Artists Image Resource is a print and imaging lab located on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Artists Image Resource (AIR) initiates and facilitates projects with professional artists, creating an active laboratory environment where artists, students, and the community interact.
WELCOME TO THE AIR WEBSITE
AIR is now making prints from its archive available to the public. Check out the “prints” page and watch for new print releases and more printwork from AIR in exhibitions and print fairs throughout the region and beyond.
The “events” area of the site will also provide more insights about upcoming work in the studio including AIR exhibitions, resident projects, partner exhibitions, learning programs and community gatherings.
The new website also provides an opportunity for AIR to take the next step toward creating a more robust and expanded resource for artists, educators and the community. To this end, AIR is now Hiring. We will be taking on a new “studio manager” and we are looking for dynamic artist /educators to become part of the AIR crew. Send inquiries to workers@artistsimageresource.org. Include contact information, letter of intent (areas of interest, overview of relevant skills), cv/resume, work samples and references.
Community Access / Printmaking Services
AIR supports our creative and educational communities in many ways including off the street print related services:
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AIR offers archival digital printing services on heavyweight substrates for artists and others. AIR’s Epson 9890 can print on rolls of media up to 44” wide. Standard flat sheet sizes are 13 x 19 and 17 x 22.
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We offer access to Relief, Etching (30 x 50 and 18 x 36) and Lithographic (30 x 50) presses.
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Images up to 12 x 18 on screens up to 23 x 31 are standard. Larger images up to 32 x 48 on screens up to 48 x 72 can be processed and purchased on a case-by-case basis.
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Artists can schedule printing sessions in two-hour increments to facilitate small screenprinting projects.
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AIR offers stackable learning blocks to artists interested in obtaining a functional knowledge of various print processes. Generally, blocks consist of 4-hour sessions that include materials, instruction, access to equipment and studio time.
Prints from the AIR Archive
AIR works with its collaborators and artists to set pricing and make prints made at AIR available to the public.
