Print Exchange | 2025
The 2025 Print Exchange is open to all artists working within the medium of print. Participants will create an edition using any form of printmaking, including but not limited to: lithography, linoleum cut, wood block print, etching, screenprinting, letterpress, monoprinting, Riso, digital mediums, etc.
We have a limited number of student registrations available for a discount! Please choose the appropriate option below, honor system please :)
IMPORTANT DATES
June 29: registration deadline
August 15: last day to receive full refund for cancellation
September 12: finished prints due
October 10: exhibition opens in Silver City, NM
The 2025 Print Exchange is open to all artists working within the medium of print. Participants will create an edition using any form of printmaking, including but not limited to: lithography, linoleum cut, wood block print, etching, screenprinting, letterpress, monoprinting, Riso, digital mediums, etc.
We have a limited number of student registrations available for a discount! Please choose the appropriate option below, honor system please :)
IMPORTANT DATES
June 29: registration deadline
August 15: last day to receive full refund for cancellation
September 12: finished prints due
October 10: exhibition opens in Silver City, NM
The 2025 Print Exchange is open to all artists working within the medium of print. Participants will create an edition using any form of printmaking, including but not limited to: lithography, linoleum cut, wood block print, etching, screenprinting, letterpress, monoprinting, Riso, digital mediums, etc.
We have a limited number of student registrations available for a discount! Please choose the appropriate option below, honor system please :)
IMPORTANT DATES
June 29: registration deadline
August 15: last day to receive full refund for cancellation
September 12: finished prints due
October 10: exhibition opens in Silver City, NM
2025 Print Exchange Details
Participants can expect to print between 35-40 prints - please make sure your process can accommodate printing this quantity of prints!
**Due to shipping issues, participation is limited only to artists living in the US at this time**
Each participant will receive an exchange portfolio of all other participants’ prints! A few additional portfolios will be set aside for our archives and will be for sale, with all proceeds to benefit the Southwest Print Fiesta scholarship program. Please note that participants may not resell portfolios in part or whole without written permission from each participating artist.
Your work from this exchange will be displayed on the Southwest Print Fiesta website with links to your own websites and/or social media, as well as in-person at an exhibition in Silver City, NM in October.
EDITION SIZE: TBD. We will confirm the final edition size once registration has closed. All portfolios will consist of one print from each participant. We typically receive between 30-40 registrations.
REGISTRATION: All artists must register to participate in this exchange. To register, please purchase this item by June 29 to confirm your spot so we can determine the final edition size.
DUE DATE: Finished editions must be received by Friday, September 12 (please ship by 9/8).
CANCELLATION POLICY: If you need to cancel your registration, please do so before August 15 for a full refund. No refunds will be given for cancellations after August 15.
COST: $35/participant ($25/student). This fee covers the creation of portfolio cases and printed colophon, as well as logistical costs associated with organization, exhibition, and shipping of portfolios.
PAPER: The paper size is 8” x 8”. You may use any paper you’d like, as long as it is archival.
INTERLEAVING: All editions must be interleaved with 8 x 8” glassine or equivalent archival protective sheets. Please do not use newsprint, bags, tracing paper, wax paper, or mylar as interleaving. Editions without appropriate interleaving will not be accepted into the collection.
FORMATTING: Please number your prints in the lower left corner based on edition size - for example, if the number of participants is 40, please number all prints 1/40, 2/40, 3/40, etc. Please sign in the bottom right corner.
Thanks so much - we look forward to seeing your prints!