1. Into the Wild - 5-days letterpress workshop run by Edward Johansson of Ahvaland Press (FI) & Claudio Madella of Officina Tipografica Novepunti (IT). 16-21.08.17
2. Karel Martens: Motion exhibition at the Design Museum Gent (till 30.07.17)
3. Open call for independent publishers for the Fruit Exhibition in Bologna. 02-04.02.18
4. The new meets the old: making a QR code with a Monotype composition caster - link
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1. Call for submissions for the second edition of ‘For the Love of Letterpress: A Printing Handbook for Instructors & Students’ (by Cathie Ruggie Saunders & Martha Chiplis)
2. Type Amsterdam conference by Bijzondere Collecties. 27.09.17 - tickets
3. Impressive work by Robert Sawa (Lublin, Poland)
4. The year 2018 marks the 550th anniversary of the death of Gutenberg. The Espace Européen Gutenberg will be setting up a program for the year 2018, stay tuned
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1. Help the London Centre for Book Arts grow to make room for more work space, more resources, and more ways to support their community - link
2. The St Bride Library catalogue is now available to explore online - link
3. Labora unites the tradition and expertise of Tallinna Paber and the Tallinn School of Calligraphy. They offer the unique combination of letterpress printing, paper making, and calligraphy. Check it out!
4. Pictures from the Letterpress Workers 2017 in Milan - link
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1. Gentse Feesten/ MIAT - Oud-drukker Arnould vertelt over drukinkt & zwarte vingers. Dagelijks van zaterdag 15 juli tot zondag 23 juli, om 10u (prijs-museumtoegang) - link
2. Gentse Feesten/ MIAT - Gezinsworkshop drukken. 15-23.07.2017 - link
3. British Letterpress. A UK view of Letterpress Printing.
4. Pressing Matters magazine - a new printmaking publication, fresh off the printing press.
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1. Fascinating photos show the making of the New York Times (1942) - link
2. in/vorm - zomertyposium met Martin Majoor, Thomas Gravemaker, Patrick Goossens & René Knip in Antwerpen (26.08). Schrijf je in - link
3. Call for entries: 1000 prints 2 by The Blue House Gallery (Ohio, USA). Deadline 30.07.17
4. How letterpress printing came back from the dead - link
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1. "The Paper Revolution 1920 – 1930’s. Soviet Graphic Design and Constructivism" exhibition at the ADAM in Brussels. 05.06-08.10.2017
2. 40 years Purgatory Pie Press exhibition hosted by Edition Schwarzdruck at the Eremitage, Gransee (DE), 27.05 - 09.07.2017 - link
3. The Matrix Reloaded: Establishing Cataloguing & Research Guidelines for Artefacts of Printing Images. Conference: Blocks Plates Stones, 21 September 2017
4. P22 Type Foundry and The Hamilton Wood Type Museum have announced the newest addition to the Hamilton Wood Type Legacy Project: Brylski by Nick Sherman, named for retired wood type cutter Norb Brylski and designed to be cut as wood type at the museum in Two Rivers, WI - link
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1. Last week the world premiere of Pressing On: The Letterpress Film took place at the iconic Hatch Show Print (Nashville, TN). And in honor of the world premiere, Hatch Show Print’s Haley Gallery hosts an exhibition of works from over 50 letterpress artists.
2. The Regional Print Centre (Wrexham, UK) offers open access printmaking facilities to artists and designers across Wales and beyond.
3. Antwerp Type Society celebrates type in all its forms, shapes and sizes. Expect drinks + expo + type jam + printing bike + live mural. 15.06.2017
4. Oxford Print Fair, a day long event for lovers of print hosted at one of the leading UK contemporary art spaces, Modern Art Oxford. Saturday 9th September 2017