News and Events
Upcoming spring and summer workshops
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Deep Dive into Color Reduction Woodcut: July 20-25
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Enjoy making prints in beautiful Provincetown! Artist talks, gatherings, shared meals and more.
Master Class: Advanced Woodcut Intensive: August 12 - 15
Master Class: Advanced Woodcut Intensive: August 12 - 15Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
This workshop is designed for artists with woodcut experience to work together to grow their practice further!
Poetry and Print: June 25, 26
Shepherd Maudsleigh Studio, Boston, MA
Are you a poetry lover? Let it inspire your prints while learning new woodcut techniques!
One Day Dive into Color Reduction Woodcut: March 18
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Learn the basics of color reduction in this open ended introduction to color reduction on March 18.
Belle Townsley Smith Woodcut Now in D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts Collection
I am honored to share that my woodcut portrait of Belle Townsley Smith is now part of the permanent collection at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA.
Gertrude Stein Woodcut is Now in Federal Reserve Board Fine Arts Program Permanent Collection
My woodcut portrait of Gertrude Stein is now part of the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Program of the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC.
Zea Mays Printmaking Covers Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women
Meeting the Moment: The Growth of an Exhibition is a lovely article that describes the evolution of the "Look Again" project. You can find it on the Zea Mays Printmaking website.
Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women is now available to travel via Exhibit Envoy
Exhibit Envoy's mission is to bring socially relevant, high quality art exhibitions to cultural institutions and the communities they serve. Please contact Exhibit Envoy if you are interested in booking Look Again.
Community Poetry Reading: Portraits of Daring Women
In September 2024, I worked with the group of local and international poets who collaborated in Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women for a community poetry reading to honor their legacies and draw connections to the present day.
Overlooked No More
In September 2024, I joined New York Times journalist Amisha Padnani, whose "Overlooked" series inspired Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women for a panel talk about the ways in which our respective fields—writing and visual arts—work together to tell stories.
Look Again featured in Pressing Matters Magazine
Thanks to Pressing Matters Magazine for featuring my work in the July 2024 edition of their wonderful international print publication!
Overlooked no more: Leverett artist’s woodcut prints celebrate remarkable women of the past
The Daily Hampshire Gazette's May 2024 coverage of Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women.
Discover Daring Women: Highlighting women’s history with prints and poetry
The Springfield Museums are thrilled to present an audio and visual exploration of women’s history in Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women by Julie Lapping Rivera, on view in the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts from April 27, 2024 to February 23, 2025.
A Sense of Place
Curated by Julie Lapping RIvera
The seven printmakers in this exhibition invite you to share explorations resulting from their experiences as resident artists. This exhibition celebrates a multiplicity of vision, perspective and artistic language, and the value of entering worlds unfamiliar to us.
