The Ink Shop Printmaking Center & Olive Branch Press
330 E. State Street, Ithaca NY 14850
2nd floor of the CSMA Building
(607) 277-3884
Tuesday to Friday 12 pm - 6 pm
Saturday 12pm - 4 pm
artists@ink-shop.org

H. Peter Kahn Family Fellowship Grant

The Ink Shop / Olive Branch Press offers an annual Fellowship grant to a printmaker or book artist.  The Fellowship, funded in part by a generous contribution from the Kahn Family, provides an artist with the time and resources to create a new body of work.  The Fellow is given the opportunity to present this work in a gallery show.  The Fellowship enables an artist to participate in Ink Shop exhibitions and portfolio exchanges and to partake in all aspects of the Ink Shop's day-to-day management.  The Fellow volunteers to help with shop operations, and with workshop and exhibition programs.  As such, the Fellowship is particularly attractive to those wishing to learn about running a nonprofit arts organization.

The Fellowship begins September 1, 2008 and ends August 31, 2009. The Fellow is offered a stipend of $7,800 and all the benefits and privileges of a Printmaker Associate. The Fellow may teach workshops and/or edition for other artists (for which one could be paid additionally as an independent contractor).  The Ink Shop provides technical advice, guidance, and assistance in production and use of equipment.

H. Peter Kahn (1921-1997) is fondly remembered by generations of Cornell University students and by members of the Ithaca community as a man whose life was dedicated to the arts of fine printing and the handmade book.  A prolific typographer, painter, illustrator and book designer, the German-born artist lived in Ithaca for forty years.  Regarding the Kahn Fellowship, his widow, Ruth Stiles Gannett Kahn, says, "It is an affirmation of Peter's enthusiasm for graphic arts and his own life as a teacher."

Postmark deadline is July 15, 2008.

Fellowship recipient will be notified by August 17, 2008. 

Application must include: 

The application form (Click here for the application form), and

1) Project Proposal: (one page maximum)
2) Description of Studio Background and Skills
3) Portfolio: (provide 10 slides or 10 images on a CD or actual portfolio of images; include a separate list of the images, with the following information:
          Title
          Dimensions of image and paper
          Size of edition (if applicable) 
4) Resume
5) Self-addressed and stamped envelope
6) Check for $35 application fee payable to: The Ink Shop

Send to: The Ink Shop, 330 E. State St., 2nd floor, Ithaca, NY 14850

For specific questions about the fellowship please e-mail artists@ink-shop.org or call (607) 277-3884 .

 

 

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