PRESS is transitioning to a new schedule! We will be open Fridays 12 noon – 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sundays 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Watch our event page or our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/letterPRESSaspublicartproject for updates about demos and classes. PRESS is a program of MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center. We … Continue reading
So William Heirens, a man convicted of some brutal murders in the fifties, is the subject of a new plate that we are borrowing at PRESS. The plate and another one tout the evils of alcohol, somewhat gruesomely, but also quite beautifully. They were made by the American Business Men’s Research Foundation sometime in the … Continue reading
Beginning Thursday, August 25, as part of Downstreet Art 2011, PRESS: Letterpress as a Public Art Project, opens it third exhibition: This One Goes to Eleven. The exhibit will consist of noteworthy print projects worked on by the many artists who printed at PRESS over the duration of this past DownStreet Art summer series. Continue reading
What a fabulous day at PRESS! Jason and I scurried back and forth between hanging work and finishing work, all the while anticipating the arrival of Emily Cohane-Mann with her 200 sheets of Rives Lightweight. Today was the day to print her large wood cuts. These were the largest images that have ever been printed … Continue reading
We had NO IDEA what the Downtown Celebration would bring to PRESS. It became apparent around 4:30 when the fried dough truck, gymnastic mats and pop-up tents began to line the streets. And then people, lots of people, started to come out. Most of them stayed on the street, but some wandered into the gallery … Continue reading
Karen worked with me at PRESS again today. What great fun I have when she comes! We talk and share creative ideas and get all excited about making cool stuff. And inevitably we both come away with learning something. Today I taught her how to set type. She learned that upper and lower case letters … Continue reading
On August 13th Melanie will be teaching Pressure Printing on the Vandercook. To register contact http://www.is183.com or call 413-298.5252. What is Pressure Printing? Pressure printing, also known as stratography is a printmaking technique where you place a textured flexible plate underneath the printing paper that you run through the press over an inked matrix. The … Continue reading
Boy did we get DOWN on Thursday Downstreet Art’s second series. We had 200+ people walk through our doors–lots of familiar faces from June’s opening! Great to see you all out again. We will be printing a new bird card each opening. See if you can collect all four. Look at the pictures below to … Continue reading
We are really excited about our next show that opens in just a couple of hours! It takes installation to a whole new level. Jason made all kinds of drawings and layouts to determine just how to get every single piece perfectly on the wall. And not just in the traditional-gallery-everything-on-the-center-line way. Here are some of … Continue reading
This past Sunday Main Street closed for a few hours for the Northern Berkshire Food Festival. We stayed open until 4 p.m. hoping for some great foot traffic into PRESS. While it certainly wasn’t our busiest day, we at PRESS were busy making art and having a great time. We brought out one of the … Continue reading
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