Tonight we celebrate three things at PRESS! 1. The release of our 2015 calendar. If you haven’t reserved yours yet, we highly recommend that you do. The first 25 out of 100 have been claimed. Don’t miss out. Download your order form and mail in today. 2015Mantra Calendar 2. The release of When at Last I … Continue reading
Author Archives: Melanie
2015 Calendar Sneak Peak!
Phew, we finished the calendar just in time! It goes on sale this coming Thursday and we printed the last couple of runs today. We thought you might enjoy a peak at the cover page. Remember, download this form 2015Mantra Calendar, print and mail in with your check to reserve yours! Continue reading
Paper Dress, Part Six
Paper Dresses will be up through Sunday, have you seen it yet? If not, do bring your friends and family for a nice little North Adams jaunt after giving thanks! We’ll be open Friday-Sunday 10-6. This week we feature the works of Erin Sweeney and Yudelka (Yuki) Tavera. Erin’s work explores the comfort and distress … Continue reading
Paper Dresses, Part Five
Paper Dresses is up for less than two more weeks? Have you seen it? If you stop by in the next two weeks you’ll also be able to witness us as we print our last few months of the 2015 calendar. You can order yours by downloading this form and mailing it in with your … Continue reading
Paper Dresses, Part Four
It’s hard to believe Paper Dresses will only be up for two more weeks! The past month and a half has flown by, if you haven’t had a chance to see the exhibit, please stop by before December 1st when we change exhibits. This week’s featured artists are PRESS founder Melanie Mowinski and Tara O’Brien, whose … Continue reading
Darrow School Visits PRESS
One of the fun things that we do at PRESS is host school groups from time to time. Sometimes they come and choose letters from our woodtype to make a word that becomes part of a larger typographical collage. Other times they come with a linoleum block to print. A few days ago students from … Continue reading
Paper Dress Artists, Part Three
Our Paper Dress artists live close and far, far away. This week we are featuring Adrienne Gale who hails from Hartford, CT and Anne-Maree Hunter who lives in Australia. Adrienne is a mother and artist who lives and works in her hometown of Hartford, CT. Her work addresses some of the struggles she encountered as a new … Continue reading
Paper Dress Artists, Part Two
We are loving Paper Dresses at PRESS and we think you do, too. Our next featured artists are Kate Barber and Valerie Carrigan. Kate is a traditionally trained book binder, letterpress printer, and paper maker recently transplanted to the Berkshires from Alabama. We know that her Sunday volunteer stints at PRESS will help ease the … Continue reading
Paper Dresses Artists, Part One
Over the course of Paper Dresses, which runs through November 30, we will be featuring the work from the different participating artists. Two artists per post. To begin with, Karen Arp-Sandel and Suzi Banks Baum, also known out in the world as FeMail. Both artists live in the mountains along the state line between New … Continue reading
Paper Dresses Opens!
Our much anticipated show opened Thursday, September 25, 2014 with much celebration and fan fare. Many many thanks go out to the 12 artists who collaborated and created over the past four months to design and make the wonderful work on view. They are Karen Arp-Sandel, Suzi Banks Baum, Kate Barber, Valerie Carrigan, Adrienne Gale, Anne-Maree … Continue reading