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.
Type | Title | Instructor | Summary | Status |
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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, May 26, 2022, 10:00 PM |
Leigh McLellan |
Dig in to the tradition and history of letterpress printing and get your hands dirty. Learn about the process and practice of setting type, mixing inks and pulling impressions. In this class you will learn how to print your own cards! |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, June 11, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, June 11, 2022, 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 26, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, June 26, 2022, 5:30 PM |
Lisa Rappoport |
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: Monday, June 27, 2022, 6:30 PM
End: Monday, June 27, 2022, 9:30 PM |
Robin Weinert |
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, July 10, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 10, 2022, 5:30 PM |
Alan Hillesheim |
Design and aesthetic. Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine you registration skills, and run an edition. Learn more about packing, roller height, and make-ready. Come ready to run an edition of your own small poster! |
Open |
Printing, Arts |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, July 23, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, July 24, 2022, 5:30 PM |
Rik Olson |
Design, carve, and print your own bookplates! |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 9:30 PM |
Robin Weinert |
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: Friday, July 29, 2022, 6:00 PM
End: Friday, July 29, 2022, 9:00 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: 4
Start: Tuesday, August 2, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, August 5, 2022, 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: Saturday, August 6, 2022, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, August 6, 2022, 5:00 PM |
Thea Sizemore |
Go wicked old school - combine everyone's favorite plastic building blocks with the historic art of letterpress printing in this exciting printmaking technique. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, August 7, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 7, 2022, 5:30 PM |
Paula Gloistein |
Bring digital back into analog in this final core course and learn to print from photopolymer plates. Apply your letterpress skills to artwork created digitally to make fantastic plates for printing. Walk away with a stack of stationery printed from polymer plates. |
Open |
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program |
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, August 20, 2022, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, August 21, 2022, 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: Sunday, August 21, 2022, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, August 21, 2022, 4:00 PM |
Bettina Pauly |
Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Why not try moving it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints. |
Open |
Printing |
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 6:30 PM
End: Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 9:30 PM |
Robin Weinert |
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: Friday, August 26, 2022, 6:00 PM
End: Friday, August 26, 2022, 9:00 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 |