Louisville’s foremost CeLOUbration of the printmaking artform is returning for 2025 with even more to experience and a whole second day! Read on to learn about the exhibition opening and panel discussion of Louisville print history on Friday and the steamroller printing day of arts activities on Saturday!
FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH
5:30PM – 8:30PM
Exhibition Opening:
Line Byline: The Community Makers & Messengers of Louisville Print History
Join us at the Portland Museum for the opening of our collaboratively researched archival exhibition, which fosters a timely conversation on the historic impact of grassroots press and community publishing.
Live Panel Discussion:
Carrying the Message: The Power of Local Press
At 6:00PM, we will shift from the exhibition to a lively panel discussion on the liberatory potential of local press between leaders and historians of Louisville’s historic news outlets. Moderated by Dr. Mark Mattes (UofL English & Hot Brown Press), the panel will include Aukram Burton (The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage), Jose Neil Donis (alDía en América), Spencer Jenkins (Queer Kentucky), and Mary Johnson (The Disability Rag). Light refreshments will be provided, and ASL and Spanish language interpretation will be available for attendees.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH
10:00AM – 5:00PM
What would CeLOUbrate Print be without the star of the show: the steamroller. This is your rare opportunity to put a piece of heavy machinery to work creatively, and to make a woodblock print for completely free! We’ll be rolling from 10AM to 5PM on Saturday April 19th with food from Tommy’s Pizza and beer from Shippingport Brewing, so come on by Portland Museum at any time and have some fun!
Woodblock Carving
If you didn’t make it out to one of our free woodblock carving workshops earlier this year fear not, as we’ll have the materials and tools available to carve your own masterpiece and have it printed day-of!
Tablers at CeLOUbrate Print
Families, beginners, and experts are welcome at our day of inky fun with hands-on art making, local art sales, community networking, and printing
demonstrations! CeLOUbrate Print is much more than just woodblocks and a steamroller, it’s a gathering for Louisville’s entire printmaking community! Free activities for visitors run by these community members will include silkscreen, pamphlet-binding, marbling, botanical cyanotypes, and more!
