On View: April 4th - May 25th, 2025

Reception: April 10th, from 6pm - 8pm

Bringing together works created in Second State Press’s vibrant workshop offerings, Eureka! is a celebration of our students and the journey of discovery and self-transformation that creating art takes them on. Second State Press’s open and egalitarian approach to printmaking and pedagogy allows students to break free from traditional constraints: emphasizing creativity, personal growth, and experimentation. The results are happy accidents, explorations, and discoveries that ignite the passions of learning and making.

Eureka, an Ancient Greek exclamation for “I have found it!”, was famously uttered by Archimedes when realizing that the volume of water displaced by his body was equal to the volume of the body part immersed in water. That moment of discovery is an “aha” moment of sudden clarity and understanding, where things fall into place. All of this, and the sense of satisfaction, accomplishment, pride are all compiled in this one word, “Eureka!”.

Eureka! features works from the following classes:

Letterpress 1: The Basics of Printing with Brian Allen

Suminagashi with Cassie Jones

Kitchen Litho with Uriah Bussey

Intermediate Screen Printing with John Ream

Intro to Screen Printing with John Ream

Screen Printing for Folded Books with Hannah Moog

Power to the Print: Relief Printed Slogans with Emma Mohrmann

A special thanks to our Education Coordinator, Erin Moore, for their work facilitating this exhibition.