PCA Gallery

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RSVP In Print
Firestation Print Studio in collaboration with the Southern Highlands Printmakers

5-21 November

Opening: Thursday 6 November, 5pm-7pm

This is the second RSVP collaboration between the Firestation Print Studio and Southern Highlands Printmakers. The initial project exhibited in 2019 was developed to continue the already strong history of cultural exchange and collaboration prevalent amongst contemporary print studios. The intent behind the project is to stimulate new ideas, emotions and images, prompting artists to differentiate from their usual style and to experiment with new concepts and techniques.

With 20 artists from each group participating, these 40 artists first produced an initial print that spoke to their individual style and artistic practice. These prints were then paired with an artist from the collaborating interstate studio. Each printmaker received images of their paired printmakers work to prompt the second print in the exchange project.

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Pollinators

FPS Members Exhibition

5-21 October

Opening: Thursday 6 November, 5pm-7pm

The Firestation Print Studio has collaborated with Kate Gorringe-Smith to develop this project for printmakers across Australia to draw inspiration from an abundant range of Australian Native Pollinators, drawing attention to species which are crucial for both agriculture and natural ecosystems to be sustained and to thrive. The resulting prints will be installed as an immersive installation in Gallery 2 at the Print Council of Australia’s Southbank exhibition space, coinciding with Australian Pollinators Week. The exhibition will display approximately ,featuring Australia’s most elegant and industrious native birds, mammals and insects. FPS Members from nationwide employed a vast array of printmaking techniques that capture the intricate details of minuscule insects, expressive movements of soaring birds, and the soft furs of timid mammals.

For Australian Pollinator Week communities, businesses and organisations can come together to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators and to support the various species’ needs. In this creative way, the Firestation Print Studio aims to help promote increased knowledge and awareness of these pollinators and the vital role they play in our ecosystems. 50% of all Firestation Print Studio Commission will be donated to the When Bee Foundation an Australian not-for-profit charity that promotes the importance of bees for food security, and raises funds for research that addresses the national and global threats to bees.

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Showcasing the best in contemporary printmaking the PCA Gallery operates a  changing exhibition program that presents new works made by emerging and established practitioners, in both group or solo exhibitions.

Established in 1966 the Print Council of Australia Inc. (PCA) is the peak body representing and connecting our national communities in printmaking and works on paper.

Based in Melbourne this national organisation promotes and supports contemporary artists working in print media, and advocates for the appreciation of printmaking, artist books and works on paper as a vibrant field of creative endeavour in the Australian context.

The PCA Gallery is located in Melbourne’s designated Arts Precinct. Close to the CBD, the gallery is a short walk to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne Recital Centre, and the National Gallery of Victoria amongst other cultural destinations.

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