Louisville 'LETTERPRESS' Exhibit Showcases Work by King Library Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2015) – Work by King Library Press is on display as part of an exhibition showcasing the art of fine printing in the Commonwealth. "LETTERPRESS: Kentucky’s Fine Printers," which runs through Dec. 18, opens this weekend with a reception from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Portland Museum, located at 2308 Portland Avenue, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Curated by Gray Zeitz of Larkspur Press in Monterey, Kentucky, "LETTERPRESS" features the work of 12 Kentucky printers, including Paul Holbrook, director of King Library Press at University of Kentucky Libraries. Other printers with work on display are:

· Bob Baris, of Press on Scroll Road, formerly of Lexington;

· UK art studio alumni Nick Baute and Robert Ronk, of Hound Dog Press, Louisville;

· English alumnus Alex Brooks, of Lexington;

· Tim Hawley, of Contre Coup Press, Louisville;

· Deborah Kessler, of October Press, Lexington;

· Susan King, of Paradise Press, Lexington;

· James Milllar, of Quonset Hut, Louisville;

· Joanne Price, of Starpointe Studio, Louisville;

· Brad Vetter, of Letterpress and Design, formerly of Nashville, now Louisville; and

· Zeitz, of Larkspur Press.

"LETTERPRESS" is part of the Portland Museum's "Celebration of the Book: A Year of Book Arts" made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Louisville Metro Government. The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support to Portland Museum Inc. with state tax dollars and federal funding from the NEA.

The Portland Museum is an educational resource that exists to collect, preserve, exhibit, interpret and enhance the culture and heritage of Portland, a historic riverside neighborhood of Louisville.

King Library Press, part of UK Special Collections Research Center, is devoted to the tradition of fine printing and produces books and broadsides. Publications available from King Library Press include a portfolio of five poems by Kentucky Poet Laureate Jane Gentry Vance, Necia Harkless's "Heart to Heart" and Abraham Lincoln's "Second Inaugural Address."

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu