Commanding Color
The Printmakers Guild of NY is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Printmakers Showcase: Commanding Color. This year’s exhibition is a full-blown celebration of the power of color in printmaking. We want it all: a full spectrum of vibration, mood, saturation, and juicy ink to make your eyes pop; limited palettes paired with black & white for contrast and impact; subtle translucent layers, colored papers or materials, and more – show us what you’ve got!
PGNY highlights the diversity of work created by artists working with print-based media. We welcome artists 18+ with any level of experience to apply, including students. Hosted by the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. The show will be juried by volunteer members of PGNY, and curated by PGNY founder Rachael Lorimer.
ELIGIBILITY
- Participants must be current members of the Printmakers Guild of NY (Not a member? Join now!)
- This Call for Art is open to residents of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
- Submissions may be recently produced, or older works.
Artwork Dimension Requirements
- This year’s exhibition space is compact; artwork may not exceed 24 inches in any dimension; we encourage submissions of small to medium sized pieces.
- Due to space limitations, we are unable to accept three-dimensional work for this year’s exhibition. However, pieces do not have to be printed on paper, and we will consider works on fabric or other materials so long as they can be hung on a wall in a two-dimensional presentation.
- Selections of work are contingent upon space availability and curatorial decisions related to the cohesion of the exhibition.
Print Medium Requirements
Works submitted must include discernable hand-printed elements. This includes, but is not limited to relief, intaglio, lithograph, screen print, stencil/pochoir, monotype/monoprint, transfers, cyanotypes, letterpress and risographs. Digital prints will only be accepted if one of the above techniques is incorporated into the print. Exclusively digital works, drawings, and paintings including no discernible printed element will not be accepted.
Framed / Unframed Requirements
- IMPORTANT – Only * unframed * work will be accepted for this exhibition.
Exhibition Timeline
- Exhibition Dates: Friday, September 25 – Saturday, November 20, 2026
- Opening Reception: Friday, September 25, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
- Entry Deadline: Friday, July 31
- Artists’ Notification: Monday, August 24
- Artworks postmarked: Tuesday, September 8
- Artwork drop-off: Week of September 14-18
- Artwork pick up dates: November 23 & 24, or December 4 & 5
- Return Shipments postmarked by: Friday, December 11
2026 Jury Panel
Additional jurors for the exhibition will be added here as they are confirmed!
Noah Breuer
Noah Breuer is an American artist originally from Berkeley, California. His creative work examines themes of family, identity, labor and diaspora. His current project examines the visual legacy of “Carl Breuer and Sons,” his jewish family’s former textile printing business, founded 1897 in Bohemia and seized by the Nazis in 1939. Breuer holds a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design, an MFA from Columbia University and a graduate research certificate in traditional woodblock printmaking and paper-making from Kyoto Seika University in Japan.
Breuer’s recent solo exhibitions include Return to Austria, at the Austrian Cultural Forum (Prague), Návrat at the Český Krumlov Synagogue, (Czech Republic), Reclamation at the National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library (Cedar Rapids, IA 2023), Table Settings at Urban Glass (Brooklyn, NY, 2023), Something Stolen / Something New at Atelier Circulaire, (Montreal, QC, 2022).
His artist books have been published by the San Francisco Center for the Book, as well as, Small Editions in Brooklyn, New York. His work is in the permanent collections of the New York Public Library and the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Breuer currently works as an Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo SUNY.
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