Open Call: July Newsletter Submissions

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We’re gearing up for our July issue. Got news to share?
Simply email your newsletter announcements to printmakersguildny@gmail.com by Tuesday, June 30 for inclusion in our next issue.

Guidelines

  • Submissions must be print specific
  • Please ensure your photos are 2MB or smaller

Here are a few examples of materials we welcome:

  • Show / Exhibition announcements
  • Photos of work in progress with captions about your creative process
  • Asks / offers of printmaking equipment for sale or trade
  • Printmaking events & workshops (Doesn’t have to be specific to NY)
  • Open Calls for Art (print-specific)
  • Recent accolades, accomplishments, milestones & awards: we want to celebrate and share your success!

Not sure if we’ll include your item? Send it to us anyway!
We do our best to include as many submissions as possible.

Volunteer Interest Meeting: Weds 6/24 @ 6:30 pm

If you’d like to participate in our upcoming Commanding Color show this fall as a volunteer, please join us this Wednesday, June 24 at 6:30 pm online to learn about the exhibition timeline and volunteer needs.

Coming Up at the PGNY Gallery & Print Space

Printing for Better Days

Instructor Opal Hexen
THIS SATURDAY, June 27, 4–7 pm
$50, includes all materials — advance registration required.

Art as protest! Come and carve a 4×6 lino block for a collective piece of community art, and take some home for your own windows and space. We will be carving and printing small flags to be strung along a pole to hang.

SUMMER Tuesday Night Print Socials

Tuesday nights, 6:00–9:00 pm
Offered on: 6/30, 7/14, 7/28 (We’ll be closed in August)
$20, includes all materials — advance registration required.

If you have printmaking projects you need more space to produce, technical questions, or even old printing plates you’d like to re-print on the etching press, come to Tuesday Night Print Social! We offer supplies to explore monotype, relief and collagraph techniques, and a handful of non-toxic intaglio techniques.

All Events & Classes held at the PGNY Gallery & Print Space in the Troy Atrium, 49 4th St., Troy, NY. Please enter on THIRD STREET between Broadway & Fulton Street, just across the street from Stacks Coffee. All other entrances will be closed.

Open Calls for Art

2026 Printmakers Showcase: Commanding Color

The Printmakers Guild of NY is now accepting submissions for our 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!

Apply by July 31
Exhibition Dates: Friday, September 25 – Saturday, November 20, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, September 25, 6:00–8:00 pm
Location: Arts Center for the Capital Region, Troy NY 12180

More info at printmakersguildny.com/events

Catch a Show — This Week Only!

Pressing Matters

Merge, 178 Schoonmaker Ln, Stone Ridge, NY 12484
June 26–28 — FOUR DAYS ONLY!

Bringing together artists working across figuration and abstraction, Pressing Matters explores how images and ideas emerge through touch, transfer, repetition, and time. The exhibition takes its title from the printmaking process itself, where pressure transforms a matrix into an image, while also reflecting on the ideas and concerns that continue to shape contemporary artistic practice.