Artist Opportunities

Bon à Tirer, the common French expression for the final proof of a printed edition from which each subsequent print is judged, asks printmakers to consider the importance of contemporary printmaking in the larger world of artmaking. How do we, as printmakers, create space for ourselves and our work inside and outside of the larger world of contemporary artmaking? What is the role of a printmaker in a world of point-and-click image-making?

The exhibition, Bon à Tirer, is open to all artists working in printmaking, 18 years and older located in the United States. All two-dimensional and three-dimensional print media will be considered; including, but not limited to Relief, Lithography, Screenprint, Letterpress, Intaglio, Monotype/Monoprint, Risograph; digital printmaking processes will only be considered if accompanied by traditional hand-pulled printmaking techniques. Installation- and sculpture-based printmakers, book artists, papermakers and expanded media printmakers are equally encouraged to submit work.

Two-dimensional work must not exceed 24” (including frame) in any direction. Three-dimensional work must not exceed 18” in any direction and must not weigh more than 15lbs. Artwork submitted must be original creations of the exhibiting artist. Two-dimensional work can be framed or unframed at the discretion of the artist; unframed works chosen for exhibition will be handled carefully and hung with clips and/or magnets. The Andrew Siegal Gallery is an open, public space in a well-traversed area of the building. Works in this space are safe and secure. It is encouraged that work on exhibition in this space be mindful of the diverse audience, including children, that use this space. Artworks must not have been previously exhibited at the Arts Council of Princeton.

Works from Bon à Tirer, curated by Dave DiMarchi and Elizabeth Massa, will be juried by renowned printmaker Judith K. Brodsky; a Juror’s Award of $250 will be awarded to one selected work.

Fees & shipping

A submission fee of $25 is required for all submissions up to three images. Artists must include a paid return shipping label; works sent without this will be considered a donation to the organization. Works sold will be shipped directly to the buyer; the return label fee is non-refundable.

Artists will be notified by October 15, 2025 of their acceptance. Accepted works must be delivered to the Arts Council to arrive by November 1.

About the juror

Activist, artist, curator, writer Judith K. Brodsky is Distinguished Professor Emerita, Department of Art and Design, Rutgers University. She is a works-on-paper artist with prints and drawings in many museum collections worldwide and the founder of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, now the Brodsky Center at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The Brodsky Center, established in 1986, is known for its activist pioneer mission to further opportunities for women-identified, BIPOC, and non-binary artists. She was also co-founder of the Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities at Rutgers University in 2006. As a curator or co-curator, she has organized many exhibitions including The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society (2012) and the Philadelphia city-wide print festival, Philagrafika (2010), three decades of exhibitions for the Rutgers Women Artists; Restoring the Art and Lives of a Circle of Five Forgotten Black Artists (2022); and (re)FOCUS: Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts, 1974-2024 (2024). She is past national president of ArtTable, College Art Association, Women’s Caucus for Art, former board chair, New York Foundation for the Arts, current board member, Print Center New York, and a former dean and associate provost at Rutgers. Brodsky writes on women artists and printmaking. Her most recent book is Dismantling the Patriarchy Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism and Digital Technology (Bloomsbury 2022). A book on the history of the United States Feminist Art Movement focusing on the activist art historians and curators rather than the artists is due out in late 2026 (Bloomsbury Academic).

About the curators

Dave DiMarchi is a queer multi-disciplinary artist working in printmaking, papermaking and sculptural book forms. Nurturing ideas into singular and editioned works, he engages in a relentless material practice. As a multi-disciplinary artist, he has exhibited works on paper, installations and books in the US and internationally. In addition to teaching printmaking, papermaking and book forms throughout the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania area, he maintains a small collaborative studio and art space in Princeton, New Jersey. In autumn of 2022, he was announced as the Arts Council of Princeton’s Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence, through which he developed a practice of collage-based multimedia and print works. He also serves as the Arts Council’s Printmaking Studios Manager and Master Printer. For nearly 15 years, he has created his own work, curated exhibitions, provided print exchange opportunities, and published fine art prints as 9INHANDPRESS, a fine art printmaking and education studio.

Elizabeth Massa is a queer multi-disciplinary artist based in New Jersey. She is a photographer, printmaker and teaching artist. She holds a BA in American Studies from Smith College and Graduate Certificate in Documentary Photography and Ethics from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She studied photography and book arts at the Herron School of Art and Design, as well printmaking and street photography at Scuola Interazionale di Grafica, Venezia. She is a graduate of The Institute of Culinary Education, NYC/ Bread and Pastry. Elizabeth is a Clark University MFA’27 candidate.

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