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MPA Under Pressure 2007

The Manitoba Printmakers Association/Martha Street Studio blocked off the street in front of the studio and held its first street festival. What do you do at a street festival sponsored by a printmaking studio? Make prints of course. Three tables were set up where anyone could turn their hand to cutting their own lino block and printing it on the small table-top press.

The real crowd pleaser was the opportunity to watch really large linocuts (30" wide, 60" long) being printed by driving a 'steamroller' over them. Kelvin took pictures…