Workshops & Events
Headbands: History, Use & Techniques
In this virtual workshop, learn how to make headbands for a variety of styles of bindings such as case binding, Coptic, slotted tapes, etc.
Textile Bookmaking
Join us for a sensory-rich virtual workshop and create a unique hand-sewn textile book.
Multicolor Woodcut Printmaking
Sharpen your technique and gain a deeper understanding of the reductive printmaking process.
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (April)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Box Building Magic
In this in-person workshop, learn how to build this unique and playful structure with an artist who has fine-tuned the box design.
Marbling Focus: Nonpareil & Chevron Variations
This in-person workshop focuses on sharpening skills needed to marble nonpareil and chevron patterns.
Mechanical Spine Binding
In this virtual workshop, learn how to create a simple, non-adhesive binding with a mechanical spine that collapses when the book is opened on a flat surface.
Hand-Lettering 2: Composition & Balance (Virtual)
Building on the fundamentals of drawing letters and short words in Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters (previously called The Art of Hand-Lettering), this follow-up workshop focuses on working with multiple words and short phrases.
Adding 2D Content to Artist’s Books
Add supplementary two-dimensional material—including photographs, letters, or found ephemera—to artist’s books and other book arts projects in this in-person workshop.
Hand-Lettering 2: Composition & Balance (In-Person)
Building on the fundamentals of drawing letters and short words in Hand-Lettering 1: Art of Letters (previously called The Art of Hand-Lettering), this follow-up workshop focuses on working with multiple words and short phrases.
Watercolor Marbling
Watercolor marbling has been used by bookbinders since its introduction to Europe during the 17th century until the advent of vibrant acrylic paints in the second part of the 20th century.
Year of the Horse Pop-Up Card
Join instructor Shawn Sheehy (a Fire Horse!) in celebrating your astrological luck with an energetic and cheerful pop-up!
Box Building: Clamshell Boxes (Virtual)
Clamshell boxes are used to store and protect precious objects—anything from books to a collection of artworks to sheet music.
Marbling Focus: Stone and Moire (Weekday Intensive)
This in-person workshop focuses on honing skills needed to marble stone and moire patterns.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (Weekday Intensive)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Marbling Focus: Bouquet Patterns (Weekday Intensive)
Step into the world of bouquet comb artistry with this immersive, in-person workshop!
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (Weekday Intensive)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Experimental Modern Marbling
Combine traditional marbling and painterly suminagashi techniques in this in-person marbling intensive.
Suminagashi: Guided Exploration
Explore and experiment with the art of Japanese marbling—or suminagashi 墨流し (“spilled or floating ink”)—in a supportive, collaborative environment.
Digital Resources: Geometry and Illusion for Visual Artists
In this virtual workshop, we’ll dive into some cool tools—both digital and on paper—to create tessellations, anaglyphs, patterns, and origami templates.
Paper Spectacle: A Pop-Up Panorama Book
Design and construct a layered pop-up panorama book inspired by Lothar Meggendorfer’s International Circus, in this in-person workshop with visiting artists Julie Chen and Erin McAdams.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (March)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.