Fingal County Council and Graphic Studio Fine Art Print Residency Award 2022

Fingal County Council Arts Office is delighted to announce the Graphic Studio Dublin Fine Art Print Residency Award.  As part of the ongoing commitment to professional artists, Fingal County Council Arts Office in partnership with Graphic Studio Dublin is offering two fine art print residencies to professional artists at any stage of their careers, working in any discipline, who are interested in exploring print processes.

The two-week long residencies will provide an ideal environment for the development of a creative project in printmaking and an opportunity to network with other artists. The selected artists will each work with a Master Printmaker to produce a series of limited-edition prints and the artists proofs will enter the Fingal County Council Municipal Art Collection.  The residency will take place in 2022 at a date to be agreed with the successful candidates.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must have been born, have studied, or currently reside in the Fingal administrative area. No printmaking experience is necessary.

Visit www.graphicstudiodublin.com to download an application form. For further information please contact Graphic Studio Dublin by email at [email protected] .

The closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 28th July 2022 at 4.00pm

The residency will include:

• A short induction/training course in the use of equipment and models of good practice in a collective fine art print studio.

• The assistance and guidance of an experienced printmaker in making a multicolour print using a pre-prepared drawing/painting as a starting point.
• The Studio Director will advise as to print methodologies and assist the artist in all possible ways to professionally fulfil their objectives during the residency.
• Professional studio support with technical processes and artistic development.
• Assistance in printing a small edition of the finished work.
• The residency will be documented for the artists, Fingal County Council and Graphic Studio Dublin. The finished works will be exhibited in Graphic Studio Gallery.

Additional information

 www.fingalarts.ie         www.fingal.ie/arts              www.graphicstudiodublin.com

Anna Hryniewicz, an abstract painter based in Fingal, was one of the successful recipients of the GSD Fine Art Print residency in 2021. Anna holds an MFA in Painting and Teaching Art from the University of Czestochowa, Poland and has received awards and residencies from Rua Red, Draiocht, Cill Rialaig and Hambly & Hambly. She also holds a Professional diploma in Piano Performance from the RIAM. She creates abstract art, working mainly with acrylic on canvas, collages and gestural drawings. Her work can be described as abstract landscapes, derived from childhood memories.

Speaking about the residency Anna commented, “I am one of the lucky people who got a Graphic Studio Residency Award. I must say it was a wonderful experience for me as a painter. I had a unique possibility to work on professional printmaking and translate my painterly ideas into graphics, especially carborundum and etching. It enriched my practice with a different type of work, which is more strategic and planned, especially when it comes to coloured prints.

Image credit: Anna Hryniewicz, ‘Composition’, 2021. Image courtesy of artist.

About Graphic Studio Dublin                                                                                          

Graphic Studio Dublin was established in 1960 to facilitate the process of engaging with the medium of printmaking to express artistic ideas, and to facilitate the development of successful working practices for artists through all stages of their careers.

We provide printmaking facilities and technical assistance in a supportive working environment, and teach the skills needed, to enable artists develop successful working practices, and to engage with print media to extend existing art practices.

 Graphic Studio Dublin facilitates the following print techniques: Etching, linocut, drypoint, carborundum, woodblock, aquatint, photo intaglio, blind embossing, collagraphy, letterpress, mezzotint, and screen print. Technical assistance and education of artist members in the above printmaking techniques is core to our ethos.