This Saturday, we’re opening the Flatbed flat files and inviting you to spend some time looking at the prints of Darden Smith.

Beili Liu investigates the subtle connections between elemental processes and the material objects of daily life.

Flatbed Press is pleased to announce From Texas with Love: Prints from Flatbed Press, an exhibition opening September 10 at the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University in New York City. Curated by artist Bale Creek Allen, the exhibition brings together a selection of prints that reflects Flatbed’s more than three decades of collaborative printmaking in Austin, Texas.

Flatbed Press is pleased to announce the publication of a suite of three lithographs by artist Hollis Hammonds, created in collaboration with Flatbed master printer Josh Orsburn. The suite—Future Past I, Future Past II, and Future Past III—comprises color lithographs printed in editions of fourteen.

In Sandra C. Fernandez’s new series of work, she explores migration as an emotional and transformative experience. Using monotype, lithography, and stitching, she constructed collaged dress-forms from fragmented images and text. Produced as unique impressions, these sewn “garments” hold memory, labor, and resilience, embodying a state of becoming shaped by loss, endurance, and hope, while honoring the labor and strength required to persist. The series of seventeen dresses was co-published by Fernandez and Flatbed, and the work is available through Flatbed’s gallery.

Fun interview with Josh Orsburn and Cathy Savage about PrintAustin PLUS a live monotype printing by Colleen Blackard!

Membership to the Friends of Flatbed is an annual membership starting January 1 of each year.  Flatbed invites seasoned and emerging collectors and artists to support our new Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking and its residencies, community press, educational programming and publishing.  There are two different collectors’ paths to support our mission:  Kollwitz Collectors' Circle, the Flatbed Fresh Print Club, and the Flatbed Circle. Both have benefits and serve to support our multiple projects.  

Flatbed Press is proud to introduce Rocket Plane, a striking new print by Lance Letscher that merges his fascination with mechanical forms and his signature graphic precision. In this meticulously rendered cutaway drawing, Letscher reveals the inner life of a fantastical aircraft—its ribs, wiring, engines, and bones—turning engineering into poetry.

Flat File Satrudays have been a hit for us here at Flatbed. Flatbed has over 100 flat file drawers of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts and monoprints..  We're dedicating every Saturday to opening one or more of these drawers and exploring the treasures we find there. This Saturday, October 25th we’re featuring the print work of Ben Muñoz!

Flat File Satrudays have been a hit for us here at Flatbed. Flatbed has over 100 flat file drawers of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts and monoprints..  We're dedicating every Saturday to opening one or more of these drawers and exploring the treasures we find there. This Saturday, October 18th, we’re featuring the prints of Alfonso Huerta

Thrilled to have Voyage Austin cover Flatbed history from Katherine Brimberry’s point of view! Read more here: https://voyageaustin.com/interview/check-out-katherine-brimberrys-story

Flat File Satrudays have been a hit for us here at Flatbed. Flatbed has over 100 flat file drawers of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts and monoprints..  We're dedicating every Saturday to opening one or more of these drawers and exploring the treasures we find there. This Saturday, October 11th, we’re featuring the prints of Ann Connor.

Flat File Satrudays have been a hit for us here at Flatbed. Flatbed has over 100 flat file drawers of etchings, lithographs, woodcuts and monoprints..  We're dedicating every Saturday to opening one or more of these drawers and exploring the treasures we find there. This Saturday, October 4th, it's a double feature with the prints of David Everett (Flat file drawer 37) and Adrian Armstrong (Flat file drawer 92) All prints are available for purchase!  We're open on Saturday from 12 noon until 5 pm.

Bob Schneider is an Austin-based musician and visual artist known for his bold, eclectic style that blends pop culture, humor, and abstraction.

Explore Everyone / Suite of Three by Connie Arismendi, created during her residency at Flatbed Press. These dreamlike etchings and monoprints transform single words into powerful visual meditations on memory, identity, and presence.

Ken Hale is a renowned American printmaker, painter, and educator, celebrated for his innovative contributions to lithography and his long tenure at the University of Texas at Austin. Hale’s prints often combine bold graphic elements with layered textures and collage, exploring themes of popular culture, language, and abstraction.

BOB ANDERSON - FLAT FILE 27 At Flatbed Press, we house over 100 drawers—our “flat files”—filled with original prints by a wide range of artists. These prints represent an incredible variety of styles, techniques, and voices in contemporary printmaking.

Jenny Robinson’s spectacular color lithograph was released November 7. The ithograph measures 30 x 40 1/2 inches and is printed on both sides of translucent Kitakata paper. It is a striking “tour de force” of Robinson’s imaginative constructed spaces. Link to see more about this lithograph printed in a small edition of 10.

Glasstire names "Temporal 'Thresholds: tracing the lines of time" one of Texas' top five this week. September 12, 2024

In May of 2024, Flatbed published “Disappearance: Icons of Excess” with Hammonds. The hand-drawn lithograph with chine collé relief etching vignettes combines Hammonds’ themes of nature contrasted with human over-indulgence. Hammonds writes: “

My focus lies in conveying the fragility of nature and the impact of human actions on the environment, drawing inspiration from the mysterious depths of forests and piles of debris