1. Hamilton Hang: London Centre for Book Arts. 25.06.2021 - link / register
2. Letterpress in the Time of Covid. With Ane Thon Knutsen, Ben Blount, Naomi Kent, Michelle Yu, New North Press, Peter Gibbons, and more to be announced shortly. 12.07.2021, 7–9pm (BST). Online via Zoom. Tickets: £3–5 - link / register
3. Tour of Howard Iron Works (Online). On Saturday, July 17th 2021 the C.C. Stern Type Foundry will take a virtual tour and hear about the ongoing work at Howard Iron Works in Oakville, Ontario (Canada) - link
4. Hamilton Hang: Nick Loaring. 09.07.2021 - link / register
LUCA Summerschool - Open Call
LUCA School of Arts is proud to announce CRYING AT THE WORKSHOP, the first LUCA SUMMERSCHOOL in collaboration with RISO Benelux.
In two exclusive programs, selected artists and LUCA students explore the possibilities of risography together, under the guidance of internationally established artist collective Leo Gabin. For CRYING AT THE WORKSHOP 6 artists and 6 students will be selected, to enter into an intense collaboration to achieve an experimental end result using a Risograph printer. A publication? An installation? ... You fill it in as you go! Leo Gabin is your sparring partner for a week and LUCA provide technical and logistical support.
How can you apply?
You can register for the LUCA summerschool until June 18, 2021 until 11:59 pm.
• Send your artistic CV, 3 photos representative of your work and your motivation in 1 PDF file to riso@luca-arts.be with the file name; your firstname_name_and the mention for which program (Ghent or Brussels) you want to register. Only complete files are submitted to the selection committee. No later than 9 July 2021, you will be informed by email whether you are one of the 12 lucky participants!!
English pdf of the Open Call / Nederlandse pdf van de Open Call
Quick links
1. Expo Shout. On show: Anthony Burrill (UK), Eike König (DE), James Joyce (UK), Marco Oggian (IT), Morag Myerscough (UK). 03.07 - 26.09.21, C-Mine (BE) - link
2. ‘4 Elements’ exhibition in Bibliotheca Wittockiana - link
3. Carmine Cervone is a letterpress printer in Naples who is proposing to create a type museum in an old church in Naples. His project is on the crowdfund site Buonacausa (good cause) where he plans to raise funds by reprinting Dante’s Divine Comedy 700 years after the poet's death - typeset using a Linotype machine - link
4. St Bride Foundation Virtual Wayzgoose. 11.07.2021 - link
Quick links
1. New home urgently needed for old Upper Hutt printing presses (NZ) - link
2. Tupigrafia. The 2000-2020 anthology. The English language anthology of the first and only Brazilian magazine on typography, lettering and calligraphy - link
3. Zomer Academie. Artistieke werkweek. 19-25.07.2021 - link
4. The Paper and Watermark Museum Fabriano finally reopens to the public - link
Quick links
1. Printing in Dutch. The Gallery at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, UK. 8.05 – 21.07.2021 - link
2. This is an open call to any printmakers to get involved - a chance to have your artwork on our insert or featured in a showcase of creativity in the July edition of Pressing Matters magazine - more info
3. Virtual event. Rick Griffith, Evan Weissman, Stephen Brackett: Non-violence & Activism. 5.05.21 - link
4. Letterpress printing courses by Andy Kinnear - link
Quick links
1. Leipziger Typotage 2021 - link
2. Hamilton Hang: Chris Chandler - Neu Haus Press. 23.04.2021 - link
3. Impact 11 International Printmaking Conference - link
4. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection preserves Hebrew wood type - link
Camiel Van Breedam in The Bibliotheca Wittockiana.
As travelling abroad remain restricted at the moment, we (me and my art-loving friend) are travelling every month within Belgium to visit museums we've never been to yet. Well, you can be a tourist in your own country, aren't you?
On Saturday morning, following our passion for books and discovering that we haven't been to The Bibliotheca Wittockiana yet, we took a train and started our journey. Upon arrival in Brussels, we decided to take a walk and enjoy the beauty of the city, soaking in the warm morning sun. So unusual for this time of the year.
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