Jo Lankester - Fundraising for the Australian Print Workshop

Impressions 2018 - APW

Supporting the fundraising efforts of the Australian Print Workshop is something I take pleasure in. Being a part of the biennial fundraising exhibition Impressions is a great feeling and something I look forward to. Working small is a challenge but I always manage to create something I'm happy with. I have been invited to contribute a print to the fundraising event over the past few years.

Impressions 2018 was a record-breaking fundraising success for APW. There were 182 artists from around Australia, over 750 prints were sold during the exhibition, and 27 editions fully sold out.

The money raised will enable the APW to continue to offer access to the APW's printmaking facilities at affordable rates.

This is the print that I contributed to Impression 2018.

Jo Lankester, Cortex - Wulguru, 2018

The pictures I make explore ideas of aesthetics, experience, and elements of the landscape; colour, line, texture, and form. My work is inspired by the unique combination of the regions’ dry and wet tropical landscape extending west of Townsville to Charters Towers, Magnetic Island, and as far North as Weipa.

SOLD OUT

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Jo Lankester PCA Print Commission 2018

PCA Print Commission 2018

Cortex – Balding Bay Walking Track

A highlight in 2018 was to be shortlisted for the Print Council of Australia’s Print Commission.

The Print Commission is held annually and is one of the key programs run by the Print Council of Australia Inc. (PCA). Every year the PCA sends out a Call for Artists and receives applications from printmakers around Australia and New Zealand for the Commission program. 

The program has been running in one form or another since 1967.  Canson Australia is the major sponsor of the program. The Print Commission is a major fundraiser for the PCA and prints from the commission are offered to subscribers at very reasonable prices to ensure the ongoing success of the program. As a not-for-profit organisation the PCA relies on membership fees and its fundraising programs for its survival. 

Since the 1960s the commissioning process has evolved so that independent artists, curators and academics are now appointed to assist and judge the selection process. Having kept one print from each edition since 1967, and two prints from each edition since 1990, the PCA’s Print Collection Archive reflects the depth and diversity of Australian printmaking from the 1960s to today. As such the collection is of national significance.

I'm proud to report my print Cortex – Balding Bay Walking Track is held in the following collections as well as private collections.

Print Council of Australia Archive

State Library of Victoria

Canson

Camberwell Grammar School

Artspace Mackay

Shelford Girls Grammar

Westbourne Grammar

Presbyterian Ladies College

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Grafton Regional Gallery

Lake Macquarie Art Gallery

City of Yarra

Artwork Details 

Jo Lankester

Born 1972, Vic. Now lives in QLD.

Cortex – Balding Bay Walking Track

Five colour plate intaglio and relief

Edition of 35

Image and paper size: 70 x 50 cm

The pictures I make explore ideas of aesthetics, experience, and elements of the landscape; colour, line, texture, and form. My work is inspired by the unique combination of my local regions’ dry and wet tropical landscape extending west of Townsville to Charters Towers, Magnetic Island, and as far North as Weipa.

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