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Printing Arts Fair - June 21 - N. Andover
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jennifer Tu)
Wed May 27 11:10:14 2009
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jennifer Tu <jtu@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
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I have no idea what this event is, but I saw a nicely laid out poster for=
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it while on the bus somewhere in Watertown. I won't be in town that=20
weekend, but if anyone is and does go, let me know how it is please!
--Jennifer
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Here's the poster:
http://museumofprinting.org/txp/images/11.jpg
And here's the blurb:
http://www.museumofprinting.org/txp/Events
Printing Arts Fair
Sunday, June 21
10am=E2=80=934pm, free and open to the public
The Letterpress Guild of New England will be hosting the 6th Annual=20
Printing Arts Fair on Father=E2=80=99s Day, June 21, 2009 at the Museum of=
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Printing located at 800 Massachusetts Avenue in North Andover,=20
Massachusetts just across from the town common. The Fair is free to the=20
public and runs from 10am to 4pm. Co-sponsored by the Letterpress Guild of=
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New England and the Museum of Printing, it=E2=80=99s the perfect time to le=
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about the book arts and printing, with papermaking and bookbinding=20
artisans demonstrating their craft. Also on hand are stone lithography,=20
intaglio and letterpress printing demonstrations. And for the first time=20
the fair will present Steamroller Printing in honor of the 100th=20
anniversary of the beloved Vandercook Proof Press.
On display in the big tent and upstairs in the Museum are artwork,=20
stationery, prints, books, decorative papers, crafts, posters, type and=20
letterpress printing equipment from such vendors as Albertine Press, B=20
Designs, Brookfield Paperworks, Carta Inc., Sea Dog Press, May Day Studio,=
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Swamp Press, Sun Hill Press, and Zoetropa. The Museum has a fantastic=20
selection of letterpress items for sale for those wanting to try their=20
hand at printing. Vendors will also be donating items to the raffle that=20
benefits the Museum.
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