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October 2019

The PCANZ Summer School 2020 Scholarship was awarded to Will Pike. Will is an emerging printmaker who is currently studying creativity at the Learning Connection. His wealth of experience has lead him to mentoring school age children in art and support an outreach programme to empower others to explore and learn. This opportunity will provide him the inspiration, skills and knowledge for developing his own practice and to teach printmaking processes to local community groups.

The award is valued at $800 and includes attendance at the 2020 Summer School and membership of PCANZ for 2020.

July 2019

The PCANZ Youth Printmaking Award was presented by Faith Thomas, PCANZ member in Cambridge, to Cassandra Hill Year 13  from St Peters’ School , Cambridge who won the Award of $500. The judge was Margaret Aull, formerly from Tumu Herenga Toi - Curator Manager Ahua Gallery. She spoke of the resilience and courage it takes for young artists to exhibit and enter competitions, encouraging future participation in the National Youth Art Awards and beyond. She also acknowledged the work behind the scenes of sponsors, teachers, parents and supporters.

Cassandra’s print was a plexiplate drypoint  called “Suppression”  In this work she communicates the following — “ In the world we live in today there have been many cases of people putting others down by forcing them to fit in their expectations. This has led to people keeping their true personalities and desires locked away to live up to their expectations of who they should be like which is no way to live. This print symbolizes how people keep pushing your head down whether through actions or words, to force you to be someone you're not. But to live the way you want to, you have to keep your head held high and brush off the hand of expectations with a smile. “

Congratulations to Val Cuthbert for winning FIRST PRIZE in the weART MAC 2019 ( Annual Member's Exhibition at Mairangi Arts Centre) opening on Saturday.. A multiple woodcut... "River/Earth/Sky”. Gordon Harris gave the award.

Congratulations to Finalists in the Estuary Art & Ecology Awards, 2019: Celia Walker and Toni Hartill

Merit Award to Toni Hartill for her artist book "Search & Rescue".

online info: https://uxbridge.org.nz/events/estuary2019/

June 2019

Congratulations to PCANZ member, Jo Giddens, who has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 National Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato.

Congratulations to PCANZ member, Faith Thomas who has had one work selected for the 4th Global Print 2019 in Douro , Portugal; two works selected for the 10th International Biennial of Douro, Portugal 2020, and three works selected for the International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinberg, Russia 2019.
Faith will be travelling to Russia in August to attend the opening and workshops with international mezzotint artists.

March 2019

Congratulations to Mark Graver who has been elected as a member of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE) in London.

February 2019

Congratulations to PCANZ member Dunedin printmaker Lynn Taylor on having her artist's book selected for the art exhibition@ Cumulus Cumulus Conference Rovaniemi 2019, 27.5.–1.6.2019, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, https://www.cumulusrovaniemi2019.org/Cumulus-2019 and for obtaining a printmaking residency in March at Port Union, Newfoundland https://craftcouncil.nl.ca/four-craft-residents/?fbclid=IwAR2kkZ-2tsJXVWARhNSHw5W1PWge4vtZua_IrxpNHdPW-0xfWG9iBXlseV0

January 2019

Congratulations to Kathy Boyle and Jacqueline Aust on their selection as finalists for the Burnie Print Prize 2019 Tasmania

Congratulations to PCANZ members Carole Shepheard, Marci Tackett, Basia Smolnicki, and Wayne Churcher on being selected as finalists for the New Zealand Printmaking and Painting Award 2019 Waikato

Congratulations to Antonia O'Mahony, whose small stop motion film titled 'Cull' was shortlisted for the Printmaking Today UK State of the Art printmaking prize. The prize was a worldwide call for submissions from current BFA, MFA or PhD students. Currently studying for an MFA at Massey COCA she has been been working on a project which explores the unfixed nature of story through the moving image and narrative etchings.'

December 2018

Congratulations to PCANZ member Kim Lowe. She is the recipient of the 2019 Olivia Spencer Bower Award. Find out more here

September 2018

Winner for PCANZ Summer School Scholarship 2018, Congratulations to Colleen Eason of Greymouth, who has won the scholarship to assist a printmaker to attend PCANZ Summer School in January 2019 in Christchurch. The scholarship is partly funded by Thompson Presses ($300) and PCANZ, including a year’s subscription.

Winner of National Youth PCANZ Art Award for Printmaking 2018,
Congratulations to Samantha Callaghan, who will receive $500.00 from PCANZ for her winning print, as well as a year’s membership subscription for the Print Council. The judge was Anna Miles, and Samantha’s tutor is PCANZ member, Faith Thomas.