Welcome to the Print Club of Cleveland
11150 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44106
ph: 216-707-2579
printclu
The Fine Print Fair
The 26th Annual Fine Print Fair
The Print Club of Cleveland invites you to attend the 26th Annual Fine Print Fair .
The Fine Print Fair, Cleveland’s largest and most comprehensive exhibition of fine prints, begins Friday, September 24, 2010 with an opening night benefit preview and continues Saturday, September 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sunday, September 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Corporate College located at 4400 Richmond Road in Warrensville Heights (at I-271). The Fine Print Fair benefits the Department of Prints at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and is sponsored by the Print Club of Cleveland, a non-profit adjunct organization dedicated to supporting the museum’s print collection.
The ticket price of $10 ($5 for students with I.D.) covers entrance to the Fair both Saturday and Sunday. Hourly door prizes will be given away all weekend. The Corporate College café, Java City, will be open all day Saturday and Sunday and musicians from the Tri-C Musicians will perform throughout the weekend.
Visit our video of the 2008 Fine Print Fair on You Tube!
2010 Raffle Print
Janet Fish, A.M., 1994, 28 ½ x 41 in., valued at $3000, will be raffled. The print is donated by Janet Fish and StewartStewart.com with framing donated by M. Gentile Studios, Cleveland. Raffle tickets are $5 (six for $25) and can be purchased by calling (216) 707-2579. Winner need not be present at the Sunday afternoon drawing.
Janet Fish’s 1994 screenprint, A. M., 28 ½ x 41 in., valued at $3000, will be raffled. The print is donated by Janet Fish and StewartStewart.com with framing donated by M. Gentile Studios, Cleveland. Raffle tickets are $5 (six for $25) and can be purchased by calling (216) 707-2579. Winner need not be present at the Sunday afternoon drawing.The Opening Night Benefit
The opening night benefit preview, Friday, September 24 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., features catered hors d’oeuvres by Sammy’s, a cash bar, free parking and an opportunity to select great works of art on paper before the Fine Print Fair opens to the public on Saturday. "Our Prints of a Party Friday night benefit celebrates the 91st anniversary of The Print Club of Cleveland and our 26th Fine Print Fair," Fine Print Fair co-chairs Mary Kay DeGrandis and Margaret Dobbins, urge you, "Not miss this opportunity to view and purchase an exceptional selection of prints, drawings and photographs from 14 knowledgeable dealers.” Ticket price for the benefit preview is $90, $95 if purchased after September 30, and includes readmission to the Fine Print Fair throughout the weekend. For reservations please call (216) 707-6779 by September 17.
See a video of the Prints of a Party from 2009 here.
Noted Programs and Features
Due to its popularity, “Curator’s Choice” will return with Dr. Jane Glaubinger’s selection of works from each dealer in varied price ranges she considers of exceptional interest and worthy of acquisition by the museum. Dr. Glaubinger will lead a tour of the dealers’ booths at 7:00 p.m. at “A Prints of a Party.” “Curator’s Choice” prints will be on view and available for sale throughout the Fine Print Fair. Dealers donate 10 percent of these sales to benefit the Print Club’s fund to acquire prints for the museum.
LECTURES
SATURDAY
A program of interest to both beginning and experienced print collectors will be held on Saturday, September 25th at 11:00 a.m. at Corporate College. Dr. Jane Glaubinger, curator of prints at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will lecture on “Prints: The Multiple as Original.” This program is free and open to the public. Dr. Glaubinger will also be available to answer questions at the Fine Print Fair all weekend.
SUNDAY
A special feature of this year’s Fine Print Fair will be a program at Corporate College on Sunday, September 26, which includes a 9:30 a.m. continental breakfast with the dealers and a 10:15 a.m. lecture. Tom Hinson, Curator of Photography at the CMA speaks on “Building a Collection: A Tale of Opportunity, Generosity, and Luck.” For reservations please call 216-707-6779 by September 30. Cost of the breakfast and talk is $20.
DEMONSTRATIONS
SATURDAY
In addition, three local not-for-profit organizations will conduct interesting educational programs. Zygote Press, a printmaking workshop, will be giving printmaking demonstrations Saturday from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
The Morgan Conservancy, a papermaking workshop, will be giving papermaking demonstrations on Sunday from 12:30-2:30.
MORE INFORMATION
The Intermuseum Conservation Association, the nation’s oldest regional fine art conservation center, will provide advice on the preservation and conservation of works of art on paper.
For additional information about the Fine Print Fair or Print Club please call (216) 707-2579; or visit the Print Club page at the CMA website.
Tri-C Corporate College map
Visitors at the Print Club's Annual fund raiser - The Fine Print Fair
Dealers
Fourteen galleries from coast to coast will offer five centuries of outstanding prints, drawings, and photographs in a broad range of prices. Galleries include: The Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA (American prints 1900-1950); Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL (19th/20th-century French prints and drawings); C. G. Boerner, New York, NY (16th/20th-century European prints and drawings); Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, New Brunswick, NJ (Print publisher); Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, PA (contemporary American and European prints and drawings); Conrad Graeber, Riderwood, MD (American, European, and Japanese prints and drawings); The Halsted Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI (Photographs); Paramour Fine Arts, Franklin, MI (American prints 1900-1950); Mary Ryan Gallery New York, NY (contemporary art) ; Solo Impression, New York, NY (Print publisher); Stewart & Stewart, Bloomfield Hills, MI (Print publisher); Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM (print publisher); Tandem Press, Madison, WI (print publisher); and The Verne Collection, Cleveland, OH (ukiyo-e and contemporary Japanese prints).
11150 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44106
ph: 216-707-2579
printclu
