The CAC is committed to this event as it both supports our many talented local artists and serves to expand the tourist season, which benefits the communities of Creede and South Fork. We actively market the event through brochures, press releases and invitations. We also coordinate signage and community involvement in Creede and South Fork. In order to increase our marketing to a broader area with paid advertising, banners and brochures, we are seeking sponsorships from patrons and businesses (see below).

Entries and fees are due no later than June 10th, 2013.

Please view and print the required forms by clicking Call for Studio Tour 2013 Artists

If you cannot print the documents, please email or call us immediately so we can send one to you via postal mail.  creedearts@gojade.org   (719)658-0312

The judge for the 2013 NSPS is Mark Lunning. The CAC is very grateful to Mr. Lunning for providing his expertise. He is a Master Printer and the owner of Open Press Ltd. in Denver, CO. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado and has been teaching with the Art Students’ League of Denver, Denver, Colorado since 1995.

The CAC has new events planned for the 2013 NSPS. First, the NSPS begins with a fabulous opening night reception and sale, this year taking place on Saturday May 25^th at 5:30pm in the Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) lobby. Second, on that same evening, the CAC and CRT open the Past Judge Retrospective in the upstairs gallery of the CRT. This show features prints of all sizes, created by previous NSPS judges. Both shows run through June and into July and end with a third event: a wonderful new closing reception on Sunday, July 7^th at 3:30pm. Lastly, a smaller show of select prints, known as the Travelling NSPS, goes to the Evergreen Center for the Arts in Evergreen, CO. The Travelling NSPS opens on Monday, July 15^th and runs through Thursday, August 15^th.

This year’s First Place entry is Randall LaGro’s “Her Grace”, Second Place is Leonard Leibowitz’s “You don’t have to sleep to dream…” and Third Place is Barry Klingman’s “Trailmarker: Garden/The Fall”. We know that Mr. Lunning lost sleep over his decisions of which prints to accept and which to award prizes to, since the quality of work received for the CAC NSPS is always among the very best, and this year was no exception!

So, be sure to attend as many events as you can, for they all are sure to please! At the opening night sale, it is up to chance as to whom gets to purchase each print since all names of folks who want to buy prints go into a hat to be drawn in a random order! Further, many of the prints are in limited editions or monotypes (meaning only one exists in the world), and the opening-night-sale process has evolved over the years to ensure that all is fair in art purchases at the National Small Print Show. The evening becomes an exciting race to the artwork of your dreams, as patrons wait for their name to be called so that they can be sure to secure their favorites. Every year the opening proves to be a fabulous evening with food, wine, and wonderful ‘little packages’ of art.

If you cannot make it to the opening, prints may still be purchased at the CRT through July 7^th. The staff at the CRT can assist you with your purchases. Just keep in mind that extra popular prints or monotypes may sell out at the opening night sale! So, be sure to mark your calendars for the Creede Arts Council’s art show of the year on display in the Creede Repertory Theatre through July7^th.

1st Place “Her Grace”                                by Randall LaGro

2nd Place “You don’t have to sleep to dream…”    by Leonard Leibowitz

3rd Place “Trailmarker: Garden/The Fall”        by Barry Klingman

We are now starting work on scanning the accepted entries and planning for

Saturday, May 25th at 5:30pm at the Creede Repertory Theatre

We open 2 shows that evening at the CRT

1) 2013 NSPS

2) Past Judge Reotrospective in the upstairs gallery of the CRT. This is a new exhibit for the CAC and for the CRT. Be sure to drop by both shows anytime from May 25th through July 7th.

The following photos are courtesy of Riley Goss. We give Riley a great big “Thank You” for providing us with his services and with such fabulous photos!

Please do not download or print these photos as Riley holds the copyright for them

If you would like a copy of any photo, please contact the CAC by email at creedearts@gojade.org, and we will provide you with the information necessary to obtain copies.

The judging committee for the 2013 WCJ met on Saturday, April 6th, and have made their decisions.

Entrants will be notified soon regarding their entry status.

In all, over 160 prints were received. We are able to display about 110. The judge has some tough decisions to make, because all of the entries are really wonderful! Once they are judged, the prints will be returned to Creede.

The artists will be notified of results in May.

The NSPS opening in Creede is on Saturday May 25th! We also have a closing event and a travelling show going to Evergreen.

See the postcard of events by clicking on this thumbnail.

Here’s an excerpt:

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The event includes our spectacular, and always fun, opening night reception on Saturday May 25th, and, new for 2013, a spectacular and fun closing night reception on July 7th.

View and download the prospectus by clicking 2013 NSPS prospectus

Watch for our NSPS FAQs to be posted, hopefully!, soon! We appreciate your patience!

Your entry will move through the judging process, if the rest of the required entry steps have also been completed.

Please view and print the WCJ 2013 Call for Entries  and follow the submission detail process.

Note that submitting your text entries using this form means that you will not send the email as outlined in the Submission Details.