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Entries accepted: January 15 – June 25, 2013

We are pleased to announce the 2013 Juror: Dennis Michael Jon, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Dennis Michael Jon is associate curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. He is a specialist in modern and contemporary works on paper and artists' books, Jon has organized more than 50 exhibitions during his museum career, most recently "The World at Work" Images of Labor and Industry, 1850 to Now," featuring prints, drawings, and photographs by leading American and international artists. He has authored and co-authored ten books and numerous articles and essays on a range of topics, including the catalogue raisonné of the published prints and multiples of Vermillion Editions Limited, a Minneapolis-based collaborative printmaking workshop, whose archive is part of the MIA's permanent collection. Jon studied studio art and art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his graduate degree in art history from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.

2013 North American Print Biennial Prizes: over $10,000

Purchase Prizes:
The Boston Printmakers Prize
Collection: The Boston Public Library
The C.G. Metals Prize
Collection: C.G.Metals, Inc, Montclair, NJ
The Danforth Art Prize
Collection: Danforth Art, Framingham, MA
The Graphic Chemical Prize
Collection: Graphic Chemical and Ink Company, Villa Park, IL
The Otis Philbrick Memorial Prize
Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Ture Bengtz Memorial Prize (to a Boston Printmakers Member)
Collection: The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

Cash Award:
Lawrence Tenney Stevens Award for Outstanding American Print
$1000 cash prize: Lawrence Tenney Stevens Trust, Superior, AZ

Materials Awards:
Atlantic Papers, Ivyland, PA
A to Z Printing, Lincoln, NE
Blick Art Materials, Galesburg, IL
Boxcar Press, Syracuse, NY
Gamblin Artists Colors, Portland, OR
Hiromi Paper International, Santa Monica, CA
Legion Paper / Moab Paper, New York, NY
McClain’s Printmaking Supplies, King City, OR
Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA
Muskat Studios, Somerville, MA
Savoir-Faire/Charbonell, Novato, CA
Savoir-Faire/Fabriano, Novato, CA
Singer Editions, Boston, MA
Takach Press Corporation, Albuquerque, NM
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA

2013 Biennial Location
The exhibition will take place at the 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA

Calendar
January 15, 2013 Applications process OPENS.
June 25, 2013 Final online application submission date. Application process CLOSES
July 27, 2013 Notifications of accepted work e-mailed
Saturday, August 10, 2013 Accepted work may be shipped to BU
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Accepted work due if shipped to BU
Saturday, September 7, 2013 Accepted work due if hand delivered
Sunday, October 27, 2013 Opening Reception and events
Friday, December 20, 2013 Exhibition closes

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The North American Print Biennial, can answer any and all questions about the state of printmaking today…printmaking is alive, well, and thriving, and the proof is amply evident and on view in Gallery 808. -Roberta Waddell, Curator Emerita, The New York Public Library