![]() It is amazing what we have accomplished in four years. What are some of the benefits of operating as a cooperative? What are some of the challenges? He has taught cyanotype workshops and photo-Intaglio workshops. John has expanded his photographic skills to include printmaking techniques. Several of our members come from a background in photography, including Joi West, Robin McDonald and John DeMotte. They have added depth of artistic experience to our group and have all taught classes for Paperworkers. Four additional artists are Debra Riffe (linoleum block), Jane Marshall (reduction woodblock), Sarah Marshall (combination of print processes) and Richard Stockham (Moku Hanga-traditional Japanese woodblock). The group has grown to twenty-one artists, of whom eleven have been part of Paperworkers since the beginning in 2013. Most recently added are Enid Keyser, Haruyo Miyagawa, John Sims, Robin McDonald, and new UAB graduate Zachary A. Charles Buchanan had formed a printmaker’s group which met monthly and many of that group, including John DeMotte, Tenisha Hicks, Linda Merry, Joanne Fogle, Laci Resty, and Jill England became founders of Paperworkers Local as well. Mimi, Cathy, Michael and Roger all enjoyed the concept of a cooperative and wanted to see one established in Birmingham and so became founders of Paperworkers, along with others. Mimi Boston took many workshops, as did Cathy Wright, and they both took a class at a printmakers co op in Kansas City. On returning home to Birmingham, he reconnected with Roger Jones and began working on establishing a co op. ![]() ![]() Michael Merry earned his MFA in Delaware and experienced printmakers cooperatives in Philadelphia. Our goals are to showcase and promote Alabama artists, especially in printmaking, and to increase visibility and participation in the arts across our community. Our diversity gives us different perspectives, and we encourage one another and teach each other. We are excited about the gifted young emerging artists who have joined us. Our artistic backgrounds range from advanced degreed artists who teach at the university level to workshop-taught. We are young and old, black and white, comfortably retired and at the beginning of careers. Paperworkers Local is a vibrant group of artists who came together around a printmakers’ studio. What inspired the founding members of Paperworkers Local to establish the cooperative in 2013? How has the group evolved with the addition of new members Its members work to build community among Birmingham’s printmakers, providing professional quality studio and exhibition space and workshops. The nonprofit artists’ cooperative Paperworkers Local is dedicated to nurturing the making, exhibition, and appreciation of original fine art prints and works of art on and of paper.
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