Thanks to a grant from the Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, I got to spend all of March, 2024 at a printmaking residency in Berkeley California. What a delight to be amongst other professional printmakers in such an organized, well stocked space at Kala Art Institute. I took my dog Esme and we lived near the residency in a lovely little house surrounded by walking paths and good restaurants. UC Berkeley was very nearby. At Kala, I learned how to use a variety of presses including the manual lithography press. Located in the former Heinz 57 factory, Kala has a large membership of local printmakers as well as a robust Artist-in-Residence program. While there, I worked mostly on Pronto plates and the large woodblock of my grandmother that I brought with me.
