Entropic Oscillations, an accordion fold artist’s book from 2012 featuring wood engraving with screen printing, is joining the Denison Library Special Collection at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Printed in an edition of twenty, the work will be available by request to current students, faculty and staff conducting rare materials research. The oldest library at The Claremont Colleges, the Ella Strong Denison Library is a non-circulating rare book repository for Scripps College’s special collections focused on artists’ books, the history of printing, gender/women studies, and the college’s nearly century-old archives.
Artist's Book at Janet Turner Print Museum through March 14
Donna’s book Garden is on view at the Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University Chico in the show Pressing Poetry: From Broadsides to Book Arts. Included is work by over 20 poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Billy Collins, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Naomi Shihab Nye and Anne Sexton, in the form of letterpress printing, illustrated books and contemporary broadsides.
The Janet Turner Print Museum
400 W. First St.
Chico, CA 95929–0820
January 20 through March 14, 2026
Opening reception: January 29 at 5:30 p.m.
Garden, Reduction woodcuts, letterpress, 2013
Boxed (by Andy Rottner), with accordion fold, removeable spine binding
Making Your Mark at Arts Benicia
The woodcut Water Under the Bridge has been accepted into the exhibit Making Your Mark at Arts Benicia. The show was juried by Mark Eanes, Professor Emeritus from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Be sure to join us in the historic Commanding Officer’s Quarters at the Arsenal in Benicia, California, for an artist’s reception on Saturday, April 11, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Arts Benicia
1 Commandant’s Lane
Benicia, CA 94510
April 11 through May 10, 2026
Opening reception: Saturday, April 11, from 4 to 6 p.m.
From the CODEX Book Fair
Donna is at the Tenth CODEX Book Art Fair through February 10, showing her new hand-printed artist’s book Framework, as well as previous books and small engravings.
CODEX X
Oakland Marriott City Center
1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
Donna with old friends Amandine Nabarra and Tom Dowling at CODEX X in Oakland
Donna Westerman at CODEX Book Fair
Donna will be presenting her latest hand-printed and hand-bound artist’s book, Framework, at the Tenth Biennal International CODEX Book Art Fair & Symposium February 7 through 10. She will also be showing previous books and small engravings.
CODEX X
Oakland Marriott City Center
1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
February 7 through 10, 2026
Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Donna’s multi-block reduction woodcut Persephone was in a great show at Arts Benicia, juried by Diane Williams, entitled Where the Spirit Meets the Bone: Grief and Healing. The exhibition sought to convey how expressive mark-making can provide a vehicle to communicate the universal human feelings of grief and loss, and create a safe space for healing. The various media and styles of art provided a vehicle for individuals to describe and communicate feelings that might otherwise be difficult to express.
Arts Benicia
1 Commandant’s Lane
Benicia, CA 94510
October 25 through December 21, 2025
Upcoming exhibits
Donna is showing the first two blocks of her new artist’s book Framework at the 111th Annual Membership Exhibition of the California Society of Printmakers at the Piedmont Center for the Arts through February 14. An artist’s reception was held January 24.
Piedmont Center for the Arts
801 Magnolia Ave.
Piedmont, CA 94611.
Donna has an engraving in the WEN (Wood Engraver’s Network) 5th Triennial traveling exhibition. The final venue will be the Art Center of St. Peter in St. Peter, Minnesota. The ending date is January 31, 2027.
She will also have a piece in the upcoming Kala Annual Exhibition in March.
Benicia Arsenal Artists open studios
The fall 2025 Benicia Arsenal Artists open studios will be held November 1 and 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 940 Tyler Street in Benicia.
San Francisco Bay Area artists will open their Benicia Arsenal studio doors on this special weekend. Come explore the beautiful, historic buildings, while visiting the artist’s studios. All studios are within walking distance to one another. There is ample free parking on Tyler, Lincoln and Grant Streets.
Benicia Arsenal
940 Tyler Street
Benicia, CA 94510
November 1 and 2, 2025
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Expanding the Field at The Triton Museum of Art
California Society of Printmakers’s show Expanding the Field: New Ideas in & Beyond Print is at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California, August 30, 2025 through January 11, 2026.
A reception will be held at the Bay Area museum on Saturday, August 30, from 2 to 4 p.m.
The exhibition showcases prints that extend beyond the traditional bounds of paper, exploring techniques, content and concepts that push the boundaries of the medium. This includes large-scale prints, experimental techniques and installation.
Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Ave,
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Log Pile at Art Kala 2025
Log Pile will be at Art Kala 2025, an exhibition, auction and benefit supporting Kala Art Institute, March 20 through April 26, 2025. The preview party and artist reception will be Thursday, March 20, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Kala Gallery
2990 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.
Log Pile at Arts Benicia
The reduction woodcut Log Pile will be exhibited in an upcoming show at Arts Benicia entitled Forma Natura: Nature as Source, juried by Alicia Escott, interdisciplinary artist and founding member of 100 Days Action. The show will have a public opening reception on Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 4 to 6 p.m., and will run through March 2.
Arts Benicia
1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia, CA 94510
Open Thursdays through Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m., during the run of the exhibit
‘Print Shop’ to the Smithsonian
Donna Westerman’s 6” x 16” wood engraving Print Shop is joining the Graphic Arts Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., reflecting curator Joan Boudreau’s longstanding interest in print shop imagery.
International ROOTS Project
Donna’s reduction woodcut Out of the Woods has been accepted into the International ROOTS Art Project by Bay Area artists and founders, Marguerite Elliot and Elizabeth Addison. The project’s focus is connecting women artists from nearly a dozen nations who focus on the natural world and the environment. A print catalog is expected in 2025.
SFMOMA Small Press Book Bazaar
Two of Donna’s artists books, ch’anel and Entropic Oscillations, will be at SFMOMA’s Small Press Book Bazaar on Thursday, December 5, from 1 to 8 p.m., exhibited at the Kala Art Institute table. The event is free and takes place on a First Thursday, when the museum is free to Bay Area residents.
SFMOMA
151 Third St., San Francisco, CA 94103
Exhale at SHOH Gallery
Donna will have four pieces in EXHALE: A Contemporary Landscape Show at SHOH Gallery in Northwest Berkeley, November 9 through December 21, 2024
SHOH is excited to present this inspiring and varied array of works by a host of Bay Area landscape and plein air painters!
An opening reception is planned for Saturday, November 9, from 3 to 6 p.m.
SHOH GALLERY
700 Gilman Street Berkeley, California 94710
510-504-9988
Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
Donna Westerman: Connections
Video from Donna Westerman: Connections, a solo exhibition at SHOH Gallery in Berkeley, August 23 through September 21, 2024.
Donna Westerman: Connections
Donna will have a solo show at SHOH Gallery in Northwest Berkeley August 23 through September 21, 2024
An artist’s reception is planned for September 7 from 3 to 6 p.m.
SHOH GALLERY
700 Gilman Street Berkeley, California 94710
510-504-9988
Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
Properties of Water
Donna will have two egg tempera paintings and one etching in the show Properties of Water, juried by Katrina Bello at Arts Benicia. This exhibition focuses attention on our most essential natural resource.
Exhibition Dates: November 18 through December 17, 2023
Preview for Members & Exhibiting Artists: Thursday, November 16 from 6 to 7 p.m.
Public Reception: Saturday, November 18 from 4 to 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION LOCATION:
Arts Benicia, 1 Commandant’s Lane, Commanding Officer’s Quarters, Benicia, CA 94510
Open Thursday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
California Society of Printmakers
Donna will be in the 109th Annual Exhibition of the California Society of Printmakers at Piedmont Center for the Arts from October 8 to 29. An artist reception will be held on Saturday, October 14 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Diablo Valley Printmakers
“Diablo Valley Printmakers” at the Orinda Public Library will run December 2 through 30, 2023. Donna will be showing work alongside Donna Brown, Shari Arai DeBoer, Marian Harris, Danguole Rita Kuolas, Carol Brent Levin, Karen Thapa and Linda Yoshizawa. Each of the eight artists, all California Society of Printmakers, will have ten to fourteen pieces in the show.
A reception will be held December 16 from 3 to 5 p.m.