Annie Bissett at the Eric Carle Museum

If you live in and around Amherst, MA, make sure to stop by the Eric Carle Museum on Saturday, June 5th at 1 pm, to hear Annie Bissett and a panel of 4 other artists talk about sustainable printmaking methods. Following the discussion, Annie will be demonstrating woodblock printmaking techniques. Stop by and say hi and see the Museum's new exhibit of prints by Antonio Frasconi. Here is Annie's blog post on the same.

Woodblock Dreams: Join Me at the Eric Carle Museum?

Ryohei Tanaka - Awesome

For his fans, and who isn't one, here's Ryohei Tanaka rockin' it at Rowan Morrison in Oakland, CA during his recent residency there this spring.  Awesome.

Get ready for more Ryohei papercuts at Cullom Gallery this summer.  Details soon to come.

Open house for Kristina at Sidereal Press Tonight

If you are in Seattle tonight, come down to Sidereal Press, just south in nearby Tukwilla, to celebrate Kristina Hagman's recent completion of the woodcut suite, 36 Views of Rainier, and wish her well as she prepares to move with her family to Los Angeles next month.  This is a special opportunity to see all 36 prints hanging at once - a beautiful sight to see.  

We will sorely miss Kristina in Seattle, but can't wait to see what drives up and down the California coast line inspire by way of new print series.  Word is Kristina is considering a landscape series based on views from Highway 1. 

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 4 to 8 pm

Sidereal Fine Art Press
4261 South 144th Street Tukwila, Washington 98168
t: 206.298.9803

Refreshments provided.  Parking is available in the press parking lot or across the street in the Foster High School parking lot Sidereal Fine Art Press is located 10 blocks North of the Tukwila Link Light Rail Station and across the street from Foster High School.

(photos left to right, top to bottom: outside at Sidereal Press; inside Sidereal Press with Sheila Coppola; Kristina Hagman and Sheila Coppola)

And if you can't make it tonight, prints from Kristina's Rainier series are also currently on view at the venues below:

Lake Forest Park Towne CentreApril 14 – May 29, 2010
Artwork by Susan Brown, Kristina Hagman and Mary Bess Johnson

The Gallery at Towne Centre
17171 Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park WA 98155.  Located on the inside, lower level of the Mall.

Kirkland Arts Center

May 14 – June 5, 2010
Ten: Seattle Print Arts 2010 Anniversary Exhibition
Juried by Seattle Art Museum's Michael Darling
620 Market Street, Kirkland WA 98033
(425) 822-7161