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2021	Jun 27th “I try to both teach and learn; to arrive at a place that honestly represents ...” 14th “Now how would it feel to live in and be immersed in this drawing? Caroline ...”	May 23rd “In this printing process I was removing the darkness (ink) that created the light… This ...”	Apr 28th “In 1993, Russell began mailing out hand drawn catalogs to contextualize and sell objects he ...”	Mar 25th “Annie brought the smocking to a domestic setting, wondering what would happen if it were ...”	Feb 17th “Starting with Janis' knit archive, we pulled everything out and laid it on the floor ...”	Jan 17th “Who makes a zine about a house in Connecticut?”
2020	Dec 5th “Janis Stemmermann has been incorporating the checkerboard pattern in her sculpture and textile design for ...”	Nov 17th “My etchings and crayon drawings reflect childhood memories of riding on the train through the ...”	Oct 27th “Chance is a possibility of something happening. Everyone has a personal experience with an ...” 5th “For years artist Jonathan Fabricant has been hand printing unique images and editions in his ...”	Jun 20th “In 2019, painter Olive Ayhens began conversations with printmaker Janis Stemmermann”	Apr 16th “In 1940, Albert Metz, a philanthropic music enthusiast, renovated a 1840 dairy barn into a ...”
2019	Dec 18th “Starting with the Winter Solstice, when the days are short and the nights are long”	Nov 11th “On view in the gallery for the month of November are a selection of new ...”	Sep 9th “Early Fall 2019”	Jun 28th “Big Daisy Textile Space is the second collaboration with Annie Coggan and Janis Stemmermann. This ...”	May 23rd “Michael Gundlach is a potter and instructor working out of Choplet ceramic studio in Williamsburg, ...”	Apr 23rd “Combining the process of printmaking and burning as a drawing method, Heartwood is Kathleen Kucka’s ...”	Mar 31st “We are pleased to announce the inclusion of the 20 x 15 portfolio in Pulled ...” 3rd “Spring Events at Russell Janis”	Jan 28th “2018 was an exciting year for Russell Janis. Operating as a small creative space,”
2018	Dec 11th “Ceramics and printmaking share a method of making. Among artists these practices often involve dialog, ...”	Nov 27th “Artist Jonathan Fabricant regularly makes hand-rubbed prints in his studio from linoleum blocks, placing paper ...”	Oct 5th “In this creative experiment, we wanted to let the sculptural act of the printmaking process ...”	Sep 23rd “Home is a place not only of comfort but of control. This sense of order, ...” 4th “For this year’s Brooklyn Clay Tour, we will be hosting From The Ground Up”	Jun 3rd “New Ceramics”	May 5th “The In the Steps of Folly Cove artist print upholstered chairs are now live on ...”	Apr 12th “Painter Wendy Edwards spent three days at the Russell Janis studio”	Mar 14th “Spring Events at Russell Janis”	Feb 6th “Victory Garden created Love to Vote temporary tattoos and coasters for Valentine’s Day.”	Jan 23rd “visualizing what happens at the beginning stages of an embryo's life”
2017	Dec 2nd “Celebrating a Year of Working in Clay and Making Prints”	Oct 30th “Three Color Improvisation, a new series of linoleum block prints by artist Jonathan Fabricant is ...”	Sep 24th “Today for so many artists, Instagram has become a new kind of artist notebook.” 6th “This weekend, we will be participating in the Brooklyn Clay Tour.”	Jun 18th “For this project/exhibition, fourteen artists of various disciplines were invited to make prints using the ...”	Apr 10th “Upcoming Events at Russell Janis”	Mar 5th “Making prints takes a unique perspective: the sense of space, arrangement and materials used in ...”	Feb 12th “This Valentine's Day, the Victory Garden Women's Collective is focused on bringing awareness to the ...”	Jan 29th “For the past year, I have been working on a project to make my own ...” 19th “An art project for protest, this Saturday we are printing wearable sashes at the Russell ...”
2016	Dec 4th “The more we dig the more we discover about the magical qualities and story of ...”	Nov 27th “For Marigold, we wanted to expand on what we had begun with the Indigo Harvest ...”	Oct 24th “ This kind of coming together inspired our own Victory Garden project. A group of ...” 17th “Heading out the door of painter Wendy Edwards' studio, I was telling her about growing ...” 3rd “Cultivation, color and cloth is the framework for this fall’s ongoing Marigold collaboration between Louise ...”	Sep 19th “Pungent, strong and sturdy, marigolds produce shades of true cadmium yellow. Ours, grown with Russell’s ...”	Jul 11th “As artists we often want access to experience that has left an imprint on us ...”	Jun 26th “To accompany her works currently on view as a part of Summer’s Eve exhibit at ...” 12th “In response to the video, our friend, California artist Susan Martin shared a journal entry ...”	May 15th “It’s exciting to work with an artist who experiments with materials and methods to achieve ...”	Apr 25th “This spring, instead of printing pottery I have been making pottery. Focusing on a classic ...”	Mar 20th “Often you set out to do one thing and then, in the process of making, ...” 13th “This March, our Lumination exhibit has been supplanted by grow lights, flats of soil and ...”	Jan 28th “Making a living as a master wood worker, Joe Peppe builds cabinets and furniture of ...”
2015	Dec 19th “My transition from studio artist to designer began when I was making knit hats for ...”	Nov 2nd “The groundwork for our One Sweater Many Shades of Indigo project began with growing indigo ...”	Oct 11th “These days, a postcard show announcement in the mail feels personal. Receiving this one, a ...”	Sep 11th “Our latest Kickstarter project, One Sweater Many Shades of Indigo is about one beautiful sweater, ...”	Aug 6th “A continuation of our Blue Journey Post from October 2013. This summer, we are ...”	Jul 16th “Having known artist Wendy Small for many years, I have come to know her unique ...”	May 12th “When the editors for Emily's upcoming monograph A Light in Spring asked if there were ...”	Apr 24th “With a bag of cochineal Louise brought back from a trip to Mexico, the insects ...” 6th “Car and Blanket: Pattern, Form and Memory”	Mar 17th “A first draft is very much like watching a Polaroid develop. You can't - ...”	Feb 23rd “On the wall at the foot of our bed, was a group of four vintage ...” 8th “Again and again, creative advances seem to be made when the initial idea can be ...” 3rd “Years ago getting ready for a journey home, I tossed most of my belongings to ...”	Jan 23rd “What is form? Form is the memory of spiritual content. When do form and content ...” 11th “Straightforward and warm.Wool, Raglan sleeves, studio made, designed one-size to fit all.”
2014	Dec 8th “Sometimes you just have to wonder. I asked Russell's mother to send me a copy ...”	Nov 17th “When we lived on Broadway, between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street, the neighborhood was neglected ...” 3rd “Sometimes walking room-to-room, the best thoughts come. Passing by, glancing at work, is a distillation ...”	Oct 14th “Thinking with my hands has always helped to let go of expired ideas and make ...” 5th “In July, I was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. The ...”	Sep 7th “Crossing the East River into Brooklyn on the Williamsburg Bridge, the Domino Sugar Factory stands ...”	Jul 19th “Sorting through accumulated books, drawings, I came across a stack of Russell’s notebooks. As I ...”	Jun 24th “My interest in knitting has always been a bit like being an anthropologist.” 15th “Several times each day, lifting poles and rolling canvas, taking in, letting out, setting sail. ...” 1st “With each piece made, small or large there is always discovery, learning or excitement pushing ...”	May 19th “Residing in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, we have lived with the exotic wonder of ...”	Apr 15th “Louise Eastman: The iconic, crayon-colored woven potholder printed, cast and woven unexpected in material and ...” 1st “Sometimes a casual comment can plant a seed. After a dinner party, as I ...”	Mar 17th “Last fall on walks back and forth to C-Town to buy groceries, I was keeping ...”	Feb 3rd “In December I was at the Aljo Manufacturing Company, makers of dyestuff, in lower Manhattan. ...”	Jan 21st “Emily Mason and I first met when she was commissioned by the Associated American Artist ...”
2013	Dec 19th “Whether you are staying in town or taking off for the holidays, either on your ...” 9th “Russell and I do not consider ourselves "cooks" but when it comes to winter feasts ...”	Nov 30th “Thanksgiving in New Hampshire is our migratory path. Like a bird out of a cage ...” 25th “In 1995, Richard Bosman and I published three small woodcut editions together. Having no experience ...” 17th “It all began when I started knitting with the babysitter. I came home one day ...” 11th “Beatrice off to her first year of college and with her no-longer-wanted loft bed and ...” 3rd “Fresh out of art school, my first job was working for the painter Robert Motherwell ...”	Oct 27th “Setting up shop in my kitchen, I turned the enamel compost pot into a dye ...” 19th “Planning this new store, I had to do some thinking and writing. To sort my ...” 2nd “This past summer, standing in my Brooklyn garage studio next to my Charles Brand press, ...”

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