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The Robert McDougall Art Gallery is sponsoring a project for professional printmakers from throughout New Zealand. A 'Print Gallery Workshop' organised by two Christchurch printmakers, Barry Cleavin and Jule Einhorn will be opened to the public from May 7 to 11 at 182 Oxford Terrace above the 'Left Bank' Restaurant between the hours of 9 and 5.

The purpose of this venture is twofold; first to bring further understanding of art of Printmaking by showing the practical aspect of making prints to people as they pass the shop during their working day. Second, for the Printmaker the project offers the opportunity for them to work together in a communal environment and talk to the visiting public about their work. The workshop will be limited to the printing of Intaglio Plates on two Meickle Presses. An intaglio print, or etching, is taken from zinc or copper plate which the artist has prepared by etching with acid and-or working with tools to form lines and textures in the surface of the plate. The print paper takes an impression of the inked image on the plate when it is passed through the press, lifting out the ink from the lines and textures. Each printmaker is required to be in the workshop for one day to print an edition off a plate which they have previously prepared.

The following artists will be printing in the workshop on the following days.

May 7 Grahame Sydney, Denise Copland

May 8 Janet Bathgate, Barry Cleavin

May 9 Tiffany Thornley, Jane Zusters

May 10 Kate Coolahan, Jule Einhorn

May 11 Michael Reid, Peter Ranson

('City Print Workshop', Educational Programme, No.3, June 1979, p.2)