Guest Poet: Harry Gamboa Jr
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- Gloria Kondrup
Monday, December 11 |
4–6 PM |
Harry Gamboa Jr. is co-founder of the Chicano Art group, ASCO (1972–1985) and currently serves as co-director of the Photo and Media Program at CalArts. His work has been exhibited by museums nationally and internationally, and he has taught, lectured, and served on panel discussions at various universities and art institutions. We are honored that Harry wrote a poem, Nothing Left, for the fall Archetype Press class at ArtCenter College of Design, which the students used as the basis for a limited edition collaborative book, that interprets his words through text and image using hand-set wood and metal foundry type and letterpress printed.
Join us on Monday, December 11 from 4 to 6pm for a special presentation of the book and a reading of the poem.
RSVP at: archetypepress@artcenter.edu
Journals, Notebooks & Diaries
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- Janet Kupchick
Saturday & Sunday, 10/28 — 10/29/23, 10 AM — 5 PM | This new workshop lets you create your own personalized, small-edition covers for saddle-stitched booklets using Archetype's extensive collection of wood and metal foundry type ornaments, dingbats, and decorative rules. Projects will be printed on one of thirteen Vandercook proof presses. Instructor: Leslie Prussia. Contact ArtCenter Extension (ACX) to register: ACX
Colby Broadsided
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- Susan Malmstrom
Saturday, March 18 | 1 — 3 PM |
In conjunction with the exhibition Hello LA: Clive Piercy–Inside the Mind of a Designer at Williamson Gallery (Hillside Campus of ArtCenter), Archetype Press presents a demonstration by Professors Simon Johnston and Gloria Kondrup, who will design and hand-set a “Hello LA” broadside in the iconic style of the Colby Poster Printing Company, which attendees will be given the opportunity to print!
Simon Johnston and Clive Piercy donated their collection of Colby posters to the HMCT Archive. Designer Clive Piercy worked on a personal project with Colby, and described their work as 'inimitably LA.’
Free and open to the public. Space is limited, register at eventbrite.
Holiday Greetings
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- Leslie Prussia
Saturday & Sunday 11/11 – 11/12/2023, 10 AM - 5 PM | Design, hand-set, and letterpress print your own unique holiday cards, notes or gifts using Archetype's extensive collection of foundry type, ornaments, dingbats and decorative rules. You will be introduced to the basics of hand-set typography and letterpress printing on the Vandercook proof press. Contact ArtCenter Extension (ACX) to register: ACX
Type as Image
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- Janet Kupchick
Saturday & Sunday, 10/08/2022 & 10/09/2022, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
Curious about letterpress printing? In this weekend
workshop, you will be introduced to the technique
and discover how to use type as object, character
and pattern. Learn the basics of letterpress printing,
press fundamentals, typographic concerns,
impression, and inking control. Create a one sheet
or broadside by choosing a thematic jumping-off
point and creating either a character or a nonlanguage
based visual story. Explore work by letterpress
icons like Kurt Schwitters, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
and Bradbury Thompson for inspiration. At the end
of class, you will print an edition large enough to
share as a folio of prints.
Rhythm & Type with Dafi Kühne
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- Dafi Kuehne
Saturday & Sunday 02/17 – 02/18/2024, 10 AM - 5 PM | Explore the potential of working with technical limitations of the analog world. Spend two days immersed in typography and its semantic connection to the message—experimenting with composition, rhythm, color, typography, and letterpress printing with the guidance of Swiss Master Printer (and Letterpress Wizard) Dafi Kühne. As well as letterpress printers, this workshop is for design students and professionals, type-lovers and typography-nerds. Projects will be printed on one of Archetype’s thirteen Vandercook proof presses, and you will have access to 3,000+ cases of wood and metal type. No printing experience is necessary. Space is limited; cost (including all materials) is $150. Register here: Registration Link
Book Structures 101: Fold, Glue, and Stitch
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- Lorna Turner
Saturday 03/09 | 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM | They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. But what about by its structure? In this one-day hands-on workshop, you will explore a variety of approaches to book structures. Learn the fundamentals and gain the mechanical knowledge necessary to create simple, blank softcover books based on folding, gluing and stitching techniques.
Exhibition: Baby Ink Twice, January 4 Through May 15
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- Susan Malmstrom
Freedom of the LetterPress (On Site)
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- Janet Kupchick
Saturday & Sunday, 02/12/2022 – 02/13/2022, 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM
| Freedom of the press has never been more important. In this two-day introduction to letterpress printing, you will use wood and metal type, pattern, scale and color to design and print a compelling folio of broadside posters on the topic of voting and the importance of a free press. Make your voice heard and exchange works with your classmates. Open to students of all levels.
