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Event Series Collage Night

Collage Night

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

Join us for the return of Collage Night, on the second Tuesday of the month. Glue sticks, scissors and collage materials will be provided. Free and open to the public.

Learn Make Share: Embroidery

This skill share will be an introduction to embroidery. Participants will learn how to set up a project and perform basic stitches, as well as how to apply these techniques to mending fabric. Participants will learn what to think about when starting a project, and some basics about different stitches. *Free for IPRC members taking… Continue reading Learn Make Share: Embroidery

IPRC Visiting Writers Reading

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

Please join Certificate Program students, faculty and the IPRC Community for an evening of readings from our 2019 Visiting Writers. This year's visiting writers include Dao Strom, Genevieve Hudson and Ashley Toliver. In conjunction with this reading, printmakers Ryan Brewer, Heather Lane and Timme Lu are designing commemorative broadsides, which will be available by donation… Continue reading IPRC Visiting Writers Reading

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You'll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead… Continue reading Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

Event Series Oh Word!?

Oh Word!?

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

Drop in any 1st or 3rd Sunday for a collaborative workshop/workspace for collage & found poetry creation. Each week will have a centering exercise & in the spring participants have the option of contributing to a zine & group reading! this workshop is for Black, Indigenous POC who identify as Queer/Trans/Non-binary! facilitated by dovesong labs

Event Series Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy Club

Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy Club

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

  Class Description: Join us on  for a drop-in Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy Club, all experience-levels welcome. Monday afternoons from 3—5 for eight weeks,  September 30th through November 18th. Following the lineage of Portland’s own Lloyd Reynolds and Jaki Svaren, learn about posture, motion and breathing in alignment with calligraphic strokes. Through learning Italic and using it as a… Continue reading Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy Club

SOLD OUT: Learn Make Share: Bindfast Training

Independent Publishing Resource Center 318 SE Main St., Ste. 155, Portland, OR, United States

In this Learn Make Share, folks will be guided through the steps to bind a book using our Bindfast machine. Everyone will have a chance to practice using the paper stack cutter to prepare pages and bind 2-3 books. ** This LMS is part of a monthly series of trainings for the Bindfast. Once trained,… Continue reading SOLD OUT: Learn Make Share: Bindfast Training

Certificate Program Reading

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

SOLD OUT: Intro to Risograph Printing

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

Intro to Risograph Printing In this 4-hour introductory course, participants will learn the basics of risograph (riso) printing and will leave with an understanding of how to use this print technology to create zines, fliers, posters, or other printed matter. While this technology is not new, riso printing has recently become one of the most… Continue reading SOLD OUT: Intro to Risograph Printing

CoCreate Art Collaboration

Independent Publishing Resource Center Studios 318 SE Main St. , Portland , OR, United States

CoCreate Art Collaboration How would you like to make art while also making friends?   Are you a painter? Writer? Musician? Generally creative person? Join us for some creative and collaborative fun at the IPRC on November 17th from 7-9PM!    You and another artist will be paired together, given a one word prompt, and… Continue reading CoCreate Art Collaboration