We are frantically getting ready for PRESS’ final show, Printmaking @ PRESS. It features the work made at PRESS from the past five years, and selecting the exclusive few was not easy, because students and interns have made a lot of high quality art at PRESS. The first chance for the public to see the “best of” … Continue reading
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Probably PRESS’ most anticipated show is finally here and will open tonight (September 25th) from 6-9 PM. Come check out all of the amazing art from the 12 skilled and thoughtful female artists. As part of Downstreet Art, we will be running the press and handing out cards (as usual) along with various … Continue reading
One of the more amazing parts of the Paper Dress exhibit includes an origami paper dress exchange. A friend of mine summed up what a printmaking exchange is really nicely for those who are not printmakers–it’s like a cookie exchange. You make your “cookie” and then you get other “cookies” from everyone else who participated. … Continue reading
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