Explore printmaking through Open Print sessions, workshops, and special events
Open Print invites everyone, from those new to printmaking to advanced printers, to explore printmaking at their own pace and with as much or as little direction as needed.
Process Spotlights brings people together around a particular process to show off the full range of what is possible with print.
Guest Artist Workshops offer bespoke opportunities to explore a new skill or process alongside a contemporary artist who incorporates printmaking materials or processes into their artistic practice.
Special events round out the calendar of opportunities to visit, learn, and print at Campfire Printing Press.
Drop-in most Wednesdays between 5pm and 7pm to tour the studio and ask questions
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Process Spotlight: Block Printing
Block printing is one of the oldest—and most versatile—forms of printmaking. From a hand-carved block (typically wood or linoleum), artists have long used this process to print everything from textiles and books to grassroots posters. With “the hand” clearly visible, block printing remains wonderfully tactile and expressive in an otherwise very digital world.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Process Spotlight: Spooky Screenprinting: Special Effect Inks
With Halloween around the corner, we will demonstrate how to use a variety of specialty screenprinting techniques with spine-tingling results.
Process Spotlight: Chine Collé
Chine collé (pronounced "sheen-koh-LAY") is a print process where a thin piece of paper (gampi, kozo, and other delicate tissue) is adhered to a heavier backing paper at the same time as a relief or intaglio image is printed. This technique is used to add areas of color to otherwise monochromatic prints and to capture delicate details that might not come through on a more textured paper stock.
Guest Artist Workshop: Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo | Heirlooms, Heritage, & the Art of Papercutting
Papercutting is rooted in craftsmanship and story telling. From the Han Dynasty China to kitchen-table art made for weddings and holidays to large-scale papercut installations, it has remained a universal, relevant, and innovative artform for thousands of years.
Artist Yang Pulongbarit Cuevo uses this artform to explore culture, anatomy, and human sentiments. Her work explores light and shadow (and how they are inherently intertwined) as formal and conceptual elements.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Screenprinting In Situ
Educators and community organizers are invited to join Campfire Printing Press founders, Angee Lennard and Colin Palombi, to learn screenprinting basics and various ways to structure their own print projects in a variety of settings. Drawing on real examples from student and community projects, the workshop supports participants in designing projects tailored to their specific teaching or organizing contexts.
Process Spotlight: Indoor Cyanotype
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that utilizes the sun to produce striking monochromatic blue images. As autumn days grow shorter and sunlight diminishes, opportunities to create cyanotypes outside fades. This Spotlight brings the cyanotype process indoors, and offers a way to create beautiful blue images on a rainy day or throughout the winter months.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
First Anniversary & Open House
In celebration of the first anniversary of Campfire Printing Press, join us for a free all-ages open house with printing, art, food, drinks, and music.
Process Spotlight: Screenprinting on Fabric
Have a t-shirt idea or a graphic you’d love on a tote? This spotlight provides an orientation to screenprinting on fabric. We’ll move through the entire process of printing a one-color design on fabric using ecofriendly water-based inks. You’ll coat your own screen with photographic emulsion, use our darkroom to expose your image onto a screen, then we guide you through setting up your print station and the printing process. We’ll finish by reclaiming screens and heat-setting your garments so they’re wash-safe.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Guest Artist Workshop: Collagraphy with Anna Wagner
Anna Wagner is a self-described craftsperson interested in antiquated and lesser-known methods and techniques. One such technique is collagraphy, a versatile printmaking process that combines elements of collage, relief, and impasto painting to create rich dimensional prints.
In this two-session workshop, participants will explore collagraphy through a range of non-toxic additive and reductive techniques.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Screenprinting In Situ
Educators and community organizers are invited to join Campfire Printing Press founders, Angee Lennard and Colin Palombi, to learn screenprinting basics and various ways to structure their own print projects in a variety of settings. Drawing on real examples from student and community projects, the workshop supports participants in designing projects tailored to their specific teaching or organizing contexts.
Process Spotlight: Woodcut
Woodcut is one of the oldest—and most versatile—forms of printmaking. Artists and artisans have long used this process to print everything from textiles and books to grassroots political posters. With “the hand” clearly visible, woodcut prints remain wonderfully tactile and expressive in an otherwise very digital world.
Open Print
Open Print is a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Community Session
Community Sessions are a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Screenprinting In Situ
Educators and community organizers are invited to join Campfire Printing Press founders, Angee Lennard and Colin Palombi, to learn screenprinting basics and various ways to structure their own print projects in a variety of settings. Drawing on real examples from student and community projects, the workshop supports participants in designing projects tailored to their specific teaching or organizing contexts.
Screenprinting In Situ
Educators and community organizers are invited to join Campfire Printing Press founders, Angee Lennard and Colin Palombi, to learn screenprinting basics and various ways to structure their own print projects in a variety of settings. Drawing on real examples from student and community projects, the workshop supports participants in designing projects tailored to their specific teaching or organizing contexts.
Community Session
Community Sessions are a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
Process Spotlight: Halftones
Halftones are the modern-day solution for reproducing photographic and other “continuous tone” imagery in print. They have been prominently used in comic books and newspaper printing since the 1880s, and remain the primary way to produce “full color” prints.
This process spotlight offers an orientation to “the halftone” for printmakers and its many applications for photographic images, digital designs, and artwork.
Community Session
Community Sessions are a great entry point for first-time printers and those looking to make art alongside others.
Attend a single session to run a few prints or return weekly to tackle a large or ongoing project.
Includes use of all shared equipment, tools, and materials, plus additional hand tools and supplies to encourage experimentation and learning.
