MUSEUM CLOSED
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesThe Printing Museum will be closed Tuesday, March 1, 2016, for our annual staff retreat. The Museum will re-open on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at 10 a.m.
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Houston Book Arts Guild
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesThe Houston Book Arts Guild (HBAG) exists to establish collaborations among Houston-area artists whose work involves paper and book structures: printmaking, bookbinding, calligraphy, papermaking, letterpress, and others. Our meetings at The Printing Museum combine an opportunity to display ideas and recent projects, to foster working connections among artists, and to teach and learn skills through […]
Houston Printers Guild
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesThe mission of the Printers Guild is to support The Printing Museum by promoting, practicing, and preserving the art of printing by the letterpress process. Are you passionate about words, letters, typefaces, and books? Do you thrill to the sight and texture of old printed text and small-edition fine printing? Are you fascinated by the […]
Fundamentals of Letterpress II
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesJoin veteran printer Steve Sylvester in our Letterpress Studio to continue the lesson from Fundamentals I. Students will print simple, two-color work; they will learn how to do make-ready, and learn how to safely operate both hand-powered and motorized letterpress machines. This class is required along with Fundamentals I and Letterpress Studio Practices for all […]
$50
Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]
Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]
Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]
Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]
Binding a Classic Hard Cover Book
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesIn this introduction to bookbinding, students will learn the basics of materials (book board, book cloth, adhesives, paper) and techniques (folding paper, cutting, sewing, and applying adhesives). By the end of the class, students will have completed 1 or 2 flat-back, case-style bindings, covered in cloth and decorated paper. Cost: $140 (includes materials) Dates: Saturday, March […]
$140
Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]