Our printing curriculum is designed to introduce the fundamentals of letterpress printing, get you printing on your own and present recent technologies and alternative techniques for producing images and text on paper.
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| Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 11, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Brian Ferrett |
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, January 18, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 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, Arts |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 5:30 PM |
Patricia Wakida |
Design and print your own t-shirt and kitchen tea towel designs using speedy carve blocks (the "pink stuff"), which is an easy alternative to hard linoleum. |
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| Printing |
Sessions: 2
Start: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Grendl Löfkvist |
Who needs Match.com? Combine your own linoleum block artwork with the Center's type to create extra-special love notes for your whole entourage of admirers. |
Open |
| Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, January 25, 2025, 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 |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, January 29, 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. |
Open |
| Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, February 9, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, February 9, 2025, 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 |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Learn how to properly maintain a hand-fed Cylinder Proof Press, as well as how to adjust it so that it prints beautifully. |
Open |
| Printing Core Curriculum |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, February 15, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, February 16, 2025, 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 |
| Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 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: 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. |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
Open |
| 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. |
Open |
| Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 9:00 PM |
Madison 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 |
| Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 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 |
| 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. |
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