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Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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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. |
Closed |
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. |
Wait-list |
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! |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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! |
Wait-list |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Open |
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. |
Wait-list |
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. |
Wait-list |
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 |