Shop Talk

Shop Talk is a celebration of the communal spirit shared by printmakers. Not one artist or studio is an island. As printers, we rely on one another for wisdom, inspiration, progression of skill, and camaraderie. The historic Portland neighborhood of Louisville is the city’s oldest and has long been a place full of artists, musicians, travelers, and craftspeople passing through on the Ohio River. Those port-town days of Portland connected resident and traveling artists near and far for collaboration, distribution, and more, and in celebration of this spirit exhibit curator Shannon Delahanty asked Louisville printmakers to pick an out-of-town “print pal” to be shown alongside them. Shop Talk connects printers from nearby and far away to showcase diverse techniques, subjects, and perspectives to honor artists’ contributions to their communities.