, Oblations Papers & Press in the Pearl and Bridgeport, Music Millenium, and Lemon Tree. And as always you can find the latest designs at Reading Frenzy first.
5/22/2009
EVENT: Art Opening/Book Release
Hidden Portland: The Museums
Art Show and Guide Book Release by artist/local museum expert Carye Bye
First Thurs June 4, 6–9 pm, 2009
Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak, Portland, Ore.
Now this isn't a print show, but an original drawing & book release for another art project I'm working on. I love museums, and have been to as many as I know about here in Portland, so for the last few months I have been revisiting all the museums and making on site illustrations to go in a little artist book/guide book that will be out in the public starting June 4 at an art opening at Reading Frenzy. I will also be selling lots of original Portland people & scenes illustrated postcards for the month of June at the same location. If you are in Portland do come ot the opening. If not, you can stay tuned to the project at Hiddenportland.com.
5/21/2009
Last Week I finally got the rollers that WORK for my Bede-Hibbitt Tabletop. I am now about 90% set up in my printshop in my garage at home! I had a few kind printer friends lend me presses and parts, and that set up was going okay, but now that I have my very own press I am so delighted. And the best news of all, is the print quality is very good. Most of you won't even know I'm using a new press. I have added some photos about this journey into my general Red Bat Press set up on Flickr. The Bede-Hibbit Press is pictured on its first successful printing run. It's been a long Spring as I've been trying to figure out what size rollers the press needed to work properly.
3/4/2009
At the Buckman Art Show & Sale this Friday there will be lots of framed prints. Some designs are out of print as postcards, and have been printed on larger paper just for this show, like Busy Busy Bee! I plan to be around for a few hours on Friday so come on down and say Hi. More framed prints to look at here.
2/24/2009
The Buckman Art Show & Sale is coming up on Friday March 6 and Saturday March 7 as a benefit at the Buckman Elementary School (320 SE 16th Ave at Stark). I think this might be my 5th year in the lovely sale with well over 100 artists. Thirty percent of sales plus all silent auction go directly to this art-focus school. Friday night from 5 to 9 pm there will be live Jazz and a silent acution. The admission is $5. On Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, admission is a suggested donation of $2 and there will be entertainment all day.
2/3/2009
Four New Valentines are now online or available at Reading Frenzy or Crafty Wonderland on Sunday Feb 8, 2009.
2/2/2009
2009 Calendar Cards are now marked down to $3 from $8. Limited amounts left!
2/1/2009
Leah Jackson has opened a newish art gallery called Angst in downtown Vancouver, Washington at 1015 Main Street and has invited Red Bat Press to be represented. Right now a selection of art postcards and valentines are there. The gallery is open Wed through Sat Noon to 5 pm or by appointment with monthly featured artists shows opening on First Fridays, a nighttime art walk in Vancouver. This is the first venue north of the border to carry the Red Bat Press line. If you haven't explored Vancouver, WA lately, do go! There are wonderful parks, Fort Vancouver, nice little shops, downtown movie theaters...
1/28/2009
LA Loves Red Bat Press. Red Bat Press cards, mostly valentines are now in Five L.A. area shops! Big Sugar Bakery, Skylight Books,
Soolip Paperie, Pulp and
Yolk
Other New re-orders or new shops:
*Cayuse Cyclesa new bike shop in West Linn, just south of Portland, is carrying bike designs.
*Portland Bridges now have a new home at Flying Elephant's Delicatessen
*Clever Cycles on Hawthorne was restocked. They had so much business this year, that this summer the shop actually closed to restock bikes!
*New Washington Shops,The Elliot Bay Book Co. ordered NW Bird Cards and Edmonds Bookshop ordered Valentines.
*Restocks of Bridges and Portland/Bike Designs at Powell's Downtown, Powell's Books-Home & Garden, Presents of Mind, and Friend's Library Store
*Oblations Bridgeport stocked up on Valetine designs and Oblations Papers & Press in the Pearl stocked up on everything
1/28/2009
Red Bat Press will be at February's Crafty Wonderland at the Doug Fir Lounge (830. E Burnside) on Sunday the 8th from 11 am to 4 pm. Four new Animal Valentines will make their show debut. Also 8 other animal valentines will be for sale. At the show all hand painted art postcards and valentine singles are $3 or 4 for $10. The Pirate Valentine pack is on sale for $8 at the show and online. Fun Fact. Valentine's Day 2009 is Oregon's 150th Birthday!
1/13/2009
Happy New Year! I've had ongoing internet problems for the last month, I'll spare you the details, but finally I can direct to you to some photos from the Crafty Wonderland and BikeCraft. This December Holiday season was really good, thanks to all of you who came out, especially those who came to Crafty Wonderland on our first snow day! We were amazed with the turnout (for those who don't live in Portland, snow is unusual, and the city shuts down til it melts. I can't believe this snow lasted about 10 days!)
Also if you aren't in Portland and you can not come see the Small Press Art Show at IPRC you can now see the Red Bat Press section online. The Exhibit features two presses, Red Bat Press and Loaded Hips Press. I am very happy with how it turned out. And ended up hanging lots of original blocks, and photos and illustrations related to different prints. I even hung up some of my woodcutting tools and watercolor set. The show is coming down after January 30th, so if you are in town go see it. Stop by the IPRC during open hours. Check the website for hours. The show is in the same room that many workshops are in, so come in when one is not scheduled.
12/3/2008
2009 Calendar Cards are now available online and at Reading Frenzy starting Dec 4 at a First Thursday Cheap Art Bazaar Opening.
11/18/2008
Red Bat Press is indeed designing and printing 2009 Calendar Cards. Four new designs will be unveiled soon and available online at all
the sales below, and Reading Frenzy and perhaps a few other stores. Stay tuned!
11/18/2008
HOLIDAY SALES
Below is a list of four holiday sales Red Bat Press will be in this year.
The Secret Society Sale is one of my favorites - I really enjoyed it last year, and it the weekend following Thanksgiving and 10% of sales go to the Oregon Food Bank. On First Thursday in December, the Urban Art Network street gallery in the Pearl District moves indoors at the Ace Hotel's Cleaners space. I'm excited to hang out with my "junktown" friends Janet Julian and Steve Mathews. And the week after the 4th BikeCraft is upon us. I've been in every single one. This one is at Roots Brewing new expanded space, so it should be a cool change to set up there. I'll have a new bike calendar of course, and some bike zines too. And lastly the mother of all indie craft sales, the super colossal Crafty Wonderland on Dec 14 - this year at the Convention Center. Wow! I think there are 230 vendors. See you out there!
Secret Society Sale
40 vendors. 10% to Foodbank
Sun, Nov 30, 10am - 6pm
Secret Society Ballroom
116 NE Russell (by Wonderballroom)
Portland, Ore.
Urban Art Network
fine-art indoor sale
Thurs, Dec 4, 5 - 10pm
Cleaners at Ace Hotel
SW 10th & Stark
Portland, Ore.
BikeCraft IV
Wed, Dec 10, 5:30 - 10pm
Roots Organic Brewing
1520 SE 7th Ave.(off Hawthorne)
Portland, Ore.
Crafty Wonderland
Super Colossal Holiday Sale
Sun, Dec 14, 11am - 7pm
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK Blvd
Portland, Ore.
9/29/08
Red Bat Press is on vacation Oct 7 through Nov 7. If you can, delay your order. You may contact by phone (503-248-4454) if you need assistance sooner. Thanks!
9/24/08 The 25 Bridge Set is a featured product in an Art/Music magazine XL8R8 (pronounced "accelerator") that is based out San Francisco & New York. The October issue is all about Portland. How's that for cool. Check out the online page or pick up a copy of the magazine.
9/17/08 Some news bits...
ART SHOW: Small Press
Coming up on First Thursday Oct 2nd from 6 - 9 pm an new art show opening!
Location: Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC)917 SW Oak St. #218
Shannon Buck of Loaded Hips Press and Carye Bye of Red Bat Press present a joint show of small prints (lino-cut, woodblock, and mixed media). Using our excellent community letterpress print shop resources, these two small presses got their start right here in the IPRC, and launched their own small businesses making and selling prints. This show will tell their story, process, and show a collection of prints from each press. Show will be on view until January 30. This is the first early career retrospective for Red Bat Press.
SHOP UPDATE Shops that carry Red Bat Press have been updated on the home page. Reading Frenzy is always the first store to get new work (FYI) and carries the full line. St. Johns' Booksellers is now carrying a few artcards - mainly northern bridges and maritime (look for them at the Pirate fest this weekend). Little Finnegan's is also a new shop and I've always wanted sell there, so yay! Oblations Papers & Press downtown, Presents of Mind, and Powells Hawthorne just ordered a bunch of cards that will be on the shelves soon. Also new shops in other parts - Drees in Olympia, WA, Upstairs at Pierre Lafond near Santa Barbara, CA and Konditorei and Nest in the San Francisco area.
LAST THURSDAY So instead of an announcement of selling at Last Thursday on Alberta this September, this is announcement to say that I'm pretty sure Red Bat Press is no longer setting up for Last Thursday - i know - it's sad isn't it (well I think so). I really got my start selling my cards on Last Thursday and even set up as early as 2002. I remember my first time setting up as Red Bat Press - I had three cards! I told folks who stopped to come by next month and I used that deadline to work on a new card, and the collection grew and grew. Now my art postcard line is over 40 designs. Over the years, Last Thursday has changed, gotten bigger, and there have been more artists. This summer after missing Last Thursday in May, June, and July, I finally set up in August, and even though I arrived at 3 pm, someone had already set up in my favorite spot. Coming any earlier is crazy, especially since no one is walking around until after 6 or 7 pm. Also the last two months, Alberta Street is now closed to cars thanks to hard work from the neighborhood organizers. I think its great to have 15+ blocks free of cars and buses during the main part of the art walk, however setting up on the sidewalk isn't making any sense to me, people would rather walk the streets, and I'm not interested in setting up in big covered booth on the street - which is the new reality of the two art/street festivals Alberta Street has a year. So here's a huge THANK YOU to all of the friends I made and people I met when I was out selling out Last Thursday from 2002 - 2007. Six years solid! Read this old blog entry I wrote about the Magic of Last Thursday in 2006. Time for me to look for Magic elsewhere.
8/17/08 This Weekend Red Bat Press will be at the Portland Zine Symposium on Sat and Sun August 23 & 24 from 10 am until 5 pm on Sat and 4 pm on Sunday. Come on down. There will be probably 100 to 150 vendors selling zines, self published books, art, tees, etc. I'll have regular merch plus seconds and sale items too. Plus some old zines and a new one!
Portland Zine Symposium
PSU Smith Memorial Student Union, 3rd Floor
1825 SW Broadway at Montgomery
More info at pdxzines.com
5/20/08 I've been a busy busy bee. Completed two new art postecards: Everybody Vote and Everybody Read. And just got rollers for my Bede-Hibbit letterpress I'm setting up in a garage studio. But for now I'm on a 10 day bike trip down the California Coast. I'm bringing my watercolor set and will illustrate from the road. I haven't found the time to put the new cards up on the site. But both are at the Friends of Library Store at the Main Library in downtown Portland. I'll miss Last Thursday June as I'll be out riding. I'll let you know if I set up in July.
3/17/08 Red Bat Press is once again an artist in the Buckman Art Show & Sale on Fri April 11 and Sat April 12. Stock up on Portland Bridges, NW Bird Notecards, framed art, and the debut of a few new art postcards!
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