PrintHouston is pleased to announce NEXT 2024, a contemporary print biennial to be held during PRINTHOUSTON 2024.

We are looking for innovative and challenging works that transcend process and materials and present printmaking as a versatile and adaptable medium. We invite artists who are pushing the boundaries of printmaking techniques and materials to apply. We also welcome those artists who are using traditional techniques to speak to contemporary themes and audiences. In addition to lithography, relief, intaglio, monotype, or screenprint, we are interested in artists who use printmaking to create installations, ceramics, sculpture, and artists’ books. The only criteria, beyond excellent quality, is that the primary technique(s) used in the creation of the work be listed above.
 

ORGANIZER PrintHouston is a Houston-based Non-Profit 501(c)(3) arts organization. Our mission is to promote traditional and non-traditional printmaking, encourage print collecting, and facilitate the professional growth of our members. In 2011 we held our first PRINTHOUSTON events, and since 2017 it has become a biennial event. Exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations, workshops, and special events at galleries, museums, non-profit organizations, and commercial venues take place throughout the city of Houston, Texas. 

JUROR This year, we are excited to announce that Ann Shafer will be the juror of NEXT 2024. 
Ann Shafer is an independent curator specializing in prints and printmaking, podcaster, writer, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions including: Front Room: An-My Lê (pronounced Ann Mee Lay) in 2013, On Paper: Alternate Realities in 2015, as well as Front Room: Broomberg & Chanarin in 2016. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. Currently, she is organizing the independent Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, which had its debut in April 2022. Shafer also hosts the podcast Platemark: Prints and the Printmaking Ecosystem. Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and an MA from Williams College. In addition to the Baltimore Museum of Art, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the National Gallery of Art.  

In order to ensure the quality of the exhibition, the juror reserves the right to reject any work that was not accurately represented in the digital file. The juror’s decision is final.

VENUE ELLIO Fine Art, 3201 Allen Pkwy Suite 180, Houston, TX 77019

ELLIO Fine Art gallery features paintings, sculpture, photography and prints from artists throughout the United States and Europe. 
 
AWARDS: Cash awards

ELIGIBILITY 
Open to all artists 18 years and older residing in the United States of America. Works must be original, not to exceed 48 inches in any direction, completed in the last two years, and not previously shown in Houston. Collaborative work should be entered under only one of the artist's name. No student work, reproductions, or photography.

FEES $35 for up to 3 entries, payable during the online entry process.

ENTRY GUIDELINES 
Once you have registered, follow the instructions under “Media Prep” to format your images. You may submit up to three images. If you wish to submit a detail shot, it will count as an entry. Be prepared to submit your artist statement during the submission process. We would prefer statements no longer than 250 words.

The entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time, May 5, 2024.

Selected artists will be required to submit a short biography, a resume, and 300-dpi images by May 13. This information will be submitted to NEXT@printmattershouston.org.

PRESENTATION OF ARTWORK 

All work will be presented professionally in the gallery. Work must be shipped ready to hang: gallery framed* and wired with wire hangers or d-rings. Exceptions: oversized works, installations, 3-D, video, and artist’s books.

*Gallery framed: Neutral frames, archival backing boards, white or off-white mats (if used), spacers (if not matted), plexiglass. We will not accept decorative frames, colored matboards, sawtooth hangers, work that has come loose in the frame, etc.
 

Special display and handling instructions must be included in the package when shipped. Ellio Fine Art reserves the right to exclude any entry that presents complex hanging/exhibition problems or is not framed professionally.

PrintHouston, the juror, and Ellio Fine Art reserve the right to reject any work not accurately represented in the digital file or that is not ready for exhibition.

SHIPPING AND INSURANCE 

Shipped works are due at PrintHouston by June 5. You may hand-deliver your work during install day to Ellio Fine Art on June 6. No exceptions.

Shipped work must be packaged appropriately in a reusable carton, box, or crate for return shipping. Absolutely no packing peanuts. All works will be insured upon arrival in Ellio Fine Art. Neither Ellio Fine Art nor PrintHouston is responsible for any damage or loss during transit.

Ship to: 
Address to be shared with selected artists.

Hand-delivered work must be picked up Monday, July 7, 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. at Ellio Fine Art. Return shipping will begin July 8.

**IMPORTANT: Artists are responsible for the cost of shipping. You MUST include an easily located prepaid return shipping label. If you do not, your work will not be hung.

SALES & COPYRIGHTS Prints may or may not be for sale depending on the choice of the artist. The exhibition sale commission for Ellio Fine Art is 50% of the selling price and artist commission is 50% of the selling price. Ellio Fine Art reserves the right to offer reasonable shared discounts up to 10%. Your entry grants PrintHouston and Ellio Fine Art permission to include your image(s) in marketing and advertising and any catalogs created for NEXT 2024, PRINTHOUSTON 2024, and Ellio Fine Art.

QUESTIONS If you have any questions, e-mail us at NEXT@printmattershouston.org.

IMPORTANT DATES 
May 5: 11:59:00 p.m. (Mountain) Submissions Deadline
May 6 - May 15: Jury Process
May 17: E-mail notifications
May 20: Artist information and 300 dpi images due
June 5: Shipped artwork due to PrintHouston

June 6: Hand-delivered drop-off at Ellio Fine Art

June 14: 6-8 p.m. OPENING RECEPTION
June 15: 1:30 - 2:30p.m. Juror’s talk and awards
July 6: End day of exhibition
July 7: 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. Hand-delivered pick-up, exhibition de-install
July 8: Return shipping begins

Application Requirements

FEES $35 for up to 3 entries, payable during the online entry process.

Once you have registered, follow the instructions under “Media Prep” to format your images. You may submit up to three images. If you wish to submit a detail shot, it will count as an entry. Be prepared to submit your artist statement during the submission process. We would prefer statements no longer than 250 words.

The entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time, May 5, 2024.

Selected artists will be required to submit a short biography, a resume, and 300-dpi images by May 20. This information will be submitted to NEXT@printmattershouston.org.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility
Open to all artists 18 years and older residing in the United States of America. Works must be original, not to exceed 48 inches in any direction, completed in the last two years, and not previously shown in Houston. Collaborative work should be entered under only one of the artist's name. No student work, reproductions, or photography.