The Print Circle
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The Print Circle is a professional group of women printmakers that operate out of Sydney, New South Wales.[1] The group was created in 1970 by 15 women artists who took pioneering and experimental approaches to printmaking and supported women artists.[2] The group first worked out of Willoughby Arts Centre (then the North Shore Arts Centre) set up by Joy Ewart who included lithographic and etching presses in the centre.[3] Sue Buckley became the first printmaking tutor and was a member of Sydney Printmakers.[2] In 1971 the first Print Circle exhibition was held at Sebert Galleries in the Argyle Centre, Sydney.[4] The Print Circle promotes the work of women artists, similar to the Tin Sheds workshop at University of Sydney.[5]
In 1994 the Print Circle held an exhibition titled "Beyond the Word", which examined the symbolic influence of words.[6]