Chartaphilia is not a real word, per se, but combines the latin word for paper with the suffix, philia, meaning like or attraction. As a term, chartaphilia is meant to describe the affection that many people, especially artists, have for paper or in the case of this exhibition, art works on paper.

Chartaphilia will include drawings and prints, including portfolios and books, from The Suter Art Gallery Collection. Many of the techniques employed in the creation of these works of art may be observed during a special weekend workshop to be held on the last weekend of the exhibition.

Workshop: Drawing, Printmaking and Bookbinding
Saturday 16 - Sunday 17 October

This is a special two-day weekend workshop for advanced art students/artists only.

The tutor is Vincent Drane from Lancewood Studio in Wellington. Participants will explore a combination of relief printmaking techniques and then bind their collected prints into a concertina bound book.

Cost: Suter Friends $150 General Public $180

Image: Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955) 'Head' 1952 (detail) Screenprint on paper 615 x 520 Collection of The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu. Presented by Mr H T Atkinson in 1958