Portland is a printmaking town. Much of that is the result of the tireless work of Gordon Gilkey who taught at PNCA. He was well known for recovering art stolen in WWII. From that he built a social network of artists, printmakers, and collectors, worldwide. Bob Koch established the next generation of that network with Augen Gallery. Jordan Schnitzer and his museums follow a philosophy of collecting multiples, many prints on paper, to eschew the astronomical price wars over rare originals.
Print Arts Northwest https://printartsnw.org is an association of printmakers supplementing Portland's several shared printmaking studios.
Print Day is a worldwide celebration of printmaking. Print Arts Northwest celebrates Print Day with indoor press printing, and a large exquisite corpse print project outdoors using a pavement roller, a steam roller, usually used to compact asphalt paving.
It is an experiential celebration, print sales benefit for Print Arts Northwest, and an arty party in the evening.
Print Day at Atelier Meridian https://www.ateliermeridian.com/ in River Studios 820 N River St, back of building, lower level. Masks & vax required indoors. Masks encouraged outdoors. 1PM-9 Free
