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DURHAM PRESS is a fine art print publisher based in a turn-of-the century schoolhouse in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, an hour and a half west of New York City. Since 1988, the Press has published and produced over a hundred limited edition contemporary prints with influential artists from around the world. Each year, owners Jean-Paul Russell and Ann Marshall invite artists to live and work at the Press while they create original prints and multiples. The facility houses two expansive studios with silkscreen, hydraulic, and etching presses, as well as a large woodworking and welding facility. While in residence, the artists are encouraged to experiment. The Press is dedicated to giving artists the technical support and attention they need to create a significant work of art in the form of a print. "Printmaking requires much more commitment than most people imagine. In order to make a print, artists must break down a work into discrete stages and states. This requires a great deal of concentration and effort, but it also creates the opportunity to rethink , and reinvent , technique, order, structure, color and surface. Prints often open up artists' vocabularies and allow them to see their work in a new light. It is our hope that the prints made at Durham Press will not only be incredible artworks, but that they will leave the artists inspired."