Sydney Printmakers

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Sydney Printmakers was an association of artists, founded in 1961, [1] to further the art of print-making. It marked a renewal of interest in the technique after a lull of two decades occasioned by a boom in etching which began in the late 1930s.

Members included Earle Backen, Sue Buckley, John Coburn, Joy Ewart, Roy Fluke, Strom Gould, Weaver Hawkins, Eva Kubbos, Ursula Laverty, Peter Laverty, Vaclovas Ratas, Elizabeth Rooney, Henry Salkauskas, James Sharp, Algirdas Simkunas, and David Strachan. [2]

Sue Buckley later became the printmaking tutor for The Print Circle. [3]

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The Print Circle is a professional group of women printmakers that operate out of Sydney, New South Wales. The group was created in 1970 by 15 women artists who took pioneering and experimental approaches to printmaking and supported women artists. The group first worked out of Willoughby Arts Centre set up by Joy Ewart who included lithographic and etching presses in the centre. Sue Buckley became the first printmaking tutor and was a member of Sydney Printmakers. In 1971 the first Print Circle exhibition was held at Sebert Galleries in the Argyle Centre, Sydney. The Print Circle promotes the work of women artists, similar to the Tin Sheds workshop at University of Sydney.

References

  1. Gil Docking (2002). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Salkauskas, Henrikas (Henry) (1925–1979). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. Alan McCulloch (1968). Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Hutchinson. SBN   090814207.
  3. Stephens, Andrew. "The Print Circle: Fifty years – Print Council of Australia" . Retrieved 2024-04-15.