Printing

DogEar Festival Returns in April

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s (BIMA) popular DogEar Festival returns to the island on April 4-6, 2025. Celebrating all things related to the unique art forms of Artists’ Books and printmaking, this immersive three-day event brings together artists, community, curators, scholars, and creatives for lectures, hands-on printmaking, a whimsical Edible Book “Chompetition,” a pop-up print market, a concert with the Bushwick Book Club, and more.

Alongside this year’s festival, BIMA’s current Artists’ Books exhibition, Power of the Presses, examines the creative potency of printing as a hallowed art form.

Events at DogEar include a lecture on Lushootseed alphabet. Power of the Presses offers more events at the museum before and after DogEar Festival.

DogEar festivalgoers can try hands-on art projects, enjoy live music, learn more about bookmaking as an art, and take home broadsides, posters, and zines by talented regional artists and printmakers.

The DogEar Festival is held at BIMA, located at 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA. The festival starts at 5 pm to 8 pm on Friday, April 4, and runs 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6. DogEar offers a variety of activities for all ages. With the exception of the concert on Friday night, all activities, exhibitions, and presentations are free. Learn more at www.biartmuseum.org/events/dogear-festival-2025/.

Visitors can print their own memorabilia or visit Saint Rita’s traveling bookstore during the DogEar Festival.

Partners in Print Plans For New Seattle Space

Partners in Print (PIP), a nonprofit devoted to the art of letterpress, is planning a move into a physical space in downtown Seattle, Washington.

Starting in 2020, the organization received equipment from School of Visual Concepts (SVC) when they closed their school print shop. Since then, PIP has maintained storage for the equipment. The group has organized Zoom events and pop-ups to introduce people to the joys of letterpress printing.

On October 22, PIP announced that they had signed a lease for a new physical space to house their equipment and serve as a cultural center for letterpress printing. On their Facebook page, they posted “In the coming months, we’ll be fundraising, engaging with designers, contractors, and the larger community to build on everything we’ve learned over the last four years. Together, we’ll reinvent a vibrant new cultural space for letterpress printing in Seattle at 402 Cedar!”

The Belltown location will house PIP’s equipment and give them a space for on-site classes. The organization also plans to continue its community outreach and online activities. “By furthering the 19-year legacy of the SVC Letterpress Program, Partners in Print continues to wield the power of print for the greater good,” states their website.

To learn more about PIP and their plans, visit their website at https://partnersinprint.org/.

Top: New home for PIP in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle (photo top left and top right from PIP Facebook page). Former SVC workshop and letterpress from PIP. For more information see: https://partnersinprint.org/.