DRAWN TO PRINT : Building new Relationships
The project will set an agenda to explore new boundaries of current practice supporting the activity of drawing and the translation of this material into non traditional and traditional print processes associated with the production of an original print.
The relationship between a direct drawing process and printmaking is one of great creative potential and can support a wide variety of new approaches supported by new technologies and new materials.
The project will enable us to explore the breadth of the relationship between drawing and printmaking through three artists residencies each one illustrating an aspect / approach which will clearly demonstrate the close connection between gathering original [non photographic] material and the most direct processes of translation into print.
The project activities will also be a catalyst for exploring a creative approach to accessibility and exhibiting, with the aim of establishing a period of exhibitions in a number of venues across the city centre, with the potential to develop an art trail.
This in turn will build new relationships and increase the reach of SPW’s current audience by not only engaging existing members in new techniques and approaches but also by identifying new strategies for attracting artists from other disciplines.
