Letterpress Maintenance Day

Erin Brophy and Amanda King sorting type.
Photo by Melanie Karlins.

This weekend, the Letterpress Studio held a maintenance day to work on cleaning up the presses and sprucing up the studio. It was a very productive day, with 12 volunteers pitching in to help. Check out more photos over on the Pyramid Letterpress blog!

Letterpress Birthday Card Fundraiser Sets for sale!

The Letterpress Birthday Card Fundraiser sets are now available for purchase online!

For photos of the sets and all the individual cards + instructions on how to purchase, go to our special Birthday Card Fundraiser page!

Birthday Card Fundraiser

At Pyramid's Birthday Celebration on April 9, we'll be unveiling sets of birthday cards for sale! The cards will be designed and printed by various members of the Pyramid letterpress community and the proceeds will go directly to help fund Pyramid's facilities and programs!

Here's a shot taken by Marty of the cards that have been printed so far:

For more photos, check out the previews posted over on the Pyramid Letterpress blog:

Birthday Card Fundraiser Preview #1

Birthday Card Fundraiser Preview #2

PA Letterpress Calendar for sale!

UPDATE (11/17):  The calendars are sold out!! Thanks to everyone that participated and/or purchased one. Email me at letterpress@pyramid-atlantic.org if you'd like to be informed about similar projects in the future!

The 2011 PA Letterpress Calendars are finally available for purchase online at the Pyramid Atlantic website (sales page). The calendars are also available for purchase at ArtSpring, the Pyramid Atlantic Community Arts Store located at 821 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910.

In case you didn't already know, the calendar was created by members of the PA letterpress community. Each page was designed and printed by a different artist on Pyramid's Vandercook presses. All proceeds from the calendar sales go directly to Pyramid.

Here are some fantastic photos of the calendar pages, taken by Alyson Hurt (she designed the January page):

And here's a fun little video taken by Bridget Stoyko while printing the second color of her March design:

And lastly, some photos of our calendar assembly session taken by Alyson, Erin Brophy (February) and me on our iphones:

Coming Soon: 2011 PA Letterpress Calendar!

For the second year in a row, we've been lucky enough to have dozen talented designers/printers willing to donate their time, sweat and tears to create the Pyramid Atlantic Letterpress Calendar. Each designer was given a month, paper size and the freedom to design their page however they wanted. It's been so exciting to see the finished pages as they begin to appear in the Letterpress Studio! Drop by and take a peek - and come to the Pyramid table at the Book Arts Fair to buy one!

A Special Thanks

The gold star for volunteering this summer is a tie, awarded to Aureline Kwengang and Linda Gueyong. They have had a hand in almost everything this summer-from papermaking, printing annoucements, running errands, cleaning and organizing, and working at ArtSpring-they've done it all with a smile and a sense of humor. Thanks so much ladies!

Our Volunteers are Priceless

In case you didn't already know it, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center wouldn't be anywhere near as cool as it is today if it weren't for our volunteers.

We owe a lot to these folks who offer their time and talents to support our programs. They run events, help with production art work, answer the phones, and assist us with outreach and education. We are lucky to have volunteers who are motivated, organized, and all kinds of awesome. If you are interested in volunteering at Pyramid Atlantic, please contact Jody at volunteers.pyramid@gmail.com

Thanks ya'll!!