Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects! Available during museum operating hours on the first and third Fridays of each month, open studios offer artists and hobbyists supervised access to its resources and equipment at an affordable flat rate. Staff or instructors will be on hand for questions or assistance.

Registration: $60. Members save 10%. Become a member today!

Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.

Guidelines

Participants must:

• Have more than 6 hours of group or 1:1 instruction in letterpress, bookbinding, or printmaking at the museum or equivalent experience.
• Bring their own consumables. Letterpress: paper, specialty ink. Standard inks, gloves, cleaning agents, and basic tools are available for use. Bookbinding: all paper and most hand tools. Papermaking: pulp. Printmaking: paper, ink, linoleum blocks, tarlatan. Risograph: paper

Bookbinding Studio

The bookbinding studio is equipped with tools for cutting, stitching and binding, and the cutting and application of leather, lettering, and gold leaf.

Letterpress Studio

Bookable letterpress studio equipment includes: Vandercook Universal I, No. 4; Chandler & Price Pilot; Golding Pearl No. 3; an extensive collection of wood and metal type, borders, and cuts.

Printmaking Studio

Monotypes, etchings, and linocuts are just some of the editioned work you can print in the printmaking studio.

Papermaking Studio

The papermaking studio is equipped with everything you need to create paper: molds and deckles, vats, felts, drying racks, and a blender.

Risograph

The bookbinding studio is equipped with tools for cutting, stitching and binding, and the cutting and application of leather, lettering, and gold leaf.