Learn about the history and power of the printing press as a tool for sharing information, and use a Vandercook printing press to print a message!

This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.

This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.

This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.

Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.

In this in-person workshop, learn the full linocut printmaking process from start to finish: transferring an image, carving safely and effectively, and printing by hand.

Learn about the history and power of the printing press as a tool for sharing information, and use a Vandercook printing press to print a message!

Join us for a collaborative concrete poetry and low-fi printmaking workshop in MCBA’s studios, drawing on the history of concrete poetry, the work of screenprinter and text-combiner Corita Kent, and Walt Whitman's insistence that a just society is poetry's embodiment.