Philgrafika Portfolio Meeting

Today the participating member of the selection committee met for the first time for two years to choose the artists for the "2011 Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio". This will be the ninth year Silicon has been involved with this project which is basically a fund raiser for Philagrafika (www.philagrafika.org) but also an opportunity for us to make some cool prints and push the envelope a little.

Shown above (from left to right) are Zach and Jenn from 2nd State Press - we are excited to have these "newbies" on the team, Cindi from C.R. Ettinger Studio, Amanda from the Borowsky Center at the University of the Arts, Rebecca from Philagrafika, Roman from Space 1026 and Mary-Anne from the Fabric Workshop. I was taking the picture with my cell phone.

It may look like fun but after 6 hours of going through images from over 40 submissions and trying to pare it down to 6 artists it was hard work. The chosen will be announced in a few days and I sure we will make another stellar portfolio. You can check out past portfolios on Philagrafika's web site and if you want to beat the rush and pre-order the 2011 portfolio I am sure Rebecca would be happy to take your order!

Posted by Rick