In-Person Workshops

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Workshops: In-Person
Type Title Instructor Summary Status
Binding
Sessions: 12
Start: Monday, February 3, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, May 12, 2025, 9:00 PM
Juliayn Coleman

Explore the ethereal nature of parchment and practice edge gilding over the course of 12 sessions in this advanced bookbinding class.

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Binding
Sessions: 12
Start: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 9:00 PM
Juliayn Coleman

Explore the ethereal nature of parchment and practice edge gilding over the course of 12 sessions in this advanced bookbinding class.

Closed
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

Learn to make a multi-compartment box, perfect for storing sewing supplies or other small tools.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, February 23, 2025, 4:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Also known as ‘shepherd’s purse' or ‘explosion page’ and often used commercially for tourist maps, the Turkish map fold and other variants are interesting and impactful features to add to a binding.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Friday, February 28, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Friday, February 28, 2025, 4:00 PM
Julie Beeler

Ready to dive into the magical world of fungi and natural color? In this day-long workshop we are going to be tapping into the colors hidden in nature's most surprising places!

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Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 2, 2025, 5:30 PM
Coleen Curry

Make an elegant, multi-section, flexible leather binding with leather doublures and a suede flyleaf.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 12:00 PM
End: Saturday, March 1, 2025, 5:00 PM
Brian Ferrett

Learn to print your own charming postcards on our small-format tabletop presses.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 2, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 2, 2025, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster!

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, March 7, 2025, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to move quickly through the press basics while also addressing relief printing in general. After this class students are qualified to rent press time as well as move on to more advanced classes and techniques.

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Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 5:30 PM
Brian Lieske

Expand your skills to build a custom hinged box for a favorite book or prints.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, March 9, 2025, 4:00 PM
Aimee Lee

Learn to make thread out of paper two ways, rooted in Korean and Japanese traditions, with visiting instructor Aimee Lee.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Discover how to dampen paper, use bearers, and finesse rubber-and oil-based inks on Cylinder and Jobbing Platen Presses for better ink coverage and control.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 5:30 PM
Madison Halaby Gordon

In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper.

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Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, March 15, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, March 16, 2025, 4:00 PM
Aimee Lee

Learn how to make bark lace from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree, usually used to make fine paper.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 16, 2025, 12:00 PM
End: Sunday, March 16, 2025, 4:30 PM
Meri Brin

Create a two-color poster on the Risograph, a machine that combines the ease of a photocopier with the stencil concept of silkscreen.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, March 17, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, March 21, 2025, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

Our Bookbinding Core Certificate Program introduces students to four different binding models, leading them through the history and evolution of bookmaking.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster!

Open
Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

This introduction to leatherwork for bookbinding covers the tools and techniques commonly used in leather bookbinding today.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 12:00 PM
End: Sunday, March 23, 2025, 5:00 PM
Stephanie Jucker

Use collage techniques to create a book with pop-up elements and a hard cover that nestles nicely in an upcycled tin.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 9:00 PM
Brian Lieske

This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 9:00 PM
Madison Halaby Gordon

If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 4:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Learn the basics of pochoir, a stenciling technique that is great for editioning and book art. Pochoir will help you add color and depth to your projects.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 5:30 PM
Michelle Sarjeant

Learn several simple techniques to repair your hardcover clothbound books, including mending tears, rebuilding missing board, and sharpening corners.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

This extension of our popular Introduction to Western Marbling workshop will help students take their marbling skills to the next level as they learn to marble on fabric that can be used for covering books and boxes.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 5:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Create a letterpress-printed one page wonder! Students will design and print a collaborative book while learning to set type and print on a cylinder press.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 5:00 PM
Kate Laster

Learn about the tender art of subtractive drawing that is papercut! What happens when we make images with razor sharp sweetness?

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, April 7, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, April 11, 2025, 5:30 PM
Beth Redmond

Our Bookbinding Core Certificate Program introduces students to four different binding models, leading them through the history and evolution of bookmaking.

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Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 13, 2025, 5:00 PM
Dorothy Yuki

Explore the possibilities of making prints from flowers, plants, and other materials found in nature in this two-day workshop.

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Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, April 13, 2025, 5:00 PM
Rhiannon Alpers

This engaging 2-day weekend workshop offers a deep dive into the art of boxmaking, focusing on constructing a multi-tiered tray with a magnetic enclosure.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 9:00 PM
Madison Halaby Gordon

This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 5:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates.

Open
Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 5:30 PM
Bettina Pauly

Learn another use for the accordion fold: create an in-depth scene using postcards and photographs to make a lovely, layered, 3-dimensional book.

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Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 20, 2025, 5:30 PM
Brian Lieske

Make a cloth-covered box from pre-cut pieces in this beginning workshop.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 5:30 PM
Beth Redmond

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

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Binding, Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 27, 2025, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

This marbling lab takes the art of traditional paper marbling to a new level by introducing metallics to the pigments normally used and experimenting with over-marbling techniques.

Open
Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 9:00 PM
Brian Lieske

If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 9:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

This in-depth introduction to paper cutting will help you understand what to buy (and how much!) as well as how to plan for and safely trim your paper.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, May 3, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 4, 2025, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

Open