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Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead and wood type. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100 year old equipment! Successful completion of this 1 day class grants IPRC Studio Members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing. Nonmembers and Basic Members receive one trial month of Studio Membership after completion of the course. 2 Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2…

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$150 – $250

PNCA Open Workshops: Love Languages & Letterpress

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Looking for the perfect way to express yourself through words and art? Join us in this free, hands-on workshop on the age-old technique of letterpress. Just in time for Valentine's Day! Level: teen to adult Pre-registration required--this is not a drop-in event. Class starts promptly at 1pm.

Free

AWP 2019 // Burning Deck Exhibit and Tribute to the Waldrops

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

A display of Burning Deck publications from the past 60 years, including rare letterpress editions and magazines, along with a casual reading celebration, with many collaborators, friends, and former students of the Waldrops reading from favorite Burning Deck or Waldrop books. Featuring Alejandro de Acosta, Rae Armantrout, Kristin P. Bradshaw, Lee Ann Brown, Matthew Cooperman, Danielle Dutton, E. Tracy Grinnell, Aaron Kunin, Sawako Nakayasu, Jena Osman, Lisa Pearson, Sarah Riggs, Martin Riker, Cole Swensen, Lynn Xu, Magdalena Zurawski, and others. Exhibit open from 6 to 9pm, readings begin at 6:30 and 8:00. Presented by Wave Books and PNCA's Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing.

Free

C.C. Stern Type Foundry Open House

C.C. Stern Type Foundry and Museum of Metal Typography 8900 NE Vancouver Way, Portland, OR, United States

The C.C. Stern Type Foundry and Museum of Metal Typography is holding an open house from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30. Housed in a Northeast Portland industrial complex, the foundry and working museum are dedicated to cultivating the connection between the art of fine letterpress printing and the industry of making the metal ornaments and type that it requires. Come and visit one of the only type foundries between San Francisco and Vancouver, BC, and see how type is made. Contact: Joseph Green

Free – $5

Launch Party and Broadside Printing Demo with Ecotone & Lookout Books

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us as we launch Ecotone's Bradford–Niedermann Broadside Series, and celebrate Ecotone's latest issue and the new anthology, Trespass, from Lookout Books. Featured poets Cortney Lamar Charleston and Molly Tenenbaum will read, and designer and printer Rory Sparks will host a letterpress printing demo for anyone who wants to try out printing the last run on a broadside. Door prizes will include broadsides and copies of our publications. Light refreshments will be served. Come celebrate with Ecotone and Lookout staff and authors! Contact: Anna Lena Phillips Bell Print Studio, Room 257, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, 511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209 Here’s something we’ve been scheming about for a while: in honor of Ecotone poetry editor Jason Bradford, and his mother, Shirley Niedermann,…

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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…

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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…

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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

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead and wood type. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100 year old equipment! Successful completion of this 1 day class grants IPRC Studio Members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing. Nonmembers and Basic Members receive one trial month of Studio Membership after completion of the course. 2 Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2…

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$150 – $250

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead and wood type. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100 year old equipment! Successful completion of this 1 day class grants IPRC Studio Members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing. Nonmembers and Basic Members receive one trial month of Studio Membership after completion of the course. 2 Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2…

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$150 – $250
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