As of today we have had 941 visitors walk through the doors of PRESS! Our new exhibit, The EXCHANGE, opened last Thursday the 28th and will be up until August 25th. So who wants to come see the new prints and help us reach 1,000 visitors through the doors of 105 Main Street?! With no … 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
Have you seen this incredible app for the ipad yet? http://www.lettermpress.com/LetterMpress/Home.html I’ve been watching it since it came out as a Kickstarter project a few weeks ago. (And seriously, the project raised more than double the goal–now that shows big interest, right? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821242145/lettermpress-a-virtual-letterpress-on-your-ipad) It’s been featured on some of the groovy listservs and blogs that I … Continue reading
It all began at Late Night North Adams. A linoleum block and some crazy circle cuts that Melanie purchased at Letterpress Things a month or so ago. First she printed the black lino cut, and then the cuts. But check out her lock-up. If you happened to come in during Late Night, or the following … Continue reading
We had a great time Late Night North Adams! About the same number came through 105 Main and saw us printing between 11 pm – 2am that came through during the rest of the day. It was great to see North Adams residents and visitors alike out and about. This was the scene outside PRESS. … Continue reading
Today Dale Brown arrived a bit before 9 a.m. to load up the Vandercook Universal III, all 1800lbs of it! It was like clockwork! I felt like I was back in Switzerland where things are tidy and clean and always on time. Lots of great heavy machinery was used to lift it up and onto … Continue reading
Pam Buchanan, Carrie Converse and Misty Elliott all helped me, Melanie Mowinski begin the transformation of this space into PRESS. Here are some of the before and in process pictures. Continue reading
Who knew such a fantastic place existed. Well I did, but it took me a number of years to finally get there! Where is there? Letterpress Things in Chicopee, MA. Letterpress Things is John Barrett’s hobby, and a pretty imPRESSive one. We at PRESS are hoping we can convince John to come up and talk … Continue reading
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