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Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Discover how to create trace monotypes, a form of printing without a press, and then use the resulting prints to design a one of a kind pop-up accordion book. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Thea Sizemore |
Experiment with Sintra, a foam board that can be carved into with speed and ease yet yields printed results that are similar to that of lino or wood cuts. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Lisa Rappoport |
Create a letterpress printed one page wonder! Students will design and print an edition of one-page folded books while learning to set type and print on a cylinder press. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 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, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 12:30 PM
End: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 4:30 PM |
Elaine Chu |
Learn how to construct a unique hardcover journal with lay-flat pages, perfect for note-taking or sketching. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Now that you've completed the Cylinder Core series, you can become certified on the Jobbing Platen, a true workhorse of the letterpress printing world. Learn the ins-and-outs of this press that's great for large editions. |
Wait-list |
Printing Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 24, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 25, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Now that you've completed the Cylinder Core series, you can become certified on the Jobbing Platen, a true workhorse of the letterpress printing world. Learn the ins-and-outs of this press that's great for large editions. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Juliayn Coleman |
Take a paperback book and transform it into something more durable! |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Courtney Cerruti |
Learn how create depth and dimension in your work using image transfer techniques. Work with found imagery to transfer onto paper, fabric, wood, and more. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, May 4, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 5, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Coleen Curry |
A radically modern binding, the Pianel uses brass rods as piano hinges to create a structural and visual feature while allowing the binding to open beautifully. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Leigh Mclellan |
Colorful and fun, this method of decorating paper is easy to learn and the papers created can be used for many purposes. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, May 5, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, May 5, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Move it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 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? |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a 3D pop-up architectural scene with a few simple cuts and folds. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Dorothy Yuki |
Embroidery on paper? YES! Embellish photos, postcards, and more with thread and stitches. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 30, 2024, 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 |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, May 16, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, June 13, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, August 8, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, August 8, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Madison 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 |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Madison 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! |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Hanna Rashidi |
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 |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, July 25, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, July 25, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Hanna Rashidi |
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 |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, May 6, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, May 6, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
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 |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 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 |
Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 3:00 PM |
Patricia Wakida |
Learn the basics of carving and printing designs from linoleum blocks. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11:00 AM
End: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 4:00 PM |
Stephanie Jucker |
Create a multidimensional book using interlocking accordions and a piano-hinge fastening. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 3
Start: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Billy Ola Hutchinson |
Pick up where you left off in Hand Lettering with Billy Ola Hutchinson's twist on Copperplate/Spencerian! |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 3
Start: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Billy Ola Hutchinson |
Pick up where you left off in Hand Lettering with Billy Ola Hutchinson's twist on Copperplate/Spencerian! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 3
Start: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, May 23, 2024, 9:30 PM |
Billy Ola Hutchinson |
Hand lettering for all, even those with the shakiest of handwriting! Ease into the art of calligraphy with this beginning class in penmanship, letter formation, layout techniques, and calligraphic processes and materials. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, May 12, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 12, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Gino Robair |
Looking to expand your letterpress skills? In this class, we will explore improvisatory ways of creating multicolor prints on the Vandercook without locking up typeforms on the press bed. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session - now on Thursdays! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session - now on Thursdays! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, July 11, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, July 11, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session - now on Thursdays! |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, August 1, 2024, 7:30 PM |
Tim Svenonius |
Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, April 15, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, April 15, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Hope Amico |
Let the Collage Claw Machine dictate your materials! |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 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 |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 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. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, August 10, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, August 10, 2024, 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 |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, August 3, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, August 3, 2024, 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. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 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 |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 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: 1
Start: Sunday, June 2, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 2, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
Build your letterpress skills: learn advanced justification, typesetting, and composition. Put it all together to print a broadside of your own design. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Paula Gloistein |
Build your letterpress skills: learn advanced justification, typesetting, and composition. Put it all together to print a broadside of your own design. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, May 24, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Thea Sizemore |
The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to quickly learn letterpress basics and become certified to rent studio time. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Dig in to the tradition and history of letterpress printing and get your hands dirty. Learn about the process and practice of setting type while printing your own cards. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Dig in to the tradition and history of letterpress printing and get your hands dirty. Learn about the process and practice of setting type while printing your own cards. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 9:00 PM |
Molly Meng |
Book boxes are infused with an air of mystery... learn how to make your own magical repository. |
Open |
Binding |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 7, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Protect prints and books in elegant lift-top presentation boxes. In this class you will design and construct a custom lift-top box to your own specifications. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, June 16, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 16, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Brian Lieske |
Working from pre-cut materials, students will learn three simple enclosures: Folded Paper Portfolio, Phased Box & Slipcase. |
Open |
Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 13, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 14, 2024, 4:30 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 Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 13, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 14, 2024, 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 |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, April 28, 2024, 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 |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 10, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 11, 2024, 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 |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 24, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 25, 2024, 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. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, March 30, 2024, 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 |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 22, 2024, 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. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 21, 2024, 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. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Nina Zeininger |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 15, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Madison Gordon |
In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, June 24, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, June 28, 2024, 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. |
Open |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Madison Gordon |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Wait-list |
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding. |
Wait-list |
Binding |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, July 20, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, July 20, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Clair Emma Smith |
This course will introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair. |
Open |
Binding, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, March 31, 2024, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, March 31, 2024, 5:30 PM |
Pietro Accardi |
Straight out of a 1970s Italian phone booth, this 360-degree flexible binding offers many advantages because it bends and does not break. |
Wait-list |
Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, May 26, 2024, 1:00 PM
End: Sunday, May 26, 2024, 5:00 PM |
Taun Relihan |
Alchemy is more than just turning lead into gold. Trace the history of the process, learn about its applications and identify ways that you can use alchemical influences in your own art. |
Open |