The Fall 2013 New World School of the Arts Screenprinting class met at Turn-Based Press for the end-of-semester print exchange. The students were happy to meet at an off-campus location by that time.
Because of the hectic nature of the Fall art season in Miami, December print exchanges are true feats of accomplishment–they always arrive on the heels of Art Basel Miami Beach, just after the end of classes, and just after juries, meaning that one has to be both dedicated an organized in order to be able to actually have something ready for the exchange. Meeting for the exchange is also a nice opportunity to celebrate and blow off steam. Because the end-of-semester exchanges are always optional and voluntary, the folks who participate really want to be there; it can be fun.
This time, a few of us walked to the nearby, newly open Pérez Art Museum Miami, and dined outdoors at Verde, which was delicious.
Brian Perez posted a few photos from the event over at his company’s tumblr, and he’s given me permission to repost them.
NWSA Fall 2013 Screenprinting Class Print Exchange at Turn-Based Press, photo by Brian Perez.KH tearing glassine–action shot! Photo by Brian Perez.
The drummers who were involved in First Beat at PAMM used the Turn-Based Press space for practice for the event. Check out this short video from Tom Tom Magazine of one of the practice sessions.
The actual event was wonderful; the experience of hearing drums resounding throughout the museum, searching the individual drummers out and admiring their performance was both exciting and enjoyable. So many people from the local art community were in the museum that day–along with masses of others. The day was balmy and invigorating. It was a great first Second Saturday in the new building.
The morning of the Artist Studio Visits for Downtown Miami was sunny and warm; Turn-Based Press had a nice crowd of guests, many of whom were friendly, familiar faces. A Close Readwas available for viewing as well, the new Perez Art Museum Miami was just a stroll down the street, and most of the local art organizations in the neighborhood were also open. It was a wonderful morning to be downtown.
A Close Read will be on view on Dec. 6, from 6 – 10 PM for the Downtown First Friday events. It will also be available for viewing that morning, from 9 AM to Noon, as part of the ABMB Artist Studio Visits.
The show features more than 25 local artists and displays small scale prints, books and works-on-paper no larger than 6″ x 6″. Two demonstrations will be held as part of the morning event.
The show will be on view through Dec. 22nd, 2013. For viewing hours outside of the Dec. 6 events, please contact KH@turnbasedpress.com or info@turnbasedpress.com.
Turn-Based Press is pleased to announce that we’ll be part of the official Downtown Miami Art Basel Miami Beach Artist Studio Visits on Friday, December 6, 2013, from 9 AM until noon. We’ll have two demonstrations to offer to guests, as well as the current small-works exhibit, A Close Read, which will also be on view during the Downtown First Friday Art Walk, from 6 – 10 PM that evening.
Encaustic Printmaking Workshop, 10 AM, Dec. 6
Elaine Defibaugh will be sharing her insights into the Enkaustikos printmaking technique; this is a direct transfer method which does not require the use of a press and can easily be adapted for home or studio production. The images produced are expressive and painterly, and the simplicity of the technique makes it an easy, entry-level process for those interested in monotype.
Defibaugh has studios in Miami and New York City, and has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She has work in the collections of Butler Institute of American Art, Memorial Art Gallery, Whitney Gallery at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Jewish Homes, SUNY Brockport, and Jewish Homes in Rochester, NY. Defibaugh is also the recipient of two Pollock Krasner grants, as well as a Constance Saltonstall Foundation grant.
Mare de Deu deis Dorors, Elaine Defibaugh; encaustic monotype
Book-binding Workshop, 11 AM, Dec. 6
Carol Todaro will bind and finish a small edition of artists’ books entitled Book. Designed and printed by Todaro and Turn-Based Press founder Kathleen Hudspeth, Book transposes lines from Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons (Objects) onto a playful, screenprinted sheet that will be bound in two pamphlet styles, one folded and one sewn. Each version of Book shuffles the reading order of the text and shifts the presentation of the images in a brief meditation on printing, books and words as objects.
Carol Todaro is an artist and writer who combines both activities by making artists’ books. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the Library of Congress and the Jaffe Collection at Florida Atlantic University, among other public institutions, have collected her work. Her poetry chapbook Moonviewing (Floating Wolf Quarterly # 7) was released in 2011. She teaches at New World School of the Arts in Miami.
A Close Read, Nov. 1 through December 22.
A Close Read is positioned in opposition to the whirlwind that is the end of year art season in Miami. Comprised of prints, artists’ books and works-on-paper no larger than 6” x 6”, A Close Read will offer intimate, individual presentations, fostering in the viewer—or reader–a moment of focus and reflective, considered observation. The exhibition features the work of more than 25 local artists.
Opening Friday, November 1, in conjunction with the Downtown Miami Art Walk, Turn-Based Press will be exhibiting A Close Read, a show of small-scale books, prints and works on paper. The show will run through December 22nd.
A Close Read is positioned in opposition to the whirlwind that is the end of year art season in Miami. A Close Read will offer intimate, individual presentations, fostering in the viewer—or reader–a moment of focus and reflective, considered observation.
Works will continue to be added to the exhibition through December 15, 2013; the addition of new works on a regular basis will allow the audience, though repeated viewings—or readings—to build a more complex relationship with the exhibition.
The exhibition will feature local artists predominantly.
Some workshops will be presented in conjunction with the exhibition; the dates of those will be announced on the Turn-Based Press website.
Our second DWNTWN Art Days 2013 event was fun–and a little inky. TBP printed a 5-color split fountain screenprint for the TM Sisters as a live printing demo after an introductory talk.
The first night of DWNTWN Art Days, for which Turn-Based Press opened the show Impressions: a Selection of Academic Printmaking and Artists’ Books from South Florida, had a great turn-out! Below are a few images from the evening. The show will have another reception on October 4 as part of the Downtown First Friday art walk.
Participating artists are: Edgaryn Abreu, Katie Lynn Acosta, Elina Diaz, Marco Di Giovanni, Danny Euceda, Cynthia Fleischmann, Lorna Ruth Galloway, Jose Garcia, Griselle Gaudnils, Javier Guarezma, Victor Giraldo, Saba Ghani Zahedi, George Herrera, Kathleen Hudspeth
Michelle Izquierdo, Milydis Llanos, Eddie Lopez, Cynthia Milans, Larry Newberry, Lizzie Newberry, Sarah Newberry, Brian Perez, Beatriz Rodriguez, Susan Sargsian, Lani Marie Shapton, Carol Todaro, and George Wayne.
Turn-Based Press opened a show of works-on-paper and book arts in our exhibition space on May 3rd, 2013. The show is on view through June 15, 2013 and include works by: Warren Craghead, Denise Delgado, Antonio Fernandez, Adler Guerrier, Sabetty Patterson, Rob Stephens, Kari Snyder, Jonathan Thomas, Carol Todaro and Peter Borrebach, and Javier Torres.
The show has some wonderful pieces, and I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as I do.
Books, sequencing, pagination, text and the absence thereof are a theme which runs throughout the works.
A missing gap in a collograph printed on two large sheets of paper can echo the smaller rectangles and pages of its neighbor.
Rhythmic rectangles within rectangles–inkjet prints, screenprints, photos, books, pockets, and pages.
Friday, June 7th, 2013, is the final First Friday Downtown Artwalk of the Spring season, and Turn-Based Press will be open from 6 – 10 PM. 100 NE 11th ST, Downtown Miami, FL.
A video from the May 3rd opening, featuring the folding of some do-it-yourself books can be found here.
