From our Fall Salons to our solo exhibitions, revisit all of our previous successes below!
Seventh Annual Fall Salon
An Exhibition of PaperWorker's Members and their Guests
The Fall Salon is an annual exhibition of recent works showcasing the variety and talent of PaperWorkers Local members, augmented by additional works by guests of each member. The Fall Salon will feature approximately forty artists in all, exhibiting works in a wide variety of media.
​Opening Reception: Thursday, November 14th, 2019 from 5:30-7:30. Open Saturdays from 11am-4pm excluding November 30th (Thanksgiving Weekend). Closes December 14th, 2019.​
Exhibiting Artists:
Mimi Boston
Liza Butts
KAELIN
​Christopher Davenport
John DeMotte
Zachary A. Edison
Zoey E. Edison
Anne Embree
Ryan Foster
Jennifer Given
Robin Jackson
Enid Keyser
Janice Kluge
Eve Laxer
Jane Marshall
Sarah Marshall
Robin McDonald
Helga Mendoza
Linda McDavid Merry
Michael Merry
Whitney Minson
Haruyo Miyagawa
Jon Osborne
Shanda Paige
Christopher Schell
Byron Sonnier
Richard Stockham
Amory Strange
​Michael Swann
David Tankersley
Nic Tisdale
Joi West
Michael Whillett
​Cathy Wright
Madwoman in the Woods
A Series of Mixed-Media Collages by Tracie Noles-Ross
​Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 from 5:30-7:30. Open Saturdays from 11am-4pm. Closes November 2nd, 2019.
A series of mixed media collages by Tracie Noles-Ross exploring southerns narratives, embodied knowledge and the making of new stories. The series of works, Madwoman in the Woods is inspired by complicated southern narratives and landscapes.
​Noles-Ross' method of making employs a range of techniques and materials to create objects and installations that reflect her observational studies of the natural world, and her place in that world. Using found objects and natural materials, she creates layered mixed media imagery, explores ideas about her personal history, the body in nature, the precariousness of human relationships to nature and each other withing the constructs of southern culture. Through the merging of mythology, ecology, and storytelling she examines how identity and personal narratives are defined by the land, history, and the mythic imagination. The scraping away and rearranging of materials in the recent work is an analogy for the process of defining ourselves through remembrances and the conscious and deliberate act of making new choices.
About the Artist: Tracie Noles-Ross is a multidisciplinary visual storyteller living and working in Birmingham, Alabama. She became a member of the Ground Floor Contemporary Art collective in 2018 where she has shown in several exhibitions curated by artists such as Sara Garden Armstrong, Miriam Omura and Ty Smith. She was in a featured artist exhibition there with artists Ashley Wingo and Emily Rice. She became a member of the Alabama chapter of the Women's Caucus for art in 2018 and in the summer of 2019 was selected for the ALWCA juried member exhibition Unbound at Lowe Mill. Noles-Ross was the featured artist of the 12th annual Moss Rock Arts Festival. She illustrated The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild by award winning author and naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt published by Little, Brown. Works on permanent display in Birmingham, Alabama include Poustinia, a conceptual installation commissioned by and created for the Red Mountain Community School, Letters Home, a low relief sculpture displayed in the Regiment of Columns in the Alabama Veterans Memorial and Back to Nature, displayed at the Lister Hill Library on the campus of UAB, a public art project of the Alabama Psychological Association Foundation. Noles-Ross received an Award of Excellence from The University of Alabama at Birmingham Women's Studies Program for curating Firsts: The Personal and the Historical, an exhibition honoring Women's History Month. She is a recipient of an Artist's Grant, from Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado and a Regional Artists Project Grant from The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Noles-Ross' work was recently included in B18: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, and she is the 1st place winner of PaperWorkers Local's second annual juried exhibition 'Water of Alabama,' a juried response to Marianne Nicholson's Birmingham Museum of Art exhibition 'Waterline,' Graham C. Boettcher, PhD, the R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art, juror. Her work ​Do Unto Others Downstream, ​a mixed media commentary on environmental conditions along a tributary of the Black Warrior River, earned her the honor of being featured in a one woman exhibition titled, ​Madwoman in the Woods​ at PaperWorkers Local in Birmingham in October of 2019.
PaperWorkers Local Presents: Ink Only II
​A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Prints
Twitterpated by Kevin Shook
-Deadline for entry submission: June 30, 2019
-Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2019
-Work due: August 26-30, 2019
-Opening reception and award presentation: September 7, 2019 from 5pm - 7pm
-Exhibition dates: September 7 - October 5, 2019
-Pick up work: October 12, 2019 from 10am - 5pm at PaperWorkers Local
Awards and Prizes:
First Place: $300 and a solo exhibition at PaperWorkers Local during 2020
Second Place: $150
Third Place: $75
Hallie Ringle is the Hugh Kaul Curator of Contemporary Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. She was formerly Assistant Curator at The Studio Museum in Harlem where she curated Maren Hassinger: Monuments, Firelei Baez: Joy Out of Fire, Frictions, Rico Gatson: Icons 2007-2017, Video Studio: Meeting Points, Palatable: Food and Contemporary Art, Salon Style and Concealed: Selections from the Permanent Collection. She is a fall 2018 Andy Warhol Curatorial Fellow. She obtained her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MA from the University at Texas at Austin.
Sponsors and Partners:
Ink Only II is sponsored by PaperWorkers Local, a 501(c)(3) non-profit artists' co-operative based around a printmaking facility in Birmingham, Alabama, in partnership with UAB's Department of Art and Art History, and with generous support from the Alabama Council on the arts - www.arts.state.al.us/
The members of PaperWorkers Local have pooled their resources to establish Birmingham's first printmaking studio. The cooperative also exhibits the work of local and emerging artists from around the country, as well as offering workshops in various media. More information can be found throughout our website or visit us at 2717 Seventh Avenue South, Suite 203, Birmingham, AL 35233.
The exhibition will be held at the UAB Department of Art and Art History's Project Space - www.uab.edu/art; an adaptive space that cultivates and supports meaningful creative investigation, interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship by providing an alternative platform for UAB students, faculty and community to engage teaching, research public service, and visual art practices.
PaperWorkers Local's Members Show:
An Exhibition of Works by our Members
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Opening Reception: Thursday, August 8th 2019 from 5:30 - 7:30. Open Saturdays 11am-4pm and closes September 21st, 2019.
Featured Artists: Mimi Boston, Nancy Carney-Barnhart, John DeMotte, Zachary A. Edison, William Goudy, Roger Jones, Enid Kyser, Jane Marshall, Robin McDonald, Helga Mendoza, Michael Merry, Linda Merry, Whitney Lynn Minson, Haruyo Miyagawa, Debra Eubanks Riffe, Richard Stockham, David Tankersley, and Cathy Wright.
Selfies and Psychos:
​A collection of Prints By Artist Collin Williams
"Selfies and Psychos" by Collin Williams
​Opening Reception: ​Thursday, June 20th, 2019 from 5:30 - 7:30. Williams will present a brief talk of his work at 6:30 during the reception. Open Saturdays 11am - 4pm, except July 6th. Closes August 3rd, 2019.
Collin Williams is a Professor of Art and director of New Media concentration at the University of Montevallo. He received his MFA and BFA from the University of Houston, University Park. His teaching expertise spans a range of topics including digital photography and printing, animation, 3D animation, web media, mixed media, digital video and printmaking.
Williams' personal work investigates a multi-disciplinary approach to art exploring installation, motion graphics, printmaking, sculpture, and sound based works. Williams has a long standing interest in language and his most recent work is an exploration of the artificiality of historical linear narratives in contrast to the fractured narratives of personal experience.​
Upward Rhythm:
Artist roger Jones Has Created Paintings in Response to music and Sounds in the natural Environment
"Ascent" by Roger Jones
"Synth Pop" by Roger Jones
Opening Reception: Friday, May 3, 2019 from 5:30-7:30. Open Saturdays 11am - 4pm. Closes June 15, 2019
Roger Jones is a Birmingham-based artist and musician born in Tuscaloosa and raised in Selma, Alabama. Over the past twelve years, Jones' drawing and paintings have addressed a variety of topics, including architecture, nature, religion, and music. His most recent paintings utilize pattern and repetition among colors and shapes to create visual parallels to his experiences listening to and playing music.
Jones obtained his BA from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in 2007 and graduated from The University of Alabama with an MFA in painting in 2012. His work was been exhibited in group shows across Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Jones has served as an art educator at The Montgomery Museum of Art, The Birmingham Museum of Art, and The University of Alabama as well as being a founding member of PaperWorkers Local. Jones' interests outside of visual art include playing drums in bands around Birmingham, playing golf, and running. He and is wife Sarah have one son, Catesby. For more information about Jones and his work, please visit http://rogerjones.yolasite.com/
Opening Night! - Photos Courtesy of Robin McDonald
Modern mokU hanga:
contemporary interpretations of the Traditional Japanese woodblock Print
"Eclipse" by Annie Bissett
"Raft/Trap" by Katie Baldwin
"Sugar Bowl" by Mariko Jesse
"What To Do" by Jennifer Mack-Watkins
"Two Stones" by Julie Shelton Snyder
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Featured artists: Katie Baldwin, Annie Bissett, Mariko Jesse, Serena Perrone, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Julie Snyder, and Richard Stockham.
Opening Reception: Friday, March 8th, 2019 from 5:30-7:30. Open Saturdays 11am - 4pm. Closes April 27th, 2019
About the Artists:
Katie Baldwin teaches at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is one of seven international artists selected in 2004 to learn Japanese woodblock printing in Nagasawa Residency in Japan. - katieameliabaldwin.com
Annie Bissett was a freelance illustrator who later studied Moku Hanga and now practices and teaches the artform. Residing in Rhode Island, Bissett addresses social and environmental concerns in her work. - anniebissett.com
Mariko Jesse is a printmaker and illustrator who happily works wherever she is; currently in Tokyo. -marikojesse.com
Serena Perrone is a visiting artist, lecturer, and critic represented by many museum collections. - serenaperrone.com
Jennifer Mack-Watkins was born in Charleston, South Carolina and now lives and works between New York and New Jersey. Mack-Watkins explores the complexity of being a woman, beauty, relationships, power, and gender roles. - jennifermack.com
Julie Shelton Snyder is a painter and printmaker based in Santa Fe, New Mexico who views her studio practice as a part of her spiritual practice. - juliesheltonsnyder.com
Richard Stockham, a former lawyer, is a member or PaperWorkers Local. Stockham studied Moku Hanga in Vancouver in 2000 through 2001. His includes themes of social commentary and Alabama's natural beauty.
In Conjunction:
PaperWorkers Local will participate in the Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens on March 16th from 10am - 4pm, doing demos and encouraging the public to try Moku Hanga printing. Click the "Learn" page on our website to see classes offered in conjunction with this exhibition.
A haiku class will be held Saturday, March 23rd from 11am - 1pm at the PaperWorkers Local studio; click here for more details.
The exhibition will close April 27th with a Japanese tea ceremony at 1pm hosted by the Chado Urasenke Tankokai Birmingham Association.
Photography By Six Artists:
Multiple Works Showcasing a Range of Photographic Processes by Six Of PaperWorkers Local's Very Own
"Idaho Craters of the Moon" by Robin McDonald
"Sweet Bee" by Enid Keyser
Featured artists: Nancy Carney-Barnhart, John DeMotte, Enid Keyser, Robin McDonald, Joi West, and Cathy Wright
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 5:30-7:30. Open Saturdays 11am - 4pm. Closes February 23, 2019.
Sixth Annual Fall Salon
A showcase of works from Paperworkers Local's Very Own Along With Special Guests
Fall Salon is an annual exhibition of recent works showcasing the variety and talent of PaperWorkers Local members, augmented by additional works by guests of each member. The Fall Salon will feature approximately forty artists in a wide variety of media. The opening reception will be Thursday, November 8 from 5-7pm at our studio/gallery space at 2717 Seventh Ave South, Suite 203 Birmingham, AL.
In addition to the framed works there will be unframed work available.
Marking Time & Space
Marking Time and Space
Recent Work from John DeMotte and Michael Merry
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Opening Reception October 19, 2018 5-7pm
Exhibit runs through November 3rd
John Demotte explores the concept of space in this series of photo-etchings by combining 2 plates from a series of 10 made from photographs of places marked by time and random objects found in the environment. The combined images use line, texture, color, and differing orientations to define, measure, and manipulate space.
​Time is a fundamental aspect of Michael Merry's work. He rarely considers his pieces finished, returning to them again and again over long periods. Reflecting his view of the world around him, his works slowly build over time long past the point when any ideas around their original stimulus have been forgotten.
The members of PaperWorkers Local have pooled their resources to establish Birmingham's first printmaking studio. The co-operative also exhibits the work of local artists and emerging artist from around the country, as well as offering workshops in various media. More information can be found at PaperWorkersLocal.com or visit us at 2717 Seventh Avenue South, Suite 203 Birmingham, Al 35233.
​Water of AlabamA
​PaperWorkers Local's second annual juried exhibition
Image courtesy of Karen Graffeo
Lanette Blankenship
Jill England
Cicely Hill
Chase King
Stephanie Kirkland
Michael Marling de Cuellar
Tracie Noles-Ross
Lucy Pike
Colleen Pike-Blair
Nancy Carney Barnhart
Beth Stewart
Ryan Waldo
The varied people of Alabama have deep ties to the water and land of Alabama. Those ties and appreciation of water provide inspiration for submissions to this show.
SPONSOR & PARTNERS:
Water of Alabama: A Response to 'Waterline' is sponsored by Paperworkers Local, a 501(c)(3) non-profit artists' co-operative based around a printmaking facility in Birmingham, Alabama, in partnership with the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Cahaba River Society, and with generous grant support from the Alabama Council on the Arts (www.arts.state.al.us/)
JUROR:
Graham C. Boettcher, PhD, the R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art
First Prize: $300 plus a solo show at Paperworkers Local in 2019.
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $75
EXHIBITION INFO:
PaperWorkers Local at 2717 Seventh Avenue South, suites 203 Birmingham, AL 35233
Exhibition Opening and Award Presentation August 23, 2018 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Exhibition Dates August 23 – October 11, 2018
Open Saturdays 11:00 - 4:00
If you have questions, please send an email to PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com, with the subject line: Water of Alabama.
Matt Hopson Walker
Thursday July 12 5:00 to 7:30
Born and raised in Fresno California, Matthew Hopson-Walker (former owner of a very large rabbit) grew up reading comic books and dystopian science fiction novels. During a formative age he was exposed to movies such as Mad Max, Total Recall, Escape From New York, Blade Runner, and The Omega Man and many themes with in them show up in his work. After working as a janitor for several years he matriculated to the Kansas City Art Institute and received his BFA in Printmaking in 1998. After graduating he and a friend opened their own gallery and screen printing business. To support himself and his heavy metal bass playing "career" he worked as a print technician at his alma mater, did construction, bounced and bussed at various bars, delivered mail and cashiered at liquor stores. These jobs influenced his general misanthropic outlook on humanity and the images he made as an artist.
In 2002 he completed his MA followed by his MFA in 2003 both from the University of Iowa. In 2006 he was recipient of the prestigious James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking given by the San Francisco Foundation and administered by the KALA Institute. Matt has been included in 172 juried and group exhibitions and 12 solo shows since 2006. His work is in the collections of the Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, the University of North Dakota Art Collections in Grand Forks North Dakota, the Amity Art Foundation in Woodbridge Connecticut, the Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts in Miramonte California, the Drawing and Print Collection at The University of Iowa Museum Of Art, and the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo Japan.
Matthew Hopson-Walker is currently coordinator of foundations, interim graduate coordinator, and assistant professor in printmaking and foundations at the University of South Alabama. He has twice been invited to be an instructor at the nationally renowned Frogman's Print and Paper Summer Workshop, first in Vermillion South Dakota and then Omaha Nebraska in the summer of 2017. Matt has been invited to be a visiting at artist and lecturer at Northern Illinois University, Murray State University, Emporia State University, University of Alabama, University of South Indiana, Youngstown State University, Muhlenberg College, Kutztown University, Westminster College, South East Missouri State University, Oregon State University, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Arizona State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and California State University-Chico. Giving demonstrations involving his knowledge of screen printing, lithography, intaglio, and prints that combine more then one technique.
Find out more about Matt's work at his website, MattHopsonWalker.com
Matt Hopson Walker's exhibition opens Thursday July 12 5:00 to 7:30 pm at 2717 Seventh Ave South.
Matt will also be leading a workshop in Reduction Screen Printing on July 14. More info here:
​ http://www.paperworkerslocal.com/learn.html
AWASH: Lithographs By Blake Sanders
Adrift 6, lithograph, by Blake Sanders
The Adrift suite is a series of ten hand-drawn lithographs printed from 2014 to 2017, executed on lithographic grade limestone.
Castaways float like jetsam upon a tarry slick, surviving while surrounded by literal and metaphorical pollution. Dinosaurs act as stand-ins for human players as a reference to our reliance on fossil fuels. I attempt to practice what I preach, executing the series using recycled materials and less toxic methods.
Opening: Thursday, May 17, 5:00pm to 7:30pm
The exhibition runs through June 23, 2018 with additional open hours Saturdays from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
PaperWorkers Local is located at
2717 Seventh Avenue South, Suite 203
Call for Entries: Water of Alabama
PaperWorkers Local's second annual juried exhibition 'Water of Alabama,' a juried response to Marianne Nicolson's Birmingham Museum of Art exhibition 'Waterline.'
Marianne Nicolson is an artist of Scottish and Dzawada'enuxw First Nations descent and believes that Indigenous worldviews, including the notion of community connection to one another and to the land, can benefit all peoples. The varied people of Alabama have deep ties to the water and land of Alabama and it is our hope that those ties and appreciation of water will provide inspiration for submissions to this show.
The competition is open to all artists. All two dimensional works on paper will be considered. Accepted works must be delivered and retrieved in person.
Via youjudgeit.org/PWLinkonly
$25 for 3 images
Deadline for Entry June 30, 2018
Notification of Acceptance July 30, 2018
Delivery of Work August 18 from 11-4pm & 8/19 from 5-7
Pick Up Work Oct. 13 from 11-4pm & 10/14 from 5-7
Works must be delivered to and picked up from in person from the exhibition space (PaperWorkers Local at 2717 Seventh Ave South, Suite 203 Birmingham, AL 35233).
Works will not be shipped back. Works not received by the deadline will not be exhibited. Paperworkers Local is not responsible for unclaimed work.
Prices for any work offered for sale or Not For Sale (N.F.S.) must be indicated on the Entry form and on the back of the work. There will be a 20% commission on the sale of any work payable to PaperWorkers Local, the non-profit sponsor.
Works must be framed and be ready to hang with D-rings or wire (no sawtooth hangers). All work must remain in the exhibition for the entire duration. All work must be clearly labeled on the back.
Works will not be insured, all reasonable care will be taken. The Cahaba River Society, The Birmingham Museum of Art, and Paperworkers Local accept no responsibility for any loss or damage to artworks.
Images of any accepted work may be used for promotional purposes or documentation of this and future juried exhibitions.
Lindsay Schmittle: THE printed Walk
The Printed Walk is a series of letterpress-printed visual interpretations of Lindsay's experience thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2017. Individual prints represent a special moment experienced during each 100-mile stretch of the 2,190-mile trail.
In addition to traditional printing materials, for this series Lindsay has worked with found natural materials such as fallen birch bark collected in the northeast to print for those correlating designs. She also collected pigments from the trail, such as charcoal from wildfires, mica and clay, to crush and mix with transparent white ink for a natural ink colorant in various prints. This experimental printing pursuit allowed Schmittle's hike to feel like a playful scavenger hunt as well as a practice in mindfulness - a long walking meditation focused on being present and simply observing the world around her. The Printed Walk is a celebration of the beauty of nature discovered through mindful observation.
Lindsay Schmittle's Printed Walk opens Thursday, April 5 from 5:00 - 8:00pm at 2717 Seventh Ave South.
​Additional gallery hours:
Saturdays 11:00 to 4:00 pm
By appointment via paperworkerslocal@gmail.com
Jasmine Williams: 5/Fifths
Please join us for an exhibition of new works by Jasmine Williams, winner of PWL's 2017 juried exhibition, February 11 from 2-4 pm at 2717 Seventh Ave South.
Jasmine's Artist's Statement:
"As a Black woman in America, I am constantly presented with false images of what I am and what I should be. Though I have read books, sorted through feelings, and changed my mind time and time again, I am still left feeling weaponless in the fight against social injustice. At my weakest, I want to give up, thinking there is no end to this cycle, and live a life oblivious to the things happening around me. I am in a constant struggle between wanting to make grand social statements and wanting to just be.
In my work, I want to create a space that allows black women and men to be complete and complex. That space can be found in hip-hop and funk music. Groups like Outkast and Parliament speak about loading the mothership, leaving this Earth that has described and prescribed what black looks like, and go to this otherworldly place of complete freedom and expression."
Jasmine Williams' show opens February 11 from 2-4 pm at 2717 Seventh Ave South.
Additional gallery hours:
By appointment via paperworkerslocal@gmail.com ​
Cahaba River Watershed Project
Cahaba River Watershed Project: Prints by Elisabeth Pellathy, Lee Somers, and Scott Stephens
Thursday, December 7, 2017, 5:PM to 8:PM
2717 7th Ave S, Ste 203 and 205, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
An exhibition of the collaborative project of three artists exploring the Cahaba River's ecological and geological features and how they have shaped the economic and social history of the watershed. The prints feature images derived from drawing, photography, 3D scanning of natural objects, and 3D modeling from original maps and diagrams. Each artist has pursued individual interests with the Cahaba and then work together in combining images through printing.
Scott Stephens and Lee Somers are art faculty at the University of Montevallo and Elisabeth Pellathy teaches at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In addition to the pieces exhibited by the featured artists, there will be pieces created by other artists from PaperWorkers Local and Cahaba River Society available for sale. Don't miss this great chance to do your holiday shopping!
​We Aren't Disposable:
A Single-Use Camera Project by Birmingham's Homeless Neighbors
PWL member Joi West has partnered with Members of the One Roof Junior Board in this documentary project exhibiting images from the lives of Birmingham's homeless community.
As part of National Homeless Awareness Week, the purpose of this exhibit is to bring awareness to homelessness in Birmingham and to continue the conversation on ways our community can help.
This casual, come and go, art exhibit is open to the general public and free of charge.
Find out more about One Roof and lend your support here:
​oneroofonline.org
5th Annual Fall Salon
PaperWorkers Local are hosting our 5th Annual Fall Salon on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 from 5:30-8:00PM.
All PWL members invite two guest artists to participate, with each artist showing two to three works. Each year a very broad range of artists exhibit a great variety of works in the Fall Salon, from students to nationally recognized artists.
By appointment via paperworkerslocal@gmail.com.
Exhibiting artists this year include:
​Zach Barnes
​Anne Marie Cartwright
Richard Cabán Cubero
Yogi Dada
Lee Dunnie
Zachary Edison
Dan Franklin
Ashley Santa Cruz Foster
Artes Hicks
Tim Harstvedt
​Kevin Irwin
Celeste Labord
​Devin Lunsford
Patrick Mayton
Linda Merry
Lisa Michitti
Celeste Pfau ​
Giang Pham
Chase Prater
Jared Ragland
Debra Riffe
​Sky Shineman
Kevin Shook
​Bryce Speed
David Tankersly
Mercedes Tarasovich
Charlotte Wegryznowski
Cathy Wright
INK ONLY
INK ONLY is a juried exhitition of contemporary printmaking from the Southeast. The exhibition has been judged by Katie Baldwin and is sponsored by PaperWorkers Local, in partnership with the UAB Department of Art and Art History, and with generous grant support from the Alabama Council on the Arts.
​www.arts.state.al.us/
www.uab.edu/cas/art/about/project-space
The opening Reception and Award Presentation will be August 25th, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM in the UAB Department of Art's Project Space located at 900 13th Street South in the UAB Humanities Building, Room 100 (on the east side of the building, facing 13th Street South).
Winners of This Year's Exhibition:
Jasmine Williams
"The Blood We Shed to Nourish The Beast," "Three Matriarchal Heads," "Brother's Keeper"
Marie Yoho Dorsey
​Second Place
"Crane Wife I, II, & III" based on the Japanese Folk story "Crane Wife"
Ross Jahnke
"Fortune Cookie" & "Forever Fresh II"
Additional artists in the exhibition include:
Kristen Tordella-Williams
Melody Knight
Britt Terrell
Cat Duncan
Ali Sadler
Scott Fisk
Mark Hosford
Mathew Hopson-Walker
Taylor Atkinson
Jauneth Skinner
Daniel Williams
Maggie Jobe
Guy Stricklin
Raluca Iancu
​Enid Keyser
Nicholas Satinover
Celeste Pfau
Tina Fish Lutz
Ryan McCullough
Justin Banger
Jack Michael
Daniel Senko
Amberlee Rose Passmore
Cima Khademi
Mimi Boston: Paper & Ink
Please join us for an exhibition of new works by Mimi Boston.
Mimi is a Master Gardener with a deep interest in nature. Many of Mimi's subjects are botanically-inspired (she loves trees).
Mimi began her career as an artist working in fused glass and has shown her work at many venues including Magic City Art Connection and the Alabama Craftsman show at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Works in this show have been created via a variety of print processes including woodblocks, intaglio, photo-intaglio, and mono print, combining and experimenting freely. Her attitude is inventive.
Mimi is a founding member of Paperworkers Local and has really been the main force behind our group. While every member of our group makes a big contribution of time and energy, we wouldn't be here today without Mimi. As a group we have watched the evolution of her work over the last four years and we are very excited to exhibit these new works.
Mimi Boston's show opens August 3 from 5-7pm at 2717 Seventh Ave South.
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
The goal of Ink Only is to create awareness and educate the public about the many various methods explored in printmaking. The exhibition is open to all forms of original printmaking including traditional, digital, and experimental processes.
Established and emerging artists 18 and over currently living in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee are invited to enter.
First Prize: $300 plus Solo Show at Paperworkers Local in the following 12 months.
Katie Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Art, Printmaking, The University of Alabama at Huntsville.
Katie Baldwin is a printmaker and book artist who has traveled internationally as an artist in residence. She was one of seven international artists selected in 2004 to learn traditional Japanese woodblock printing (mokuhanga) from master carvers and printers at the Nagasawa Residency on Awaji Island, Japan. Under Queen Anne's Revenge Press, Baldwin produces artist's books and woodblock prints. She has exhibited extensively, including Geida University in Tokyo, Japan and the Print Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work can be found in many collections including the Library of Congress in Washington DC. She has received grant funding through several organizations, including the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts. Baldwin received her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She served as the Victor Hammer Fellow at Wells College from 2011-2013. You can learn more about our Katie and her work at KatieAmeliaBaldwin.com.
Ink Only is sponsored by Paperworkers Local, a 501(c)(3) non-profit artists' co-operative based around a printmaking facility in Birmingham, Alabama, in partnership with the UAB Department of Art and Art History, and with generous grant support from the Alabama Council on the Arts (www.arts.state.al.us/)
The members of PaperWorkers Local have pooled their resources to establish Birmingham's first printmaking studio. The co-operative also exhibits the work of local artists and emerging artist from around the country, as well as offering workshops in various media. More information can be found at PaperWorkersLocal.com or visit us at 2717 Seventh Avenue South, Birmingham, Al 35233.
The exhibition will be held at the UAB Department of Art and Art History (www.uab.edu/art) PROJECT SPACE, an adaptive space that cultivates and supports meaningful creative investigation, interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship by providing an alternative platform for UAB Department of Art and Art History students, faculty and community to engage teaching, research, public service, and visual art practices. More Information about UAB's Project Space can be found at: www.uab.edu/cas/art/about/project-space
Opening Reception and Award Presentation August 25th 2017 at 5:00 to 7:00 PM.
August 25th-September 16th, 2017 in the UAB Department of Art's Project Space located at 900 13th Street South in the UAB Humanities Building, Room 100 (on the east side of the building, facing 13th Street South)
Entries should be submitted via youjudgeit.org/pwlinkonly
$35 for 3 images.
Entries accepted for Exhibit must be submitted and reclaimed at the close of the Exhibit at the expense of the artist. Work may be dropped off and picked up in person at designated times or will be shipped back to the artist, return postage must be provided.
If mailing, mail to: Jared Ragland AEIVA 215 1720 2nd Ave S. Birmingham, AL 35294-1264.
Works not received by the deadline will not be exhibited. Works must be framed, under plexi (no glass) and be ready to hang with D-ring or wire (no sawtooth hangers). All work must remain in the exhibition for the entire duration. All work must be clearly labeled on the back. Works exhibited for Ink Only will not be insured. All reasonable care will be taken; UAB and Paperworkers Local accept no responsibility for any loss or damage to artworks.
Prices for any work offered for sale or Not For Sale (N.F.S.) must be indicated on the Entry form. There will be a 20% commission on the sale of any work payable to PaperWorkers Local, the non-profit sponsor.
Deadline for Entry submission July 9, 2017
Work Due August 14– 18, 2017
Exhibit Opening and Award Presentation August 25, 2017 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Exhibit Dates August 25 – September 16, 2017
Pick Up Work September 16 after closing September 18 from 9-5pm
If you have questions, please send an email to PaperWorkersLocal@gmail.com, attention: John DeMotte.
AFTERWARD: works by Richard Stockham
Opening Reception January 20th, 2017 5:30 - 7:30pm
PaperWorkers Local
3815 Claremont Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35222
Additional open hours:
Every Tuesday & Thursday, 4:00 - 8:00
Every Wednesdays 5:30 - 7:30
and by appointment: paperworkerslocal@gmail.com
​AFTERWARD: WORKS BY RICHARD STOCKHAM ​
Mr. Stockham works primarily as a woodblock printmaker and occasionally works in other print mediums. His prints are personal visual narratives, windows into floating worlds, framed to lead the viewer to consider not only what is happening at the moment presented but also what follows. Mr. Stockham has long been attracted to Japanese prints, especially those of the "floating world" (ukiyo-e) for the way they engage the exotic with the familiar and engage the sophisticated with the naive.
​In 2000 he began studying Japanese style color woodblock printmaking at a school on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Though they offer a moment in time, Japanese prints are time consuming to make. The image is broken down into its component colors and shapes, then a separate woodblock is carved for each color, while allowing overlapping colors. Each block is inked and pressed onto the paper to make the final image. The complete image is perceived by the eye and then a recognition of the color layers unfold. Mr Stockham has practiced trial law in Birmingham for 30 years and has now established a second career as a printmaker. PaperWorkers Local welcomes the public to this exhibition.
SMALL WORKS: holiday exhibition & fundraiser
This sale and fundraiser is an opportunity to make holiday gift purchases while supporting PaperWorkers Local. Our annual holiday sale includes gift sized works created by our members. Many works have been donated so that 100% of the purchase price will support shop access for minority and emerging members.
This is the first occasion that we have had work donated to support our co-operative. We are asking for your support via the purchase of these donated works or a direct financial donation. You can make a donation at the following link:
http://paperworkerslocal.blogspot.com/p/membership-terms-artist-members.html
Tuesdays & Thursdays 4 to 8pm
Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm
PaperWorkers Local is hosting it's 4th Annual Fall Salon on Friday, October 21 from 5:30-8:00PM.
All PWL members invite two guest artists to participate, with each artist showing two to three works. Each year a very broad range of artists exhibit a wide variety of works in the Fall Salon, from students to nationally recognized artists.
a new real: john Demotte
A NEW REAL -
recent work by John DeMotte
Opening Reception - Friday August 17th 5:30 - 7:30pm
Exhibition runs August 19th - October 7th
This exhibit consists of pieces selected from different series on which I am working. At first they may not seem to all relate, but all the work is about creating different possibilities and realities by the selections and relationships of what is seen and the processes used to see and convey them.
Photography is my primary tool for capturing the source or what is seen. The very act of capturing an image in a camera is the first step in abstracting the source and creating that new reality or the new object to be seen. Processes such as cyanotype and Solar Plate photo etching open up more avenues to use the photo image in creating a new real.
Recently I have started to explore direct relief printing of found natural objects. Recording the surface of an object directly on paper creates an abstracted image with different visual possibilities and realities than seeing or even photographing the object.
Hey, Friend by Julia Elsas
Among these projects is a series of latticed paper pieces Elsas is working on with a master papermaker. She creates the design for these pieces, while the papermaker helps make and assemble the different paper pulps. Elsas is drawn to the oscillation between two- and three-dimensions in this process, moving from lattice cut stencils (2-D) to layered paper pulp (3-D) to the final dried and compressed layers of pigmented paper (2-D).
Preview Julia's work at: juliaelsas.com
Julia Elsas' work will be on display at PaperWorkers Local during June and July with an opening on Friday, June 17 and a closing on Friday, July 15.
Gallery hours: Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm and by appointment at paperworkerslocal@gmail.com.
Jane Marshall & Her Woodblocks
Jane Marshall earned her MFA from the University of Wisconsin. She has taught at the university level and various workshops and artist residencies and it is her own art investigations that are most rewarding and continue to challenge, stimulate, and drive her. Her training is in printmaking but she explores drawing, prints, painting, ceramics and low-relief carved painting. Her prints have ranged from etchings to woodcuts, the more recent work has focused on woodblock prints and from this she has expanded to carved low relief painted panels. These "paintings" are narrative from autobiographical recollections to images drawn from her immediate environment to a series focusing on animals and nature.
OPEN SATURDAY MAY 7 from 10am-3pm
RECEPTION on FRIDAY MAY 20 from 5:30-8pm
Other open times include:
Wednesday Nights from 5:30 to 7:30
Third Friday, May 20 from 5:00 to 8:30
The show closes on June 1.
fractals in Nature
PaperWorkers Local is pleased to present Fractals In Nature, an exhibition of new works by Artes Hicks. Fractals In Nature is Artes' first solo exhibition with PaperWorkers Local. Artes is a founding member of PaperWorkers Local and Birmingham resident.
About the work in this exhibition, Artes says, "My new series, Fractals in Nature, is a small series celebrating nature and all its wonders. Using plexi-glass plates, I carve close up fractal (complex never-ending pattern) fragments of naturally occurring patterns: fractals, spirals, lines and chaos."
Fractals In Nature will be on display at PaperWorkers Local during March-April with an opening reception on Friday, March 18 and a closing reception on Friday, April 15. Gallery hours: Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm and by appointment at
paperworkerslocal@gmail.com.
Arteshicks.com
Pretty, Much: The Grocery
Anne Herbert, Claire Lewis Evans, and Virginia Eckinger are the founders of THE GROCERY, an artist-run studio, exhibit, and performance space based in downtown historic Northport in 2014-15. Conceived as a site for interdisciplinary experimentation and collaboration, the Grocery was a thriving hub in West Alabama's creative community and a popular stopover for performers touring the Southeast during its twelve-month run.
PRETTY, MUCH is a regathering of the three partners in the first show to focus specifically on the trio and their work.
anneherbertpaintings.com
clairelewisevans.com
virginiaeckinger.com
facebook.com/groceryartworkspace
Friday, January 15 at 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Friday, February 19 at 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Holiday Show/Sale
Fiday night is our annual Holiday Sale. You can't go wrong with art for a gift! We will be showing works priced $50 and under for great gift ideas.
Friday, November 20, 2015 at 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Friday, December 18, 2015 at 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
FALL SALON
The Fall Salon at PaperWorkers Local is an annual community exhibition showcasing the talent and variety of artists living and working in and around Birmingham. Each of our members invites two area artists to contribute two to three works. Members and Invited Artists this year include:
Alyssa Hope Fagaly
Anna Zoladz
Bonard Hughins
Chris Bissett
Danielle Franklin
Joanne Kakoliris Fogle
Roger Jones
Tenisha Hicks
Toby Richards
Trent Thomas
Philip E. Griffith
Zach Barnes
Jenny Fine
Opening Reception: Friday, October 16 from 5:30-8:30PM
Additional viewing times:
Sunday October 25 from 2-4
Monday October 26 from 5-7
Thursday November 5 from 4:30-6:30
Every Wednesday for Open Studio Night 5:30-7:30
PaperWorkers Local has an exhibition opening to coincide with every Third Friday in Forest Park.
In addition restaurants will have specials, wine tastings etc. Shops and galleries will be open late, catch the shows you may miss during the day, shop for gifts while enjoying a refreshment. Enjoy the social scene of Forest Park after hours. Find out what else is going on for Third Friday here:
URN: A Folio Project by Brandon Boan & Abby Donovan
PaperWorkers Local is pleased to exhibit URN, a folio of lithograph and linotype works by Brandon Boan and Abby Donovan.
URN is what happens when you combine Thomas Browne, Genius Scan, Tip Type Press in Pittsburgh, and an old graveyard in
Downeast Maine. Brandon Boan is an artist and linotype operator in Pittsburgh, PA, where he runs Tip Type Press.
Abby Donovan is an artist and faculty in the Art Department at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE.
Brandon Boan
www.brandonboan.com
Abby Donovan
www.abbydonovan.com
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 18, 2015, from 5:30-8:30PM
Can't Get There From Here - New Images by Philip E Griffith
In this latest exhibit of photographic images, I am continuing to capture the unique landscapes that exist along the back roads of both Mississippi and Alabama. My subject matter covers both remnants of our (rapidly) disappearing southern landscape and found scenes and compositions. This particular set of images were taken during a series of photo runs between March 2012 and August of 2014.
www.philipegriffith.com
Opening reception August 21, 2015 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Exhibition runs August 21, 2015 - September 13, 2015
Scenes from No Place: Drawings from 2008-2012
PaperWorkers Local is pleased to present an exhibition of drawings by Nashville-based artist David Hellams.
About this body of work, Hellams writes:
These pencil drawings were completed between 2008 and 2012. Here, humor and fantasy speak through a medium that trades in precision and restraint. Each drawing pictures one or two figures, and one or more props, which interact to suggest a dramatic scene. The lack of backgrounds in these works is both an aesthetic, and a narrative, choice, as the void calls viewers to imagine possible contexts for the scene. These athletes, magicians, and wild animals are players in a story we can only imagine.
Hellams' work can be viewed here: http://davidhellams.com/
Opening Reception: Friday, May 15 from 5:30-8:30PM
Closing Reception: Friday, June 19 from 5:30-8:30PM
Amos Kennedy: THANK YOU FOR BUYING A POSTER!
PaperWorkers Local is very proud to welcome home Alabama native and letterpress-printing-boat-rocker Amos Kennedy.
In an interview for The Economist Amos refers to himself as "Just a humble negro printer." The simple fact that he's an artist who has been mentioned in The Economist at all questions that assertion. The additional fact that after relocating to Detroit he has none-the-less been named by Southern Living as one of "50 People Who are Changing The South in 2015" tells us that his sort of humility has quite a reach.
Kennedy may be a humble man. His work isn't. He may wear a pair of slouchy overalls and quietly go about making his work. But his work is born of African-American culture and history and pulls no punches. His letterpress prints confront and often provoke the viewer with quotations, names and boldly assertive opinions from the Struggle for Civil Rights up to the present moment. Like his forbears Amos works humbly toward profound consequence.
You can view a documentary on Amos Kennedy and his work here: www.proceedandbebold.com
Opening Reception: Friday, April 17th from 5:30 to 8:30.
Closing reception: Wednesday, May 6 rom 5:30 to 7:30.
An Exhibition of Drawings & Sculptures by Basil Watson
PaperWorkers Local is proud to present the work of Atlanta based Jamaican sculptor Basil Watson. Basil's work is anchored in the figure which he has studied through a strong foundation in drawing. He works in sculpture for it's plastic nature and communicative possibilities. He explores the language of the body communicating emotions and attitudes through both subtle gesture and exaggerated movement. basilwatson.com
This exhibition will be open to the public at the following times:
Monday, March 16 - 4:00 to 7:00
Wednesday, March 18 - 1:00 to 7:00
Friday, March 20 - 5:30 - 7:30
Saturday, March 21 - 11:00 - 2:00
Saturday. March 28 - 11:00 - 2:00
Source/Process
The purpose of this exhibition is not only to show the work our members make, but also to give a glimpse of what goes into a print in order make the image. To this end we have put together a collection of prints that also includes source and process materials that were used to create the final print.
MEMBERS: Mimi Boston, John DeMotte, Jill England, Joanne Fogle, Tanisha Hicks, Roger Jones, Sarah Marshall, Linda McDavid Merry, Michael Merry, Lacy Stewart, D'Arcie Schmidt, Richard Stockham, Joi West, and Cathy Wright
Exhibit runs April 7th - March 30th
The Alabama Print Portfolio - 1986
A limited edition collection of original prints created in the summer of 1986 by Alabama artists. Artists include Ruth Belasco, John Cleverdon, Wayne Corliss, Michael Crouse, John DeMotte, John Dillon, Duana George, Karen Jacobs, Sally Johnson, Chris Kakas, Fred Marchman, Robert Martin, Kathryn Maxwell, Reesa Milam, Carter Osterbind III, Julie Plasketes, Robert Pope, Cole Rogers, Conrad Ross, Elizabeth Ribka, Bob Shelton, Scott Stephens, Jean Zarmba, Richard Zoellner.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 20 at 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Advent School Student Art Show at PaperWorkers Local
A sample of the wonderful art created by students of Robin Couch Jackson. All works on paper. Members of Paperworkers Local will have works on display in the press room of the studio. One goal of PaperWorkers is strengthening the art community in Birmingham. Come visit.
Opening Reception: Friday, January 16, 2015 at 5:30pm - 8:00pm