(Impressions Magazine. Full article here.)

In recent years, in addition to the Shop Talk panel discussions the Ink Kitchen runs as part of each Impressions Expo, the organization has raised tens of thousands of dollars to help a number of not-for-profits in the cities where each expo takes place. Recipients have included organizations involved in protecting the environment and helping various at-risk populations, including the homeless.

Central to these efforts have been a series of live poster screen-printing activations taking place on the Impressions Expo show floor, with the resulting posters then being made available to attendees for a donation. The first of these came in 2020, with veteran printer and Squeegeeville founder Andy MacDougall working the Impressions Expo show in Long Beach, California. After that came Brian Potash, of Philadelphia’s Devilfish Ink, doing the printing in 2021 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The posters themselves were designed by Aaron Draplin to benefit the Surfrider Foundation, which works to help preserve the world’s oceans.

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