Thursday October 13, 2022
Kent State University
Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are strongly recommended at this location.
Transportation: 9am-5pm bus cycling from the Holiday Inn Express Kent to Kent State University Hotel & Conference Center to Kent State University Center for Visual Arts (CVA).
Parking is available in lot R-19 behind the CVA for those who purchased a KSU campus parking pass.
7am-10am Vendor Setup
Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) suite 161/163
9am-10am Coffee & light breakfast
CVA Main Lobby
9am-6pm Registration, check-in & Members Exchange Portfolio drop-off
Main Lobby CVA
9am-6pm On view: In Memoriam, a video presentation by Bob Erickson to honor printmakers who have passed since 2020
Main Lobby CVA
9am-1:30pm Quiet room with seating available
CVA room 155 - Alumni Visual Resource Center
9am-5pm Lactation room available (locking, private)
CVA room 240
10am-11am Dedicated time at the Vendor Fair
CVA suite 161/163
10am-4pm Vendor Fair Open
CVA suite 161/163
9am-5pm May 4 Walking Tour & Center open
On view: Everlasting Ephemera: Printed Response to the May 4th Shootings curated by J. Leigh Garcia
May 4 Center at Taylor Hall ground floor
11am-1pm Reception for Everlasting Ephemera: Printed Response to the May 4th Shootings curated by J. Leigh Garcia
May 4 Center at Taylor Hall ground floor
8am-8pm On view: Experiencing Veterans & Artists Collaboration (EVAC) organized by Joseph Van Kerkhove
Michener Gallery at Kent State University Main Library 3rd floor
11am-12pm Coffee break sponsored by McClain’s Printmaking Supplies
CVA Main Lobby
12pm-1pm Lunch
On own or pre-paid box lunches delivered to CVA room 140
1:15pm Conference Welcome & Opening Remarks
CVA Main Lobby
1:30-3:30pm Receptions in CVA
MAPC Members Exhibition juried by Melissa Haviland
Awards announcement at 1:45!
Main Gallery
Payto and Crawford Galleries
Contra / Against organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago (IGC)
Atrium Wall of Main Lobby
Fires Near Me, 2020 MAPC Research & Travel Awardees Anna Haglin, Acadia Kandora, and Emily Harter
Glass Gallery II
Thinking Back, Moving Through, 2022 MAPC Research Travel & Beyond Awardees Emma DeValk, Katheryn Horne, and Susanna Harris
Sculpture Gallery
Hope by Melissa Harshman
Esplanade Gallery
Alumni Visual Resource Center - room 155
Themed Portfolio Exchanges
Voices of Print, Voices of Power organized by Erin Holscher Almazan and Emily Sullivan Smith
What’s so Funny? organized by Morgan Price
Tracked Prints, Layered Sounds organized by Ry McCullough and Nick Satinover as small_bars
Open-Ended CTA: A Collaboration organized by Shelley Gipson
Sequencer: A Hybridization of Print and Moving Image in the Digital Age organized by Jon Vogt and Nathan Pietrykowski
Seams (Falling Apart) organized by Zach Bath and Kath Yarkosky
Good Trouble: Protest Through Print organized by Sarah Sipling
University of Akron
Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are strongly recommended at this location.
Transportation:
Buses 1 leaves Holiday Inn Express Kent at 1:45, KSU Hotel at 2, CVA at 2:15pm for U of Akron.
Bus 2 leaves Holiday Inn Express Kent at 2, KSU Hotel at 2:15, CVA at 2:30pm for U of Akron.
Bus 3 leaves Holiday Inn Express Kent at 2:30, KSU Hotel at 2:45, CVA at 3pm for U of Akron.
*once buses are in Akron, they will circle between the University of Akron Myers School of Art and Cummings Center.
3-5pm Demonstrations at Folk Hall, University of Akron Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
DIY Brayers organized by Ross Mazzupappa
Folk Hall room 129
Featured Demonstration Japanese Woodblock Print by Jennifer Mack-Watkins
Folk Hall room 121
4-5:30 Panel at Folk Hall, University of Akron Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
Power in Print Partnerships chaired by Blake Sanders
Panelists: Sage Perrott, Patricia Villalobos Echevarria, David Jones
Folk Hall room 165
5-6:30pm Receptions at Folk Hall, University of Akron Mary Schiller Myers School of Art
Mark of Empowerment, group exhibition curated by Roberto Torres Mata
Emily Davis Gallery
LOCAL to GLOBAL: Zygote Press Artists in Residence (1999-2022), group exhibition curated by Liz Maugans and Ben Levy
Atrium Gallery
Themed Portfolio Exchanges
Found, Reclaimed, Reformed organized by Joey Behrens, Stefanie Dykes, Sara Hess, Jon Swindler, & Erik Waterkotte
Slow Down & Resist organized by Jamie-Lee Girodat and Myken McDowell
Uplift: A Celebration of Changemakers organized by Karla Hackenmiller
6-8pm Receptions at the Cummings Center, University of Akron
Transportation:
Buses cycle between Folk Hall and the Cummings Center from 5:30-7pm.
Body Politic, 2-person exhibition by Christa Carleton and Tonja Torgersen
Metzger Galleries, 4th floor
Themed Portfolio Exchanges
Banner Flags of Resistance and Revolution organized by Noah Breuer
Room to Breathe organized by Thuong Hoai Tran and Maddie May
Other Local Events in or near Akron
11am-8pm Akron Art Museum Free Thursdays
Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are optional at this location.
4-8pm On View: Chakaia Booker: Front International Artist (free admission)
Quaker Galleries, First Floor
135 S. Broadway St., Akron, OH 44308
11am-4pm On View: Reciprocity: KSU Print Media
The William and Pearl Lemmon Visiting Artist Gallery at the Fine Arts Building
KSU Stark Campus - 6000 Frank Ave NW, North Canton, OH
Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are strongly recommended at this location.
Transportation:
Bus 1 leaves Myers School of Art at 6:30pm, Cummings Center at 7, and drops off at Holiday Inn Express Kent and Kent State Hotel and Conference Center
Bus 2 leaves Myers School of Art at 7, Cummings Center at 7:45, and drops off at Holiday Inn Express Kent and Kent State Hotel and Conference Center
Bus 3 leaves Myers School of Art at 7:30, Cummings Center at 8:15, and drops off at Holiday Inn Express Kent and Kent State Hotel and Conference Center
Kent
Transportation: Bus will pickup at Holiday Inn Express Kent at 8:50pm, Kent State Hotel and Conference Center at 9pm, and drops off at Kent Lanes-11th Frame
9:30-11:30pm Bowling at Kent Lanes- 11th Frame (pre-registration required)
1524 S. Water St.
Wearing face coverings and being up-to-date on Covid-19 vaccinations are optional at this location.
Transportation: Bus leaves Kent Lanes- 11th Frame at 10:45pm and 11:30pm for return to Kent State Hotel and Conference Center and Holiday Inn Express Kent