What Doing 🌻 Summer 2026

Dear Friends,

Sarah and I spent the last few days of May printing and binding the latest issue of Paper Choir and we are getting ready to mail it out to subscribers in time for the summer solstice. HEAVY CREAM, an essay by Nina Renata Aron on the consolations of women’s food writing, is this season’s strawberry-rhubarb shortcake——tart edge, tender crumb, and ultimately comforting: the deep, ineffable pleasures of the kitchen can still be the simplest ones.

“I discover over and over again that the food writing of yore offers a pleasing corrective to this bizarre moment we’re living in, this capitalist overabundance, this punishing gig economy. I crave a return to an easeful, funny, everyday, human-scale relationship to food. And over and over, I find it in 20th-century women’s food writing.”

Subscribe by June 30 and you’ll receive this excellent piece of writing as your first issue (and make special note of the invitation for submissions in the back—we’re making a cookbook!). If you missed the last issue (LOST ART, written by Sarah McColl), you can purchase a single copy here.

Also in May: I started working on a new body of work during a week-long residency in Petaluma, CA. Inspired by this upcoming summer issue of Paper Choir, the subject matter for these prints is pulled off the grocery store shelf. I made these monoprints by inking up, wiping off, and masking a sheet of plexiglass, then cranking it through an etching press with a sheet of mulberry paper on top. I’ll let you know where they’re going when I know, but until then here’s a peak:

Copies of the IN THE COUNTY zine are available at the Colusa County Arts Council!

This publication is an artifact of collective effort and positive community collaboration between many people in Colusa County an beyond (friends and neighbors, photographers, artists, land-owners, nonprofit organizers, etc.). It captures Colusa County through a uniquely creative lens and features text written by the program directors Daniel LoPilato and Eliza Gregory, as well as the teaching fellows: Brandon Flores, Jess Peña, Jordan Burkart, and Sofia Gladysh. For these reasons and more——and because it was printed on my humble Risograph——I am very proud of this project.

Pick up a copy at the Arts Council before August and you’ll see the accompanying exhibition of photographs made by the community participants during the IN THE COUNTY photography project (you can also order online).

In other news:  

• I’m hosting a few more Riso Office Hours coming up at Verge (June 11th and 18th 4:30-6:30pm). I’ll be there to support you in your projects, then more Verge workshops TBA in the Fall!

• I’m teaching a Printmaking Camp at Vergein July, there may be a few spots left.

• I already said this, but it bares repeating because I’m really excited about this next issue: Issue 2 of PAPER CHOIR — a quarterly publication collaboration with my friend Sarah McColl — will be mailed out in June 2026. Subscribe and get some beautiful printed matter in the mail every solstice/equinox. Thanks to everyone who has already subscribed!!!

• And, as always, you can find prints, cards, zines, etc. for purchase on in my shop.

Very best,

May Riso Workshop

Dear Friends,

Join me for an Intro to Risograph Basics workshop at Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento on MAY 22nd, 2026 and get certified to use their Risograph printer during open hours. This beginner-friendly printing process is great for artists, designers, illustrator, small-publishers, writers and hobbyists of all kinds. Take a workshop, meet new people, and dedicate your energy to creative pursuits. Register to reserve your spot today!

In other news:  

• Issue 2 of PAPER CHOIR — a quarterly publication collaboration with my friend Sarah McColl — will be mailed out in June 2026. Subscribe and get some beautiful printed matter in the mail every solstice/equinox.

• Launch party/exhibition reception for IN THE COUNTY will happen at the Colusa County Arts Council on May 16th @ 6:00pm—if you’re local, check it out!

• And, as always, you can find prints, cards, zines, etc. for purchase on in my shop.

(here are stacks of a few of the IN THE COUNTY pages ready for binding)

Very best,

What Doing 🌷 Spring 2026

Dear Friends,

I hope spring is springing politely wherever you are. The first issue of PAPER CHOIR was mailed out in March with great excitement—thank you to everyone who has subscribed! The floral illustrations in this issue are some collagraph prints I made with oil-board, the words were written by my collaborator and friend Sarah McColl.

If you are not yet a subscriber, you can get a copy of the first issue here. Our next issue will be published in June 2026 and feature an essay by Nina Renata Aron, author of Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls, and many delicious pieces of food writing. 

If you love printed matter and getting beautiful things in the mail, I would be delighted if you considered subscribing yourself, or gifting a subscription to a friend.

My little SF5130 Risograph will be taking up residence for a few weeks at the Colusa County Arts Council in April to produce a collaborative photography book with the participants of the IN THE COUNTYprogram, in collaboration with The [Placeholder] Project. 

While it’s there, I will also be hosting a special edition of Intro to Risograph Basics on April 23rd. If you are local and interested in learning more about this unique printmaking process, sign up! It’s a great way to learn a new skill, meet new people and give your brain something new and positive to chew on.

In other news:  

• I’ll also be teaching Intro to Risograph Basics at Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento on May 22nd.

• Sign-ups are open for July's Printmaking Camp at Verge

• And, as always, you can find prints, cards, zines, etc. for purchase on in my shop.

Very best,

March Riso Workshop

Dear Friends,

Do you intend to nurture your creativity with more fervor in this new year? Do you wish to amplify a message of hope, joy, and resistance in these times of fear and darkness? Join me for an Intro to Risograph Basics workshop at Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento on MARCH 20th, 2026 and get certified to use their Risograph printer during open hours. This beginner-friendly printing process is great for artists, designers, illustrator, small-publishers, writers and hobbyists of all kinds. Take a workshop, meet new people, and dedicate your energy to creative pursuits. Register to reserve your spot today!

In other news:  

• I’ll also be teaching a photography zine workshop at the Colusa County Arts Council in the spring, as part of a season-long photography project called In the County (sign up, learn more). 

• PAPER CHOIR—a quarterly publication collaboration with my friend Sarah McColl—will begin mailing in March 2026. Subscribe and get some beautiful printed matter in the mail every solstice/equinox.

• And, as always, you can find prints, cards, zines, etc. for purchase on in my shop.

(hello from my studio)

Very best,