We encourage members to produce an edition of prints, which are traded, framed by WPA and exhibited annually. Each year WPA members choose a theme and define parameters of the trade portfolio. Members exchange experiences of pulling an edition, as well as receive a collection of prints. We try to subsidize press time for editions or connect printmaker with someone who has a press. We can also try and pair the inexperienced with the experienced for editioning. This is not a time to learn a new medium of printmaking. Work in an area that you are comfortable. Remember that pulling an edition requires time beyond the creation of imagery.

The 2016 Trade Games and Rituals is scheduled for September exhibition in the Bone Black Studio and Gallery.

THEME: Games and Rituals

I think Games and Rituals is a wide open topic with endless possibilities.

It could be physical games, mind games, board games, made-up games, corporate games, relationship games, brain games. All kinds of games. Or rituals.

Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

game1 n

1. an activity that people participate in, together or on their own, for fun

2. a sporting or other activity in which players compete against one another by following a fixed set of rules

3. a particular occasion when a competitive game is played

4. in sports such as tennis, a specific subsection of play that goes toward making up a set or match

5. a particular aspect of a competition

6. the style or level of skill with which somebody plays a particular sport

7. the total number of points needed to win a contest

8. the rules governing a particular competition or sport

9. an item or set of items such as a board, dice, counters, a deck of cards, or a piece of computer software that is needed to play a particular game

10. any activity that resembles a game, for example, one that involves intense interest and competitiveness and is carried out by its own specific and often unspoken rules

11. a way of behaving that is aimed at manipulating people or trying to deceive them

12. a strategy, activity, or behavior that is questionable, and often illegal (informal)

13. a business or occupation (informal)

14. an activity or situation that somebody does not treat seriously

15. wild animals, birds, or fish that are hunted for sport

16. the meat of wild animals, birds, or fish that have been killed for sport

17. the act of ridiculing somebody for fun, or the target of ridicule, criticism or trickery

18. a mathematical model describing a contest played under specified rules in which each participant has only partial control

npl games

an event that consists of many different sporting activities and usually lasts for several days

npl games

an event that consists of many different sporting activities and usually lasts for several days

adj

1. ready and willing to do something, especially something new or unusual

2. brave in spirit or character

vi

to play games of chance for money

Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

rit·u·al n

1. an established and prescribed pattern of observance, for example, in a religion

2. the performance of actions or procedures in a set, ordered, and ceremonial way (often used before a noun)

3. a formalized pattern of actions or words followed regularly and precisely (informal)

4. a set sequence of actions that an animal uses to communicate information or to reinforce social cohesion

5. an inflexible, stylized, and often repetitive sequence of actions, for example, repeated hand-washing, that may indicate an obsession

6. a book containing rites or ceremonial procedures, especially religious rites

adj