Summer Institute 2022 Lineup

February 14, 2022

We are thrilled to announce our classes for this summer!
Full class descriptions and registration instructions coming soon.

Week One will be July 11-15, 2022

Marbling on Paper and Silk with Stephen Pittelkow

Tooling on Leather with Samuel Feinstein

Western Papermaking with Tom Balbo

Woodblock on the Letterpress with Heather O’Hara


Week Two will be July 18-22, 2022

A Printer’s Palaeography (a class on Letterpress and Calligraphy) with Jesse Marsolais

Box Making: Exploring Shapes with Stephen Pittelkow

Stereoscopic Photography – Building on a Victorian Invention with Diego Ruiz

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