2025 PGNY Print Fair (Oct 25-26): Call for Artists

The 2025 Printmakers Guild of NY Print Fair is a community event focused on supporting printmakers in Upstate New York and the surrounding areas. This event is an opportunity to show and sell your prints while connecting with fellow creatives and sharing your passion for printmaking. Artists working in traditional print-based and reproducible media are encouraged to apply. We welcome printmakers of all skill and experience levels!

This fair will be hosted in downtown Troy, NY and juried by the PGNY Print Fair Committee. In addition to showcasing a variety of artists, this Print Fair will offer print demonstrations and feature printmaking organizations sharing about the resources they provide.

Join us for an exciting weekend-long celebration of printmaking!

The 2025 PGNY Print Fair is focused on supporting printmakers in Upstate New York and surrounding areas. We welcome applicants from the following areas:

• YES! Printmakers residing across ALL Upstate and Western NY regions, AND ALSO...
• YES! Printmakers residing in areas in neighboring states (VT, NH, MA, CT) within a 100 mile radius of Troy, NY

• Not eligible: Artists residing in Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Suffolk, or Westchester Counties.
• Not eligible: Artists residing in areas in neighboring states (VT, NH, MA, CT) that do NOT fall within a 100-mile radius of Troy, NY.

NOT SURE? Please visit www.printmakersguildny.com for a map and complete eligibility requirements.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Midnight on August 1, 2025

APPLY ONLINE: https://printmakersguildny.com/2025-pgny-print-fair/

Applicants must be at least 18 years or older.

There is no fee to apply, and you do not need to be a PGNY member to apply, this is an open call.

• Applying as a solo artist? Use the INDIVIDUAL ARTIST application link
• Applying with a friend to share a vendor space? Use the ARTIST DUO application link. Duos must apply together at the same time; you may not add another printmaker after you’ve applied or been accepted as an individual applicant.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• Works submitted must include hand-printed elements. This includes but is not limited to relief, intaglio, lithograph, screen print, stencil/pochoir, monotype/monoprint, transfers, letterpress, cyanotypes, and risographs.
• Book arts and dimensional print works that incorporate any of the above hand-printed elements are welcome!
• Digital prints will only be accepted if at least one of the above techniques is incorporated into the print. Exclusively digital works, drawings, and paintings including no discernible printed element will not be accepted.

IMAGES:

• Artists must submit 5 work samples to be reviewed by our jurors.
• Please submit images that represent the style, content, size, or print mediums you intend to sell at the fair.
• Please note: the Print Fair is a family-friendly event open to the public.

IMAGE FORMAT:

• Images should be JPEG files, no larger than 5MB with a resolution of 200 dpi or higher.
• Image files must be labeled with last name (or exhibitor name), title of work, and date.
• Example: Smith.sampleimage.2025.jpg

COSTS, FEES & ARTIST SALES

If accepted, artists will pay a one-time vendor fee to secure their participation. This fee covers our cost to advertise and promote the event, pay for our venue, cleaning, tables and chairs, and offsets the cost of administrative tools and time to produce this event. You will be asked if you if you want to participate on one or both days of the event:

• Vendor fee 1-day: $75
• Vendor fee 2-days: $125

Artists set their own pricing and PGNY will NOT take a commission or percentage of your sales.

Artists are responsible for collecting and reporting all applicable state and local sales tax.

Accepted printmakers will receive more detailed information.

08/01/2025