What's Happening in Calgary, AB…

If you are looking at getting some printing services near Calgary, Alberta, you may have gotten some excellent ideas from a recent art exhibition at the University of Calgary. The University of Calgary’s Dean of Fine Arts and Theater Galleries recently hosted a special exhibition of a joint project between Japanese and Calgary printmakers.

This special exhibition included a whole host of diverse styles of prints and also printing techniques. Were you in attendance, you would have had the privilege of seeing basic water-based ink prints and woodblock, not to mention also more up-to-date cast-resin creations and photography that has been manipulated with digital enhancement.

A primary objective of this special exhibition of art was the cultural differences between Japanese and Canadian art and, more specifically, each nationality’s approach to how it depicts attitudes towards women in art and prints. For example, a Tokyo University graduate’s lithograph entitled "Candy Girls" shows how Japanese pop culture often depicts women as cute, submissive and almost infantile. In contrast, a piece of printed artwork by a member of one of Calgary’s most renowned printmakers depicted women in a stronger fashion, epitomized by the strong lines used in the drawing techniques of said women.

After you had finished looking at this special exhibition of printmakers, no doubt it would have given you some inspiration to check out what some local printing services near Calgary have to offer. The Calgary area features some highly innovative services in addition to the usual poster and flying printing, which are ideal for any art project.