STARTS January 24, 2026 — Ends July 26, 2026 Comprising selections from the collection of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, this exhibition continues the museum’s celebration of creativity, talent, and collaborative spirit synonymous with The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (TLLW). Master Printer Michael Sims (born 1944) established TLLW in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1979 before moving it […]

From the NEW YORK TIMES: [SOURCE: American Museums to Visit in 2025 – The New York Times] BILLINGS, MONTANA “Northeastern Asia and the Northern Rockies” This exhibition examines the philosophical ties between northeastern Asia and the northern Rocky Mountains. It features historical photographs and artworks, including some pieces created in China, Korea and Japan between […]

The master printer and founder of the Lawrence Lithography Workshop reminisces about his storied career, the artists with whom he has worked, and the enormous patience required to produce stunning lithographs. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art invites all people to explore the art in its care, and through its broad collection, the depths and complexities […]

The Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Highlights from the Archive STARTS Dec 21, 2024 — Ends Jun 22, 2025 Composed of 24 prints from a newly established archive at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, this exhibition celebrates the creativity, talent, and collaborative spirit synonymous with The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (TLLW). Master printer Michael Sims (born 1944) established […]

Archive Highlights Featured in Special Exhibition Kansas City, MO. Dec. 17, 2024–The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City announced that it has established an archive for The Lawrence Lithography Workshop, which, under the guidance of owner and master printer Michael Sims, has become nationally renowned, collaborating with more than 200 artists from across the […]

Roger Shimomura – Kabuki Rehearsal, 2012 (Set of 2) | $1,800 SALE $1,600   The Lawrence Lithography Workshop and Gallery is delighted to announce its highly anticipated 2024 Holiday Print Sale, running from November 30 through December 21. This annual event offers a unique opportunity to acquire exquisite prints from a diverse collection of artists who […]

May 4 – 5, 2024   The McNay Print Fair is one of the sole events of its kind in the state and region. This year, we are celebrating 28 years of bringing together newcomers and seasoned collectors alike. On May 4 and 5, 12 dealers from around the United States will offer their prints, […]

As Benito Huerta retires from The Gallery at UTA, the Arlington Museum of Art celebrates his impact on the arts in Texas. After twenty-five years, Benito Huerta will retire in June 2022 from his position as the Director and Curator of The Gallery at UTA at the University of Texas at Arlington. He was by […]

Artist Printmaker/Photographer Research Collection ● AP/RC ● Art Division of the Museum of Texas Tech University Kren created this suite of lithographs, Dreams and Memories, with Mike Sims of Lawrence Lithography Workshop now located in Kansas City. Concerning this suite, she observed that, “(It) evolved in the early 1980’s while I was working on a […]

While the AP/RC focuses almost exclusively on printmakers who directly control their work from conceptualization through printing, on occasion we add artworks to the collection which were printed at a professional fine art print shop such as Lawrence Lithography Workshop (Missouri), Tamarind Institute (University of New Mexico), P.R.I.N.T. (University of North Texas), Flatbed Press (Texas), […]

  Explore the exhibition Roger Shimomura: By Looking Back, We Look Forward from your home with the JSMA’s video series, A Minute Exhibit. Over his long and prolific career, distinguished American artist and educator Roger Shimomura has channeled his outrage and despair into beautiful, provocative, often irreverent, and sometimes inflammatory art. He uses a brightly […]

Benito Huerta at CreativeMornings Fort Worth, December 2019 Benito Huerta is an artist, and a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington where he has been Director and Curator of The Gallery at UTA since 1997. His work is included in the Menil Collection, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Albuquerque Museum of […]

Roger Shimomura, Diary: December 12, 1941, 1980, acrylic on canvas, 127.6 x 152.4 cm (Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of the artist, © Roger Shimomura). A conversation with Dr. Sarah Newman, James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Dr. Beth Harris. This Seeing America video was made possible by a generous […]

Mike Sims is a bit emotional. As he prepares to celebrate 40 years of working with an array of acclaimed artists, the master printer admits it’s overwhelming. “Huge memories, yeah,” Sims says, shaking his head. “The biggest memories are the relationships with the artists, many of whom are dead and gone now.” Since 1979, artists […]

Alice Thorson, May 1, 2019 Grenades and a MAGA hat, apples and playing cards. They’re all fair game for inclusion in the paintings of well-known Kansas City artist Tom Gregg, whose luminous, enigmatic still lifes have been mystifying and enchanting art lovers in Kansas City and beyond for the better part of 25 years. In […]

KCUR | By Julie Denesha Published April 5, 2019 at 5:00 AM CDT LISTEN: https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2019-04-05/with-america-as-his-muse-kansas-painter-roger-shimomura-gives-people-something-stirring   Julie Denesha / KCUR 89.3FM Artist Roger Shimomura’s new show ‘Roger Shimomura: American Muse,’ subverts Asian American stereotypes with Pop Art.   Roger Shimomura says he’s found “the deeper meaning of life in Pop Art.” Shimomura is one of the area’s most […]

KC STUDIO | Alice Thorson | March 20, 2017 Marc Wilson, former director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, called Russell Ferguson “one of the great draftsmen of his generation.” The longtime Kansas City artist is also a profound thinker, whose artworks embed a lifetime of travel and quest. For the past two […]

January 27 – March 10, 2017 Macalester’s Law Warschaw Gallery, together with the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League, are pleased to present an exhibition from prolific American artist Roger Shimomura. Throughout his extensive career, Shimomura’s work has provided stealth commentary addressing sociopolitical issues of ethnicity. The exhibition includes a range of works on paper […]

THE SEATTLE TIMES OBITUARY Originally published January 15, 2017 at 6:03 pm Updated January 17, 2017 at 11:33 am By Matt Day Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle ceramic artist Akio Takamori spent Wednesday working in his Magnolia studio. He put the finishing touches on some pieces with the help of his son, Peter, and loaded […]

Memories of Minidoka: An Interview with Roger Shimomura YouTube Beach Museum of Art Apr 14, 2016

The views expressed in these presentations are not sponsored nor endorsed by JCCC. Artists are fully and solely responsible for the content of their presentation. Nerman Museum programs include artists’ lectures at exhibition openings, Third Thursday Visiting Artists’ Presentations, and Noon at the Nerman gallery talks. http://www.nermanmuseum.org For more information on this and other happenings […]

Printmaker Michael Sims never intended to open a business, but over more than three decades he’s built Lawrence Lithography Workshop into a supplier for some of the country’s most prominent art galleries and museums. BY LEIGH BUCHANAN, EDITOR-AT-LARGE, INC. MAGAZINE @LEIGHEBUCHANAN MAY 4, 2015 Behind every print, there’s a story. In 1981, 30 years after he accidentally […]

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JORcuhearw8 Roger Shimomura’s paintings and prints, including this series, Minidoka on My Mind, address social and political issues of Asian America and have most often been inspired by diaries kept by his late immigrant grandmother that span the 56 years of her life. Minidoka on My Mind is the fourth major painting series generated […]

Mike Sims was first introduced to lithography, described as the closest of all printing processes to pure drawing, as a student in the late 1960s. And Sims was hooked. By Laura Spencer Kansas City, Mo. – In 1979, Sims founded Lawrence Lithography Workshop. In lithography, an artist draws directly on the lithograph stones or plates; […]

Sofa Expo Represented by Barry Friedman Ltd   Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan on October 11, 1950. In Japan Takamori attended Musashino Art University. In 1974 he moved to the United States. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and Alfred University. In 1993 Takamori began his teaching career at the University of Washington where he taught until he retired in 2014 as professor emeritus. In […]

C-SPAN | March 18, 2003 American History TV Roger Shimomura Oral History Interview Roger Shimomura talked about his life. As a child growing up during World War II, he was detained along with his family and other Japanese Americans at the Minidoka internment camp in Idaho. He later became an artist whose work focused on […]

Ceramic artist Akio Takamori on craft and being an artist in America. Filmed at the 50th Anniversary of Archie Bray Foundation in 2001. Akio Takamori (1950-2017) was born and raised in Japan. Takamori apprenticed with a master folk potter in Kyushu and met American ceramist Ken Ferguson, who encouraged Takamori go to the United States […]

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Obituary At too young of an age and after a brief illness, Nicholas Robert Bubash passed peacefully on November 17, 2021, surrounded by his family and friends. Nick is survived by his beautiful, talented, and loving daughters, Isabella and Georgia Bubash, whom he carried in his heart; his beloved sisters, Mary Kruse (Gary […]

IN THE CARE OF Newcomer’s White Chapel Funeral Home & White Chapel Cemetery Heaven just received a consensus #1 draft pick angel on April 4th, 2025. She would love reading this, knowing that she was on par with her favorite college basketball player of all time, fellow #1 draft pick (and fellow alumnus) Tim Duncan. […]