WORKSHOPS
June 29 – July 4: A week-long Wood Engraving workshop at Frogman’s Print Workshops in Iowa City at the University of Iowa.
August 16 – 21: A week-long Wood Engraving workshop at John C. Campbell Folk School in NC’s Appalachian mountains. Hone or learn wood engraving in a peaceful and supportive environment.

ART FAIRS
April 9-12 Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair at Power House Arts through the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) Booth – See Tree Swallow Sunrise in SAGA’s booth along with loads of other amazing prints!
March 11 (Saturday), 10am – 5pm – KY Crafted Market at the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. Visit Starpointe Studio’s booth (#311) and shop the best visual arts and crafts of the Commonwealth.
March 12 (Sunday), 11am – 4pm – KY Crafted Market at the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. Visit Starpointe Studio’s booth (#311).

EXHIBITIONS
May 29 – July 18: Mega Co-op Show: Celebrating 25 Years of the Highpoint Artists’ Co-operative, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN. Opening reception May 29, 6:30-9pm.
September 11–27: Society of American Graphic Artists: 91st Annual Members Exhibition, juried, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
January 5 – February 23: Wood Engravers’ Network Fifth Triennial Exhibition, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida Libraries, St. Petersburg campus, FL
TBD: Wood Engravers’ Network 4th Triennial Exhibition, Arts Center of St. Peter, Minnesota.

88th Annual Society of Wood Engravers Exhibition See my print Luna at the following venues:
February 4 – 23: 87th Annual Society of Wood Engravers Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK.
March 14–April 26: Oriel Môn, Anglesey, Wales, UK.
May 5–June 21: Museum in the Park, Stroud, UK
July 3–August 23: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, UK

Wood Engravers’ Network 5th Triennial Exhibition See my print Homestead (taking rural life on the road) at the following venues:
January 5 – February 23: Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida Libraries, St. Petersburg campus, FL
March 27–May 17: San Francisco Public Library San Francisco, CA.
June 4 – August 8: ArtStart, Rhinelander, WI
Dates TBA: Knoxville, TN (details coming soon)
TBD: Wood Engravers’ Network 4th Triennial Exhibition, Arts Center of St. Peter, Minnesota.

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Take part in a collaborative book project that was started at Bernheim Forest’s Bugfest in September 2024! I am inviting the public to write notes to nature on book pages that are in the shape of a butterfly. Some pages are cut from prints that I have done that refer to nature in one way or another.

Once I have collected a couple hundred pages, I will bind the pages using a variation of the coptic stitch technique to create a unique, sculptural book that holds our collective thoughts, fears, hopes, and dreams for nature.

Find this project at in-person events throughout the next year!
To participate remotely, download this printable template: BFBook-Pages

Directions:
– Print out butterfly page template at 100% on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Cut out pages.
– Write or draw something on both sides of the page. Design/planning consideration: The pages will be folded and three holes in the center of the butterfly will be sewn together, so for most pages, only one side will be visible at once.

You can write or draw something to nature – Here are some ideas:
– What do you want nature to know?
– What questions do you have for nature?
– Write your hopes and dreams for nature.
– What is your favorite bug, plant, weather, place in nature? Why?
– How does nature help you?
– How do you help nature?
– Write down what nature-related thing you are thankful for.

and mail me your pages! Contact me to get the mailing address.

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I am excited and honored to be Wichita State University’s visiting artist October 22nd to 24th, including this solo exhibition complete with a presentation at 4pm in room 210 on Thursday October 24th followed by a reception in the gallery from 5 to 6pm.

I am a collaborator at heart which is probably why this is my first solo exhibition in 20 years – wow, where did the time go?? I am thrilled to share these bodies of work that reflect a reverence for nature, narrative, place and history. The exhibit features 105 objects in series that span topics from animal terrorists to beneficial insects, to land conservation, to rural, agrarian, and city histories entwined with folk tales and literary works.

I would be most grateful for your attendance at the presentation and reception on October 24th!

Many thanks to Marco Hernandez and everyone at WSU who have helped make this happen – I’m so thankful.

Read the insightful review that Kevin Kelly wrote about the exhibit online at THE SHOUT.

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Catch up with me and my work at any (or all) of these 2023 scheduled events!

ART FAIRS

December 8th, 6-9pm (Friday Ticketed Preview) & Dec 9th 10-4pm (Saturday free & open to the public) Crafted Social’s Winter Market: A winter celebration with traditional and contemporary craft, art and spirits at the historic Greyline Station in Lexington.
December 16th (Saturday) 11am to 5pm: Last Call Art Market at West Sixth Brewery – your last chance to buy that perfect, unique gift!

March 11 (Saturday), 10am – 5pm – BOOTH 237: KY Crafted Market at the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. Visit Starpointe Studio’s booth and shop the best visual arts and crafts of the Commonwealth.
March 12 (Sunday), 10am – 4pm – BOOTH 237: KY Crafted Market at the Alltech Arena in the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. Visit Starpointe Studio’s booth and shop the best visual arts and crafts of the Commonwealth.

May 13 (Saturday) – Noon – 5pm for Halftone Zine Fest at 21c Museum Hotel in Lexington, KY. A welcome return of the event formerly known as the KY Fried Zine Fest – find my table and shop/browse your way through small press publishers, self-published zines, local writers, and artists!

WORKSHOPS

November 19 (Sunday), 11am – 2pm: Demonstration at Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea. I’ll be there printing a fun take away and chatting with folks about my wood engraving process. Stop at this amazing travel center and browse the wonderful Kentucky art on your next road trip!

March 31 – April 2: A weekend wood engraving workshop at Starpointe Studio! Get 15 hours of instruction over 2 and a half days in a lovely rural setting. Instruction covers material basics, creating and transferring images, tool sharpening, engraving, DIY printing, plus pro tips and tricks.

July 3 – 8: A week-long Wood Engraving workshop through Frogman’s Print Workshops at their new location in Iowa City. This is my first time going to the legendary Frogman’s to teach a workshop – Jim Horton and Deborah Mae Broad taught wood engraving for years when it was in South Dakota. I’m honored to be following in their footsteps.

July 16 – 28: A 2-week wood engraving intensive, Wood Engraving: Mighty Detailed Prints at Penland School of Crafts in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. A rare treat to explore wood engraving for such a long duration – we’ll talk about 2-color printing and experimental application of wood engraving and cap it off with a print exchange!

October 6 – 9: An in-person wood engraving workshop in the south of France at the Louis Jou Foundation in Les Baux-de-Provence! More details and registration here: https://www.starpointestudio.com/shop/classes/weekend-wood-engraving-workshop-in-france-october-6-9-2023/

EXHIBITIONS
November 10 – December 30: Wood Engravers’ Network 4th Triennial Exhibition, Arts Center of St. Peter, Minnesota.

February 7 – 26: 84th Annual Society of Wood Engravers Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK.

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The Ruling Machine: Wood Engraving’s Secret Weapon (live online) Monday October 25, 1pm EDT

Wood Engraving course Saturday, (live online) October 30, 10:00 am – Noon PDT (1-3pm EDT)

Join Joanne Price for this interactive wood engraving introduction — from sketches to finished proof, all in two hours! Part discussion, part demonstration, this edition of Long-Distance Letterpress will examine how miniature imagery can make a big impact. Participants are encouraged to ask any questions and receive a print of the demonstration block by mail. It’s going to be BIG!
Register today!

I was thrilled to be a participant in Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest’s Bug-a-Palooza events in September:
The Beauty of Bugs panel discussion lead by Bernheim’s Jenny Zeller with guest artists Joanne Price, Shannon Amidon, Angel Yoon Kyung Cho, and Bob Drake. My section starts right about the 33:40 mark.

On September 18th I led an in-person Insect Mural Collaborative Project – free for anyone attending Bug-a-Palooza at Bernheim. It was loads of fun!

Watch for When Children Ruled the World, by Sena Jeter Naslund (Ahab’s Wife), published by Larkspur Press. I worked long and hard to get 9 wood engraved illustrations (8 shown above) finished this summer (and into autumn). The book is printed using hand-set type and illustrations printed directly from the original woodblocks. It’s a gem of a child’s Christmas story at remarkably reasonable prices for such artisan work.

Thanks for reading!
Joanne Price

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Craa-ack! As relief print artists we don’t talk often about the mistakes, accidents, or failures that lead us to a final composition, color choice, or resolution. Or how those accidents sometimes have nothing to do with aesthetics, rather they were hard lessons about materials, physics, chemistry, patience, and/or common sense. So, I’m going to share my most embarrassing wood engraving mishaps with hopes that we can have a great discussion, learn from others’ mistakes, and swap disaster stories! – Joanne Price

Anyone is welcome to join the conversation (you don’t need to be a WEN member) — bring your disaster stories and your questions — this should be a cracker!

If you missed this exciting event, WATCH THE RECORDING: https://youtu.be/PCPx51ni1E4

Find out what disaster struck this reductive self portrait…

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Wood engraving creates fine details with bold woodcut characteristics, perfect for adding illustrations to letterpress cards, artist books, graphic novels, comic books, broadsides, or as stand-alone images. Learn to cut your own original drawings into miniature end-grain hardwood blocks and print them in a limited edition. Instruction will cover materials, creating and transferring images, tool sharpening, engraving and proofing. It is the perfect at-home print process – portable, meditative, no printing press is necessary and now with water soluble oil based inks, clean up is safe and easy at home.

Join me in a way that meets your level of comfort and needs in 2021: year 2 of a global pandemic:

In-Person Wood Engraving Intensive at John C. Campbell Folk School August 1 – 7, 2021

Join me for a week-long wood engraving workshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School August 1 through August 7, 2021.
We will use the Folk School’s printing presses and airy, spacious, and light-filled print classroom among the mountains of North Carolina.
This is a great course for beginners and intermediate skill levels. No previous experience is necessary, but it is helpful to previous drawing experience.

This will be an in-person course with precautions taken for Covid-19. Register by calling 1800-365-5724. OR visit the course listing online to register: https://classes.folkschool.org/class_details.aspx?pk=23617

Wood Engraving: Virtual Live and Recorded Instruction (8-hours total), 4 Wednesdays: June 2 through June 23, 2021.

Learn to cut a design into end-grain hardwood blocks through a combination of pre-recorded video demonstrations and live meetings via Zoom. Each participant will receive a class kit prior to the workshop. Instruction during 4 sessions covers material basics, creating and transferring images, tool sharpening, engraving, DIY printing, plus Pro tips and tricks.

This is a great course for beginners and intermediate skill levels. No previous experience is necessary, but it is helpful to have some previous drawing experience.
Perfect for those who have difficult schedules – all live class meetings will be recorded and available for viewing (streaming only) during the workshop and a couple weeks after until July 11, 2021. So you can watch any classes you missed at anytime!

Held via Zoom Wednesday nights 8pm–10pm ET: June 2, 9, 16 and 23

For specific supplies information and to register < click the underlined text

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‘Tis this season for gratitude and giving. To thank you for your generous support through this tough year I’ve enlisted this self-portrait from my grad-school days to lend a helping hand (haha) in presenting: FREE SHIPPING! Free shipping on everything in my shop in the contiguous US now until December 20, 2021!

Use the code: STARSHIP at checkout for FREE SHIPPING!

Prints, bookish items, greeting cards, and face masks — spanning a range of prices — all handmade, for you! Now, let’s show you what’s new at Starpointe Studio!

This miniature Angel Song print was inspired by African American artist, Charles White’s Folksinger woodcut. I was looking at powerful and soulful black singers like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Whitney Houston while thinking about BLM protests and the struggle for racial justice.

Compassionate creation: I am donating $5 of each Angel Song print sold to the ACLU — justice, one step at a time for the long haul.

This print is also featured on the Society of Wood Engravers Angels Holiday Card available now.

Top left: Deluge      Top right: Old Sycamore        Bottom left: Winter Watering Hole      Bottom right: Opossum Lodge

This quartet of miniature images is part of Wendell Berry’s new book One of Us, published by Larkspur Press. I’m so pleased to be the illustrator for another “Port William” series book — the images are fun on their own, but the story gives them an added dimension of hilarity. Click on titles (above) to go to its shop page for purchase — you’re going to want a couple of these to keep you grinning and laughing!

Starpointe Studio’s original, hand-printed designs and practical, adjustable nose wire and ear bands, filter pocket, and multiple sizes (see size chart here) are the key to comfort in face masks. But don’t take my word for it: read all 25 five-star reviews on my Etsy page!

Starpointe Studio is committed to sustainable and compassionate creation — for every mask sold, we will donate $2 to Heifer International USA from now until January 1st, 2021

Buy yours today in my online shop (face masks) OR on my Etsy page — if you cannot find a color, size, and/or specific design combination that you want — reach out and ask. I can usually make-to-order masks within 4-6 business days.

Thanks to Sarah Finn for her elegant visage modeling the moth mask in royal blue.

Warbler Tree Choir is an original wood engraved illustration commissioned and printed by October Press (Deborah Kessler) for author, Barbara Kingsolver’s “Love Poem, With Birds,” a broadside poem from her recent book How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) published by HarperCollins, 2020.

Limited edition print and broadside are now available in my shop — click underlined titles above to shop.

The Promise was created to illustrate a love poem: Side-Sewn by author/poet Timothy Kleiser for his wife on their anniversary. An ode to love, trust, and devotion — this illustration accompanied his poem as a broadside/ poster.

The broadside is hand-set in 18 pt. Garamond type, published by Starpointe Studio, 2020.

A very limited edition of this image and broadside poem are available.

ALL of my bookish items (business card holders, mini blank books, artist books) and greeting cards are in stock — thoughtful, unique and artistic gift options.

I am thankful to all my friends, family, patrons, and supporters — thank you for making life more meaningful and hopeful.

Wishing you all a wonderful day of thanks.

Be safe. Be healthy. Wear your mask.

Use code STARSHIP at checkout for free shipping until December 7!
Click “STARSHIP” text for an Etsy free shipping coupon

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Yep, I think we have to acknowledge that face masks are part of life and a new “normal” for a while. Fine — I accept and embrace this challenge and so can you! Introducing Starpointe Studio’s original, hand-printed designs and practical, customizable features like adjustable nose wire and ear bands, filter pocket, and multiple sizes (see size chart at bottom of page). No more foggy glasses!

Washable 100% cotton face mask pattern was initially developed with expertise from Sarah Havens of Havens Millinery, and refined to its current form in true collaborative fashion in rural Kentucky, USA.

Starpointe Studio is committed to sustainable and compassionate creation — for every mask sold, we will donate $1 to Heifer International USA.

Buy yours today in my online shop (face masks) OR on my Etsy page — new masks will be added as they are completed.

Sarah Finn wearing the moth mask in royal blue fabric.

Profile of Dan Price wearing the bird wing design in grey fabric. Shows the adjustable ear loops and fitted style.

Various cuts in linoleum, Soft-cut, and Speedy-cut materials to create the printed designs — original designs, hand-drawn, hand-cut, hand-printed in rural Kentucky, USA.

Hand printing the African Death’s Head Moth with a special fabric ink.

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