Steam Roller Printing

Printed on10am -2pm, Sep 21, 2024

Midtown Kingston Arts District (MKAD) presents the 2024 Steamroller Print Fest on September, Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd, as part of Art Walk Kingston. During the weekend-long fest, various events will take place simultaneously at two MKAD locations.

The namesake of the fest is the steamroller printing, which will take place on Iwo Jima Lane on September 21st from 10am to 2pm, with Sunday as a rain date. Steamroller printing in Kingston was last seen at the 2023 DRAW-A-THON. It’s a large-scale form of printmaking that uses a steamroller as the printing press, providing the pressure needed to create a print from inked blocks. The blocks are about 2 feet long and 2 feet wide. This year’s carvings will be made by 34 local artists, and worked on over the span of five weeks. Come witness elaborate, professional carvings printed on a grand scale!

During the Steamroller Print Fest visitors are welcomed to come by the Neighborhood Print Studio at 49 Greenkill Avenue. We will be selling proofs by the artists of their prints. We will also provide live tours and demonstrations of the professional printing equipment throughout our print shop. It will be a valuable opportunity to be introduced to the space and equipment first hand.