Join Polka! Press celebrate our inaugural Gallery Night on October 14, 2011 from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.!
We will have prints on display, which will also be available for sale, as well as food, home-baked goodies and beer.
Participating artists include: Heather Buechler, Barry Carlsen, Erica Hess, Christina King, Emily Maryniak, Ted McManus, Max White and Sara Wrzesinski
We are really excited to be participating and look forward to seeing you all there!
See you there!
Moveable Type Truck & Polka-Press Open House/Open Print
Where: Polka-Press 2717 Atwood Ave.
When: 5-8PM
Format: Hands-on, Demo, Awesomeness
Cost: Free (Donations suggested/welcome to support Moveable Type)
All the way from Power and Light Press of Portland, OR comes the Moveable Type Truck! They’re a mobile letterpress truck that will be chucking out prints along with our little Showcard from 5-8pm on Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011. Come try your hand at letterpress printing, buy prints, drink beer and just hang out with your awesome friends at Polka! Press! No experience necessary!
To find out more about the Type Truck, visit http://www.type-truck.com
Screenprint Posters to Recall Scott Walker!
Sat Sept 3, 1-4 PM
Polka Press, 2717 Atwood Ave
Sign up for 1 hour (1-color poster) or 2 hours (2-color poster)
Contact Ted at kinbote@charter.net or 241-0259
Screenprint colorful political posters with old-fashioned ink on paper!
No experience necessary!
Print all the posters you can in an hour! You’ll be set up with a
already-prepared screen and a squeegee. Choose your color of paper and ink,
and you’re ready to print. Optionally bring a friend to help hang your
prints to dry, and you can take turns with the squeegee. When done, take
your stack of posters home and hang them up around your neighborhood!
This week’s poster design comes in a 1-color version (1 hour, $15) and a
2-color version (2 hours, $25). Images here:
http://webpages.charter.net/kinbote/misc/Poster1a-DontLet.jpg
http://webpages.charter.net/kinbote/misc/Poster1b-DontLet.jpg
The votes are in and MPC is now Polka Press!
It won 10 to 6 over Heavy Little Press.
Polka Press, still carries all the ideals of MPC and it’s mission remains the same: to promote a vital and local printmaking culture through affordable education and collaboration of participants of all skill levels.
To help communicate this we will be adding a sort of tagline after Polka Press, e.g. Polka Press: A Printmaking Community. or Polka Press: Gemütlicheit & Printmaking. That sort of thing!
In the meantime you can expect to see a transition to the new name over the next couple of days (blogs, emails, facebook etc.).
Do not be alarmed! We’re still the same friendly faces of the former MPC.
Thank you so much for your time and cooperation during this change!
-Polka Press
MPC has 4 upcoming July workshops to enhance your summer creativity! Join us…
Printing on a Sign Press
Saturday, July 2nd
Bookbinding
Saturday, July 9th
Basement Screen Printing
Saturday July 16th
Introduction to Woodcut
Sunday, July 31st.
Learn More here.
