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For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Printdustrial! – Letterpress Open Studios

Letra Chueca Press 1515 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR, United States

Twelve letterpress printers throughout Portland open their doors to share their personalities, inspirations, and treasures during Design Week Portland! FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Each shop will offer its own programming, potentially including free samples, interactive and non-interactive demonstrations, and art and antiques for view and sale. Follow us and the participating artists on Facebook and Instagram for features and updates! Some studios may contain antique equipment unsafe for children to handle and be in old and unusual buildings. If you have accessibility concerns, consider contacting individual shops for details. If you have small children you prefer not to supervise, this event is not advised. [Please note, the location of this event is set at Letra Chueca Press, but there are other participating locations…

Free

Printdustrial! – Letterpress Open Studios

Letra Chueca Press 1515 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR, United States

Twelve letterpress printers throughout Portland open their doors to share their personalities, inspirations, and treasures during Design Week Portland! FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Each shop will offer its own programming, potentially including free samples, interactive and non-interactive demonstrations, and art and antiques for view and sale. Follow us and the participating artists on Facebook and Instagram for features and updates! Some studios may contain antique equipment unsafe for children to handle and be in old and unusual buildings. If you have accessibility concerns, consider contacting individual shops for details. If you have small children you prefer not to supervise, this event is not advised. [Please note, the location of this event is set at Letra Chueca Press, but there are other participating locations…

Free

DWP 2019 Open House: Oblation Papers & Press

Oblation Papers & Press 516 NW 12th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

At Oblation Papers & Press, we employ traditional techniques to make sheets of cotton paper by hand using recycled remnants from the garment industry, and letterpress cards, stationery, and invitations in our print shop. Visitors are welcome to come tour our papermaking studio and letterpress print shop. We will have letterpress and papermaking demonstrations throughout the day and evening.

Free