Join the project: let's grow independent contemporary graphics

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Suma't al projecte: fem créixer la gràfica contemporània independent

 

APART EDICIONS was founded a couple of decades ago by Jordi Vilella with the intention of creating graphic editions in collaboration with artists from his workshop in Barcelona. 

Since 2023, we have moved the publishing house's workshop, which still maintains its showroom in Barcelona, to the CA LA ROSA creation and residency center in Verges (Baix Empordà). Here, the publishing project and artistic printmaking processes have been strengthened. First by expanding the team with Roser Cussó and Anna Solanilla, and especially by activating various proposals for the promotion and dissemination of graphic arts through public residency calls and graphic art exhibitions. In this way, we are stimulating graphic creation while also addressing its dissemination in the Girona region and beyond.

Now APART EDICIONS and CA LA ROSA work together for contemporary Catalan and international graphic arts. Although we need time to build muscle, we are very excited about the arrival of the project that hybridizes creation and screen-printing editions. We welcome visual artists, illustrators, and creators in general, and share knowledge and expertise with them to work together and assert graphic art as an art form accessible to everyone.

We come from an independent and open way of doing things in this process. Renowned artists such as Regina Giménez, Isidro Ferrer, Magí Puig, Josep and Ramon Moscardó, among others, accompany us. Today, this commitment is reflected in a collection of more than 200 original screen-printed editions made in the workshop and a collaboration with more than twenty artists. 

For this reason, we would like to invite you to become part of the APART EDICIONS publishing project through our two programs:

  • CA LA ROSA PATRONS 
  • APART EDICIONS SUBSCRIBERS

Both proposals are a way to actively contribute to the continuity and development of a cultural initiative that places the creation of contemporary graphic arts and the artisanal techniques of screen-printing editions at the center of our practice.

Being a PATRON or SUBSCRIBER is one of the most committed ways to support the publishing house and the art center. It represents feeling part of a community committed to art and artistic processes. Your contribution will allow us to strengthen the necessary conditions to further promote the operation of the workshop, accompany and facilitate the creation of new artists in their research and edition processes. That is, to achieve the center's main mission: facilitating artistic creation for artists and the dissemination of the arts and critical thinking through contemporary graphic arts.

It is a way to make it possible for new artists' projects and new collections to develop and for artists to have the necessary resources and recognition to explore new forms of expression within the visual arts. 

We have 3 ways of participating:

 

CA LA ROSA PATRONS
1. WORKSHOP APPRENTICE - (€50 /year)

This option supports residency activities, the Stage, screen-printing workshops for young people, mediation activities, art talks for everyone, and graphic art exhibitions at CA LA ROSA. At the same time, this contribution strengthens the possibility of expanding support and advice for artists by adapting to their needs. Making the team's knowledge and expertise available to them while providing financial support to encourage graphic creation processes in residency.


APART EDICIONS SUBSCRIBERS
2. PRINTER - (€150 / year)
3. WORKSHOP MASTER - (€300 / year)

Being a subscriber to APART EDICIONS means enjoying special benefits for the acquisition of any of the works published in our catalog. At the same time, your contribution will allow us to promote independent and emerging artists' editions in graphic arts. Being a collaborator means being part of a community of people committed to independent and self-managed culture and strengthening the voice of new creators. A way to actively contribute to the sustainability of the publishing house, sharing its values and participating in its growth.

Become a subscriber to be part of the project and enjoy special benefits. We will always be grateful for your commitment!

We invite you to join this commitment to the creation of contemporary graphic arts and contribute to making possible a space where research, experimentation, and artistic production can grow without pressure.