The Parlor Trick Print Exchange is taking a short hiatus in 2024. Keep those creative ideas flowing and join us in 2025 for another wonderful year of sharing prints across America!
In the meantime, check out the incredible exchange portfolios from previous years below:
see you in 2025!
The Parlor Trick Print Exchange is a fun way to connect with printmakers all across the United States!
This exchange is open to 50 printmakers each year. Each participating artist mails in an edition of 12 hand-pulled original prints of a certain theme and size criteria. Of the 12 prints, 2 will be kept by the Parlor Trick Print Exchange for archival and promotional purposes. The remaining prints are randomized, sorted and sent to the other participating printmakers in the exchange. In the end, each artist will have 10 new pieces of art sent to them and their prints will be shared with 50 other artists across the nation. This year, there will be a virtual art exhibition as well as an in-person exhibition in Staten Island, NY to showcase everyone’s submissions.
This exchange is partially funded by a DCA Art Fund Grant from Staten Island Arts,
with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
What is the
Parlor Trick Print Exchange?
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Open to all U.S. Printmakers and is limited to 50 participants. All forms of editionable, hand-pulled prints are acceptable, including etching/aquatint, lithography, woodcut, linocut, mezzotint, and screenprint. No monotypes, giclées, reproductions, or photographs. To prevent damage to other entries, no glitter, attached objects, or 3-D work.
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For the 2023 exchange, there will be a $10 fee to participate.
What does $10 get you?
••• all shipping and postage fees included
••• 10 original prints from participating artists in an exclusive limited edition screen printed box by yours truly
••• a fun variety of exclusive stickers
••• your artwork included in both a virtual exhibition and in-person exhibition in New York December 2023
•••a chance to build connections with printmakers across the country! -
The theme this year is “Future.”
What do you think the future holds? A robot takeover? Rainbows and bright skies? Fire and brimstone? What will be the fate of Earth? The prospect of mankind? Your own personal destiny? The future is in your hands!
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JULY 15th, 2023: Registration Opens
AUGUST 31st, 2023: Registration officially closes (Registration closes once we reach 50 artists. )
OCTOBER 1st, 2023: Submission Deadline (Submission must be received by this date! )
NOVEMBER 1st, 2023: Your variety of 10 prints from participating artists will be shipped out
DECEMBER 2nd, 2023: One night In-Person Exhibition will take place in Staten Island, NY
DECEMBER 3rd, 2023: Virtual Exhibition will go live
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12 identical prints are needed for the exchange.
Each print needs to be signed and numbered along the bottom edge of your prints. The edition number goes on the bottom left-hand side and should be numbered 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, etc. The bottom right-hand side should have your artist’s signature and year.
(Note: If you would like to make more than 12 prints for your edition I will allow it! I never want tocontact mediscourage artists from potentially making money on their own artwork. However, the first 12 in the edition ideally should be used for the exchange.)
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The paper size MUST be 5” x 7” (127mm x 178mm). The image does not need to fill the whole page. Any sizes over or under 5”x7” will be returned and disqualified. All prints must be printed on archival paper, such as Fabriano, Rives BFK, French Paper, etc.
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All shipping costs such as postage, mailers, etc. are included in your exchange fee. Here is how it will work:
•••Sign up for the exchange by filling out the form above with your name, address and social media information.
•••You will then be mailed a packet that will include the edition instructions, sheets of tissue paper or glassine, and a return label and mailer.
•••PRINT!
•••When you are finished with your edition, place a piece of tissue or glassine between each print for protection. Place the prints in the new mailer with the return label attached.
•••Mail back to Parlor Trick Prints.
•••Wait for your random mix of exchange prints!
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This year we will have both a virtual exhibition as well as an in-person gallery exhibition that will include our print exchanges from 2021 and 2022.
The virtual exhibition will be up right here on ParlorTrickPrints.com Sunday, December 3rd.
The gallery exhibition will take place Saturday, December 2nd at Art on the Terrace, 776 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301. For those who cannot attend in person (which may be most participants as this is a country-wide exchange) we will be going live using social media opening night. More info TBA!
The Parlor Trick Print Exchange helps connect printmakers across the United States! The exchange is partially funded by a DCA Art Fund Grant from Staten Island Arts, but there is a lot of extra work that goes into making this exchange happen. Any donations to cushion extra costs will help this program continue next year!
see you in 2025!
see you in 2025!
The Parlor Trick Print Exchange is going on a short hiatus in 2024.
However, if you’d like to be added to the WAITING LIST, please fill out the form below.
You will contacted first in 2025 when we start back up!