Workshops & Events
Image Transfers with Gelatin Plates
Image transfers are a fun way to incorporate found imagery into your prints. Part collage and part print, image transfers offer an opportunity for unexpected results.
Letterpress 4: Guided Projects
Letterpress 4 focuses on planning and printing an edition (or a group of identical prints).
Introduction to Screen Printing: June
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
Exploring Arabic Typography with Wood Type, Plates, and Letterpress
Explore Arabic typography's rich history and contemporary possibilities in this hands-on, in-person workshop using wood type, plates, and letterpress printing.
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics (June)
This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.
Letterpress 2: Setting Type (July)
This in-person letterpress workshop focuses on setting metal type and building familiarity with printing on the Vandercook press.
Introduction to Screen Printing: July
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and practice the photo emulsion process, from positive creation and screen coating to exposure and reclaiming.
Collage Chapbooks at WIP and MCBA!
Join Workshop for Independent Publishing (WIP) founders, Aiden Bettine and India Johnson, for an in-person chapbook publishing workshop at WIP (Saturday 7/19) and MCBA (Sunday 7/20).
Screen Print Cards
Get familiar with MCBA’s screen printing studio and print your unique design on a set of cards!
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints (July)
Letterpress 3: Two-Color Prints focuses on printing multiple layers and building printers’ confidence using Vandercook presses through practice.
Woodcut Printmaking 2
This in-person workshop builds on the skills learned in Woodcut Printmaking 1 (previously called Woodcut Printmaking). Build your skills and gain a deeper understanding of the reductive printmaking process.
Screen Print: Guided Projects
Join this unique in-person workshop designed for screen printers with introductory-level experience and a desire to create an independent project with guidance.
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics (August)
This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.
Letterpress Cards with Hebrew Wood Type
Experience letterpress printing while making cards with MCBA's new collection of Hebrew wood type.
Laser-Cut Letterpress: Type and Imagery
Discover the powerful possibilities of combining laser-cutting and letterpress printing on the Vandercook press!
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.
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.
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics (Weekday Intensive)
This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.
Block Print Bandanas
In this in-person workshop, participants will learn how to create repeating patterns and carve a linoleum block to print on fabric.
Botanical Eco-Printing on Silk (Sunday)
Learn the magical process of eco-printing in this in-person workshop.
Botanical Eco-Printing on Silk
Learn the magical process of eco-printing in this in-person workshop.