Entropic Oscillations to Scripps College

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.

Entropic Oscillations, 2012, artist's book by Donna Westerman

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

A reduction woodcut entitled Persephone by Donna Westerman

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.

Pushing the Envelope: Southern California Women Bookmakers

The artist’s books Ch’anel and Entropic Oscillations are in an exhibit curated by Kitty Maryatt exploring books made by Southern California women letterpress printers, artists, calligraphers and binders. The exhibit will be on display at the Antiquarian Book Fair at the Pasadena Convention Center February 10 through 13, with a panel discussion on February 11 at 1 p.m.

LAPS 22nd National Printmaking Exhibition

Log Pile was accepted for the Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s 22nd National Exhibition, to be held at Mixografia’s Remba Gallery in Los Angeles, October 15 through November 12. Betye and Alison Saar will also be honored.

70 pieces were chosen out of 871 entrants by juror Kenturah Davis.

Mixografia is located at 1419 E. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90011.

A reception will be held October 15 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Catalog available.

Art for the Asking: The Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library

Art for the Asking: The Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library will be up in the Worth Ryder Art Gallery from August 24-September 30. This exhibition celebrates the Graphic Arts Loan Collection, and includes ephemera and prints from throughout the collection’s history that are rarely seen. Francisco Goya, Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso, Jean Arp, Fernand Léger, Max Beckman, Corita Kent, Faith Ringgold, and Ellsworth Kelly are a few of the artists represented by prints in this show.

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