Workshops & Events
Block Print Bandanas
In this in-person workshop, learn how to create repeating patterns and carve a linoleum block to print on fabric.
Introduction to Screen Printing: December
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
Alphabet Alchemy
In this in-person workshop, you’ll learn a variety of inking and typesetting techniques that break away from traditional typography and letterpress printing to reimagine the shapes of our alphabet.
Screen Print Totes
Screen print your unique design on three totes ahead of the gift-giving season!
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (December)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Image Transfers for Collage
Image transfers are a playful and versatile process to add to your collage toolbox. Part collage and part print, image transfers offer an opportunity for unexpected results.
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics (January)
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.
Collage Chapbooks at WIP and MCBA!
Join Workshop for Independent Publishing (WIP) founders, Aiden Bettine and India Johnson, for an in-person chapbook publishing workshop at WIP (Saturday 1/10) and MCBA (Sunday 1/11).
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (January)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (January)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Introduction to Screen Printing: January
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
Screen Print Cards: January
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and print your unique design on a set of cards!
Letterpress Refresh: Be My Valentine
Refresh your skills and build confidence in letterpress printing in this love-themed workshop.
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics (November)
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.
Screen Print Cards
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and print your unique design on a set of cards!
Type as Image: Experiments in Letterpress
In this in-person workshop, investigate the way the letters and the spaces between them communicate meaning in new, unexpected ways.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (September)
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.
Letterpress Cards with Hebrew Wood Type
Experience letterpress printing while making cards with MCBA's new collection of Hebrew wood type.
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics (August)
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.