letterpress classes in your area:

April 30, 2010

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to end the week off, i thought i'd post a list of letterpress classes offered in various cities. this is a big world though, so i'm apologize for not even covering a smidgen of all the cities there are. i encourage you to ask around your community, find a local printer, and definitely check briar press. you can often find classes that are being offered posted at briar press in the workshops & events classifieds section. there are lots of resources available, have fun :)

Brooklyn, New York: thearmnyc.com

Chicopee, Massachusetts maydaystudio.com


St. louis, Missouri: allalongpress.com

Minneapolis, Minnesota: openbookmn.org

Columbus, Ohio: iglooletterpress.com

Alexandria, Virgina: thehiveat1511.com
Alexandria, Virgina: railwaystationpress.com

Pasadena, California: armoryarts.org
Los Angeles, California: lalapress.com
San Francisco, California: jordan ferney (from oh happy day)
Carson, California: printmuseum.org

Grayslake, Illinois: paperstories.com
Evanston, Illinois: evanstonprint.com
Chicago, Illinois: colum.edu

Asheville, North Carolina:
Raleigh, North Carolina: officinabriani.com

Toronto (downtown) Ontario Canada: bookhou.com
Toronto (scarborough) Ontario Canada: snapandtumble.com


Bathurst, Australia: willamer.com.au


24 hello's:

  1. Loving Letterpress Week!

    I'd really like to know if there are any letterpress classes in the UK as well. :'(

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  2. We signed up for a letterpress workshop in Alexandria, VA at www.railwaystationpress.com!

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  3. Also in Chicago check out the community classes at Columbia College's Center for Book and Paper:
    http://www.colum.edu/book_and_paper/Classes.php

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  4. Oh Danni, I am sooo excited, Chicopee, MA is only about 45 min from my home!!!!! I didn't think any of these classes would be anywhere near my little country home. This made my day!!!!!!!!!

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  5. I've taken snap & tumble's Letterpress Curiosity Workshop and it's wonderful to be able to get a chance to use her Craftsmen and the Adana. It's in Toronto too(Scarborough is within the Greater Toronto area).

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  6. Sapling Press in Pittsburgh, PA will sometimes post class details on the Sapling Press Blog.

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  7. Oh thanks for posting about St. Louis! I feel like all of the cool classes are in NY, Chicago, or LA so this makes me happy! :-)

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  8. The Minnesota Center for Book Arts (openbookmn.org) offers letterpress classes in Minneapolis, MN!

    Also, Lunalux Letterpress has an event called Stationery Saturday coming up on May 8th -- you can come in and create your own custom letterpress stationery on the spot! For more info visit http://www.lunalux.com/studiostore/saturday/!

    ;)

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  9. thank you for this post! I might just take a class in brooklyn =]

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  10. the snap & tumble (in Toronto) link is:
    http://snapandtumble.com/workshops.html

    the link provided in the post is incorrect.

    thanks!

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  11. you can add Igloo, in Columbus, Ohio!

    http://iglooletterpress.com/

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  12. I'm currently taking the Letterpress 1 class at the Evanston Print and Paper Shop in IL and it's wonderful! Highly recommend. For those of you having trouble with the link, maybe this will work better:
    http://www.evanstonprint.net/index2.php#/home/

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  13. oh, it would have been nice to have one closer to Charlotte, NC. I might look into the Raleigh one. thanks for the info.
    have a loveLee weekend!

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  14. Do they have letterpress class at Manhattan?

    Annie (NJ)

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  15. This is fantastic! Columbus's Igloo Letterpress is a fantastic place. I've been interning there since August. Too fun!

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  16. What about Israel.....?
    :P

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  17. Awesome! Letterpress CLASSES??? How cool is that??? I wonder if I can get a sitter! -ha.

    Thanks for these articles..., love them!!

    (And the look of your blog is so pretty... feeling a little plain on mine!)

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  18. Danni....thanks for the list. I was surprised and pleased that there is one relatively close to me. I will have to check it out :)
    Michelle

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  19. We offer classes at our studio in Leesburg, Virginia too!

    Haute Papier
    21 Wirt Street

    202.337.1623
    www.hautepapier.com

    :)

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  20. Thank you for sharing this. I signed up right away for the class at All Along Press in St. Louis. I'm uber excited!

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  21. You could add Zygote Press in Cleveland Ohio
    http://zygotepress.com/

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  22. THANK YOU for including Toronto! I've bookmarked both places and hope to take a course this summer! Wheeee!

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  23. atelierdomino.ca offers letterpress classes and studio rental in Montreal, Canada

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