Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Rambles with the Craftsbury Chamber Players
An evening of music and fun discussions with the Craftsbury Chamber Players.
Learn more about them here: https://ccpvt.org/
Pride Film Screening & Button Making
Pride (2014) is a feature film based on a true story: U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfFvsKDuUU
We’ll also be making buttons for May Day the next day!
May Day
Feeling crushed by the ruling class? Join us on Saturday, May 3rd from 3-7 pm for a celebration of International Workers’ Day. Together we can find strength, solidarity and inspiration in the long memory of the labor movement in America & beyond! "The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too." Fresh bread, good speakers, block printed roses, live music, & letterpress demos. All ages welcome. To Hell With Gloom! Power to the People!
EcoGathering: Work
Join EcoGather at the Hard-Pressed Print Shop for community, conversation & camaraderie. A series of five cozy, drop-in, donation-based EcoGatherings.
Learn more about EcoGather and their work here: https://ecogather.ing/
Tonight’s theme: Solidarity
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Family Friendly Block Printing Workshop
Looking for something fun to do during school break? Join us for an engaging and interactive block-printing workshop for young artists and their caregivers, hosted by friend of the shop, printmaker and artist Morgan LaChance!
In this workshop, we will learn how to design, create, and print our own 4x6 stamps using materials that are safe for young children to handle. Pre-made stamps created by the instructor will also be available to experiment with. Everyone will go home with multiple prints on paper and/or fabric as well as their unique blocks which can be used again. Best suited for children ages 5 -12.
Limited to 10 children. Accompanying adults are free. $35-65 sliding scale.
REGISTER HERE
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Poetry & Liberation
Join Toussaint St Negritude and Uncle Erok for an evening of lively poetry, printing and conversation. Toussaint and Erok will share poems on the topic of art and liberation, followed by group discussion and sharing on the theme. Please bring a poem to share if you feel inspired!
We'll also be printing! Hard-Presssed Community Printshop members will share about the letter press and will have a broadsheet set up that folks can print to take home featuring words by Toussaint and art by Erok.
Suggested donation $10-$20. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Food for Fools Potluck
Join us for a delightful April Fools potluck, grounded in community building around the themes of whimsy, joy and mischief.
Bring a dish that is comforting, warm or is attached to a special memory in your life and join us for conversation about how we can embrace some of the darkest experiences of humanity and transform them into the communal release of laughter.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Letterpress Basics: Sunday March 23rd, 1-4 pm
In this four hour workshop we will each design and print a one-color design. Each participant will walk away with a stack of prints to share with their pals. This is a great workshop to learn the basics of setting type, and printing on the Vandercook cylinder press.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
EcoGathering: Solidarity
Join EcoGather at the Hard-Pressed Print Shop for community, conversation & camaraderie. A series of five cozy, drop-in, donation-based EcoGatherings.
Learn more about EcoGather and their work here: https://ecogather.ing/
Tonight’s theme: Solidarity
Beginner Bookmaking
In this two hour introductory bookbinding workshop, students will become familiar with this fun and practical craft by producing books with straightforward structures that are endlessly adaptable. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the book making process and a personalized softcover notebook you have created! All materials included with shop tools available for shared use.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Open Studio Hours
Stop by and work on your own projects, flip through the zine library, or just come say hello and see what we’re up to.
Family-Friendly Block Printing Workshop
Looking for something fun to do during school break? Join us for an engaging and interactive block-printing workshop for young artists and their caregivers, hosted by friend of the shop, printmaker and artist Morgan LaChance! In this workshop, we will learn how to design, create, and print our own 4x6 stamps using materials that are safe for young children to handle. Pre-made stamps created by the instructor will also be available to experiment with. Everyone will go home with multiple prints on paper and/or fabric as well as their unique blocks which can be used again. Best suited for children ages 5 -12.
$35-65 sliding scale, all materials will be provided.
Children must be accompanied by an adult for this workshop - adults are encouraged to participate as well! One registration per child, accompanying adults are free.
Letterpress Basics
Have you been curious to learn about letterpress? You’re in luck! Join us for Lonely Hearts Letterpress on Sunday Feb. 8 from 12-4 p.m.
In this four hour workshop we will each design and print a one-color print. Each participant will walk away with a stack of prints to share with their pals. This is a great workshop to learn the basics of setting type, and printing on the Vandercook cylinder press.