Welcome to Herstory Printmaking Collective

Hello and welcome!

We are a group of women printmakers. As a collective we produce portrait murals of women who have impacted how we see and understand the world.

A few years ago we got together and started creating printed portraits of women. They are loosely in the style of political street art…done on newsprint and wheat pasted to walls. We have community guest artists who join us. Often these women are learning to print for the first time or may be creating portraits for the first time and are growing their visual language.

We use a bold style to make each portrait visible from afar. To date we have posters of nearly 80 women (see biographies below). Each portrait reflects the artist’s particular desire to hold up their chosen subject's life and amplify their impact. The portraits reflect all kinds of women...race, ability, gender, age, local, national, international, living and passed. We do not sign our individual pieces but prefer to be known collectively as Herstory.

We enjoy getting art outside and on the streets!

- Julianna Kirwin, Michelle Shelly Korte, Lena Weiss, Amy Maestas and Stephanie Weiner