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The much-anticipated return of PrintMatter’s steamroller event will feature over 50 artists from all across Texas. Each artist will bring a carved 3' x 5' woodblock, which will be inked and printed using a 2-ton steamroller as a printing press. The oversized prints will then be hung in museum, where they will be available for […]
Shop local on Small Business Saturday at The Printing Museum! Local artists, crafters, and printmakers will be selling one-of-a-kind artwork, crafts, and jewelry. They make the perfect gifts for families and friends. Museum admission will be free that day and includes this event. VENDORS INCLUDE: Amber Kaiser Caroline Brock Creations DEEK Esmeralda P. Sanchez Ghana […]
Join us for our FREE Educator & Artist Open House! Artists and educators interested in unforgettable learning opportunities are welcome at our Open House. Explore our printmaking studios, tour the museum for a printing demo on our historical presses, learn more about our permanent collection from a docent, and see the first survey of work […]
Exploring Space City! Cover design by Carlos Lowry, cover photograph by Jerry Sebesta. Though relatively short-lived Space City! is widely acknowledged as one of the best of the 60s-70s underground newspapers. The Houston Metropolitan Research Center partners with the Printing Museum to celebrate the release of a new book created by those who lived it, […]
Celebrate the machine that Thomas Edison called “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Designed by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1885, “Linotype” literally means “line of type.” The Linotype Machine was the first machine at which a person could use a keyboard to compose a single line of type, and cast it in lead, called a "slug". […]
