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Zine-Making Workshop with Skate Like a Girl

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

MAKE A ZINE AT THE IPRC: In this two hour workshop, participants will learn about zines, and make a collaborative zine from start to finish: from content creation, to printing, assembling, and binding. This workshop provides a space for our women, trans, non-binary and/or gender non-conforming community to express themselves through the art of zine-making! Ages 16+ Register now: https://www.skatelikeagirl.com

$30

Summer Series: Recycled Paper Making

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

Recycled Paper Making Register here Instructor: Jenn Woodward of Pulp + Deckle This workshop is in person: Masks / Proof of Vaccination Required Capacity: 8 Sliding scale $10-55 2 no-cost spots available; BIPOC & 2S prioritized Sunday, June 26th 10:30-12:30 Want to learn how to make your own paper for art, books, or other fun projects? In this course we will focus on simple papermaking that you can do at home using an ordinary kitchen blender, picture frames, knitting hoops, and recycled paper- like test prints and junkmail. We’ll also use cookie cutters and stencils, try out some embedding/inclusions, and learn different drying techniques. Students are encouraged to bring dried plants, seeds, yarn and thread if they would like to add it to their paper.…

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$10 – $55

Learn Make Share: Comb Binding

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

Register here *This workshop is scheduled to be in-person in the Main Studio Space at the IPRC: Masks & Proof of Vaccination Required 318 SE Main St. Ste. 155 Portland OR 97214 Learn Make Share: Comb Binding In this Learn Make Share workshop, members will learn how to use the comb binder in the IPRC’s Publishing Tool Library. Participants will come away with a spiral bound notebook, info about where to source binding materials, and the know-how to make their own comb-bound projects. Our Learn, Make, Share series offers introductory, hands-on demos on a variety of the tools in our Print & Publishing Tool Library including our button makers, spiral and coil binders, stack cutters, staplers and photocopiers. These hour-long skill-shares are designed to introduce new…

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Free – $10

PNCA Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing Presents: An Evening with K-Ming Chang & LaTanya McQueen

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

Find more information about this event here and register in advance here PNCA Faculty LaTanya McQueen and Guest Artist K-Ming Chang read from their most recent prose works. Proof vaccination and mask-wearing are required. K-Ming Chang is a Kundiman fellow, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree. She is the author of the New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice novel BESTIARY (One World/Random House, 2020), which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. In 2021, her chapbook BONE HOUSE was published by Bull City Press. Her short story collection, GODS OF WANT, is forthcoming from One World, as well as a novel titled ORGAN MEATS. She lives in California. LaTanya…

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Free

Portfolio Program in Prose Graduation Reading

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

This event is by invite-only. Please reach out to Program Director hquinn@iprc.org with any questions.

Free

Ledger Editions Reading Series

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

*This event is in-person. Masks + Proof of Vaccination Required. See more about the IPRC’s COVID Policy here. July 9th 7-9pm Register here Please join the IPRC for the first reading of our Ledger Editions Readings. We’ll be joined by poets & writers Warren C. Longmire, Jeff Alessandrelli and Janice Lee. This event is made possible with support from the Kinsman Foundation. Warren C. Longmire is a poet, artist, software engineer, and an educator from the bad part of  North Philadelphia. He is a former co-editor of Apiary Magazine, a board member for Blue  Stoop and teaches when he can at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He’s been  published in journals including Prolit, American Poetry Review, Cartridge Lit and The  Painted Bride Quarterly…

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Free

Propeller Books Presents

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

*This is an in-person event. Masks and proof of vaccination are required Join Propeller Books for an evening of readings from: Abraham Smith Jan Verberkmoes Ashley Yang Thompson Ashley Elizabeth Chambers

Free

Summer Series: Paper Marbling

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

This workshop is in person: Masks / Proof of Vaccination Required Register here Join us for an evening of paper marbling with artist and printmaker Jillian Barthold. Learn about different types of paper marbling, and set-up and come away with several examples of marbled paper. Instructor: Jillian Barthold Capacity: 8 Sliding scale $10-55 2 no-cost spots available; BIPOC & 2S prioritized

$10 – $55

Summer Series: Cyanotypes

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

Summer Series: Cyanotypes Register here Instructor: Katherine Spinella This workshop is in person: Masks + Proof of Vaccination Required Capacity: 8 Sun, July 17th 11am – 1:30pm Sliding Scale $10 – 55 2 no-cost spots available; BIPOC & 2S prioritized Join us to explore the photographic alt-process of cyanotypes! Cyanotypes, otherwise known as blueprints, are one of the earliest forms of photography used by engineers and astronomers as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings. In this workshop, we’ll experiment with fun and easy ways to create cyanotypes. By laying film negatives and/or 2D objects on top of the chemically treated material, you’ll create a deep blueprint with bright, ghost-white silhouettes. Feel free to bring your own film negatives, spring botanicals, or…

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$10 – $55

Summer Series: Origami Summer Flowers & Creatures

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

Register here Instructor: Yuki Martin This workshop is in person: Masks / Proof of Vaccination Required Capacity: 8 Sliding scale $10-35 2 no-cost spots available; BIPOC & 2S prioritized Tuesday, 7/19 Part 1; 6:30 – 8pm Tuesday 7/26 Part 2; 6:30 – 8pm Join Yuki Martin for an origami workshop focusing on summery flowers and creatures. This is a two-part workshop, with the first workshop geared towards beginners, and the second workshop designed to build on the skills in the first workshop. The second workshop is recommended for individuals who have taken the first workshop and/or have prior experience.

$10 – $35
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