Thursday, 10/24/24, 7 PM — 9 PM | Our October Printer-in-Residence who is embedded in ArtCenter letterpress classes this week at HMCT Archetype Press will share her work and process with the public. Jessica, a letterpress printer since 1989, invented Daredevil Furniture for the composition of metal type in circles, curves and angles. Her works include artist books, broadsides and ephemera. She has an MFA from Columbia College Chicago and teaches workshops virtually and in person around the country. Follow her Instagram @springtidepress to see her work, or visit springtidepress.com.

Saturday, 10/26, 9 AM — 4 PM | Spend a day alongside daredevil printer Jessica Spring and immerse yourself in daredevil typesetting and printing techniques. Move beyond straight lines and right angles to set type that curves, angles, and bounces. Previous letterpress printing experience is not required. The workshop is limited to 12 participants; fee is $150, all materials included. Register here Questions? Contact Archetype Press Studio Manager Joshue Molina, joshue.molina@artcenter.edu

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

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

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.