6th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Competition 2018

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking's Footprint International Competition 2018 is an opportunity for the presentation of current trends and innovations in contemporary printmaking within the bounds of a one square foot (12" x 12") configuration. The square format presents distinct challenges of composition and expression, requiring artists to confront a space and create visual order and formal structure.

All fine-art printmaking mediums are eligible, including woodcut, intaglio, lithography, screenprint, monotype, and original digital media. Art must be hand-pulled and generated using at least one traditional printmaking method. Computer-generated art is eligible only if it incorporates other methods of hand-pulled printing or handwork. Image size must be exactly 12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm), with outside dimensions of printing paper not exceeding 18 x 18 inches (45.7 x 45.7 cm). Only two-dimensional works will be accepted. No drawings, photographs, or direct reproductions are eligible.

Entry fees are $20 for CCP members and $50 for non-members and international submissions. Each additional print submission is $10 per print. Artists may submit up to three prints. Prizes totaling $1,000 in cash prizes and purchase awards will be awarded, plus the Awagami Paper Award of $300 (50 sheets) in editioning paper to one artist. Accepted works must arrive by May 11, 2018. The exhibition runs June 3 – August 26, 2018. Accepted artists will be notified by April 7, 2018. All prints must be for sale, with CCP retaining a 50% commission on works sold. Submissions are accepted only via CaFÉ by March 10, 2018. The juror is Susan Tallman, Editor-in-Chief of Art in Print.