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Bring a friend! Use code 3THURBOGO to get half off when you register two+ people. Have you wanted to learn to draw? Or maybe you’re looking to brush up on your drawing skills. Join instructor Melissa Aytenfisu for a 4-class series in a casual, but supportive environment, where you’ll develop foundational drawing skills that translate […]
Bring a friend! Use code 3THURBOGO to get half off when you register two+ people. David Foster Wallace said, “Many of the most important impressions and thoughts in a person's life are ones that flash through your head so fast that fast isn't even the right word.” In this storytelling and poetry workshop, we’ll explore the relationship […]
Get your fingers inky in this whirlwind, two-hour letterpress event. The evening starts with a short demonstration on how to use the press and get a good print. Work collaboratively to create a unique print using the museum's extensive collection of wood and metal type. You don’t need any experience to participate in Ink & […]
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Learn the creative and technical processes in making a multi-color illustration on the risograph! The risograph is a beloved printer that mixes digital and offset printing, overlaying vibrant colors like a screenprint but with more detailed grain and halftones. In the first section of the workshop we will go over how the risograph works. Participants […]
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". […]
Directed by David Loeb Weiss(1980, PG, 30 min.) The 1980 film by Carl Schlesinger and David Loeb Weiss shows the remarkable nightly production process for a daily newspaper and the changes to come with the transition computers. The title ‘etaoin shrdlu’ refers the words made by the letters of the first two columns of a […]
Directed by Douglas Wilson(2012, PG, 76 min.) Linotype: The Film tells the charming and emotional story of the people connected to the type-casting machine that Thomas Edison called the "Eighth Wonder of the World." Free with Museum admission. General admission is free for members. Become a member today!
Combine the artistry of handmaking paper with painting! In this unique workshop, you will learn how to pull your own sheets of paper and then use colored pulp to “paint” into the surface of your sheet. No drawing or painting skills necessary. This class will cover various pulp painting techniques, including stencils, collage inclusions, and […]
Directed by David Loeb Weiss(1980, PG, 30 min.) The 1980 film by Carl Schlesinger and David Loeb Weiss shows the remarkable nightly production process for a daily newspaper and the changes to come with the transition computers. The title ‘etaoin shrdlu’ refers the words made by the letters of the first two columns of a […]
