This weekend is the last chance to see Jonas A McCaffery’s show Amalgam before we start installing our first DownStreet Art exhibit on Monday! Stop by today through Sunday to take a look at his work as well as the work of local high school students in the E3 Academy in the “Who we are and … Continue reading
Thursdays are printing days here at PRESS and this past Thursday was my first time using the Vandercook! Jonas came in to help me (and practice his teaching skills for an upcoming workshop). Under his guidance, I picked out a quote, font, and some shapes from the woodtype and then sketched out a design for my … Continue reading
Hello PRESS readers! My name is Kate and I am the 2015 BHIP intern for PRESS this summer. Today is my third day in the gallery and my first day opening by myself, so come on down and visit me on Main Street! I am a rising senior at Davidson College in North Carolina where I … Continue reading
I’ve been working on quite a bit of stuff of my own this last couple of months. I’ve been getting at a series of prints a month, now I’m preparing to showcase my semester of work for our next exhibit. The show’s title, Amalgam, comes from my attempt to meld all of my inspirations. An amalgam … Continue reading
Hello all! I apologize from being away from the internet so long, I’ve been busily working on my independent project! As my final assignment as a intern here at PRESS, I was asked to print the poetry of Annie Raskin and Stephen Rifkin for an exhibit Gallery 51 will be putting up later this May. … Continue reading
Hi everyone! This is my first time back at PRESS since Paper Dresses, and I’m so glad to be back! I’ve spent the past few days printing a few mantra cards, photographing a lot of the student work that has been made here, and working on a secret surprise that you’ll learn more about over … Continue reading
I have a couple of missions for the next couple of months at PRESS. One of them is to organize, by font, the woodtype drawers, which have been seven drawers of slapdash arrangement. Another mission is for me to create a series of prints every month to test and push by printing skills. For February, … Continue reading
Hi, I’m Isaac! I’m a sophomore at MCLA and the new student intern here at PRESS Gallery! I’m a Vermont native/Boston transplant, now student in the Berkshires. I’ve been in and out of PRESS as a student for the past year and a half and I jumped at the chance when Gallery Chief and Founder, Melanie Mowinski, … Continue reading
Today was an exciting day up here in Rochester! My school, RIT, has an absolutely fabulous graphic arts library, the Cary Collection. In January, the collection welcomed a major acquisition in the form of what is now known as the Kelmscott-Albion press, dating back to 1891. An Albion press is an early hand press used primarily … Continue reading
Hi everyone! As Jonas mentioned in the previous post, my full-time days at PRESS have sadly come to an end. I had such a wonderful summer with Melanie and Jonas; they both taught me so much in my three months with PRESS! Lucky for me, I’ll still be helping out from afar as much as … Continue reading
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