4 Prints chosen by MCR Contemporary sponsors to be given as prizes

Xentum, one of the sponsors of the Manchester Contemporary chose 4 prints from the Trace Box set to give away as prizes to visitors of the art fair. They were Jennifer McIntyre's beautiful and subtle rabbit lithograph (pictured), Mike Sherridan's etching of Mother Macs Public House (pictured), Reza Ostad Saffari's silkscreen print and Sean Titcombe's print of reflected buildings.

Ex-student Chris O'Neill wins 5plus prize

Congratulations to recent Print graduate Chris O'Neill who won the 5plus prize for emerging MMU talent held at 5plus Architects..

'5plus Celebrates Creative New Talent.

Ten Manchester art graduates were given the chance to exhibit their work to an influential business audience when a city centre office was turned into a gallery for the night.

5plus Architects used their top floor offices in Grange House on John Dalton Street to showcase the varied works of the MMU students and also announced an annual award to celebrate new creative talent in the city.

The first £500 prize was won by Christopher Michael O’Neill whose work, which seeks to give sound a more physical representation, received most votes from the audience.'

Click for more info and images of all the students that were involved

Trace at Manchester Contemporary

The 'Trace' box set will be on display in the Print room at the Manchester contemporary, Spinningfields,

27th - 30th October

(http://www.themanchestercontemporary.com/print-room)

Prints include MMU Print graduates, staff and invited artists Alison Erika-Forde, Andrew Bracey and Laurence Lane.

Trace - Print Box set

Prints by Richard Deloughry and Alison Erika Forde

Students, staff and invited artists have all contributed to a Box set of Prints entiltled 'Trace'. The idea of the box set is to keep a record of the varying nature and approaches to Print at MMU. Each artist has responded to the word 'Trace' in a unique way and through a diverse range of print processes (Woodcut, Silkscreen, Etching, Digital, Linocut, Lithography). All sales from the Box set will help Print students in the future and also assist in the production of future box sets of prints.

Invited artists included in 'Trace' are Alison Erika Forde (image right), Andrew Bracey, Laurence Lane. Staff include Oran O'Reilly, Chara Lewis, Howard Goody, Mike Hitchens. Graduating Students : Amy Allen, Leighton Bohl, Lois Davenport, Richard Deloughry (imageleft), Eleri Ellis-Williams, Jennifer MacIntyre, Chris O'Neill, Reza Ostad-Saffari, Rima Salem, Michael Sheridan, Lorene Simpson, Sean Titcombe, Sam Wild.

The box set consists of 20 prints (each print is 25x35cm) and are presented in an archival box.

Individual Prints can be bought for £50 each, the box set of 20 prints can be purchased for £700.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the prints please contact Oran O'Reilly at o.oreilly@mmu.ac.uk

Fine Art Printmedia Degree Show

The Fine Art Degree show at MMU ran form the 17th - 23rd June. I would like to say congratulations to all of the Printmedia students who put on a fantastic exhibition in two areas of the Grosvenor Building. There was an extremely diverse range of work that saw students working with both established and contemporary digital approaches to Print - with some interesting combinations of drawing, photography, installation, sound and video. The image is of Lorene Simpson and her book 'The Seeker' based on the story of Frank Searle (intrepid Loch Ness Monster hunter). I will be attaching more photos of the Degree Show soon...........

Leaf Lungs

Here are some beautifully delicate lungs made from leaves by one of our current 2nd year students Jess Loveday. Jess' work focuses on the ephemeral as a metaphor for climate change and deforestation.

Christmas Party...

A bit late, but here is a clip of the Printmedia Christmas Party... with guitar by Richard Deloughry and vocals by students form the various Fine Art areas. With many thanks to our American exchange student Claire Daniel.....

http://youtu.be/xcVw-MYd0iY