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Exhibition in ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF ATHENS

ITALIAN ARTISTS ΄70 ,΄80
in the Archive Collection of ATHENS PRINTMAKING ART CENTER
PANDOLFINI & SIATERLI

The Athens Printmaking Art Center- Pandolfini & Siaterli continue its way to support the printmaking expression and its diffusion and exhibits a series of artwork by Italian artists, who cooperated with the workshop from the 70’s and 80’s. Exhibition is held at the Italian Cultural Institute continuing their long term collaboration. In its exhibition space are presented engravings of 44 Italian artists mostly etchings.

The exhibition is organized as part of the “Print Fest”, a big event of printmaking in Athens, co-organized from the Munincipality of Athens and the Greek Printmakers Union. The catalogue text wrote by Bruno Bandini art theoretician and professor in School of Fine Arts of Bologna in the history of art .

  
   Leoni Mario, 1966                       Leoni Mario

Italian Artists in the collection K%X
ARTIBANI, BECCARI, BENTINI, BERTOZZI, BOSCHINI, CALABRIA, CAMPUS, CANDINI, CHECCHI, CORBARA, DI MARCO, DI STEFANO, FERRANTI, FERRARI, FIORAVANTI, FRANCHI, FRANCHI, GANNA, GREEN, GRASSITELLI, GUERRA, LEON CARLO, LEONI MARIO, MILANESE, MORΙ, ΟRIOLI, PANDOLFINI, PERNICE, POGGESCHI, PULINI,QUINTILI, SBANO, SCARABELLI, SERAFINI, SIATERLI, SOLENDO, SUGHI, TAVANTI, TERZIARI, VERGHERIO, VESPIGNANI, VISANI.

Opening: 2 March 2016 at 19:00 

Duration: 2-22 March
Visiting hours: Monday- Friday 11.00-17.00, Saturday 11.00- 13.30

ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF ATHENS,
47, Patission [28 Oktovriou] – 10433- Athens Greece, T. 210 5242646, 210 5242674.

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Τhe ATHENS PRINTMAKING ART CENTER – PANDOLFINI & SIATERLI
recommends for autumn 2015, four weekend seminars about:

Printmaking & Art Prints.

  The suggested dates, days and time (with the possibility of a different schedule depending on the needs of the group)

Saturday 7 November,  10:00-14:30 
& Sunday 8 November, 10:00-14:30 
Intaglio Α΄- ETCHING (9 hours)

Saturday 14 November,  10:00-14:30
& Sunday 15 November,, 10:00-14:30  
Intaglio Β΄- TECHNIQUE: AQUATINT (9 hours)

Saturday 21 November,  10:00-14:30 
& Sunday 22 November, 10:00-14:30
Intaglio C΄- TECHNIQUE: INK & SUGAR (9 hours) 

Saturday 28 November, 10:00-14:30
& Saturday 29 November,10:00-14:30 
Intaglio C΄- TECHNIQUE: SOFT GROUND (9 hours) 

PARTICIPATION FEES
80 euros for two days (includes materials, tools and equipment).  For more information and registration contact: 210 33 034 36, 6938-786293 or at the e-mail address:
info@athens–printmaking.com 

    etching of Judy Atwood

  ANALYTICAL

The participants should have prepared a drawing with ink or very fine marker (0,2mm).

1st WEEKEND
Intaglio Methods Α΄- ETCHING
Brief introduction to printmaking and examples of artist’s work,  preparation of the metal plate (20×15 cm), apply metal plate with varnish, transfer of drawing, etching of the metal plate, stages of corrosion, printing of the first copies. (9 hours total).)

2nd WEEKEND
Intaglio Methods B’: AQUATINT  TECHNIQUE
Introduction about the technique and examples of artist’s work, preparation of the metal plate (20×15 cm), drawing before engraving. Ink and Sugar technique, etching of the metal plate, stages of corrosion for tonal gradations, printing of the first copies. (9 hours total).)

3nd WEEKEND
Intaglio Methods B’: INK & SUGAR TECHNIQUE
Introduction about the technique and examples of artist’s work, preparation of the metal plate (20×15 cm), drawing before engraving. Ink and Sugar technique, etching of the metal plate, stages of corrosion for tonal gradations, printing of the first copies. (9 hours total)

    
4th WEEKEND
Intaglio Methods C’: SOFT GROUND TECHNIQUE
Introduction about the technique and examples of artist’s work, preparation of the metal plate (20×15 cm) drawing before engraving. Softground technique, etching of the metal plate, stages of corrosion for tonal gradients, printing of the first copies. (9 hours total).

Please note that each course is autonomous and that each artist will create complete engravings during the seminar and take two copies at the end of the course.

1977-2015

Artwork by Anna Mendrinou.

The Athens Printmaking Art Center, is continuing its effort to support the printmaking expression and its diffusion into society. In collaboration with the National Bank of Greece Historical Archive, organizes an exhibition of its partner artists, in a place that accepts daily visitors as well as coordinated visits from school teams that learn and work in very interesting educational programs
with historian-museologist Maria Lempesi.

Two exhibitions are taking place at the same time  in Diomides Palace (146, tritis septemvriou str., Athens) from 9 May until 4 June 2015, in conjunction with the International Museum Day. Exhibitions are titled “PRINTMAKING VOCABULARIES” and “ON THE FILE” and prefaced by Nelly Kyriazis in the opening night on Saturday, June 9, 2015 at 19:00 pm.

 
Artwork by Vaso Katraki and Iris Drakouli.

In the “PRINTMAKING VOCABULARIES” the artwork is selected according to the printmaking techniques and are derived from the “prints archive” of Athens Printmaking Art Center. Through the series of artworks of important artists you can see a big part of the route of Modern Greek Printmaking.

Artwork by Chronis Botsoglou and Vlassis Kaniaris.

At the entrance of Diomides Palace we present “ON THE FILE”,
with installations of the artists, Anastasia Konstandakou, Dimitra Siaterli, Magda Tammam and Florance Christakis, linking and commenting the exhibits of the NBG Historical Archive with the current social condition.

Artwork by Gudrun von Leitner.

Free entrance.
Contact Number: 210.8807.799

Opening: Saturday 9 May 2015, 19.00 pm

Duration: from 9 Μay until 4 June

Visiting Hours: Morning: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10.00-13.00

Evenings: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday 17.00-20.00, Sunday: 12.00-15.00

A PRINTMAKING PROJECT IN THE OTE MUSEUM

A weekend full of printmaking for the visiting children of the OTE museum.

The ATHENS PRINTMAKING ART CENTER – PANDOLFINI & SIATERLI in collaboration with the ΟΤΕ MUSEUM   (Nea Kifissia) together with the museum educator Stacy Ventura. They organized two morning workshops, where the small visitors of the museum could observe the exhibits, make a drawing of the one they liked most, make an etching of their drawing and print it in the press. Everyone left the museum very excited holding their first engraving copy in their hands.