PRESS PRESENTS
ARTISTS
Current Artist: Naaron Cardona
On view through February 9th.
“My belief and mentality are that I believe, that I have no limitations in my potential unless I impose such limitations, being able to understand that if I don’t challenge myself to adapt and try new endeavors outside of my comfort zone I would be stuck in a mediocre state of mind I didn’t want but to exceed my own expectations.
When I started to experiment with making custom shoes I was confronted with the idea of trying something different. I started to draw on these shoes with sharpie. Eventually starting to use leather acrylic paint. But at first, I was told that I shouldn’t have customized the shoe as it ruins the aesthetic, and the meaning of having a clean white, leather shoe. But instead, I chose to ignore this as well as I saw shoe painting as an artistic opportunity, viewing this shoe as a blank canvas to try something that I had no prior experience with, a way that opened a door to experimentation. Had I never been confronted with opposing beliefs, to what I had initially wanted in pushing myself. I wouldn’t have had the necessary way to develop myself as a person. It matured me to Challenge myself, experiment, and orient myself around the idea that I have no limitation on my potential. But exceed my expectations and capabilities as a person beyond the boundaries of “limit”.
See more from Naaron:
Website
Instagram
If you are an artist looking for wall space to share your work with the community, consider Press Coffee! Keep in mind we are a coffee shop first, but when 62% of Americans drink coffee every day, our space exposes your work to a wide range of people. A show typically lasts five weeks with an evening set aside for a reception, catered by us with coffee and treats, to allow a closer look and conversation.
If you are interested in partnering with us artistically, please fill out this form to receive more information.
Past Artists
From July of 2018 until the COVID-19 takeover of 2020, we opened our Coralville location to a range of local artists with mediums such as drawing, painting, photography, quilting, metalwork, and more. Learn more about each of our past artists below.
Sara Slee Brown – digital collage on canvas
Sweet Julie Marie – Watercolor/Pen&Ink/Multimedia Collage
Dana Noble – Botanical Illustration
Elinor Krieger – Painting
Sandra Cedrins – Watercolor
Nicki Maurus – Jewelry
Patti Zwick – Quilting
Meagan Wolgast – Cross Stitch
Yuchen Liu & Family – Ink Drawings
Vera Renguelova – Encaustic
Shelly Berkowitz – Painting/Graphic Design
Karla Janette – Photography
Jordan Jasa – 35mm Film Photography & Poloroid
Nicki Maurus – Jewelry
Patti Zwick – Quilting
Candice Broersma – Illustration/Scratchboard
Erin McCain – Illustration
Rip Russell – Paint Pouring
Connie Sherman – Paper Marbling
Paula Grady – Painting
Danforth Johnson – Photography
Ford Studio – Photography/Pyrography/Drawing
Patti Zwick – Quilting
Ariane Parkes-Perret – Printmaking
Lori Fowler – Encaustic Painting
Cara Delaney – Quilting
Lexys Sillin – Painting
Julia Wolfe – Painting/Illustration
Nancy Lincoln – Painting
Cheryl Hetherington – Fluid Acrylics
Tana Blazek – Painting
Jenny Gringer – Lincocut
Bekah Ash – Painting
At our old location:
Angela Otts – Painting & Illustration
Nicki Maurus – Jewelry
Bobbie Gravitt – Photography
Rachel Elisabeth Brecht – Painting
Lauren Schuchard – Drawings
Don Hetzel – Painting
Jen Madigan – Photography
Cara Briggs Farmer – Metalworks
Justin Tedford – Photography
Jezza Rose Studios – Oil Painting
Patti Zwick – Quilting
Kacie Eckermann – Photography
Howard Hinton Jr. – Photography
Stephanie Johnson – Photography
Stacie Woodside – Photography
Diana Brayton – Alcohol Ink
Danforth Johnson – Photography
Julia Wolfe – Painting
