Letterpress Club at Open Studio

Letterpress Club

Second Fridays

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Capacity: 10 participants

Instructor: Cleopatria Peterson (they/them)

Materials included | No prior experience needed | All skill levels welcome

Letterpress club is designed to abolish barriers that stop folks from Vandercook access. Through this club, we will explore all the fun ways you can play with letterpress and relief on this beautiful press and build a community that is inclusive. Cleopatria will facilitate printing and demonstrations but each project will be a collaborative experience. What we come away with will be work created Together, with love.

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November - Collaborative poster
December - Seasons Greetings
January - Print as Protest
February - Black folks only Black History Month edition
March - Collaborative Poem

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About the Instructor

Cleopatria Peterson (they/them) has a multi-disciplinary arts practice that explores the intersectionality of their identities as a black, non-binary transgender crip artist through the mediums of narrative, printmaking, illustration and education. They are a member of the Crip Arts Collective, have had their work shown at The Canadian Textile Museum, and are one of the co-founders of Old Growth Press. They graduated from the Cross Disciplinary Art: Publications program at OCAD U as the medal winner for their class (2020) and also hold a Bachelor's of Design from TMU's Fashion Communication program.

Cleopatria wants everyone everywhere to have a chance to play on a vandercook and touch lead and wood type. They have decided their sole mission in life is to destroy the barriers to letterpress access. Join them for a fun time as we play with type and print up a storm.

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This workshop series is aimed at making experiences with letterpress printmaking financially accessible. If it is within your means, please consider enrolling in our Print Play series or other Print Courses instead.