Artists Image Resource is a printlab designed to support working artists.
Artists Image Resource (AIR) initiates and facilitates projects with professional artists, creating an active laboratory environment where artists, students, and the community interact.
Your Voice Matters
We are talking about VOICE. Your voice matters – See something, Say Something.
Print has always been a vehicle for voice, and we have organized a bunch of screens with various words and slogans and images and icons that you can use to help you express your thoughts about the current landscape.
Make a print, make a poster, make a sign and take it home or take it to the next event you attend. We will provide ideas, paper, ink, and the sticks to staple your sign to.
An AIR crew of artists and activists and printers will be available to discuss ideas, help you turn them into prints during our Friday night Open Studio.
Friday Night Open Studio
Join us for Open Studio on Friday nights from 5-8pm.
Email info@artistsimageresource.org to schedule.
Pittsburgh Steelers:
Gameday Poster Series
Image courtesy of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, in collaboration with Commonwealth Press, release gameday posters designed by locally sourced artists for each home game of the season, and one to commemorate the season in its entirety! A limited number of posters will be available for purchase on game day at the Steelers Pro Shop and online.
Friends of AIR
Friends of AIR are the monthly supporters of Artists Image Resource.
Benefits of becoming a Friend of AIR include an annual print created by the AIR family of artists, exclusive workshop and discounts on studio rentals.
Community Access / Printmaking Services
AIR supports our creative and educational communities in many ways including off the street print related services:
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AIR offers archival digital printing services on heavyweight substrates for artists and others. AIR’s Epson 9890 can print on rolls of media up to 44” wide. Standard flat sheet sizes are 13 x 19 and 17 x 22.
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We offer access to Relief, Etching (30 x 50 and 18 x 36) and Lithographic (30 x 50) presses.
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Images up to 12 x 18 on screens up to 23 x 31 are standard. Larger images up to 32 x 48 on screens up to 48 x 72 can be processed and purchased on a case-by-case basis.
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Artists can schedule printing sessions in two-hour increments to facilitate small screenprinting projects.
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AIR offers stackable learning blocks to artists interested in obtaining a functional knowledge of various print processes. Generally, blocks consist of 4-hour sessions that include materials, instruction, access to equipment and studio time.
Prints from the AIR Archive
AIR works with its collaborators and artists to set pricing and make prints made at AIR available to the public.
