Although the 68th CWAJ Print Show seems a long way off, preparation for it commenced several months ago! The Print Show Committee has been busy recruiting members, preparing artist lists, refining submission guidelines, creating publicity materials and ensuring our new online submissions system is ready to receive applications.
Recruitment is almost complete, but our committee still has some openings:
Assistant Webmaster for the online gallery, supporting Betty Noguchi
Print Sales – Fulfillment Team members to coordinate print reordering and domestic and international shipping)
Show Manager – Non-Japanese, working alongside Tomoko Toda
Special Exhibition Coordinator – Non-Japanese
Catalogue Production Coordinator – Non-Japanese, working alongside Yoshiko Fukuzawa and Sanae Nagasaki
Workshop Coordinator
Volunteer Coordinators
If you’re interested in joining a creative, dynamic and fun team please get in touch at printshow@cwaj.org! No experience necessary.
Recent appointments:
We are thrilled to announce that Katherine Long has joined us as a Print Show Co-Chair. Katherine joined CWAJ in 2024, and has a background in art history, editing and project management. We are grateful for her support.
We have also finalised our Print Show Selection Advisors for 2025. Each year, we receive hundreds of submissions for the Print Show. Only 100 or so prints will be selected from these submissions, to be exhibited alongside prints from our invited artists. The following individuals have accepted the role of Selection Advisor:
KURACHI Hisashi: Professor, Aichi University of the Arts
KUWAHARA Noriko, Dr.: Art Historian
MACHIMURA Haruka：Curator, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
MIZUSAWA Tsutomu: Art Historian, Art Critic
CWAJ Representative: Anna Said Pullicino
We will be receiving submissions from March 1 to March 31, with the first stage of the selection process (reviewing digital images of the artworks) taking place in mid-April. We can’t wait to see the gorgeous prints submitted by our artists! Prints that pass the first stage of selection will be viewed in person by our Selection Advisors on May 21 for the second and final stage of selection. The results will be announced on May 31.
Stay tuned!
Co-chairs: Yuko, Anna and Katherine
Contact: printshow@cwaj.org
https://cwaj.org/print/
