to submit your proposals relating to our 2021 theme, MakeReady! The Virtual Event will happen via Zoom; Panels and demos will happen live, and pre-recorded content will also be featured throughout the conference. We welcome spoken word,  performance art, and musical performances in addition to printmaking demonstrations, discussions, and more! Help us create a new format for sharing, connecting, and collaborating! The Virtual Event registration is FREE with a Tier 2+ membership ($35 or $15 with a Student ID).