This in-person workshop takes place at CBA on February 24–25 & March 2–3, 2024 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.
Complete Schedule:
- Saturday, February 24, 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Sunday, February 25, 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Saturday, March 2, 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Sunday, March 3, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on February 17th, at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
This in-person workshop is taught by CBA Founder Richard Minsky.
CBA’s Washington Hand Press is from the 1870s and can accommodate type, photoengravings, linoleum and woodblocks, and photopolymer plates. Completion of this workshop, allows participants to be able to use this press for their own projects, such as unique prints or editions, in the future.
Over the course of the workshop, participants will work together to produce a broadside on the hand press using a printing method that has remained unchanged for 500 years. Every participant gets a copy of the broadside to take home. This class is open to all experience levels - from those curious about the book arts, to library students who want to experience part of printing history, and to anyone else willing to learn!
Fun Fact: The Washington Press was invented by Samuel Rust, a New York printer, in 1820s. It was by far the most popular iron hand press in America.
Materials:
All materials will be provided by CBA at no additional charge to the students.
About Richard Minsky
Richard Minsky is an American scholar of bookbinding and a book artist. He is the founder of the Center for Book Arts in New York City. Minsky was born in New York City in 1947. In 1960, he obtained his first printing press at the age of 13. In 1968, he graduated cum laude in economics from Brooklyn College. Minsky was awarded a fellowship at Brown University, where he received his master’s degree in economics. He pursued a Ph.D. at The New School for Social Research, but left after two years to pursue bookbinding, art and music. He studied bookbinding while at Brown with the University’s master binder Daniel Gibson Knowlton. He founded the Center for Book Arts in 1974 after fourteen years experience as both a bookbinder and printer. Minsky served as the Center’s Executive Director until 1977 and its President until 1978. He also served as the Director of Program Development and an instructor in hand bookbinding at the Center. Richard serves on the Book Art Theory subcommittee of the College Book Art Association. The Richard Minsky Archive is at Yale. minsky.com
All images courtesy of the instructor.
Class size is limited to ensure an optimal participant to instructor ratio. Register now before spots fill up! Registration for this workshop closes on February 17th at 11:59pm. The price of this class is $840 plus a $25 materials fee.