Printmaking Council of New Jersey
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The Printmaking Council of New Jersey is a non-profit organization
located in the hamlet of North Branch
in Branchburg Township
, within Somerset County
, New Jersey
, across from the North Branch
Station.
in all its varied forms for the benefit of artist
s and the public through education and exhibition; to establish and sustain a creative center that will promote interaction among artists of different abilities and advance their artistic and professional growth; to promote participation of the public both at the PCNJ facility and throughout the State of New Jersey.
The Council offers classes and workshops, studio and darkroom rentals, and children's group programs, as well as public exhibitions.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
located in the hamlet of North Branch
North Branch, New Jersey
North Branch is an unincorporated area and hamlet located mostly within Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. A portion of North Branch is located in Bridgewater Township...
in Branchburg Township
Branchburg Township, New Jersey
Branchburg Township is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 14,459....
, within Somerset County
Somerset County, New Jersey
Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In 2010, the population was 323,444. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, across from the North Branch
North Branch (NJT station)
North Branch is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the hamlet of North Branch in Branchburg Township, New Jersey. The station is in a residential area, a mile to the south of North Branch center. The station has a small shelter with no facilities and is across...
Station.
Mission
The purpose of this organization is to encourage and to support the fine art of printmakingPrintmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
in all its varied forms for the benefit of artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s and the public through education and exhibition; to establish and sustain a creative center that will promote interaction among artists of different abilities and advance their artistic and professional growth; to promote participation of the public both at the PCNJ facility and throughout the State of New Jersey.
The Council offers classes and workshops, studio and darkroom rentals, and children's group programs, as well as public exhibitions.