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EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

 

2009/2013

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GZ "Visions of Victoria" Project & Events 2012






 

   

1989-2019 CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF WEST COAST PRINT CULTURE

"Beyond the Archive" Ground Zero Printmakers 1989 to 2019"
February 29 - April 4, 2020 (Opening Reception, February 29, 3 - 5pm)
Victoria Arts Council, 1800 Store Street

The "Beyond The Archive" exhibition at the Victoria Arts Council Gallery is conceivedin celebration of the 30th anniversary of Ground Zero Printmakers Studio (GZPS).
The exhibition brings together prints from the GZPS archive and newly created ‘response’ prints by current GZPS artists arising from an investigation of the historical work. Using our archived print collection as a point of reference, artists were invited to create new works, a 'dialogue' with their GZPS 'predecessors'. At the heart of this project is the artist's investigation into their deep connection to all other artists and histories.

Since its inception in 1989, GZPS has hosted hundreds of artists and students producing prints as an occasional, project based, or central core element of their creative practice. Print studios have a tradition of collecting works produced in-house, stemming from the capacity of printmaking to produce multiple originals or 'editions'. Over the past 30 years GZPS has collected an extensive and valuable Print Archive.

'Beyond The Archive' provides a powerful opportunity to showcase the rich 30-year history of GZPS and the diversity of creative imagination in contemporary printmaking in the region.

Join Current GZPS members in a 'hands-on' celebration of the hard-won expertise, creative intent, and plain work involved in sustaining an Open Studio for future artist-printmakers. The exhibition will feature a display of GZPS historical artifacts, posters, photos, objects, and tools, from the four different locations of its 30-year history. We invite all to the opening reception, artist's talks, and Q & A demos, and to the neighbouring GZPS studio located in the historic Chinatown district of Victoria.

"We visit museums to see the works of ‘the masters’, we study art history, we read about artists that capture our imagination and we go to galleries because we are curious about historical artwork and that of our contemporaries." from M. Mottishaw, GZPS Member 2019

"...Everyone works collaboratively. That is why society exists."
from Painting by Numbers, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid

GZPS is a print shop with Open Studio facilities for producing hand-pulled original prints.

Victoria Edgarr,Jan 2020  Director GZPS

 

ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019
1:00 PM TO 5:00 PM
 

STUDIO #402, 549 1/2 FISGARD ST
VICTORIA, BC

 ''D'après Braque'' by Dominique Chapheau

Come to our print studio and explore your senses; the feel of paper, the smell of inks, the pull of the press - a world of colour, texture and mark making - the world of printmaking.
The Open House is a group exhibition of studio artists featuring beautifully matted and framed original prints in a wide range of imagery, styles and techniques accompanied by the artist's portfolios revealing the body of the work of each participating artist. Meet the artists and share in their passion and vision.

Ground Zero Printmakers Society was incorporated in 1989 and is located the heart of Chinatown. It has continuously operated an Open Studio Facility in printmaking for professional and emerging artists exhibiting individually and with GZPS.
 
Original Prints by Ground Zero Artist Printmakers

Heather Atkinson, Dominique Chapheau, Chloé, Alain Costaz, Victoria Edgarr,
Dorothy Field, Avis Rasmussen, Barbara Tolloczko, Marylou Wakefield, Cindy Wright, Laurie Mackie, Desiree deRuiter and more

Festive refreshments provided

Contact:
Alain Costaz GZPS President
groundzeroprint@gmail.com
(250) 382-2186


PrintCraft Show & Sale

November 15 &16, 2019
Friday 12pm to 7pm & Saturday 1pm to 5pm

Art Cards, Bookmarks, Boxes, Artist Books, Hand-bound Books, Buttons, Ephemera, Collage, Weavings, Marouflage Made from original hand-pulled prints

Come make your own button!

Come and visit our Chinatown studio 
3rd Floor, 549 1/2 Fisgard Street

(Corner of Fan Tan Alley and Fisgard Street)


   

 

2018

OPEN HOUSE 2018

2017

OPEN HOUSE 2017

Ground Zero Printmakers' MEMBERS' SHOW

2016 ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
Exhibition & Sale

Saturday, December 10, 1 - 5pm

2015 ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE
Exhibition & Sale

Saturday, December 12, 1 - 5pm




GZ Exhibition
Event - "Me, Myself & I"

May 21 - June 2,
Opening: Sat May 23
Art Centre at Cedar Hill
, Victoria



2014 PROGRAM

OPEN HOUSE, Sat Dec 6, Noon - 4pm
The Studio, 549 1/2 Fisgard St. Victoria



Hands-on Mini Workshop
Chine Collé & Direct Transfer Printmaking
“Me, Myself, You and I” with Gail Lamarche
Tuesday June 3, 2014, 7-9 PM The Doors open 6:45
Fee: Members $10.-  Non-members $20.-
To register or for more information contact Alain at GZPS gzpsbc@yahoo.com, 250-382-2186

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Norman Laliberté     monoprint portraits
 
“Me, Myself, You and I”

(Exploring the Self-portrait in Contemporary Printmaking Project)

Gail Lamarche will lead a lively workshop in drawing portraits and self-portraits using transfer monoprint technique. Participants are invited to bring a “Significant Object” to include in their portraits. GZPS will provide materials, inks and a variety of papers and will guide participants in the chine collé process for mounting a chosen work.

Gail Lamarche is a painter, printmaker and textile artist currently working in Sidney BC and Arizona, USA. Since 2007, she has exhibited regularly with Ground Zero Printmakers. Gail studied at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Montreal, San Francisco School of Fine Arts and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and is a former artist-lecturer with MMFA, Université du Québec UQAM, and Concordia University.
gaillamarche.com
To register & what to bring, contact Alain at GZPS gzpsbc@yahoo.com, 250-382-2186
Space is limited, please RSVP by May 30th  



EXHIBITION OF MONOPRINTS by Dominique Chapheau

Sat. May 31st, 2014


Printmaking & Poetry
Saturday, April 26, 1:30 to 3:30 pm


Discover your inner poet/printmaker with Ground Zero Printmakers. Make a hand-printed softcover booklet for your poetry (or collage your favourites) using colours, letters, patterns and images transformed through printmaking. Materials supplied.
Register at gvpl.ca or call the library for more information.
Location; Library: Nellie McClung Branch Location: NM Meeting Room

2013

GZPS OPEN HOUSE 2013
Sat. Dec 14th, 1 - 5 pm


PLAY ON WORDS event

GZPS participated in the Play on Words event in the Public Library concourse as part of the Integrate Art event. Lots of people, great work, super music. Polychrome gallery was there, Ministry of Casual Living, CABBG bookbinders, Avis Rasmussen, Caryl Peters of Frog Hollow press and the absolutely cool Outer Space gallery. A good time was had by all

June

Irish Artist Maurice Orr Artist Talk and Presentation of New Prints
Friday June 28th from 7-9 pm

Xchanges Gallery 2333 Government St. Suite 6E, Victoria,  250-382-0442
(corner near Bay and Douglas, with parking on site)

The public is invited to meet visiting Irish artist Maurice Orr, artist-in-residence at Ground Zero Printmakers Studio.  Maurice has collaborated with artist and master printmaker Victoria Edgarr to create prints based on his work in oil painting.  

Ground Zero Printmakers Studio is very pleased to present his work in conjunction with their exhibition, "Victoria, Inside Out" at Xchanges Gallery.

Maurice Orr lives and works at his studio in Ballymoney, Ireland.  He has been awarded numerous international residencies, including the prestigious Arts Council of Northern Ireland's residency at the Banff Centre in Alberta. 

Maurice cites Monet, Turner, and Canadian artist Tom Thompsons' use of light and its changing effect on nature as the main influence in his style of painting.  

Contact Information:
Victoria Edgarr
Ground Zero Printmakers Studio
250-382-2186
gzpsbc@yahoo.com
http://www.groundzeroprint.com

May

2012

December Open House


Visions of Victoria, GZ Open House

Demonstrations: Aug 11
1pm Avis Rasmussen will print from her Beacon Hill image using the reduction method on the screw press
2 pm Victoria Edgarr will print from her Bastion Square image using a double plate soft ground etching technique to combine black and white with colour.
3 pm Alain Costaz will print from his Bastion Square image combining black and white with Chine Collé

With Presentations throughout the afternoon by other VoV artists.

Demonstrations: July 28

1 pm  Nic Vandergugten will print his Lino Cut  "from Beacon Hill" on the screw press      2 pm   Kathy Guthrie will print using colour inks in the Stencil Monoprint technique, on the etching press
3 pm   Agnes Ananichuk will be working from ImageOn plates Photo-Etching Printing on the etching press



"Carnival of the Arts" Cedar Hill Rec Centre, Saturday April 28, 11 am to 3 pm

2009/2011

Celebrate the exhibition launch of Multimedia Monoprints
 
Oh! What a life!
by Kathy Guthrie @ GZPS Studio
Friday Dec 9 th, 2011, 5 - 8 pm



Ground Zero Printmakers is participating in Culture Days 2011
For more information, visit www.victoria.ca culturedays
or call 250-361-0363





GZ Exhibition
Oct 26 ' 10 - Jan 10, 2011

Burnaby Public Library
McGill Br. 4595 Albert St

2010 Ground Zero Printmakers Studio OPEN HOUSE

Oct 26, 2010 - Jan 10, 2011 - Burnaby Public Library



"PORTALS" - The Print as Portal

 “We look through an array of portals to see the world like windows, doorways, arches, and gateways. With our eyes we use spectacles, binoculars, telescopes, microscopes and more...     The shape of the print on the page often reminds me that the print itself is a window into our imaginations.”

Opening: Sat July 24, 2010, 7 to 9 pm;
Runs to Thurs Aug 26

Martin Batchelor Gallery  712 Cormorant St, Victoria, BC, 250-385-7919

"IMPRINT" - Contemporary Printmaking in Victoria
Featuring original prints and print-based works by Ground Zero members
Gallery at the Mac - 3 floors of exhibition space


GZPS OPEN HOUSE - Sat. Dec 5th, 11am - 5 pm

GZPS OPEN HOUSE - Sat. Dec 5th poster

Show at "Bean Around the World" Cafe
533 Fisgard Street, Victoria BC
Nov 11 - Dec 2, 2009

Show at "Bean Around the World" Cafe

2009 GZP Members' Annual Show
"That's Progress" - Celebrating 20 years of Printmaking
Opening: Sat. Sept 12, 2-8pm, continuing to Sept 27
Gallery Hours: Sat/Sun 1 - 4 pm



2009 GZP Members Group Show
OPENING
June 5, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Show runs June 5 - July 31.
At Hemp & Co.,
422 Craigflower Rd, Victoria, BC
Info: 250-386-1130

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