Workshops & Events
Suminagashi: Guided Exploration
Explore and experiment with the art of Japanese marbling—or suminagashi 墨流し (“spilled or floating ink”)—in a supportive, collaborative environment.
Digital Resources: Geometry and Illusion for Visual Artists
In this virtual workshop, we’ll dive into some cool tools—both digital and on paper—to create tessellations, anaglyphs, patterns, and origami templates.
Box Building: Drawers & Dividers (Virtual)
Learn to create drawers that slide and divisions within the box in this virtual workshop.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (July)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Screen Print: Guided Projects
Create an independent project with guidance in this unique in-person workshop designed for screen printers with introductory-level experience.
Paper Spectacle: A Pop-Up Panorama Book
Design and construct a layered pop-up panorama book inspired by Lothar Meggendorfer’s International Circus, in this in-person workshop with visiting artists Julie Chen and Erin McAdams.
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (July)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Box Building: Clamshell Boxes (In-Person)
Clamshell boxes are used to store and protect precious objects—anything from books to a collection of artworks to sheet music.
Box Building Magic: Virtual
In this virtual workshop, learn how to build this unique and playful structure with an artist who has fine-tuned the box design.
Letterpress 4: Guided Projects
Letterpress 4 focuses on planning and printing an edition (or a group of identical prints).
Historical Ethiopian Binding
This in-person, hands-on workshop introduces participants to Ethiopian binding, one of the oldest continuously practiced bookbinding traditions.
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (Weekday Intensive)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Marbling Focus: Bouquet Patterns (Weekday Intensive)
Step into the world of bouquet comb artistry with this immersive, in-person workshop!
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (Weekday Intensive)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Marbling Focus: Stone and Moire (Weekday Intensive)
This in-person workshop focuses on honing skills needed to marble stone and moire patterns.
Year of the Horse Pop-Up Card
Join instructor Shawn Sheehy (a Fire Horse!) in celebrating your astrological luck with an energetic and cheerful pop-up!
Hand-Lettering 2: Composition & Balance (Virtual)
Building on the fundamentals of drawing letters and short words in Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters (previously called The Art of Hand-Lettering), this follow-up workshop focuses on working with multiple words and short phrases.