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Haleakal\u0101
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The McClain\u2019s 2022 catalog is finally here and we are excited to have Haleakal\u0101 by Kill Joy as this year\u2019s cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kill Joy’s work is grounded in honoring the earth and seeking environmental and social justice through both imaginative worlds and social movements. Her work is an interpretation of world mythology and a study of ancient symbols. She integrates story telling with calls to spiritual and political awareness and action. Her practice centers around relief printmaking, mural painting and more recently, puppet making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work sits at the intersection where jungle meets desert. She was raised in a dusty town of west Texas, but her family is from the archipelago known as the Philippines. Joy spends a lot of her time thinking about and working with different cultural groups managing challenges and issues of the diaspora. The immediacy of print offers the opportunity to explore these ideas in both an instinctual and deliberate mark making. Because community is intrinsically linked to the land, Joy’s work incorporates themes and elements from the natural world. A belief that the freedom of all human beings is equally tied to the freedom of the Earth, where greed and contamination are replaced with love and compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

joyland.space<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

justseeds.org\/artist\/killjoy\/<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

@kill.joy.land<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Print Day in May<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Saturday May 7th<\/sup>, 2022 you are invited to join Print Day in May! This annual, global celebration of printmaking takes place on the first Saturday in May. It is free and open to all. To participate, make a print on May 7th<\/sup>, post and tag #printdayinmay and #printdayinmay2022. There are a bunch of sponsors for PDiM, including McClain\u2019s, Cranfield Colours, Speedball, Japanese Paper Place and more. Sponsors donate prizes to the event. For your chance to win one of three $75 McClain\u2019s Gift Certificates use #mcclainsPD2022. More information about the event can be found at printdayinmay.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call for Prints! Daily Companion, an online print show<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Open to all who wish to participate, \u201cDaily Companion\u201d is the theme for McClain\u2019s 2022 online print show. The idea was sparked from reflections about these past two years which, for so many of us, have brought on a time of isolation and uncertainty that we continue to navigate. During these times we often turn to some sort of companionship, whether it is another person, a four-legged friend, the ritual of meditation, the act of brewing tea or coffee, a creative outlet. Or perhaps your companion is something that has a darker influence on your life. Whatever or whoever your daily companion is, we invite you to create a relief print of that image or concept. In September we will have an online show of everyone\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To participate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n