Moving Parts Press

02/24/2026

My mom devoted her life to this work. I am here to bear witness to her legacy. Join me and feel the love and excitement that Dorothy Beebee shared with dye pioneer Miriam C. Rice as they unlocked the full spectrum of color from fungi.

Try It and See: The Story Behind Mushroom Dyes
Produced by Martin and Myra Beebee

Saturday, February 28, 2026, 6-8pm

Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake St.
Mendocino

Mushrooms are now widely used as a source for natural dyes. Many dyers today may not know that it all began with an accidental discovery by Miriam C. Rice, an artist from Mendocino. In the 1970s, Miriam wrote the groundbreaking book Let’s Try Mushrooms for Color, illustrated by artist and friend Dorothy Beebee. In this beautiful film, Dorothy gives a behind-the-scenes look into one slice of the early history of mushroom dyes, the expansion of their work into two additional books, and her thoughts on the future of mushroom dyes.

The film is screening alongside the exhibit MUSHROOMS & COLOR, now on display at the MAC through March 8. The exhibit features fiber arts and textiles, prints, paintings, handmade paper, sculpture, and experiments using mushrooms and lichens for dyes, pigments, and pulp. Selected works by contemporary artists and makers are displayed with notebooks and drawings by dye pioneer Dorothy Beebee. Other artworks draw from Miriam Rice’s personal collection and that of IMDI members.

The MUSHROOMS & COLOR exhibit closes on March 8 – less than two weeks left. Don’t miss it!

02/09/2026

Please come!

02/01/2026

Reporter Carole Brodsky came to interview me about my two upcoming shows in February at the Mendocino Art Center: Mushrooms & Color and Felicia Rice: Changes.

We sat and talked for over 3 hours about my mom, the mushroom dye maven Miriam Rice; the story of Moving Parts Press; and my work now. We covered family and caregiving, and exchanged tools for navigating the political landscape, then and now.

The result is this beautifully written article that appeared on the front page of The Mendocino Beacon, Fort Bragg Advocate, and Ukiah Daily Journal.

Thank you, Carole.

The Mendocino Art Center is showing the work of world-renowned letterpress printer and artist Felicia Rice along with a second exhibit: “Mushrooms and Color” in honor of her mother and …

01/18/2026

A reminder that the incredible exhibit at Ukiah's Grace Hudson Museum - Sun House & Wild Gardens has just two weeks to go before it closes. Be sure to get by to see the work of Mission Grafica. The exhibit also includes the work of book artist and poet Theresa Whitehill, which includes the piece, Heavy Lifting, on which she and I collaborated over the course of many years. The exhibit is really beautifully designed, from wall colors and curation and arrangement of pieces, to the lighting, thanks to exhibit curator Alyssa Boge and exhibit designer Denver Tuttle.

01/13/2026

Something I am working on, feverishly. The deadline for submission is Feb 1!

OPEN CALL Please submit your textiles, fiber arts, prints, paintings, handmade paper, sculpture, and experiments using mushroom dye and pigments to this exhibition:

Mushrooms & Color
February 14-March 8, 2026
Mendocino Art Center

Selected works will be shown alongside fiber arts, textiles, knit, crocheted, and woven with mushroom-dyed yarn. This exhibit features mushroom-dyed works by contemporary artists and makers. It includes notebooks and drawings by science illustrator Dorothy Beebee, who worked closely with dye expert Miriam C. Rice to unlock the full spectrum of color from mushrooms. Other artworks draw from Miriam’s personal collection and that of members of the non-profit organization Miriam founded in 1985, the International Mushroom Dye Institute (IMDI).

All works submitted will also be showcased on IMDI’s website

Submission deadline Sun Feb 1
$20 application fee (for fee waiver, email mushroomsforcolor@gmail)
Notification by Wed, Feb 4
Drop off at Mendocino Art Center Feb 8/9th

Contact: Felicia Rice [email protected]
Apply through the IMDI Gallery at https://www.mushroomsforcolor.com/imdi-gallery/

12/29/2025

Learn about the broadside series, LATINX | CHICANX | POETX, here. Keep your eyes and ears open, there may be more from this community of poets.

LATINX / CHICANX / POETX is a series of broadsides by contemporary queer+ Latinx/Chicanx poets, a collaboration between contemporary artists, poets, editors, activists, radical thinkers, and translators of the Latinx, Chicanx, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

12/29/2025

This is the final broadside in our series of 14 that was begun back in 2019. Hannah and Angel photographed each broadside out in the garden with flowers. We were cultivating a community of poets spread across the US and Puerto Rico. Keep your ears and eyes open, there may be more from this group of poets!

12/28/2025

Friends,

We are living in a season of change. I find hope in the coming of the new year and the gradual return of the light. This is something I can trust. Please be in touch.

Felicia

12/22/2025

"Boreal" was one of the most spontaneous broadsides in the Latinx Chicanx Poetx broadside series. Hannah Kezema and Angel Dominguez and I were working in the shop on one of our precious weekends together to produce this series. Suddenly, I knew exactly what to do for the image to complement Oliver's poem. The image is a collograph relief printed from cheesecloth glued to wood. Once the glue was dry, the hills and mountains, the ridge and sky simply emerged on the sheet. Or does the pale blue suggest water?