1. Thomas Gravemaker - portrait of a letterpress guru, by Pauline Walzak. A lovely portrait of the master printer Thomas Gravemaker/Letterpress Amsterdam. Be sure to pay him a visit when you are in Amsterdam! - link
2. As part of her final project, Morgane Van Torre (FR) created a woodblock typeface in collaboration with Type High Design (UK). Megh contains 225 pieces including alternates, extension modules and ligatures.
3. 'About tyranny' is a book by historian Timothy Snyder. Inspired by Snyder's lessons, Brazilian designers created posters at Oficina Tipográfica São Paulo that represented the author's views and the views their own. The result was exposed at the National Conjunto in São Paulo - link
4. Hamilton Hang: Angelina Lippert from Poster House, 16.07.2021 - link
Quick links
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. Typographics conference, workshops and TypeLab. Typographics is a design festival for people who use type. Spread out between June 1 and July 1, 2021 - link
2. Meet the printmakers. Pressing matters & Atelier Indrukwekkend. 6 May - link
3. Making Printers’ Type. Man’s 500 Year Quest to Develop Better Methods - link
4. X - Censuur en Beeldcultuur. Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart, Turnhout. 1 april tot 7 november 2021 - link