The Folder Project

The CPMRC has just received it’s edition of The Folder / Double Unfolding artist book with prints from the thirteen participating international research centers and print media departments. The prints will be on view at the University of California Santa Cruz Baskins Visual Arts Center from June 5 – 14, 2017. The exhibition catalogue and confirmed exhibition dates can be viewed on the following posted .pdf files.Continue Reading The Folder Project

Barbara Foster at Contemporary Printmedia Research Center

Barbara Foster will be working on her new print projects at the center from April 17 through May 26, 2017.

Within an archeological context, she bridges environmental and ecological issues using a personal approach combining traditional and non-traditional  processes.  During her residency, she will be exploring the UCSC Natural Reserves and working with UCSC students.

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First visiting Artist Xiang Silou at Contemporary Print Media Research Center

An acclaimed Chinese printmaker, Xiang Silou will be our first visiting artist. He will be working on new woodblock prints in our newly created visiting artist studio during the month of April, 2016.  Our students will be participating in his project and workshop. We will host a solo exhibition of his prints in the Faculty Gallery at the end of his residency.

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CAAC heritage resources to be exhibited at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery

UCSC Arts Division Assistant Professor Enrique Leal and Sesnon Gallery Director Shelby Graham met with the University of Castilla La Mancha’s Contemporary Arts Archives & Collections research team this summer to initiate a interuniversity collaborative project that includes curating a selection of the CAAC heritage resources to be exhibited at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery.

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