I am delighted to have PRESS calendars and postcards at the Northampton Book Fair this weekend. If you live in the Pioneer Valley or the surrounding towns, come on by to pick one up, check out some of the work printed under my own imprint 29 PRESS, and see Liminality artist Valerie Carrigan and her new … Continue reading
Big shout out to all of our friends who came to the PRESS Calendar Preview Party. We loved sharing our new space with you and celebrating the calendar. All kinds of people were there, from this year’s calendar collaborators MCLA Professor Frances Jones-Sneed and PRESS founder Melanie Mowinski to past and present interns, and all kinds … Continue reading
PRESS is delighted to celebrate the release of the 2016 annual Monthly Mantra calendar at a preview party in the new letterpress space on MCLA’s campus, in Room 303 Bowman Hall, on Wednesday December 2 from 5-7 pm. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. This year’s calendar is … Continue reading
This year’s calendar printing was interrupted with 23 runs to go by the most inconvenient mechanical failure. When we moved from Main Street to our new location, the motor that moves the carriage back and forth over the print form needed to be removed. All seemed to be well after the Vandercook was back together, … Continue reading
As part of this year’s calendar creation, PRESS is collaborating with MCLA’s Gallery 51, and students in MCLA Professor Frances Jones-Sneed’s Women, Race and Society class. In addition to the calendar Frances Jones Sneed and PRESS founder Melanie Mowinski will be curating at exhibit centered on the Black Lives Matter movement to open January 28 … Continue reading
PRESS is on the MOVE! Five years ago this summer I founded PRESS up the street from our current location as part of DownStreet Art, never imaging that I would still be here on Main Street printing with the Vandercook and sharing the magic of letterpress, five years later. As many of you may know, this … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again, when the Vandercook is up and running seemingly around the clock to print our Monthly Mantra Calendar. We will be getting order forms ready for you soon, but first we wanted to share a bit about this year’s calendar. This year the calendar quotes come from students at MCLA … Continue reading
