Selected artists from SE England (including London) are invited to apply to exhibit in the Algården Gallery, Sweden from 17th to 22nd September 2019.

PrintFest7 2019 

Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery 
Buckhurst Lane 
Sevenoaks 
TN13 1LQ 
http://svaf.co.uk

Key Dates: Swedish Artists exhibiting at Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope Gallery 30th March until the 13th May 2019.

UK artists exhibiting at Algården 17th to the 22nd of September 2019.

Open Call from January 1st 2019,  final date for submission March 1st 2019. 

Continuing the success of PrintFest7, launched in 2018 in partnership with France’s Manifestampe, this year’s PrintFest takes a Nordic twist. Artists from Sweden’s prestigious Algården Workshop and Gallery will be exhibiting at the Kaleidoscope Gallery from the 30th April until the 13th May 2019. 

The art of Printmaking is practised widely in the Nordic countries and an emphasis on non toxic methods prevail. The Ålgården workshop and Gallery is situated by the river Viskan in Borås near the west coast of Sweden. Consisting of four large buildings and two outhouses there is a beautiful Gallery hosting exhibitions by both national and international artists. The workshops are divided into three – one for lithography, silkscreen and glass – one for intaglio printing – and one for a digital workshop, kitchen and guest rooms. 

Artists based in SE Engand will be invited to exhibit in the Algården Gallery from the 17th to the 22nd of September 2019. To learn more take a look at https://www.algarden.se/en/about-us/

We are also invited to stay at Ålgården and share our practice with our Swedish counterparts. Obviously this will depend on accommodation available at the time as Ålgården hosts visitors regularly from the Nordic and international cultural sector. 

This Open Call invites artists to submit work digitally by March 1st 2019. A committee will select works for the  curated exhibition taking place in Sweden. 

All methods of original printmaking are acceptable. Works must have been made during the past 2 years. Entry is free of charge and 30% commission will be charged on sales.

As part of this event we will be holding a Charity Auction to raise money for the charity Hospital Rooms https://hospital-rooms.com. Hospital Rooms is a mental health charity that believes in the enduring power of the arts to instil value, dignity and wellbeing in people. Artists who wish to can give a small unframed print,  no larger than 30cms in any direction, which will be sold as part of a Blind Auction  and all the proceeds given to the charity.