2nd China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, Symposium, Workshop and Tour mid-May to mid-June 2009   The 2009 China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, Symposium, Workshop and Tour will offer significant opportunities for artists to explore and work in China. The month long visit is organized by the China Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen, the premier international ceramic artist residency in China. Founded in 2000 by Jiansheng Li, Sanbao introduces artists to the classical porcelain of Jingdezhen and the thousand year history of Chinese Imperial-ware. Other hosts will be the Printmaking Dept, China Academy of Fine Art; Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute; Jingdezhen Cultural Bureau; China Printmaking Association and the Shanxi University School of Fine Arts.   Exhibition An international print exhibition, curated by Minna Resnick, will open in Jingdezhen and travel to other venues in China. A color catalogue will be published.    Symposium A symposium of international and Chinese printmakers will include a 15 minute presentation of each artist’s work. Any artist who wishes to participate in the symposium will receive an official letter of invitation to the symposium to enable them to request funding for travel.   Workshop The group will participate in an intensive week workshop at Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen. The Sanbao program is intended to provide an atmosphere where Western and Eastern traditions can meet and be a starting point where normal boundaries are erased. Artists are encouraged to make use of other skills not common to them, to work in a space outside of their own environment and culture. Sanbao is providing a unique opportunity for artists to explore new methods and directions. Artists will send images to the workshop to be made into traditional cobalt transfer decals that can be used in conjunction with local ceramic ware, thus extending their ideas from printmaking to ceramics, and blending and reinventing contemporary Western imagery with traditional Chinese materials.

Tour This is a cultural tour specifically designed for artists and printmakers. We will start our tour in Beijing, visiting contemporary galleries, the university and artist studios. Travel to the north, near the Mongolian border and to the southwest Yunnan Province, an area of large minority populations of ethnic Chinese, will be included. Tibet is a possibility. Visits include traditional bamboo and rice paper making villages, historical towns, hand textile manufacturing, tie-dye minority handcrafts, and possibly Tibetan monasteries and potter and papermaking villages.

The trip cost will be $US 3200 per person or $US 3800 for an itinerary which includes Tibet (both prices depend on the value of the US dollar in early 2009). Expenses cover all domestic transportation in China (flights and private buses), all hotels (double occupancy – single at extra cost), three meals per day, workshop and material fees, symposium and lecture assistants, interpreters during the workshop and museum entrance fees. Fee does not include international airfare to/from China, visa fees, medical/travel  insurance, airport improvement fees, and excess baggage fees. In order to encourage students to apply to this program, Sanbao will provide a $400.00US scholarship.  Interested artists who send in a $200 per person deposit by March 1, 2009 will receive a $100 discount. The deadline for applying to participate in this program is March 31, 2009.   Additional information Information about the China Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute is on their website, www.chinaclayart.com. Details for the 2009 Printmaking Exhibition, Symposium, Workshop and Tour will appear as soon as itineraries are confirmed. The 2007 itinerary and pictures from the exhibition, workshop and tour are on the site. Requests for general information about the program should be sent to: Minna Resnick at minna@minnaresnick.com.

The 2007 Printmakers Photo Album PDF Format

2007 International Printmaking Exhibition at Sanbao, Jingdezhen, P.R. China

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