At the end of last year I took part in the 20:20 Print Exchange. An exhibition of the Exchange prints is now touring the UK around print workshops and galleries; more to be announced soon.
20:20 Print Exchange started in 2009 as a project between Hot Bed Press in Salford and Red Hot Press in Southampton, (we decided against calling it The Heat Exchange). We liked the format so much we quickly decided to roll this out to more print workshops. In 2010 there were 120 artists from 10 print workshops involved and in 2011 there were 257 artists, 2012 there were 392 artists, last year there were 40 workshops participating and 585 artists.
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| Fruitful Findings- My print for the 2013 20:20 Print Exchange |
Every artist is asked to produce a new edition of 25 prints on paper size 20cm x 20cm, (paper size).
In return each artist receives a box set of 20 randomly selected prints, (including their own print and 19 others).
Prints could be any print medium and numbered 1 to 25 of 25 prints.
Each workshop also receives one set of randomly selected prints and one ‘twinned’ set whereby workshops are randomly matched to another print workshop, each receiving a set of 10 of their own members’ prints and one set of your ‘twinning partner workshop’.
It’s always an exciting time of year when you can see the whole range of prints from across the UK and Ireland. The grand sort covered the whole of one side of the workshop for days on end.
The launch of the exchange was at Hot Bed Press on 29th November 2013 when 50 artists from Hot Bed Press were given their boxes of prints.
One print from every participant is kept by Hot Bed Press to exhibit/tour nationally.The exchange is available for any print workshop or venue interested and is free of charge.
