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We are modern printmakers

deeply engaged in the craft of printing. Our limited edition prints, books and broadsides are in public and private collections throughout the United States.

We also design and publish LINEA, an annual literary journal of micro fiction. In 2020, we received a grant from the Northampton Center for the Arts in support of our work with LINEA. We are a small and versatile shop, employing both digital and analog technologies to create works of art.

Throughout the year, we offer workshops in an intimate studio setting for artists and writers. Our workshops are limited to 4 participants. Our equipment includes a Takach etching press (30 x 48), a Charles Brand etching press (18×32), a 1930’s Poco Letterpress (13 x 26), a 19th century cast iron book press, an Epson 4800 eight color archival ink-jet printer, a large format laser printer and additional tabletop presses.

Adell Donaghue

Artist and educator Adell Donaghue is the founder of Simian Press. Her drawings, paintings, prints and limited edition books and broadsides are in collections throughout the United States. Adell has taught drawing and design, as well as painting and printmaking for three decades in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine.

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Catarina Coelho

Simian Press co-founder Catarina Coelho is a mixed-media artist. Her artwork is based in drawing and printmaking and includes painting and writing. Catarina currently teaches printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Catarina exhibits her work nationally and internationally.

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Amanda Sellars

Simian Press webmistress Amanda Sellars is a multidisciplinary artist with expertise in graphic design and art direction as well as in drawing and painting. In 2024, Amanda completed her apprenticeship and is now a licensed tattoo artist as well.

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