SAGA’s Mini Gems is a national, juried miniature print exhibition, held in our gallery in Union Square, NYC since 2022. This year we will show 200 miniature prints from artists across the country, on Saturdays from December 7, 2024 to January 4, 2025, giving over $1000 in awards. Stay tuned for more information.

Juror: Katie Michel,

founder & director of Planthouse Gallery, NYC.

Katie is a graphic designer, printer, and print publisher. Michel worked at the Grenfell Press from 1995–2017 a printer and publisher of artist’s books and limited edition prints. In 2013, Michel founded Planthouse Gallery, a project space located on the 28th street in New York City. Planthouse took its namesake from its original home, which represents the vibrant center of the city’s flower district. Michel is a member of the Victory Garden Collective, formed in 2016 in response to the presidential primaries. Their projects take cues from suffragette movements, with a mission to galvanize women to keep pushing for change. Grenfell Press and Planthouse publications are in the collections of The Getty Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Public Library, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. The archive of Planthouse can be found at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University.Michel serves on the board of Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the Bronx. In addition, She is a trustee of the Jockey Hollow Foundation. She attended St. George’s School (’89) and Yale University (’93). She lives Riverdale, New York with her daughters Sadie and Claire.

Our 89th Annual Exhibition will be held at The Arts Center at Governors Island in New York City. The Arts Center, run by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), is the first permanent home for arts and culture on Governors Island.

Juror: Jenn Bratovich

Director of Exhibitions and Programs at Print Center New York, where she works with artists, publishers, curators, writers, and arts programmers to think about print. Since joining Print Center she has helped shepherd the organization through its move to a new, ground-floor exhibition space in the heart of Chelsea; contributed to sharpening the organization’s curatorial vision; and led development of a new exhibition and artist development program to support emerging artists. She has previously held positions at Hunter College Art Galleries and Women’s Studio Workshop. Jenn holds an MA in art history from Hunter College. She is interested in how print, as a set of tools and strategies, fits into wider contemporary practices that include sculpture, installation, and performance.

Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme (along with 13 participating local galleries)
Viale della Libertà, 280
53042 Chianciano Terme, SI
Italy

The 8th edition of the Chianciano Biennale presents 150 artists form the world of contemporary art in one of the most dynamic contemporary art competitions and celebrations in the world.

The 13 art galleries located in Medieval Chianciano and the Chianciano Art Museum offer breathtaking venues for a wonderful and inspiring experience of international art.

Brand Library and Art Center
1601 W. Mountain Street
Glendale, CA 91201

This year we welcome art critic, curator and author Shana Nys Dambrot as our juror. Based in Downtown LA, Dambrot is the Arts Editor for L.A. Weekly, and a contributor to Flaunt, Artillery, and other culture publications. She studied Art History at Vassar College, has curated and juried many exhibitions, writes prolifically for exhibition catalogs and monographic publications, and speaks at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally. As an experienced juror, Dambrot looks initially for artworks that demonstrate skill, innovation, finesse, beauty, power and message. Her goal is for the final selections to produce coherence, conversation and balance across an entire group of high-quality artworks. We anticipate a wonderful Brand 52 under her careful eye. 

The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center is an all-volunteer non-profit that raises funds to support the extensive free and public events offered at Brand including gallery exhibitions, classical and popular music performances, film screenings, dance performances, and activities for people of all ages. Entry fees and commissions from the sale of artworks from Brand 52 will be used to continue the important cultural programming that Brand Library & Art Center brings to the community.

Ayer Center for Arts & Culture
300 E Main Street
Fort Wayne IN 46802
260-424-7195

Our 44th National Print Exhibition explores the intricate and fascinating techniques of printmaking. Juried by Sachi Yanari-Rizzo, this year’s exhibition includes over 60 works by contemporary printmakers working throughout the United States.
An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 23 from 5-8pm. Light snacks and a cash bar will be provided. There is no cost of admission and all ages are welcome!

Exhibiting artists: Brett Anderson, David Avery, Cameron Bailey, Janet Ballweg, Carlos Barberena, Christine Baum, Kate Borcherding, Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Grant Brownlow, Jody Bruns, Bethany Buchanan, Jonah Buehner, Keith Buswell, Laura Cantor, Karen Carcia, Alejandra Carrillo, Lijun Chao & Andy Holliday, Jaquelee Chit Yu Chau, Art Cislo, Jennifer Clarke, Julie Cowan, Luca Cruzat, Richard Dawavendewa, Luiza Helena de Araujo Caetano, James Ehlers, Donald Furst, Amanda Gaebel, Steve Garst, Adrian Gonzalez, Mark Goodmanson, Mary Gordon McFall, Yuji Hiratsuka, Phillip Hook, Cornelia Huellstrunk, Joyce Jewell, Brian Johnson, David Johnson, Sarojini Johnson, Kazhia Kolb, Brian Lathan, Teddy Lepley, Lisa Maione, Anita Maksimiuk, Michelle Martin, Rachel Mindrup, Grace Morris, Nanette Newbry, Michelle Paine, Nick Phan, Mitchell Poon, DeAnn Prosia, Roxanne Sexauer, Egor Shokoladov, Sarah Smelser, Catherine Sollman, Joe Tsambiras, Mark Walley, Cassie White, Brandon Williams, Connie Wolfe and Nichole Wolz.