May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Join Book Arts of Houston curator Erica Reed Lee for a discussion of the exhibition, works, and artists featured in the show.
This event is free. Museum admission on Thursdays is free.
Curator Conversation: Erica Reed Lee
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Google Calendar TPM Talk: How to Stay Grounded (While Keeping the Presses Moving)
November 10 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Do you have a press that could use some added electrical grounding? Studio Manager Jessica Snow will share her recent experiences updating the wiring on two Vandercook SP-20 motors to add ground. She will also be joined by electrician, Chris O’Donnell. At the end, we’ll have time for Q&A.
REGISTER » https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/tpm-talk-how-to-stay-grounded/2939975
The event is will be held virtually over Zoom. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift; your donation helps keep our program fees accessible to all. Thank you! In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. During programs, registrants can watch the instructor live or work alongside them, ask questions, and get feedback.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We are planning to make a recording of the program available, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live, although we do hope you will!
Collective Histories: Reexamining the World of Print
November 2 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Join Graduate Research Fellow Anna White and members of the project advisory board for a discussion of how The Printing Museum is addressing gaps in its permanent collection exhibition to create a more accurate and inclusive history of print.
Advisory Board:
- Dr Xiapong, Cong, University of Houston
- Dr. Linda Reed, University of Houston
- Dr. Faye Yarbrough, Rice University
- Dr. Cihan Yuksel, University of Houston
This event is free to the public and takes place at:
TPM Talk: Consider a Tabletop Press
October 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
ABOUT THE PRESENTER – Dan Boston
Dan is an active volunteer printer and instructor in the museum’s letterpress studio with long-time interests and experience in hand-set letterpress type and platen press operation. Currently, he prints in his own studio using lead type and photopolymer plates on tabletop presses, entirely for enjoyment. As a teen, he had a very active letterpress printing business producing tickets, announcements, and stationery. Through the years, he has owned and used a variety of presses. Dan has especially enjoyed demonstrating printing for visitors to the museum’s letterpress studio as well as refurbishing several of the museum’s presses.
Are you excited about letterpress printing and thinking about setting up shop or maybe just curious about what this would involve? Well, owning and operating a tabletop press is a great way to learn the essentials of letterpress printing especially with limited space and a limited budget! This seminar, presented in a fully equipped tabletop letterpress studio, will equip you to determine if a tabletop press could be right for you.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Tabletop press as a category and how they compare to other presses
- What a tabletop press can and cannot do
- Some examples of makes and models
- Skills to learn for tabletop printing common to all platen presses
- Suggestions for accessory equipment and supplies
- Considerations regarding type selection, quantity, and organization
- Arranging a shop/studio for tabletop printing
- How to evaluate a press before purchasing
- Additional resources: In-print, out-of-print, online, suppliers, organizations, meetings
At the end, we’ll have time for Q&A.
REGISTER » https://printingmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/tpm-talk-consider-a-tabletop-press/2938571
The event is FREE and open to all. It will be held virtually over Zoom. Please consider making a tax-deductible gift! Your donation helps keep our program fees accessible to all. Thank you! In order to best serve our community near and far, many of our online classes are pay-what-you-can. During programs, registrants can watch the instructor live or work alongside them, ask questions, and get feedback.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We are planning to make a recording of the program available, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live, although we do hope you will!
TPM Talk: Moving the Museum with Brian Hodge
September 14 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
The process of moving a museum — collections, offices, and equipment some of which weigh thousands of pounds — is no simple task. Executive Director Brian Hodge will speak to how moving The Printing Museum was a once in a generation opportunity to take a long, hard look at our programs, facilities, and collections to determine how best to use all three to advance our mission to ignite creativity, foster hands-on self-expression, and champion history and power of print.
We will be sharing more pictures from the move. If time allows, there will be Q&A at the end with The Printing Museum’s Executive Director, Brian Hodge.
The event is FREE and open to all. It will be held virtually over Zoom.
Register » https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O5_FkJ2nTOOnEgXpozBagg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
We are planning to make a recording of the program available, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live, although we do hope you will!
Support The Printing Museum
The FORWARD @ 40 campaign supports our relocation to Midtown which will give Houstonians and visitors from near and far greater access to our outstanding exhibition, studio, and education programs. We depend on the generosity of supporters like you to ignite creativity, foster hands-on self expression, and champion the history and power of print. Make an investment in your independent, community museum today, so thousands more can benefit. Support us today; every little bit helps! Thank you.
Read more about the move: https://printingmuseum.org/news/moving-a-museum/
TPM Talk: “Social Stationery at the turn of the 20th century” with Noël Harris
August 30 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Noël Harris will discuss the use of social cards throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, through an exploration of a cards collected by her family. Gathered within a 1931 Christmas Card promotional catalog, most of this collection detailed the wedding gifts given to Noël’s grandparents. Social cards, particularly as an historical assemblage as this is, demonstrate individual style, adherence to etiquette norms, as well as community and business relationships. They also indicate the gender, age, and social status of the carrier, and display the array of fantastic typefaces and monograms available in the 20th century.
The event is FREE and open to all. It will be held virtually over Zoom.
Register » https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uce-vqjIvHdD2N1HnXNiPAscvY-Pe-TcT
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We are planning to make a recording of the program available, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live, although we do hope you will!
TPM Talk: “Bibles, Bonfires, and Believers” with Philip Mogen
August 24 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Leaf from Luther’s Bible, 1576. Wittenberg, Germany. Hans Krafft, printer. The Printing Museum Collection 1998.057.01.
Bibles, Bonfires, and Believers: Tracing religious reform and revolution in early modern Europe in the Printing Museum’s collections.
In early modern Europe, religion was a primary driver of unrest and revolution. While to modern eyes, the early modern bibles on display at the Printing Museum may look complicated and inaccessible, their staid appearance obscures the complex and tumultuous world in which these material objects were created and in which they were not only read, but smuggled, hidden, and even burned. Printing Museum docent Philip Mogen’s talk will investigate the exciting lives and afterlives of these printed books and consider how they shaped early modern politics and culture.
The event is FREE and open to all. It will be held virtually over Zoom.
Register » https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYodO2uqDMoGtdjxK32L9s_1X7y96PxTLoA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We are planning to make a recording of the program available, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live, although we do hope you will!
TPM Talk: “Keys To The Office” with Peter Weil
June 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Celebrate International Typewriter Day by joining us for the talk “Keys to the Office” by historian Peter Weil, of Peter Weil Typewriter Archive. He’ll discuss the role of the typewriter in the creation of the modern office and the creation of cultural ideas about women and men.
The event is FREE and open to all. It will be held virtually over Zoom.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Docent Dialogues: Printing Presses and their Evolution
March 31 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Join Tour Guide and Docent Mike McGinley for an informative talk about the creation and evolution of some of the more unique printing presses and industry related machines, such as the Linotype. This talk will provide you with a deeper appreciation for how print revolutionized communication and transmission of ideas.
The event is FREE and open to all, and will be held virtually over Zoom.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Whose History?: A Reinvestigation into the World of Print
October 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Graduate Research Fellow Anna White discusses how to redress gaps within the Printing Museum’s Permanent Exhibition to create a more accurate and inclusive image of the world of print.
The event is FREE and open to all, and will be held virtually over Zoom.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.