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
We use lots of paper. And any printmaker or book artist will tell you that paper, book cloth, board and other materials are not inexpensive. So it’s really important to test and experiment with less expensive materials before you commit to your edition. Sometimes you must factor into your process experimentation on the real material … 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
Last Sunday night provided a cold, snowy backdrop for our opening reception for the Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA) exhibit, “It’s About Time”. A few came out to defy Old Man Winter’s relentless agitation, and we were thankful for the support. We raffled off the hot-off-the-press compilation books that were created this weekend. The … Continue reading
Clocks, clocks, everywhere there’s clocks. For the Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA) featured show, “It’s About Time”, we asked for clocks from PRESS friends to fill our window display. We thought we’d get a couple, but our PRESS allies really came through. Michael Chapman and his father’s antique shop, Chapman’s Antique Barn … 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
Tuesday February 3, 2015 PRESS Gallery was incredibly excited to be a part of the YOUth LEADership art crawl. The program of about thirty high school students came to PRESS as a part of their initiative to get involved and continue to cultivate the Berkshire area by interacting with the local artist community. Melanie really … Continue reading
Figure Me Out, created by MCLA Senior Emily Boughton, is an exhibit that examines self-expression through a coloring book. Using the PRESS gallery space as an incubation space to cultivate and test run her project, Boughton hopes that those who interact with the exhibit will let go and “simply follow whatever urges come to you.” … Continue reading
If you’ve been to PRESS in the past month or so, you’ve seen a selection of work by student’s from PRESS Chief’s Introduction to Printmaking class from from the Fall 2014 semester. The assignment? Create a larger work of art that utilizes the repetition of the print as a main component of the piece–keeping in … Continue reading
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