PULP: Book & Paper Arts | Sebastopol Center for the Arts

April 04, 2024Rhiannon Alpers

PULP: Book & Paper Arts
Sebastopol Center for the Arts

April 4 - May 5, 2024
Opening Reception April 6, 2024 from 2 - 5pm

Juror: Donna Seager of Seager Gray Gallery

Printed Page IV | Spark Gallery, Denver

April 01, 2024Rhiannon Alpers

Printed Page IV 

March 28 - April 21, 2024

Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado 80204. 

Gallery hours Thursday 12-5pm, Friday 12-9pm, Saturday 12-5pm, Sunday 1-4pm

The exhibition includes work by 23 artists from throughout the United States who include traditional printmaking techniques in their artists' book works. Selections were made by Amanda C. Clark, Dean of the Library at Whitworth University in Spokane Washington.

Artists in the exhibition are Bug Karplus, Carrie Scanga, Casey Jay Gardner, Elisa Lanzi, Ellen Knudson, Heather Doyle-Maier, Jane Ewing, Joan Iversen Goswell, Julie Baugnet, Karen Baldner, Katherine Venturelli, Laurel Moorhead, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Naomi Velasquez, Patricia Dahlman, Ren Barnes, Rhiannon Alpers, Sarah Hulsey, Sara L. Press, Stephanie Smith, Tatiana Potts, Thomas Parker/ Mary Agnes Williams & Tom Virgin.

Changing Landscapes | Tointon Gallery, Greeley

March 18, 2024Rhiannon Alpers

Changing Landscapes: Transformative Observations Through Printmaking

Exhibition Dates: March 22 - April 26, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, March 22 5-7pm, with an Artist Talk from 6-6:30pm

Union Colony Civic Center
Tointon Gallery
651 10th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631
Gallery Hours: M-F 9am-5pm; Sat 9am-2pm

Featured Artists include: Rhiannon Alpers, Jennifer Ghormley, Theresa Haberkorn, Johanna Mueller, Ashley Nason, Sarah Wallace Scott and Melanie Yazzie.

Uncommon Collective: Colorado Printmakers | A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art

March 01, 2024Rhiannon Alpers

Uncommmon Collective: Colorado Printmakers

Opening Reception: March 1, 2024 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art
150 E. Main St, Trinidad, CO, 81082

Power to the Print | BRDG Project Gallery

February 24, 2024Rhiannon Alpers

Power to the Print
Exhibition Opening: March 8th from 6-10pm
Exhibition Dates: March 5 - April 2 2024

BRDG  Project located at 3300 Tejon St.Denver, CO 80211

Denver Quarterly Publication | Poetry Broadside Contest

November 19, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

Letterpress Poetry Broadside Event Presented by Denver Quarterly in collaboration with Gazelle & Goat:
Eric Raanan Fischman and Emily Pěrez
Sunday, November 19, 2023 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
University of Denver

Please invite your friends, family, and colleagues to this reading and discussion. Copies of the letterpress printed broadsides will be available for purchase at the event or can be purchased below for shipment.
The letterpress broadsides were produced in a collaboration between Denver Quarterly and Rhiannon Alpers of Gazelle and Goat Press for the autumn session poetry event held in November of 2023. Poems were selected by Denver Quarterly editors. Poets participated in letterpress printings at Gazelle and Goat Press thanks the generous contributions of Denver Quarterly. The broadside was produced in an edition of 60 signed and numbered prints.

Denver Arts Week 2023 | ASLD and around Denver

November 19, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

Denver Arts Week celebrates The Mile High City's arts and culture scene with hundreds of events around the city. Stay tuned for the 2024 dates.
Explore vibrant art districts, check out museum exhibitions and outdoor sculptures, indulge in the performing arts, be inspired at film and literary events, and even buy some art of your own!

109th California Society of Printmakers Members' Exhibit | Piedmont, CA

November 19, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

This, the 109th Annual Members’ Exhibit for the California Society of Printmakers, is held at the Piedmont Center for the Arts. The exhibit will run from Oct 8 - 29, 2023, and is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays.

The California Society of Printmakers is a non-profit arts organization promoting the practice and appreciation of fine art contemporary printmaking, with the mission to both support the integrity of traditional printmaking and to provide a home for artists exploring new directions in contemporary print methods. Currently, the CSP has a membership of approximately 250 artists, and though the majority of members live and work in Northern California, membership is open to printmakers throughout the world.

Mutualistic Musings | Spark Gallery, Denver

August 14, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

MUTUALISTIC  MUSINGS
August 17 - September 10, 2023
Mutualistic Musings, a solo exhibition by Rhiannon Alpers, explores the relationship between women naturalists and the specimens they study. The body of work portrays this interplay through layered, sensory artworks including artist books, handmade paper, and monoprints.
Click here for more information and details about the work in the exhibition. 

Artist Reception: August 19, 2023, 3 - 5pm 
First Friday: September 1, 5 - 9pm
Last Look: September 10, 1 - 4pm 
Third Friday Collectors’ Night: August 18, 6 - 9pm

Spark Gallery  |  900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204
Gallery Hours: Thurs - Sat 12 - 5pm, Fri 12 - 9pm & Sun 1 - 4pm
Website: www.sparkgallery.com

ARTIST BOOKS UNSHELVED | Across Sea and Sky

May 31, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

Helping to steer loved ones to comfort and stability, we take journeys across sea and sky in this episode of Artist’s Books Unshelved.

Our featured books from the Artist Book Collection today are “Send a Rescue Ship” by Lisa Onstad, and “A Thousand Starlings” by Rhinanon Alpers.

Featured Artist's Websites:

Lisa Onstad: https://www.lisaonstad.com/

Rhinanon Alpers: https://www.rhiannonalpers.com/

Artist’s Books Unshelved is an ongoing video series exploring selected pieces from the Cynthia Sears Artist’s Books Collection, where we will be diving into various Artist Books, explaining their meanings and sharing bits of the creative process from the Artists themselves.
Tune in on our YouTube and Facebook pages at 11am every 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month for a new episode!

BLUE Exhibition | Delaware Valley Chapter Guild of Book Workers

April 08, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers presents a member exhibition at the Philadelphia City Hall

“Blue is many things; a color with lots of variety, a mood, a style of music, a political party. Everyone, even the nonsighted, possesses a special receptor that senses blue light. Blue light sets our circadian rhythm, our waking hours regulated by blue.”

Click the image to read more…

Open Exhibition Juror | Rock Mountain Guild of Boookworkers

February 13, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

RMC is excited to announce that we will be holding a traveling exhibition, which will run March-July 2023.  This is an OPEN exhibit, and your books will travel to three different states: Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado!

This is a juried exhibit, with 1st and 2nd Prizes, as well as a People's Choice Award!  We will be photographing all submissions and displaying them in a printed catalog, as well as on our website!  All participants will receive a printed catalog automatically. 

More details to come!

WESTWARD BOUND | Ahaa Gallery, Colorado

February 02, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

Curated by director of Abecedarian Books, Alicia Bailey, Westward Bound will showcase artist books that include original content by the artists. Either unique or editioned, traditionally bound or sculptural, included works will reflect on contemporary or historical viewpoints and concerns of the region most broadly referred to as the American West. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with American Academy of Bookbinding.

Annual Members' Exhibit | SPARK Gallery, Denver

January 01, 2023Rhiannon Alpers

Our Annual SPARK Member Show will be held
January 5 - January 29, 2023

Rhiannon Alpers • Barbara Baer • Alicia Bailey • Deborah Bryon • 
Bill Ballas • Barbara Carpenter • Joyce Coco • Madeleine Dodge • Sally
Elliott • Mike Herburger • Michaele Keyes • Tom Linker • Gary Manuel • Kathryn
Oberdorfer • Phillip Potter • Kim Putnam • Elaine Ricklin • Emily Roan •Susan
Rubin • Annalee Schorr • Sue Simon • Robert St. John • Katie White

Small Works Show | Spark Gallery, Denver

December 01, 2022Rhiannon Alpers

Small Works Members' Exhibition

December 1 - December 18, 2022

Artist Reception & First Friday: Dec. 2, 5 - 9 pm
Last Look: Dec. 18, 1 - 4 pm

Buy local art by our members this Holiday Season. Our members have put together a selection of works tailored for the gift-giving season. Small, affordable and diverse artworks ... All items in this show are available for purchase and takeaway.

The Book as Art v10: Transformation | Decatur Arts Alliance, Georgia

September 10, 2022Rhiannon Alpers

How is the world, society, nature, and even humanity transformed by reading, literature, and art? What is the driving force that causes the transformation, and what emerges on the other side? This year’s annual The Book As Art exhibition explores these questions visually through beautifully made volumes, sculptural and conceptual interpretations, and one-of-a-kind approaches to the book format.

further afield | SPARK Gallery, Denver CO

August 25, 2022Rhiannon Alpers

further afield

September 1 - September 25, 2022

First Friday: Sept. 2, 5 - 9 pm
Artist Reception: Sept. 10, 2 - 5 pm
Last Look: Sept. 25, 1 - 4 pm

SPARK Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204

Further Afield is a two-part exhibit highlighting my ongoing explorations of nature and women naturalists through the medium of artist books. The first series showcases artists' books and accompanying broadsides, entrenched in the history and visual sensibility of cabinets of curiosities and early women in the field of science. The second is a body of wooden board books exploring surface, mark making, and historical influences on the form.

Focus on Book Arts Exhibition | Forrest Grove Oregon

June 20, 2022Rhiannon Alpers

Faculty Exhibition for the instructors of the FOBA 2022 five-day conference held in Forrest Grove, Oregon. Artists include experts in the Book and Paper Arts field, teaching courses from one to three days during the conference.

This conference is held biannually, and currently attracts over 200 people from around the world to create, inspire and make through the world of book and paper arts.

Exhibition Dates:
July 1 - August 27, 2022

Exhibition Location:
Valley Art Association
2022 Main Street
Forest Grove, OR 97116