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Joey Strain is a printmaker, illustrator, and graphic designer based in Reading, Pennsylvania. He creates imagery that is whimsical, absurd, and deeply rooted in a love of handmade process and visual storytelling.

Strain’s work spans the worlds of fine art exhibition, publishing, and independent production, with a focus on tactile, hand-crafted aesthetics. His compositions are more often than not populated by a slew of strange, humorous insects, critters, and monsters. These recurring characters toe the line between adorable and off-putting and bring to life stylized worlds that feel both nostalgic and vividly original.

He has illustrated multiple children’s books, including The Little Wolf Who Crooned to the Moon, and continues to produce self-published zines, prints, and apparel through his independent practice. His work has been exhibited and sold in the USA throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Florida, and his online store has shipped hand-printed goods to 18 countries across the world.

His work emphasizes visible evidence of his process, embracing imperfections, texture, and the human touch in every mark.

Strain maintains an active online presence through his Instagram at @joey_strain, and his website strain-brain.com.

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Abstracting imagery and creating patterns from her lived experiences, Lauren Krukowski mirrors the processes and aesthetics of textile traditions in print, handmade paper, and quilting. Her work undergoes various iterations as it is layered, cut, and sewn, resulting in combinations of color, texture, and pattern influenced by textiles and properties of light.

Krukowski earned an MFA in printmaking and papermaking from the University of Iowa in 2024 and a BFA in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010. Previous awards and artist residencies have supported her work and research, including recent artist residencies at Penland School of Craft, the Peninsula School of Art, GoggleWorks, and David Krut Workshop, made possible through funding from the Stanley Award for International Research Fellowship and the Joseph Roberts Foundation. Recent exhibitions include “Tacit Knowledge” at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and “And, And, And” at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ Project Art Gallery. Krukowski lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Anna Schweigert is a Reading, PA-based mixed media printmaker whose work is rooted in visualizing energy — the forces and patterns that move through nature, geometry, and the human body. Her prints find structure in what is felt but rarely seen, weaving these invisible systems into compositions that feel both precise and organic.

Anna is a member at Art Plus Gallery and works out of the printmaking studio at the Goggle Works, where she continues to develop a practice rooted in the interplay of structure and intuition, and a deep visual curiosity.