Thoughts of recession and inflation looming in your head? Make some art about it!
Now for a limited time if you put $90 dollars on an ArtSmart card, Utrecht will put an additional $10.
Perfect for students and artists alike! Just come in or reach us by phone and we’ll be happy to hook you up with your very own ArtSmart card.

Pressworks Printmaking Cooperative
Sunny Arms Building

707 South Snoqualmie Street, Suite 1A
Seattle, WA 98108
206-621-1252

Pressworks Co-op, established in 1984, is a group of printmakers who share space, equipment, and camaraderie. We are a diverse group of artists working in various forms of printmaking such as intaglio, relief, monoprint, lithography, collagraph, solarplate, and various other experimental forms of printmaking. We have three presses: a manual Laguna etching press with a 26″ x 48″ bed, an electric Laguna etching press with a

3′ x 6′ bed, and a litho press. We offer storage space for each artist, including flat files for paper and prints. We have plenty of table space for working, a paper soaking tray, drying rack and a separate ventilated acid etching room. Studio time is not limited; access is 24 hours a day.

The studio is on the ground floor of an industrial building converted to an artist living and working cooperative, located just south of Spokane Street, accessible by Fourth Avenue South (via South Industrial Way) or Airport Way South. The studio receives great natural light during the day, has heating and is well ventilated, and there is ample parking around the building. We are near Daniel Smith and several bus lines including routes 39, 130, 136, 137, and 174.

New members will be expected to work with another member for a brief period of time to acclimate themselves to the studio and procedures. There is a non-refundable deposit of $275.00, which includes the first month’s rent of $125.00 and the $50 annual maintenance fee due each January. The remaining $100, a non-refundable deposit, may be paid in two installments. Presswork’s members must participate in open houses (unless the open house occurs within the first four months of membership) and attend four monthly meetings per year. Potential members’ portfolios will be reviewed by the current members. Our concern is not for artistic content, but to demonstrate knowledge and experience in printmaking.

Call to make an appointment to show your portfolio at our next meeting.

To apply as a member, you must:

1. Have a background in printmaking,
2. Show a portfolio of your prints,
3. Exhibit knowledge of printmaking,
4. Be willing to commit for at least one year and preferably more.

For more information, contact:

Laurie Brown : 206.525.7679
Studio : 206.621.1252
Roberta Long : 206.525.5956

Our fall sale is going on now until Oct. 15.  Take advantage of the awesome savings that are happening. With school coming up for many us this is the perfect opportunity to save a lot on quality art supplies. You can’t repel savings of this magnitude! Also we just got an e-mail address for the blog. If you have any questions, want something to be on our blog, or just need to kill some time, you can e-mail us at utrecht.seattle@gmail.com.

There so many local art walks to check out, it can almost be confusing on where to go on what day. Here’s a compiled list of Seattle Art Walks:

• Ballard Art Walk / 2nd Saturday
  • Ballard Art Walk
• Capitol Hill Art Walk / 2nd Tuesday
  • Capitol Hill Art Walk
• Downtown Art Walk / 1st Thursday
  • Downtown Art Walk
• Fremont Art Walk / 1st Friday
  • Fremont Art Walk
• Wallingford Art Walk / 1st Wednesday
  • Wallingford Art Walk
• West Seattle Art Walk / 2nd Thursday
  • West Seattle Art Walk
• Bremerton Art Walk / 1st Friday
  • Bremerton Art Walk

Also, a quick side note about this year’s Bumbershoot. The festival only runs saturday, sunday, and monday excluding a friday date. What a lot of people don’t know is that the art is OPEN & FREE on Friday Aug 29!!!  Just go to the Northwest Rooms at the Seattle Center and take a sneak peak at all the awesome art.