The Center for the Ink & Paper Arts is an evolving printmaker’s facility in the West Bottoms. Currently, we are only equipped for letterpress & relief work, but we have plans underway for adding lithography & intaglio presses as well. We are tucked into 600 square feet but will soon have 5000. Along with providing access to our rebuilt vintage printing equipment, the Center will soon begin hosting demonstrations & workshops on their proper use and care. Hand-lettering , typography, Eastern & Western calligraphy, wood cutting ,wood engraving , linoleum block cutting , wood cutting , paper marbling , paper making , bookbinding—all fall within the Center’s scope and will be the subject of workshops and other programs down the road. g Some equipment has yet to be reassembled. New equipment is still being added. To the left of the pony paper cutter is a paper drying rack—now that it’s retired from its first career as a bread delivery cart. WHY OPEN A COMMUNITY PRINT- MAKERS STUDIO IN KANSAS CITY? Kansas City (to my knowledge) has no other membership supported printmaker’s facility. Why? Cities across the nation have had similar community print shops opera- ting for many successful years. Here’s a short sample link list of these institutions: Sev Shoon Arts Center Seattle www.sevshoon.com/ John Talleur Print Studio Lawrence, Kansas www.lawrenceartscenter.com/print-studio.html Minnesota Center for Book Arts Minneapolis www.mnbookarts.org/ the Print Studio Hamilton, Ontario www.theprintstudio.ca/ Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Chicago www.chicagoprintmakers.com/ The Highpoint Center for Printmaking Minneapolis www.highpointprintmaking.org/home/index.html The Printed Page Lebanon, New Hampshire www.printedpage.net/ Center for Contemporary Printmaking Norwalk, Connecticut http://www.contemprints.org/index.cfm The Manhattan Graphics Center New York www.manhattangraphicscenter.org/index.html The Ink Shop Printmaking Center Ithaca, New York www.ink-shop.org/about.htm The Cheltenham Printmakers Guild Cheltenham Pennsylvania www.printmakersguild.com/index.php?page=home Lee Arts Center Open Studio Arlington, Virginia www.arlingtonarts.org/openstudios.htm Atlanta Printmakers Studio Atlanta, Georgia www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.org/events.html Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane, Australia http://www.impress.org.au/ Warringah Printmakers Studio Sydney, Australia http://www.printstudio.org.au/ There aren’t many practical options for the Inker without a press. For relief work there’s always the barren—which can help develop the arms and chest but doesn’t allow enough production speed to keep your costs down. Or an artist can pay for a semester’s use of the print studio at KCAI or a community college. This is an excellent option when the instructor understands & approves of your objectives. And what do you pay for a credit hour these days? For the artist who has more to say than the image will convey, the Center has a modest selection of lead and wood type as well as hand-lettering designers on site, who can offer informed feedback on your own copy stylings. Text-art and image-art get equal respect at the Center. OPPORTUNITIES • Members who wish to take on volunteer responsibilities can earn additional studio hours. • We will gladly accept donations & loans of the printing equipment and supplies on our want list. Awkward loads or heavy equipment and materials are not ordinarily a problem —we can make arrangements to have it all picked up. • Members with advanced graphic arts skills and an interest in sharing their experiance and techniques may get their workshop ideas & plans on the Center’s program schedule. I am constructing this website from a Mac iWeb template . These have several place- holding images that do not make much contextual sense but will be replaced as I get the appropriate photographs. http://www.sevshoon.comhttp://www.lawrenceartscenter.com/print-studio.htmlhttp://www.mnbookarts.org/http://www.theprintstudio.cahttp://www.chicagoprintmakers.com/%0Ahttp://www.highpointprintmaking.org/home/index.htmlhttp://www.printedpage.nethttp://www.contemprints.org/index.cfmhttp://www.manhattangraphicscenter.org/index.htmlhttp://www.ink-shop.org/about.htmhttp://www.printmakersguild.com/index.php?page=homehttp://www.arlingtonarts.org/openstudios.htmhttp://www.atlantaprintmakersstudio.org/events.htmlhttp://www.impress.org.auhttp://www.printstudio.org.au/%0Ashapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3shapeimage_6_link_4shapeimage_6_link_5shapeimage_6_link_6shapeimage_6_link_7shapeimage_6_link_8shapeimage_6_link_9shapeimage_6_link_10shapeimage_6_link_11shapeimage_6_link_12shapeimage_6_link_13shapeimage_6_link_14
LOCATION STUDIO 305 The Hobbs Building 1427 West 9th Street Kansas City, Missouri 64101 CONTACT US Calvert Guthrie 816•803•1515 prairieprinter@mac.com PROGRAMS Developing a Personal Handwriting Style November 2007 Practical Copperplate Handwriting January 2008 Green Printmaking February 2008 RESIDENT IMPRINTS • Ragpicker Press • SOJO Arts • Bohemian Waxwing • Whip 0r Will Editions • Keystoner Dispatch • Uppaukrick Publishing • Poor Ruberic’s Almaniac ON SITE EQUIPMENT WASHINGTON HANDPRESSES • 17x22” Morgans & Wilcox • 16x20” Ostrander-Seymour CYLINDER PRESSES • SP Vandercook • No. 4 Reprex • #0 Poco PLATEN JOB PRESS • Sigwalt Ideal 6x9 PAPER CUTTERS • 18” Advance lever cutter • 24” Advance lever cutter STANDING/NIPPING PRESSES • 5 9X11” and under • 1 20x22”mailto:prairieprinter@mac.comshapeimage_7_link_0
 
 
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