And, gentle readers, that day is today!

It’s the opening party for the first biennial AS220 Print Lottery. 200 prints from a whole bunch of artists. You can buy a lottery ticket for $75, and the prints will be dispersed at the end of the month. Proceeds go towards keeping the print shop running.

Of course, 200 printmakers celebrating with cake and beer will probably make for something of a claustrophobia-inducing situation at AS220. But if it gets to be too much you can head down the street to the Project Space, where there’s a retrospective of Pete Cardoso’s posters happening. I’ve always liked his prints–there’s one in my kitchen!–and so that’ll surely be worth checking out as well.

join us TODAY january 26th, from 5pm-9pm at the AS220 Community Print Shop for our POST HOLIDAY CRAFT PARTY PARTY REDUX (a wholesome crafty get-together).

Make some post-holiday presents and cards or tigers or whatever using pom-poms and glitter and pipe cleaner ’cause you haven’t since shortly after you were a fetus!!! “F” ART LETS GET CRAFTY!!!!!!!!!!! BYOB and BYOS (bring your own supplies!). We will provide AWESOME food and drink! AND we have an IPOD!!! Also, it ENDS AT NINE so you can enjoy your regularly scheduled presumably less-than wholesome Saturday night!

FYI, AS220 Community Print Shop is located at 95 Mathewson St. #210 in sunny downtown Providence, Rhode Island! Buzz #210 and come up to the 2nd fl, first star on your right and straight on til morning! For more info on the print shop, call Morgan (401.831.9327 x 112), email Morgan (morgan@as220.org), visit the myspace or the official website, or stop by for a quick peek!