Danielle Urschel is a Bloomington, Indiana based artist specializing in printmaking, and received her BFA and MFA degrees from Indiana University. Since graduating, Danielle has worked to create community printmaking spaces, both for adults and youth artists in her community. Danielle specializes in combining woodcut, linocut and screen printing, while focusing on creating archival work. She enjoys keeping the presses oiled, the photo emulsion fresh, and supplies topped-off at the Bloomington Printmakers Collaborative.

In my current work, I’m combining screen printing, woodcut and linocut in order to utilize the inherent qualities of each process in the finished piece. Each color layer is created by exposing a hand drawn transparency onto a photosensitized silk screen and then hand printing each image onto BFK paper using water-based, transparent, lightfast ink. Once all of the color layers are complete, the final relief plates are printed with traditional oil based ink. Each print is part of a very limited edition.

I have been a practicing artist for the last 35 years. My academic history involves a BS in Medical Technology and a MS in Applied Statistics. I was still working full time as a technical consultant when I began to make art.

Over the years I have worked in various mediums. My work usually involves an abstract format. In more recent years I have focusrd on mixed media, printmaking, and surface pattern designs on fabric.

I have been very lucky to have had the chance to explore the things that really interest me. It is not always easy. Sometimes there are complicated processes and incomplete work. And then in the mist of the fog something spontaneous happens .In fact, sometimes I surprise myself, and isn’t that what’s it all about?

As I continue to work and explore, I realized that exhibiting the work is the last important part of the process. It completes the process for the artist. I am successful if you find an image evocative. I am especially grateful if you let me know!

Printmaking duo Rachael Gressley and Jon Keown design and create posters, books, and apparel.

Melody Vasquez (she/they) is a printmaker, tattoo artist, and mother. Melody has lived in many places but now calls Bloomington, IN home. Melody specializes in stone lithography but is versatile with many media. Her work explores the relationship of humanity to the earth with realistic drawings and astute symbolism. She received her BFA from MTSU and her MFA in print from UNT in Denton. She spent several years working in Chicago where she was an instructor at the Chicago Printmaker’s Collaborative and a board member of the Chicago Printmaker’s Guild. Melody also worked as a production manager and lead printer for Citizen Brick, a custom lego minifigure company. She now runs an independent lithography studio as well as Drifter Tattoo Co. in Bloomington.

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Evelynn Gray is a printmaker and graphic designer in Bloomington, Indiana. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Indiana University Bloomington in 2024. Through letterpress printing she intertwines graphic design and printmaking by combining reduction block carving and physical type setting to create prints of illustrations that feature animals, plants, and typography. Inspiration for her artworks’ imagery often comes from photos she’s taken from traveling, her home, and animals she finds fascinating. The physicality of letterpress printing connects Evelynn with her prints on a deeper level than digital printing allows for. By not only using her hands, but entire body to create each individual print, she strengthens the tangible connection between herself, the viewer, and the final print. This medium combination allows for viewers to relate with not just the  imagery and the meaning of the illustrations, but each hand-carved stroke that brings an image to life.