The Poster Centre 2022

 

TROPPO Print Studio Melbourne, at The Poster Centre

 

March-April 2022

With artists Sima Alikhani, Saqlain Binte Saleh, Wendy Murray and Jay Kay Wassell.

Led by artist Wendy Murray, with artists Sima Alikhani, Saqlain Binte Saleh and Jay Kay Wassell, ‘The Poster Centre’ offers free screen-printing workshops for all ages at three Blacktown City Libraries and a drop-in print studio at Blacktown Arts.

‘The Poster Centre’ is an opportunity to share in the history of the renowned ‘Garage Graphix’ print workshop – a grassroots printing movement active in Blacktown from 1981 – 1998.

This project is supported by Create NSW’s Audience Development Fund, a devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

Outcomes delivered by the Poster Centre

  • Community-based open print studio program design

  • 3 local artists mentored by master printmaker Wendy Murray

  • 10 mobile workshops

  • 18 studio workshops

  • 28 workshops across 4 venues
    (Blacktown Arts Centre, Dennis Johnson Library, Max Webber Library, Mt Druitt Hub)

  • 331 posters made by community

  • Exhibition of selected posters through 3 platforms (LKBAC gallery, Made in Blacktown public art project, Political Posters Now exhibition)

 
 

Blacktown Arts Centre workshop & gallery set up. Photo: Silvesalt Photography

Collaborative poster by Sima Alikhani, Saqlain Binte Saleh, Wendy Murray and Jay Kay Wassell.

13 March - mobile Poster Centre at the Dennison Library