Megalo | Printmaking Studio

Megalo January Newsletter

by | 23 Jan 2025 | EXHIBITIONS, Blog post, NEWS, EVENTS, Special Tutored Workshops

Megalo Program Announcement

Exhibition Program

Sydney Printmakers

45 years of Megalo

Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts

More Than Reproduction

Julian Laffan

Wayzgoose Exhibition

National Artists-in-Residence

Jenna Lee

Baden Pailthorpe

International Artists-in-Residence

Numa Mackenzie (NZ)

Taller SANAA (USA)

Graduate Artists-in-Residence

Chloe Allen (TAS)

Farishta Arzoo (ACT)

Rowena Evans (ACT)

Taner Ates (VIC)

Olive Burgess (NSW)

Claire Fletcher (ACT)

Eloise Hurn (VIC)
Charlie Patton (VIC)

Jess Tapp (NSW)

Lachlan Tumeth (ACT)

Fiona Wearden (ACT)

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 program of exhibitions and our artists-in-residence who will be joining us this year! This year also marks the 45th birthday for Megalo Print Studio, making ours the longest-running community print studio in Australia. From our roots in an Ainslie tin shed in 1980, Megalo has continued to grow and evolve into the thriving printmaking community that continues today.

Studio inductions

All current and new members are required to complete an induction before entering the Megalo studios. We are pleased to announce some changes to this process to make it easier for members to access the studio spaces and get making.

To book an induction, head to the bookings page on our website, email or give us a call.  We will continue to hold daily WHS inductions this week at 10am, through to Saturday 25. After this we will resume our weekly inductions at 10am every Saturday.

MELBOURNE ART PRINT FAIR: edition 1

7 – 9 February

Linden New Art, St Kilda, Naarm / Melbourne

MELBOURNE ART PRINT FAIR: edition 1 is an exciting new art event celebrating the collective creativity of the contemporary art and printmaking community and highlighting the importance and intrigue of print as an art form.  The Melbourne Art Print Fair will showcase many talented printmaking studios and agencies across Australia in one location, Linden New Art, and is free entry.

  • Participating studios
  • Megalo Print Studio
  • Baldessin Press
  • Kaleidoscope Editions
  • Negative Press
  • Print Council of Australia
  • Spacecraft
  • Sunshine Editions

School Holiday Program

Ages 10 – 13⁠
✍️ 21 Jan | Drypoint Self-Portraits⁠
👕 22 Jan | Print Your Own T-shirt & Become a Designer⁠

There are still a few last minute bookings available for our School Holiday program. For all the info and bookings head to the Megalo website. ⁠⁠

Workshops

February Print Social with Naomi Zouwer and Bronte Bell

5:30pm – 8:00pm Friday 7 February, 2025

Intro to Print with Greta Cooper, Robbie Karmel and Quinton Randall

1pm – 4pm | Wednesday 19, 26 February, 5, 12, 19, 26 March 2025

Collagraph Workshop with Helen Daley

10am – 4pm | Saturday 8 + Sunday 9 March 2025

Masami Teraoka: Etching workshop with Aiko Robinson

10am – 4pm | Saturday 12 + Sunday 13 April 2025

Upcoming

Visible but intangible

Sydney Printmakers

22 February – 29 March

The group Sydney Printmakers was established in 1961 with an aim to promote printmaking in Australia and provide opportunities for its members to exhibit prints on a regular basis. This objective articulated over 60 years ago has guided the group ever since expanding to include regional, national and international exhibitions.

The exhibition opens 22 February and will continue through 29 March.

Megalo is open 9:30 – 5 // Tuesday – Saturday.

Exhibitions

Guuma-li / Gather
Juanita McLaughlin

23 January – 6 April

Artspace, Gadigal Country / Sydney

Melbourne Art Print Fair
7 – 9 February

Linden New Art in St Kilda, Naarm / Melbourne

Gurindji Freedom Banners – Mumkurla-nginya-,a parrngalinyparla – From the darkness into the light
11 February – 28 March

ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Ngunawal/Ngambri Country / Canberra

Prizes

National Monoprint Prize 2025

Entries close 4 February

Muswellbrook Art Prize 2025

Entries close 7 February

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 2025

Entries close 5 March

Callouts

General Board Member

Australian National Capital Artists Inc. (ANAC)

Applications close 30 January

2025 PCA Print Commission

Applications close 28 February

Print Council of Australia, Naarm / Melbourne

Habitat: an open printmaking exhibition
Entries due 7 April

Belconnen Arts Centre, Ngunawal/Ngambri Country / Canberra