Tuesday, April 27; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab April 27”
Saturday, May 8; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab May 8”
Saturday, May 8; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab May 8”
Tuesday, May 11; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab May 11”
Tuesday, May 11; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab May 11”
Tuesday, May 18; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab May 18”
Tuesday, May 18; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming. The paper studio has a variety of western-style and eastern-style moulds and deckles for making sheets, two hydraulic presses, plenty of vats and felts with air-drying racks and restraint dryers. The valley beaters hold approximately .75 lb. (dry fiber or half stuff); the Reina holds up to 2 lbs. dry fiber (half-stuff only). Continue reading “Papermaking Lab May 18”
Tuesday, May 25; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab May 25”
Tuesday, May 25; 3-9pm CT
Experience required
Prep screens, expose, and print in MCBA’s darkroom and printing studio, and enjoy the fellowship of other artists. Fee covers screen use and emulsion; supply your own ink and paper. Continue reading “Screen Printing Lab May 25”
Saturday, June 5; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab June 5”
Saturday, June 5; 10am–4pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab June 5”
Tuesday, June 8; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab June 8”
Tuesday, June 8; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Build your marbling skills! Marbling Lab provides individuals a fully equipped marbling station. Fee covers use of 16×20 inch tanks of carrageenan, rakes, alum, brushes, cups and eye droppers; supply your own Golden Fluid Acrylic paint and paper. Continue reading “Marbling Lab June 8”
Tuesday, June 15; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Enjoy community in the print studio! Set type, make polymer plates, and print on MCBA’s presses while social distancing. Fee covers ink and solvents; users supply your own paper. Continue reading “Letterpress Lab June 15”
Tuesday, June 15; 3–9pm CT
Experience required
Beat fiber with MCBA’s Reina beater and two Valley beaters. Or, bring prepared paper fiber for sheet-forming. The paper studio has a variety of western-style and eastern-style moulds and deckles for making sheets, two hydraulic presses, plenty of vats and felts with air-drying racks and restraint dryers. The valley beaters hold approximately .75 lb. (dry fiber or half stuff); the Reina holds up to 2 lbs. dry fiber (half-stuff only). Continue reading “Papermaking Lab June 15”
