PaperWorks is founded on the passion, appreciation, and enjoyment of the paper arts.
Don’t Forget!
Next Meeting:
Thursday, January 8, 2025
Come get social with us!
PaperWorks offers educational and creative opportunities for paper enthusiasts and professionals dedicated to the art of paper and book arts. Our initiatives include:
Monthly meetings held on the first Thursday of the month.
Workshops, programs, classes, and collaborative groups.
Community exhibitions by PaperWorks members.
Scholarships for students studying paper arts.
Joining PaperWorks connects you with a vibrant community of fellow enthusiasts.
A Call to Paperworks Artists
Paperworks 25th Anniversary Members Exhibit at the Steinfeld Gallery
Title of the Exhibit: Beneath the Surface
Dates:
Public Opening (ArtWalk Saturday): January 3, 2026
Subsequent Saturdays: January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2026
Artist Reception: January 11, 2026 – 2:00-4:00pm
Location:
Steinfeld Gallery, 101 West Sixth Street, Tucson, AZ
Steinfeld Gallery Hours:
1st Saturday of the Month: 4:00–8:00 PM
Subsequent Saturdays: 12:00 noon–4:00 PM
Volunteers Needed:
Paperworks is required to have at least one member present during the event hours. Volunteers will need to schedule their participation with Stevie. More details to follow as the opening date approaches.
Art Delivery to Steinfeld Gallery:
Date: Sunday, December 28, 2025
Time: 9:00 -10:00am
Pickup Artwork:
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2026
Time: 9:00 -10:00 am
Theme Description:
Beneath the Surface is the theme for Paperworks' 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Vera Gates, president of Paperworks, shares her poetic reflection on the theme:
"In the making of Art, there is the seen, the heard, the understood. And then there is the deep unknown. The magic… beneath the surface. An ancient well of wisdom. A way of being. Of wanting, needing, to create. To realize in some physical form that which lies embedded within us. We need not understand it. But it is essential to our being that we make. Something. Out of nothing. That we make art. In our own, precious way. I invite you to participate in this exhibition, to replenish your deep well of knowing, to refresh and to share, to reveal what waits for all of us, just Beneath the Surface."
– Vera Gates
Media:
2D and 3D works in all media are accepted.
Size:
There are no size restrictions.
Quantity:
Members may submit up to 3 pieces. Every participating artist will have a minimum of one piece selected.
Submission Fee:
A $25 fee is required with each submission.
Presentation Requirements:
Important: All artwork must be professionally framed with wire hangers and ready for display.
Thin canvases, prints, photographs, and collages must be framed.
Larger gallery-wrapped canvases can be presented by painting the edges, but they must be professionally finished with a solid color or the design wrapped around the edge.
Non-compliant work will be returned to the artist.
Sale of Work:
All work must be for sale and priced to reflect the current Tucson art market.
Sales will be handled by Steinfeld Gallery staff during the First Saturday ArtWalk and every Saturday thereafter during regular gallery hours. Steinfeld Gallery takes a 20% commission on sales.
Questions?
Contact Stevie Mack:
Email: steviemack83@gmail.com Phone: 520-275-8395
Visit me: Instagram.com/JannyTaylorCreates
Events & Announcements
Support the PW Scholarship Program in a fun, collaborative way:
• Sign up:
At the December 4, 2025 ,PW meeting or online through December 20, 2025.
• Up-cycle:
Choose an unfinished art piece to donate. Any size or dimension welcome. Email a photo of your unfinished piece to Mara Krumins by January 5, 2026 and bring the piece to the January 8, 2026 PW meeting. You will then choose a piece by another member artist to work on.
• Work period:
Work on the “unfinished” piece you selected from another artist through March 1, 2026. A portion of the original work must remain showing. Email a photo of the “finished” piece along with other needed info to Mara Krumins by March 2, 2026.
• Auction:
Bring your “finished” works to the March 5, 2026 PW meeting. Finished works will be auctioned via silent auction at the March 5, 2025 PW meeting.
Paperworks members can take advantage of a generous $500 matching funds donation from an anonymous donor when making an individual contribution. It’s easy to do when paying your dues through our webpage or in person at a meeting.
The Paperworks Scholarship Program is a collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Graduate Studies in Art and Pima Community College’s Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. Together, we work to support and elevate student artists at both the graduate and undergraduate levels who are working predominantly in paper-based media.
Questions: E. Sullivan. Thank you for supporting PaperWorks scholarships.
Matching Funds Opportunity for our Scholarship Program
Creating Collage on your iPad
Learn to use your iPad to create collage art, design decorative paper, and keep your creativity flowing.
Interested? Have Questions? Presentation, Details, and Signup will be at the January Paperworks meeting.
Contact: Janet Marcotte or Anne Brown
Workshop: Making Cardboard Sculptured Lanterns with Mykl Wells
Turn recycled cardboard into luminous works of art! Join award-winning artist Mykl Wells on Friday, January 30 (10–4) at The Pastel Society for a hands-on workshop exploring creative upcycling.
Registration opens December 4 at the PaperWorks meeting.
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Why Set Up A Gallery Page?
Some exhibit curators will be using our gallery for their jury process.Gallery pages are one place the Exhibits chair looks to see artists’ work. The Exhibits chair often uses the gallery artists pages to find artists willing to submit images for exhibits and promotional information. (flyers, evites and press.)All art media is acceptable on our PaperWorks gallery pages… in fact, a variety of media is most welcome!If you are a new Artist ready to go public, setting up a gallery page saves time and expense over setting up your own website.Your gallery page increases the overall quality of PW members and a professional presentation. Work from the gallery is used to highlight individual members’ artwork on our website homepage.
Are you a PaperWorks member? If you would like your original art to appear in the gallery, please fill out the form below and request your work be placed in the Gallery. Artists already in the Gallery are encouraged to submit recent work. Any type of art is appropriate for the Gallery, not just paper.