SGC International MembersTraveling Exhibition

The SGC International Members Traveling Exhibition is coming to an end, getting packed up and shipped on to Cape Girardeau.  Thanks to the artists who have shared their work with the community, To the Kenosha Community Foundation, the Arts Fund and the many individuals who donated to CCR to make this exhibition possible. We hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks to the Kenosha Creative Space for hosting the exhibition and SGC International for organizing and curating the Members Exhibition. It was an amazing show.

In the coming weeks, I will be posting images of some of my favorite pieces from the exhibition.

*Stay tuned for Wisconsin Prints, a curated exhibition of prints by 

Wisconsin artist/printmakers and students. * 

Coming to Kenosha Sept 2019

CLOSING- the SGC International-2019-members-traveling-exhibition/

Saturday, May 18th the SGC International 2019 Members Traveling  Exhibition  @  the Kenosha Creative Space will be ending

The Kenosha Creative Space will be open from 5 PM until 8PM to provide you with one last time to view this fantastic exhibition and talk about prints & printmaking with David Jones, Executive Director of the Center for Collaborative Research.

The Kenosha Creative Space is located
624-57th Street | Kenosha, WI 53140
Telephone: 262/945-9411
Email: info@kenoshacreativespace.com

If you are unable to visit the gallery take a look of the exhibition on the link below.

SGC International-2019-members-traveling-exhibition

The SGC International 2019 Members Traveling  Exhibition was made possible in part through grants and funding from The Kenosha Community Foundation, The Arts Fund, In-kind donations from The Center for Collaborative Research, The Kenosha Creative Space and contributions from individuals.

The Center for Collaborative Research is a Non-Profit Organization that Promotes Prints and printmaking through it's Press on Wheels  Print outreach program, workshops and classes.

SGCI Traveling Exhibition opens @ the Kenosha Creative Space

Last week the SGCI Travelling Exhibit opened at the Kenosha Creative Space. There are over 50 prints on display and is an exhibit that is not to be missed.

Contact the Kenosha Creative Space orThe Center for Collaborative Research to schedule an opportunity to see this fantastic exhibition

The Center for Collaborative Research presents the SGC International Members Traveling Exhibit at the Kenosha Creative Space

SGC International is an educational non-profit organization committed to informing our membership about issues and processes concerning original prints, drawings, book arts, and handmade paper.

This exhibit is juried from submissions by active members of the organization. the exhibit features 50+ works from North American and international artists. It celebrates the diversity and vibrancy of printmaking while engaging a broad range of contemporary themes and processes.

This exhibition has been made possible through grants and donations from the Kenosha Community Foundation, the Center for Collaborative Research and The Kenosha Creative Space and the Arts Fund.

Installation of the exhibition prior to labels and light adjusment

Walls being built...

Mono Prints from students at the Boys and Girls Club, of KenoshaKenosha

A couple of days ago CCR conducted its first POW (Press On Wheels) of the season at the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha. 

The little kids made monoprints, and for some, it was their first experience making prints.  We are planning additional print activities throughout the summer.   Thanks to the Kenosha Community Foundation for funding this activity.  We would also like to thank Julia Schiller for working with us and helping the young budding artists make their first prints...

Untitled,  2019
monoprint  7 1/2" X 11"

Sea Turtle,  2019
monoprint  7 1/2" X 11"

Untitled,  2019
monoprint  7 1/2" X 11"

Untitled,  2019
monoprint  7 1/2" X 11"

First POW of the Season

Loaded up the Truck for our first work session at the Boys & Girls Club.  Just had serious front end work done on the truck. Ready for the season.   BUT,  the lift gate for the press didn't work, so the workshop was canceled. Tomorrow I take the truck to get the gate fixed. 

Fingers crossed.  

looking through the back door 3-19

Ready to go -Almost!

Gearing up for Spring

We survived the Polar Vortex - Shoveled snow and kept warm.  It's time to get back to work.  Our trusty POW vehicle  made it through the winter - the other day I started it right up. no jumper fingers, no crossed fingers.

Our first Spring adventure  in the next few weeks will be to take our POW over to the Kenosha Boys and Girls Club. we will  set up the  press and will make prints with the kids.

The image below was take with Julia Schiller,  Marilyn Propp and two of our amazing, brilliant kids.  A great day!

We have some great events lined up.
If you want a POW vist drop us a line.

The Civil War Museum Kenosha WI

On Dec 1st  CCR setup it's Press on Wheels  at Civil War Museum  in Kenosha WI,  We printed  pretty much non stop from 11AM until 4:30 PM.  We printed  over 100 Seasons greetings cards.

Before the event at the Civil War Musum.

We used an image from an 1860's illustration by Thomas Nast. 

Anyone who  was interested in operating the press received a freshly printed card.  

What is really gratifying though is to watch the reaction of someone witnessing an impression being pulled from an inked block for the very first time.




2016  Civil Seasons Greetings Card 

 Or vision is to expand the capability to provide print and paper making activities to young people, seniors, veterans etc, regardless of ability to pay. We have always believed that it is more important to create opportunities for people to experience new things. Ability to pay should never be a roadblock to participation. 

CCR welcomes your inquiries and invitations. Check out our  fundraising campaign- https://www.gofundme.com/w6cbmg8

Makers Faire Milwaukee

Last week we were invited by the PRINT CLUB of the University of  Wisconsin Milwaukee to set up our POW next to their Steamroller Printmaking event. It was scheduled as a two-day event.

We loaded up our etching press, and our paper press and drier system. Our POWvehicle lumbered up to Milwaukee from our base in Kenosha, making it our longest trip to date. November we'll drive it to Madison for two weekends for a papermaking event with veterans. More to come on that.

The CCR POW booth and the UWM PNF booth ready for the crowds

Jessica Meuninck Ganger working with UWM students at the PNF printmaking tent

Watching young people respond to prints and printmaking is always a joy.

CCR had their relief and paper maker station and the UWM PNF students had their steamroller large scale print and block printing station set up and we printed up a storm. 

We printed so much, that it did in fact storm, which meant the next day we would set up our printmaking tents indoors, sans steamroller and papermaking activities.

UWM students and the CCR staff waiting for the crowds to flood in.

Her first print. 

Captivated by print

 After showing hundreds of people what we do we loaded up our POW and headed back to Kenosha.

POW @ the Boys and Girls Club in Kenosha

On June 28th CCR's Press On Wheels made a stop at the Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha where we conducted a drypoint workshop for  10 to 20 kids.  It was an exciting event with the kids getting inky and others wanting in on the opportunity to learn and experience printmaking.

Thanks to the enthusiastic support of artist Julia Schiller for facilitating this workshop.

Julia provided us with a few photographs of the workshop.  

 If you are interested in having CCR's POW visit your community let us know.

Summer means Paper and Print making

CCR Co-founder Marilyn Propp, introducing Kenosha Creative Space volunteer Lonique the subtleties and wonder of making paper at the Kenosha Simmons Island Beach Party held June 15 & 16th 2018.

Making paper at the Racine Art Museum, Kids Day June 15, 2018

Relief printing demo @ Our Lady of Grace Academy, June 1st 2018

POW loading up, ready to...

Trying out the lift gate for the first time.

The first drawing of the inside of our 2000 ford E350 POW vehicle

Can you imagine your logo somewhere on the side or back of the truck?  Our sponsors' logos will appear on the truck.

 Get in on the fun!!!

 And it begins; the raw space, the blank canvas. This is the interior of our POW vehicle.

When complete, we will be able to bring drypoint, relief, screen printing, and papermaking to you, wherever you are!

Got any ideas? 

Contact us. 

We are taking Print and Papermaking 

on the road.

Jack Kerouac, here we come!

CCR receives Grant

The Center for Collaborative Research received a grant for $1400.00 from the Kenosha Community Foundation to enable us to build robust marketing tools and to pay for our PPOW program.
This is an affirmation from the community that we are moving in the right direction.
Thank you for your continued support, KCF!

There has been a flurry of activity these last few days.
We are still seeking support for fixing up our donated van for our PPOW program. You can go to our generosity page: Support the van: Paper & Press On Wheels

And in our partnership with the Kenosha Creative Space, we are putting out a call for the KCS first Juried Exhibit.
The link to the call and submission portal is https://theartoftheeye.artcall.org/

And on another note, Marilyn Propp (our co-founder) has some wonderful pieces in the traveling "Pulped Under Pressure" Exhibition at Lawrence University, Appleton Wisconsin
lawrence.edu/s/wriston/exhibitions/2017-2018 Curated by Reni Gower and Melissa Potter, with accompanying catalog: pulped-under-pressure