Book Arts

Did all that printmaking at BookFest get you amped to keep inking it up? We’ve got a number of printmaking workshops coming up in June!

LETTERPRESS TAROT CARD PRINTING CLASS w/ Jameson Alea on June 13 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

In this class, you’ll make your own letterpress tarot or oracle card, while learning how to use the platen press or various proof presses in the Book Arts Studio to make small prints. We will talk about typesetting basics, as well as divinatory symbolism, and the teaching artist will help you design a simple one color card that you’ll print yourself. Everyone will end up with a mini oracle deck featuring each of the cards made in class! *This one sells out fast!

LINOCUT BLOCK PRINTING – MAKE YOUR OWN MINI PRINT w/ Laurissa Widrick on June 17 & 24 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Learn the basics of linocut block printing by carving and printing your own 3×4” print! Participants will learn about the block printing process by carving their own design from linoleum using carving tools, as well as printing their design on paper by hand with ink. *This is a two-session class.

HAND CARVED BLOCK PRINTING ON FABRIC CLASS w/ Talia Ryan on June 27 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Get creative in our Block Printing on Fabric Class! Design and carve your own 4×6″ linoleum stamp to be printed with fabric block printing ink. Attendees will be provided one cotton tea towel or tote to print their stamp, but may also bring their own fabric items (up to 1 per person) to print if desired. Consider up-cycling a wearable item from your closet! Cotton/cotton blend works best

Note: Our letterpress & screenprint workshops are sold out in June. Don’t forget to register!

Summer is here and we’ve got ZINES on the mind! Join us this week for two workshops great for zinemakers. (And perhaps even a good way to start prepping for the 2026 ZineFest in August?? Details to come very soon!)

Here’s Laura and Jordan selling their wares at the last ZineFest!

ABOUT JUNK JOURNAL ZINE MAKING
A “junk journal” is a book filled with personal and recycled materials. We’ll be making a zine full of our own “junk.” Collect receipts, cards, notes, tags, etc: anything that catches your eye or your heart. Bring these items to Book Arts and together we’ll each create our own “junk” zine full of our collected items.

ABOUT JORDAN
Jordan Roth (she/they) is a storyteller, curator, and zine-maker based in Western New York. Through collage, photography, painting, and other forms, they create art from an intersectional q***r and feminist perspective.

ABOUT THE COPIER & BEYOND
In this class we’ll explore a variety of techniques to customize books, zines and other paper crafts. This class is perfect for zine makers, artists, teachers, collage artists, and anyone looking for fast, clever ways to make your creations stand out.

Some techniques covered will include: photocopy transfer, stencil making, acrylic lift (transfer images from magazines & other paper based media to create copies), and rubber stamp carving.

ABOUT LAURA
Laura Chenault is an interdisciplinary artist creating art from a feminist and a post-modernist perspective. She has a BFA in photography from the University of Illinois. The disciplines she works in are photography, collage, book arts, installation art, performance, printmaking, and film making. In addition to making art, she is passionate about building communities, sharing skills, mentoring, and teaching.

She owns specializing in one of a kind books and short print runs of poetry chapbooks, art books, short stories, children’s books, genealogies & memoirs, custom wedding & baby books, and photo books.

We INK IT UP year-round at Book Arts! Our annual BookFest is all about celebrating the tactile beauty of the book arts & printmaking, the bright wonder that happens when ink meets paper, metal and wood (type).

Join us this Saturday, June 6th to experience it yourself!