"Community Service Print Projects" featuring student-artists of The Project Shop
Thank you, Sponsor!
Both exhibitions “Community Service Print Projects” with student-artists of The Project Shop and “Women (Im)Print” by Katie Browne and Bailey Haines are generously sponsored by Robert Schultz Consulting.
Carbondale Arts presents “Community Service Print Projects” a group exhibition featuring student-artists of The Project Shop at the Carbondale Arts Gallery on display September 27 through November 1, 2024. The opening reception took place on First Friday, October 4, from 5-7pm at The Launchpad, with an artist talk at 5:30pm.
“Women (Im)Print”, a 2-person show by 2 women artists Katie Browne and Bailey Haines runs concurrently (September 27 - November 1) in the first gallery space.
“Community Service Print Projects” is a group exhibition of work by student-artists at The Project Shop, a local non-profit arts organization. This program engages student-artists to express their voices on critical issues by learning design development, printmaking, and production skills with access to equipment and instruction in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment. These projects demonstrate how art can encourage conversation and connection within our communities.
This “Community Service Print Projects” program is made possible by an Arts in Society grant, cross-sector collaborations, and donations.
About The Project Shop
The Project Shop was established by Reina Katzenberger as a non-profit organization in 2022 and it functions as a creative incubator providing arts education through service-learning print projects, empowering student-artists to share their voices on critical issues, fostering conversation and community engagement.
The Project Shop is unique in the Roaring Fork Valley, offering space and resources as well as a model of community-based, service-learning arts education.
Our distinctive programming regards the creative process as a collective force for a better future. The Project Shop programs nurture collective incubation for creative expression by empowering youth to artistically address social justice issues, promoting cross-sector collaboration, and facilitating service-learning opportunities with intergenerational sharing of tradecraft.
By articulating and celebrating the power of art we encourage students to find their voices and actively listen, participate, share, and learn collectively. When students see their lives as part of a larger system, they organically convert apathy and anger into expressive action. Our intensive Community Service Print Projects empower students to express their voices on critical issues.
Learn more about The Project Shop at theprojectshop.org or on Instagram @the.project.shop
Post Independent News Article
October 3, 2024 “Carbondale Arts hosts First Friday opening with local printmaking exhibitions”
“The second exhibition, titled Community Service Print Projects, is organized by The Project Shop, a local arts nonprofit. This exhibition features the work of student artists who have used printmaking to explore social issues important to them. The Project Shop, which provides students with access to design and printmaking instruction, aims to give young artists the tools to express their voices.
“Reina Katzenberger, founder of The Project Shop, shared that the students’ work highlights their bravery and creativity.
“Anyone able to go see the exhibition will be able to truly see an honest expression from these students,” Project Shop founder Reina Katzenberger said. “They found the courage to share something that really matters to them, and it’s done in a high-quality way that honors their voices.”
“The exhibition showcases nine student projects, each one focused on a critical issue chosen by the student.
“Each student has expressed a very rejuvenated excitement towards creative expression and art, and remembering what the project meant to them and how it felt,” Katzenberger said.
“The Project Shop’s program is supported by an Arts in Society grant and other donations. Katzenberger expressed how meaningful it was to reconnect with students featured in the exhibition who are now in college, with some studying as far away as Barcelona and Hawaii.
“It’s incredible to see how their creativity and bravery in expressing themselves have carried over into their lives,” Katzenberger said.”
Reina Katzenberger (founder of The Project Shop, curator of “Community Service Print Projects”) begins speaking at the 12’40” mark.