Opening: Friday, April 19, 2024, 7 p.m., Free admission
March 15, 2024 marks the eighth anniversary of the "Day of Printmaking". In connection with this day, the BBK Bundesverband is initiating the annual project "ZEITGLEICH-ZEITZEICHEN 2024 - Im Zeichen der zeitgenössischen experimentellen Druckkunst". In this context, the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen Bremen (BBK) is organizing the Print Art Festival and an annual exhibition on the subject of print art at the Weserburg.
At the Printmaking Festival, visitors can spend an entire weekend learning about and trying out various printmaking techniques under professional artistic guidance. The program includes four creative offerings in the form of hands-on stations: letterpress printing with soft cut (Pia van Nuland, Inger Seemann, Evita Emersleben), intaglio printing on PVC foil as drypoint (Udo Steinmann, Melissa Chelmis, Anja Höppner) and risography, a stencil printing process similar to screen printing (D.O.C.H.: Katharina Dacrés, Karin Demuth, Julia Dambuk, Carolin Klapp and Lucia Mendelova) as well as live screen printing (Serigraphic Circus) on textiles brought by the participants themselves. Participation is on a donation basis.
In addition, there will once again be an open presentation, a kind of rotation principle for spontaneous art purchases. Exhibited prints can be purchased directly and taken home immediately. There will also be an extensive sales stand with prints such as editions, editions, monographs, posters and postcards.
On Sunday at 1 pm, the performance Druckgrafik ist wie Karate Vol. 2 with Shogun Bremen e.V. will also take place.
At the same time, the curated BBK annual exhibition Das Papier hat einen entscheidenden Einfluss auf das Druckergebnis will be shown. Works by Georg Bronn, Johann Büsen, Erwin Edel, Toni Ehrhardt, Anja Fußbach/von weit hergeholt, Kollektiv Studio LØLU, Anja Höppner, Christine Huizenga, Constantin Jaxy, Veranika Khatskevich, Maria Mathieu, Inger Seemann, Ul Seo, Yoriko Seto and Pia van Nuland will be on display.
The festival and the exhibition are organized by Sirma Kekeç and Felix Dreesen (BBK Bremen), in cooperation with the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, the Hochschule für Künste and the Künstlerinnenverband Gedok Bremen.
Supported by: Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation, Waldemar Koch Foundation, Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen Bremen
Print art festival: 19.4. - 21.4.2024
Opening hours: Fri 7pm - 9pm, Sat + Sun, 11am - 6pm
Free admission, location: Foyer + project space
BBK annual exhibition: 19.4. - 26.5.2024
Opening hours: During the Print Art Festival and afterwards during the regular opening hours of the museum.
Free admission, location: project room
