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
The dresses keep arriving. Along with stories, and conversation. We hope you join us for much of the same next Thursday night, September 25th from 6-9 pm for the last DownStreet Art night of the 2014 season and the opening of Paper Dresses. We are previewing some of the dresses in one of our windows … Continue reading
VAWA. While it is not some fancy letterpress acronym, it is an important one that we at PRESS are acknowledging partially because of our upcoming Paper Dress exhibit, and partly to raise awareness of the importance of this act. VAWA = Violence Against Women Act. It was signed into law on September 13, 1994 by President … Continue reading
“Women hold up half the sky” The artistic collaboration and resulting exhibition that will be Paper Dresses was inspired in part by Nicholas Kristof’s upcoming visit to MCLA. Half the Sky, co-written by Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, chronicles their encounters with extraordinary women all over the globe, and their struggles with the many injustices that … Continue reading
On Saturday afternoon, a number of Paper Dresses artists gathered again to continue their experimentation and begin constructing their final pieces. A lot of ideas are solidifying, and we are all even more excited about this project with each passing day! Don’t forget to stop by PRESS to contribute some of your thoughts to Paper Dresses in the form of … Continue reading
