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A WEEKEND WELL SPENT MAKING PRINTS!

Last Saturday and Sunday was our Nancy Luton Printmaking Education Fund Workshop at Red Bird Press! We had such a fun time bringing together a group of enthusiastic artists for a hands-on printmaking experience led by the talented Lauren Christlieb, owner and founder of Red Bird Press.

Established in 2020, the Nancy Luton Education Fund honors Nancy’s incredible generosity and dedication to Houston’s printmaking community by creating opportunities for students to explore and expand their artistic skills.

A big thank you to Lauren, Red Bird Press, and everyone who participated for making this workshop such a success! We love seeing the next generation of printmakers getting their hands in ink.

#PrintHouston #PrintMatters #RedBirdPress #Printmaking #HoustonArts by @printmatters

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9 days ago

HOUSTON SEEN/SCENE: First, a shoutout to Jordan Bolduc and Jailyne España, the talented young curators behind PrintHouston’s ThinkINK 2026 members’ exhibition at The Silos at Sawyer Yards!

While I was there, I also wandered through ClayHouston’s Bayou Mud 2026 and photographed four ceramic works that caught my eye. Featuring functional and sculptural pieces by Houston-area artists, the exhibition draws inspiration from our bayous and the transformation of earth, water, fire and clay.

Swipe through to meet Jordan and Jailyne, and some of the artists in ThinkINK, then see a few of my favorite artworks (including one by Susan Budge) from Bayou Mud.

PRINT HOUSTON: THINK INK 2026
CLAY HOUSTON: BAYOU MUD 2026
Both on view September 26–October 31, 2026
The Silos at Sawyer Yards

@printmatters
@clayhoustontx
@sawyeryards taken in The Silos at Sawyer Yards by @printmatters

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19 days ago

Visit us at the Affordable Art Fair Houston
Stand C-10
October 15-18, 2026
George R. Brown Convention Center

Artists Include
Jonas Criscoe
Tess Doyle:
Luisa Duarte
Orna Feinstein
Jessica Ferris
Liv Johnson
Cathie Kayser
Renee Martinez
Elvia Perrin
Alexander Squier
Koichi Yamamoto

VIP TICKETS

You VIP ticket link: https://events.humanitix.com/affordable-art-fair-houston-2026?accesscode=G-PMH-VIP

Link to AAF Houston: https://affordableartfair.com/fairs/houston/

Live Print Demos
Participants are invited to create an original woodblock print of “Glint & Glimmer” by Liv M. Johnson, presented by PrintHouston during the Affordable Art Fair. Attendees will gain first-hand experience in relief printmaking techniques. Led by Liv M. Johnson and Tess Doyle, these instructional demonstrations will guide participants through each step of carving and printing a relief block.

Demonstration Times
Friday, Oct 16th
4:00–5:00 PM
Liv M. Johnson
Saturday , Oct 17th
2:00–3:00 PM
Liv M. Johnson
4:30–5:30 PM Demo
Liv M. Johnson
Sunday, Oct 19th
1:00–2:00 PM
Tess Doyle

@printhouston @printmattershouston @affordableartfairtexas #originalprints #screenprints #lithographs #etchings @affordableartfairhouston taken in George R. Brown Convention Center by @printmatters

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24 days ago

September 26 - October 31, 2026
Opening Reception:
The Silos at Sawyer Yards Gallery 200
Saturday, September 26, 2026
6–8 PM
The Silos Gallery 200
1502 Sawyer Street Houston, TX 77007

ARTISTS: Andis Applewhite, Pat Barton, Linda Behar, Hannah Bender, Janet Best Badger, Randy Clark, Lucinda Cobley, Jonas Criscoe, Pat Doran Porcynaluk, Jessica Farris, Orna Feinstein, Melisa Gerecci, Kevin Haas, William H. Hays, Yuji Hiratsuka, Vivian Hordes, Cathie Kayser, Hank Mattson, Eileen McClellan, Susu Meyer, Sharon Navage, Peter Nickel, Donna E Perkins, Kathleen B Pittman, Charlotte Seifert, Nomi Silverman, Dorothea Van Camp

Funded in part by the City of Houston and Houston Arts Alliance.

@cityofhouston @houstonartsalliance @printmatters @printmatters #originalprints #thinkink taken in The Silos at Sawyer Yards by @printmatters

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a month ago

The Nancy Luton Printmaking Education Fund workshop has been filled!
A BIG thanks everyone!!!

@redbirdpress.htx #intaglio @printmatters #printmaking #originalprints #traditionalprintmaking #printmakingworkshop #nancyluton #etching @nancylutonfund by @printmatters

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a month ago

APPLICATION OPENS AUGUST 26, 2026

Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3dwysaqWGd_aecctxCb1QobwFdiiH3f-FNqXKyhZF0SYKeg/viewform?usp=header

PrintHouston is pleased to announce we will be sponsoring The Nancy Luton Printmaking Education Fund 2026 workshop at Red Bird Press. The first 8 applicants to sign-up will attend, for free, this two-day workshop taught by Lauren Christlieb, owner and founder of Red Bird Press. All supplies and fees will be paid for by PrintHouston.

REGISTRATION OPENS: August 26, 2026.
• The first 8 people to sign-up will attend the workshop at no cost.
• No previous printmaking experience is required.
• Applicants must be 18 or over and reside in Texas.
• Awardees will be announced by email as soon as the roster fills up.

WORKSHOP
Two-Day Intaglio: Line Chemical Etching Workshop
Dates: Saturday & Sunday
October 3rd & 4th, 11AM - 4PM
(5 hours each day, with coffee/lunch breaks)
708C Telephone Rd. Houston, TX 77023
www.redbirdpresshtx.org | @redbirdpress.htx

In this two-day workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of intaglio printmaking through line chemical etching! Working with a 4×6 inch copper plate, you’ll learn how to prepare and transfer your image, etch your plate, ink it, and pull your own intaglio prints.

• No previous printmaking experience is required. All materials and equipment will be provided, including one 4×6 inch copper plate.

• Come With Your Image Ready!
You’ll want to arrive with a black-and-white image or sketch with lots of line work. Think hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, and using lines to create texture, depth, and dimension - the more lines, the better!

• This workshop will focus exclusively on line etching, there will be no tonal areas, solid gray, or flat black values etched into the plate. Your image should be black and white and designed to translate well into line work.

@redbirdpress.htx #intaglio @printmatters #printmaking #originalprints #traditionalprintmaking #printmakingworkshop #nancyluton #etching taken in Red Bird Press by @printmatters

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2 months ago

Kathy Gurwell, Houston Based Papermaker, Presents Two Films on Handmade Paper in Conjunction with PULLED X 2 Exhibition.

1st Floor Lobby
HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY-
CENTRAL LIBRARY
500 McKinney St, 77002
www.houstonlibrary.org/bblp

Double Feature Films Shown on
AUGUST 1st, at 2 pm and AUGUST 8th, at 12 pm

Kathy Gurwell, from Fine Hand Made Paper, will screen two documentaries on papermaking in conjunction with PULLED X 2, the current paper and printmaking exhibit on display.

The first documentary is Echizen Washi by Japan’s Center for Ethnological Visual Documentation. The film follows the complete papermaking process, illustrating how raw, natural materials are transformed into exquisite washi paper. This hour long film on Japanese papermaking is an artistically created documentary on papermaker Iwano Ichibei, designated a living national treasure in 2000. He is the 9th generation in a line of Echizen washi craftsmen working in the Echizen region. The Iwano family has been keeping the Japanese art of making washi alive in Echizen by passing down the tradition and skills across the generations.

The second is the Oscar nominated documentary short, The Mark of the Maker is a documentary about Twinrocker Paper Mill. Established by Kathryn and Howard Clark, Twinrocker was pivotal to the renaissance of hand papermaking in America. They met in graduate school at Wayne State University in Detroit, she working toward a master degrees in Fine Art Printmaking and he toward a degree in Industrial Design. It was during those years, 1970-1972, when they realized there was no handmade paper being made in America and that people had to import fine papers from Europe. They decided to change that. Twinrocker Handmade Paper began in San Francisco in 1971. Then in 1972, Kathryn and Howard Clark relocated to Brookston, Indiana where it thrives today.

For more information about Kathy Gurwell, please visit https://www.kathygurwellhandmadepaper.com/.

@printmatters @houstonpubliclibrary #handmadepaper #originalprints #washi @twinrocker #Echizenwashi @kgruwell taken in Houston Public Library-Downtown by @printmatters

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3 months ago

Coming up Wednesday on The Houston Hour, Mister McKinney and Heidi Vaughan will interview Cathie Kayser! She's a Houston-based artist and one of the founders of PrintHouston and Rockin' Rollin' Prints. She's also the studio manager at Burning Bones Press. She's got an exciting book project she'll be talking about, too! It's going to be a great show you don't want to miss! Be sure to tune in Wednesday at noon to 90.1 KPFT Houston HD2. You can also stream the show live and catch up on past episodes in the archives at KPFT.org! @cathiekayser @printmatters @burningbonespress @thehoustonhour taken in Houston, Texas by @printmatters

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3 months ago

Tetrapak printmaking!! THIS THURSDAY!! Demo by myself and Jai España! At Red Bird Press! 6:30-8pm! Come watch the last of the Matrix demos! Funded by PrintHouston! Making art out of recycled food cartons!

#printmaking #tetrapak #printmattershouston #printhouston #houstonprintmaking taken in Red Bird Press by @printmatters

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4 months ago

taken in Houston, Texas by @printmatters

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4 months ago

June 6 - August 14

PULLED X 2
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, June 13, 3-5pm
(Underground Parking is free for 1 hour)

To show the beauty and diversity of papermaking eight papermakers were paired with fifteen printmakers from PrintHouston to feature original prints made on handmade paper.

Keep an eye out for notices of films on papermaking we will be showing.

PAPERMAKERS
Susanne Baker, NC
Jamie Lee Capps, MN
Rob Cook, MD
Kathy Gurwell, TX
Steven Kostell, VT
Tom Leech, NM
Genevieve Nordmark, MN
Nick Pearson, NH

PRINTMAKERS
Katharina Bossmann, NC
Magaly Cantú, TX
Shanti Conlan, TX
Jennifer Dunn, TX
Katherine Fields, TX
Leamon Green, TX
Gloria Shancez Hart, TX
Tony Holmquist, CO
Vivian Hordes, TX
Renee Magnanti, NY
Eileen McClellan, TX
Sharon Navage, TX
Bill Pangburn, NY
Charlotte Seifert, TX
Alexander Squier, TX

#originalprints #printhouston #printmatters #handmadepaper
@cityofhouston @houstonartsalliance @kathwell by @printmatters

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4 months ago

Gemini G.E.L. Celebrating 60 Years! by @printmatters

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5 months ago