Summary
Outreach
- Phoenix Rising is the only independent printmaking facility in Columbus.
- Its artists provide a wealth of printmaking knowledge and experience that benefits schools, universities, art groups, individuals and organizations throughout central Ohio.
Partnership
- By presenting projects that educate, promote and exhibit the art of printmaking, Phoenix Rising collaborates with:
- Columbus College of Art and Design
- Ohio Designer Craftsmen
- Columbus Museum of Art
- Ohio Dominican University
- Columbus City Schools
- Dayton Print Collective, Tiger Lily Press in Cincinnati, Zygote Press in Cleveland
Community
- Phoenix Rising has a 12-year record of service to the community: artists, students, and the public at large.
- It provides a center for learning and a well-equipped studio as a resource for established and emerging artists as well as students in central Ohio.
Creativity
- Phoenix Rising offers demonstrations, classes, and workshops from which creativity can be launched, developed, experimented with and nurtured.
- Phoenix Rising artists engage the community by providing expertise that promotes and fosters creative thinking through the art and processes of printmaking.
Testimonials:
“Phoenix Rising offers a service to the community that exists nowhere else in Columbus… [it] is an invaluable resource to emerging artists because it provides recent graduates and working artists with a space to create prints at an affordable cost.” Mary V., MFA candidate
“This is an organization that offers much to the arts and culture community of central Ohio – to artists, to patrons, and to the broader community.” Theresa F., patron
“Phoenix Rising has been a catalyst for me and other independent printmakers to further develop a rich portfolio of work thanks to a supportive and enthusiastic membership…” Bahram F., artist