Our Activities
The Philippine Association of Printmakers is one of the oldest art groups in the Philippines. As part of the PAP’s mission of bringing art to the masses and propagating the development of printmaking, the organization aims to (re)introduce printmaking as a medium significant for interdisciplinary art practice.
Exhibitions
The PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF PRINTMAKERS (PAP) continually mount exhibitions that showcases contmeporary approaches to printmaking. The organization always try to include various artists who have made significant contributions to printmaking or defined new directions in contemporary art practices related to this graphic medium.
Studio workshops and lectures
The PAP continues to do lectures, workshops and exhibitions in partnership with various institutions. Among them in recent years, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Art Association of the Philippines, Vargas Museum, Lopez Museum, Ateneo Art Gallery, Yuchengco Museum, de La Salle Museum, University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, Museum Foundation of the Philippines, German Club, Alliance Francaise de Manille and other visual arts organizations.
Publications
Among the publications the PAP has produced include Limbag Kamay, Sining: Ukit Bato in 1995, Bakat in 1998, Bakat ng Limbag Sining I and II, all catalogues for major print exhibitions. It contained apart from the works, substantial and informative essays focusing on the history and current practice of printmaking in Philippine setting. These publications were disseminated for free to libraries, cultural institutions, schools and arts organizations throughout the country.
The PAP and its projects have also been featured in magazines, newspapers and other local publications