Print Day in May at FBAC

May 2 from 12pm - 6pm

Celebrate Print Day in May with us, an international celebration of printing! Learn about printmaking in all its forms, across 160 years of industrial innovation and artistic expression. Meet our talented community of local artists and teachers who will show you how printing equipment pioneered the production of its time, and how it continues to serve us today.

Demonstrations:

• - (12-6) Scip Barnhart, Lee Newman, and Bob Cummings show all steps of stone lithography, from grinding to printing

  
  

• - (12-3) Judith Kornett creates a multi-block puzzle print on the etching press

  
  

• - (12-3) Lisa Bledsoe registers multiple linocut relief blocks on the Vandercook 4

  
  

• - (1-3) Lauren Muney will be cutting custom silhouettes with hand-letterpressed backgrounds - slots will be limited, timed appointments will start being given out just before 1pm

  
  

• - (3-6) Marcey Jastrab prints linocut relief blocks on fabric on the etching press

  Keepsakes: (run the press yourself and take home the fruits of your labor!)

  
  

• - (12-6 Kid Friendly!) Ink and print your own P22 block zine forms with Adele Ross

  
  

• (12-4) Ray Nichols and Jill Cipher print protest posters on the Vandercook 219

  
  

• - (12-3) Print letterpress poetry on the Kelsey press with Laura Levesque

  
  

• - (12-6) Print your own collectible letterpress card on the Kelsey press

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