Exhibition Dates: December 6, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Receiving Dates: November 15–22, 2026
Entry Deadline for Mailed Work: November 20, 2026

The Center for Contemporary Printmaking invites current CCP members to participate in our 2026 Annual Members Exhibition, juried by Marie Tennyson, Executive Director of the Lower East Side Printshop.

Alternate Realities

This year’s theme, Alternate Realities, invites artists to explore the ways printmaking can transform, reinterpret, and reimagine the world around us. Through abstraction, repetition, layering, fragmentation, chance, and experimentation, prints can reveal realities that are imagined, subjective, emotional, or entirely unexpected. What happens when familiar forms become unfamiliar? How can an image, idea, memory, or experience take on a new reality through the process of making a print? We encourage you to interpret the theme in whatever way feels most meaningful to you—personally, conceptually, visually, abstractly, or poetically. All approaches, perspectives, and printmaking processes are welcome.

About the Juror

Marie Tennyson
Executive Director, Lower East Side Printshop

Marie Tennyson brings nearly 20 years of experience in the field of fine art prints to her role as Executive Director of the Lower East Side Printshop. Most recently, she served as Director of Sales at Universal Limited Art Editions. Previously, she was Associate Director of the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies and Gallery Director of the LeRoy Neiman Gallery at the School of the Arts at Columbia University.

Marie’s passion for fine art prints and her commitment to supporting emerging artists further the Printshop’s mission to promote excellence in printmaking by offering opportunities to create, investigate, and collect fine art prints.

Eligibility

This exhibition is open to current CCP members. All levels of membership are eligible to participate.

Submitted work must:

• Be an original fine art print
• Be created using a printmaking process, including woodcut, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, monotype, or another original printmaking medium
• Have been completed on or after January 1, 2026
• Not have been previously exhibited at CCP
• Be signed in pencil by the artist
• Not exceed 30 x 22 inches (full sheet)
• Be available for sale

Drawings, photographs, and direct reproductions are not eligible.

Each member may submit one original print.

Awards & Prizes

Best in Show
A solo exhibition in the Lithography Studio Gallery to coincide with the 2027 Annual Members Exhibition.

Second Prize
A half-day with a CCP Printer.

Honorable Mentions
One-day studio rental at CCP.

Binnie Birstein Memorial Scholarship Awards
Two awards of $250 each, to be applied toward a CCP workshop.

Entry Fee

A $25 entry fee per artist is required to help defray the costs of the exhibition.

Preparing Your Work

All prints must be submitted with foam core backing and Plexiglas cut to size. CCP does not provide foam core or Plexiglas.

Prints may be matted, preferably with a neutral-colored mat. Please do not frame your print. All works will be installed using “L” fasteners provided by CCP.

An identification label should be affixed to the foam core backing or mat on the back of the print and include:

• Artist name
• Title and date executed
• Medium
• Dimensions
• Edition size and number
• Price

Submitting Your Work

In-Person Receiving:
November 15–22, 2026
Monday–Saturday, 9 AM–5 PM
Sunday, 12–5 PM

The Front Desk will accept work during the receiving period. No submissions will be accepted after November 22, 2026.

Mailed Entries:
Mailed entries must arrive at CCP no later than November 20, 2026. Work must be bubble-wrapped and shipped flat in a reusable cardboard carton. Please do not use wood or board crates or boxes.

Artists submitting work by mail must include return postage. If return postage is not included, the print will become the property of CCP. At the conclusion of the exhibition, unsold work will be returned to the artist in its original packaging.

Sales

All works must be offered for sale. CCP will make every effort to sell exhibited prints, and artists will receive 50% of the sale price.

Artists may also choose to dedicate 100% of the sale proceeds to CCP.

Pickup of Unsold Work

Unsold work may be picked up February 3–7, 2027, from 12–5 PM.

Works not picked up during this period will be charged a $10/day storage fee and will become the property of CCP after 30 days.

Membership

Only current CCP members are eligible to participate. If you need to become a member or renew your membership, membership forms may be mailed to:

Center for Contemporary Printmaking
Mathews Park
299 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850

Memberships may also be purchased or renewed online.

All levels of membership are eligible for the Annual Members Exhibition:

• Student: $30
• Individual: $75
• Dual/Family: $125
• Artist Patron: $500
• Collector: $1,200
• Studio Membership Add-On: $25

Important Dates

Exhibition: December 6, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Receiving: November 15–22, 2026
Mailed Entry Deadline: November 20, 2026
Unsold Work Pickup: February 3–7, 2027, 12–5 PM

For questions about membership or the exhibition, please contact the Center for Contemporary Printmaking at 203.899.7999 or visit contemprints.org.

We look forward to seeing how our members interpret Alternate Realities!