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
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
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
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