Upcoming Calendar

Beginning Screenprinting

In this class, students will learn the basics of screenprinting; tools and materials will be covered, as well as techniques ranging from pre-press, exposing an emulsion-coated screen, all the way through screen reclamation. Students will be able to print a one-color design of their choice, and should come to class with a black and white image (no gray washes) smaller than 8.5″ by 11″. After taking the IPRC screenprint class, students will have access to the IPRC screenprint studio during open studio hours.

$60 members only, all materials provided.

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Book Arts 101

In this class students will learn the basics of bookbinding. This class is great for both those who wish to pursue binding their own books and for those who want to hire a bookbinder to bind a project for them. We’ll talk about paper grain, various adhesives, and different papers and their suitability for a range of projects. Students will complete at least 3 binding structures and will learn some variations on these structures. Examples of numerous binding structures will help inspire your own work.

Instructor Bio:
Alisa Walton earned a BFA in Book Arts from Oregon College of Art & Craft. In addition to producing hand bound books she has also worked with a variety of printmaking techniques including lithography, etching, and letterpress printing. She has taught workshops in printmaking and bookbinding to both children and adults. Her work can be found in the retail shop at the Museum of Contemporary Craft and at 23 Sandy Gallery.

Cost:

$50 for members (all materials included)
$75 for nonmembers (all materials included)

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Left Brain/Right Brain Illustrating for the Non Artist

Have you always wanted to incorporate pictures into your work without the use of appropriated images or clip art? You may not think of yourself as a visual artist but that doesn’t mean you can’t illustrate your own work. In this class Martha Grover of Somnambulist Zine will help non-artists who wants to illustrate their own stories and zines. The class will cover techniques, tricks and shortcuts designed to quickly tap into your right brain’s capacity for visual and spatial relationships. We will also cover the relationship between text and image and what to keep in mind when crafting our stories. In addition we will discuss the use of other types of images like maps, graphs and personal photographs.

$15 members
$25 nonmembers

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Kids Comic Class

In this workshop we will design characters and take them on an adventure in comics!We will develop the character’s personalities and learn how to draw them from different angles, with different emotions. We will also design the world the characters live in and set obstacles for them. At the end, each student will have a nine panel comic. Materials and snacks provided.

Open to youth ages 10-17.

cost: $5 members/$15 non-members

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Websites 101

Open to anyone interested in learning how to build and promote an attractive portfolio website using free and inexpensive services that already exist on the web. The class will explore basic web concepts such as html, CSS, blogging and e-commerce, plus provide tips on how to get people interested in visiting your new web home.

$25 members/$40 non-members

Registration Policy Workshop Registration Info

+You may register for a workshop online at iprc.org, or in person at the IPRC.
+You may cancel your reservation within 7 days of a workshop for a full credit.
+If a workshop is canceled because of lack of enrollment, you’ll receive a 100% refund.
+Members receive first listed price in course descriptions.
+Youth (8-18) receive member-price for any non-youth workshops. Please contact with questions regarding age appropriateness.

Certificate Program Information Session

Join us at the IPRC for an information session about the 2013/2014 Certificate Program.

The Certificate Program is  a year-long course in Independent Publishing.  Participants choose between one of three tracks– 1) Fiction/Nonfiction, 2) Poetry, or 3) Comics/Graphic Novels–and spend between two and three semesters creating and publishing their work.

We’re pleased to announce that an academic credit option is available through a partnership with the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. This is 3 credits per quarter term, AAA 408 or AAA 508. To explore the college credit option through the University of Oregon, please click either of the following links: UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT OPTIONS (AAA408), or GRADUATE CREDIT OPTIONS (AAA508).  Only students officially accepted into the IPRC’s Certificate Program can choose these options.

With instruction from many of Portland’s finest writers, cartoonists and self-publishers, Certificate Program students will design, hand-craft and publish modest print runs of their own books, zines, comics and E-books; many will go on to start their own small presses.  Our low student-teacher ratio and individual advisor program guarantees personal attention and care.  And one of our main goals is to help each student develop their own independent style and craft.  To achieve this, we strive to make our Certificate workshops student-centered, discussion-based and lively.  The IPRC is a dynamic workspace, so we also strive to facilitate experiential, hands-on learning, practical skills and artistic discipline.

Many writing and cartooning programs cost roughly the price of a new BMW.  Our program, on the other hand, costs about as much as a nice new bike.  And as a program we are much like a bicycle:  not flashy, but nimble.  Human powered.  Something old that is also new.  The future.

Furthermore, while we are all for traditional undergraduate and MFA programs (many of our instructors have MFA’s), we’re critical of the skewed exchange that sometimes takes place between students and large educational institutions, especially when it comes to writing and the arts.  At the same time that many students graduate with large debt loads, they’re also denied further access to the very institutions that created that debt.  On the other hand, tuition in our Certificate Program is also an investment in the IPRC’s  publishing resources and vibrant community–which are forever available to all our students, and that will continue to develop and grow with each “investment.”

The IPRC’s Certificate Program features generative workshops with the following instructors, guest lecturers, and advisors:

Fiction/Nonfiction Track: Justin Hocking, A.M. O’Malley, Michael D’Allesandro. Past guests have included Kevin Sampsell, Alex Wrekk, Vanessa Veselka, Cheryl Strayed, Arthur Bradford, Jon Raymond, Moe Bowstern, Mark Searcy and more.

Poetry Track: Emily Kendal Frey, Michael D’Allesandro, Matthew Dickman, Carl Adamschick, Kaia Sand and more.

Comics/Graphic Novel Track:  John Isaacson, Lisa Mangum, Craig Thompson, Tim Goodyear, Greig Means, T. Edward Bak and more.

2013/2014 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW:

Fiction/Nonfiction Track*

Fall Semester 2013:
1) Core Creative Writing Workshop with instructor/IPRC Director Justin Hocking and/or IPRC Program Coordinator A.M. O’Malley.  Will meet once a week for 2-3 hours.
a) Intro intensive weekend with Justin Hocking, A.M. O’Malley, and Kevin Sampsell.
b) Guest lectures by Kevin Sampsell, Vanessa Veselka, Jon Raymond, Arthur Bradford, Alex Wrekk and more.

Spring Semester 2014:
1) Intensive workshop in Production, Design, and Book Arts facilitated by Michael D’Allesandro. Will meet once a week for 2-3 hours. Final project will be a book or chapbook, self-published and perfect-bound at the IPRC.

Spring Semester for Fiction/Nonfiction will also include:
1) Intro + Advanced letterpress workshops
2) Screenprinting workshop
3) Beginning and Advanced InDesign instruction
4) Perfect-binding machine workshop
5) E-Book creation and publication
6) Webdesign + social media instruction

*Note:  This schedule is subject to change

Poetry Track*

Fall Semester 2013:
1) Core Poetry Workshop with instructor Emily Kendal Frey. Will meet once a week for 2-3 hours.
a) Guest lectures with Matthew Dickman, Carl Adamschick, Kaia Sand and others.

Spring Semester 2014:
1) Intensive workshop in self-publishing, bookbinding and book arts with Michael D’Allesandro. Will meet once a week for 2-3 hours. Final product will be a chapbook collection of poetry, self-published and perfect-bound at the IPRC.

Spring Semester for Poetry will also include:
1) Intro + Advanced letterpress workshops
2) Broadside workshop
3) Beginning and Advanced InDesign instruction
4) E-Book design and publication
5) Webdesign + social media instruction
6) Perfect-binding machine workshop

*Note: This schedule is subject to change

Comics/Graphic Novels Track*

Fall Semester 2013 (Skills and Peer Workshop Semester):
1) Comics Storytelling Workshop with John Isaacson. Will meet once a week for 2-3 hours.
a) Guest lectures with Craig Thompson and others.
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2) Cartoon/Graphic Novel Workshop Seminar with John Isaacson will meet once a week for 2-3 hours.

Spring Semester 2014 (Comics Development Semester):
1) World Comics Workshop with Craig Thompson and Lisa Mangum

Summer 2014 Publishing and Production Semester (comics track only):
1) Comics Production and Publishing Workshop. Students will learn production and self-publishing techniques, important pre-press layout skills, and much more. Each participant will produce a modest print run of their own comic.

Summer Comics Semester will also include:
1) Five hour letterpress workshop
2) Screenprinting Workshop with John Isaacson
3) Tour of local printing companies, such as Brown Printing
4) Perfect-binding machine Workshop with B.T. Livermore
5) Beginning and advanced Indesign instruction

*Note: this schedule is subject to change

Program Costs

The cost for the 2011/2012 program is $650 per semester.  Tuition includes all workshops and lectures, an advisor, and a two-year membership to the IPRC.

Book Release Party and Reading with Rashida Young

IPRC Certificate Program Alumni Rashida Young will be releasing her book of poems Squint. The reading will consist of an Afro beat jazz inspired trio opening band, 3 performance poets and Rashida Young reading her own work which will include poetry and shekere percussion.

This event is free and open to the public

Summer Print Camp

Welcome to Print Camp 2013! This is a weekend long intensive covering the beautiful print and binding methods we have here at the IPRC.

Day One: Letterpress (10am-5pm)

Day Two: Photo-Emulsion Screenprint and Bindfast Bookbinding (11am-5:30pm)

Class Descriptions:

Intro to Letterpress
Learn to set movable lead type and print on a table-top hand press in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historical process. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100-year-old equipment! Successful completion of this one-day class allows IPRC members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing!

Screenprinting
In this class, students will learn the basics of screenprinting; tools and materials will be covered, as well as techniques ranging from pre-press, exposing an emulsion-coated screen, all the way through screen reclamation. Students will be able to print a one-color design of their choice, and should come to class with a black and white image (no gray washes) smaller than 8.5″ by 11″. After taking the IPRC screenprint class, students will have access to the IPRC screenprint studio during open studio hours.

Bindfast Perfect Binding
Using the Bind-Fast 5, you can bind as many as 30 actual softcover books or zines per hour. Completion of this workshop authorizes IPRC members to use the Bind-Fast during supervised binding hours, so you can take your publishing projects to the next level.

Cost: $100 members / $150 nonmembers

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Closed for the 4th of July

Fireworks!

Graphic Design Camp 2013

Plunge in to the world of layout and design with this value packed series of classes featuring Mac CS6 power! We are offering Beginning InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Advanced InDesign with eBooks for an $80 value.

Each class will be held on a Tuesday evening in July.

Day One, July 9th, 7-9pm
Illustrator
Learn the basics of making a face for your projects! Illustrator is the best program to design covers for your books or records, posters and flyers for your event or project, the basic look of your web-page, or packaging for the things you make. Come to class to with a project in mind and learn how to utilize this program to help you make the most of your ideas.

Day Two, July 16th, 7-9pm
Beginning InDesign
Put down the glue sticks and scissors and learn to use Adobe InDesign, a powerful page layout and print design program that allows you to create and deliver printed documents or multi-page books that are both attractive and effective. This one-session workshop will get you rolling with InDesign.

Day Three, July 23rd, 7-9pm
Adv. InDesign and eBooks

Take your InDesign knowledge to the next level with this workshop. Improve your workflow with time- and sanity-saving techniques like multiple master pages, nested character and paragraph styles, advanced typesetting skills, pre-press, and more. We’ll also be introducing InDesign CS6′s powerful new e-book publishing tools, which make it possible to convert your print zine or book into the flexible ePub format easily and efficiently.
Some experience with InDesign required.

Day Four, July 30th, 7-9pm
Photoshop
Learn to touch up your photos or create an entirely new universe using Photoshop! Topics include: importing, moving, and reshaping images; overview of toolbar and functions; layers; vector masks; image effects; intro to ImageReady (Photoshops web design software.)

Cost: $125 nonmembers, $65 for members

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