2020 E/AB NYC Print Fair
Flatbed is delighted to invite you to join us and 63 other international exhibitors on October 14th at 12 Noon EST for the online edition of the E/AB Fair. Flatbed will be featuring the 2020 publications and select Artist Books by artists John Alexander, Alice Leora Briggs, Michael Ray Charles, Suzi Davidoff, David Everett, Sue Heatley, Melissa Miller, Ben Muñoz, Lance Letscher, and Jay Sullivan. Look for daily social media posts of the featured prints and emails featuring each of our artists.
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Reception and Zoom for Richard Armendariz, October 3, 2020
You are cordially invited to come to a small group reception for Richard Armendariz at the Flatbed Gallery on October 3 and tune in at 6 for the “Conversation between Friends” Zoom with Richard and Gilbert Cardenas! Read more for information.
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"Ship of Fools" by John Alexander
Flatbed Press is proud to present Ship of Fools,, our first annual Flatbed subscription print, by the renowned artist, John Alexander. Ship of Fools is Flatbed’s 2020 Friends or Flatbed subscription publication made possible by the Friends of Flatbed who receive an annual print with their membership. A limited number of prints are available for purchase. Link to see this etching in our artists’ collections and purchase.
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Every World Is A Head, Every Head Is A World
Flatbed Press announces the publication of the new deluxe artist portfolio with Michael Ray Charles titled Every World Is A Head, Every Head Is A World. This monumental project was co-published with the support of The Black Studies Department of the University of Texas and has been in process since the fall of 2017.
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"Heed" and "Epilogue", Contrasting Family Totems
Flatbed is pleased to announce the publication two woodcut prints from Ben Munoz's series "La Familia. On the left is "Epilogue," and on the right is "Heed." Image courtesy the artist.
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Recovery
Flatbed is so pleased to announce our newest publication, "Recovery", a three-panel lithograph with Melissa Miller. Inspired by the flotsom-jetsom of Houston's frequent hurricanes, Miller draws on the metaphorical mirror of human disaster and recovery found in nature. Working with a panoramic format, Miller intends that "Recovery" be read in time as well as a whole.
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Respite - New for the Southwestern Lexicon
Flatbed Press is excited to announce our newest print with David Everett in his ongoing series of color woodcuts. Respite, a chiaroscuro woodcut, features a Black-tailed Jackrabbit, which is indigenous to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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The Natural Order of Things
Flatbed is very proud to announce the publication of four new editions with Sue Heatley of Richmond, Virginia. These four prints make up the "Natural Order" suite. The relief prints are available as single prints or as a suite. Each was printed in an edition of 24. The image size: 19 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches and paper size: 28 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches
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Gallery Hours Updated and New Way to Schedule!
New gallery hours have been put in place at Flatbed just in time for Ben Muñoz’s “Over My Head” exhibition. Now open from Wednesday through Friday from 10 am until 5 pm, Flatbed continues our commitment to provide a safe environment to see and purchase art. Four or fewer patrons may enter at one time and masks are required. Flatbed will also accept appointments for after hours. Call 5120477-9328 to set up an appointment or arrive during gallery hours.
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COVID-19 AND FLATBED
FLATBED CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING is closed temporarily to comply with CDC and the City of Austin’s mandate for “Shelter in Place.”
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On the Surface and Through the Middle to the Other Side: New Prints by James Sullivan
Flatbed is pleased to announce ten new editions by James Sullivan of Dallas, Texas. The newly published etchings are currently a part of his exhibition titled “Unfinished Business” at Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas.
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Flatbed Open House
On February 8, from 1 until 5 pm, Flatbed welcomes the community to come and enjoy refreshments and see their newly minted “Community Press.” Katherine Brimberry will give a talk titled “The Importance of Community in Printmaking” at 2 pm..
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Postponed - Flatbed’s 30th Celebration
Due to the current Covid-19 crisis, Flatbed’s Open 3oth Celebration has been postponed until further notice. Take care and stay tuned. We’ll be back.
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Sm- Med - Lg - XL Holiday Print Raffle
In conjunction with our Texas Sized Holiday Saloon Salon exhibition which opens next Saturday, December 7 at 6pm we are in the giving spirit this season and wish to close this year in hopes to pay it forward in 2020 by growing our opportunities in our Flatbed School! We want to extend this opportunity to all of you to begin your print collection through our first annual Holiday Raffle
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David Everett - Southwestern Fauna
Flatbed Press is proud to announce the ongoing publication of a series of woodcuts by David Everett. Everett, well known for his large wood-carved three-dimensional polychrome sculptures of all manner of animals and unique combination of animals (fish, fowl, reptile and mammal) has turned his chisels to plank cherrywood surfaces to create woodblocks for a series of color woodcuts referencing. animals of the southwest.
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Minnesota Institute of Art 26th Annual Print and Drawing Fair
Print fairs are massive enterprises and always fun to take part in. This past week Flatbed was honored to be invited to be part of the select dealers showing work at the Minneapolis Institute of Art's 26th Annual Print and Drawing Fair. We were proud be represent our artists to the knowledgeable of print loving community of Minneapolis! It is by far our favorite print fair and we love working with the supportive curators in the M.I.A. Keep Reading…
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