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Re: Printing Arts Fair - June 21 - N. Andover
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kristin Kuhn)
Wed May 27 18:01:18 2009
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.0905271107120.2926@multics.mit.edu>
From: Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:00:44 -0500
To: Jennifer Tu <jtu@mit.edu>
Cc: apo-printshop@mit.edu
oh, man, I wish I was in town! This looks awesome!
2009/5/27 Jennifer Tu <jtu@mit.edu>:
> I have no idea what this event is, but I saw a nicely laid out poster for=
it
> while on the bus somewhere in Watertown. =A0I won't be in town that weeke=
nd,
> but if anyone is and does go, let me know how it is please!
>
> --Jennifer
>
> --
> 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=964pm, free and open to the public
>
> The Letterpress Guild of New England will be hosting the 6th Annual Print=
ing
> Arts Fair on Father=92s Day, June 21, 2009 at the Museum of Printing loca=
ted
> at 800 Massachusetts Avenue in North Andover, Massachusetts just across f=
rom
> the town common. The Fair is free to the public and runs from 10am to 4pm=
.
> Co-sponsored by the Letterpress Guild of New England and the Museum of
> Printing, it=92s the perfect time to learn about the book arts and printi=
ng,
> with papermaking and bookbinding artisans demonstrating their craft. Also=
on
> hand are stone lithography, intaglio and letterpress printing
> demonstrations. And for the first time the fair will present Steamroller
> Printing in honor of the 100th anniversary of the beloved Vandercook Proo=
f
> Press.
>
> On display in the big tent and upstairs in the Museum are artwork,
> stationery, prints, books, decorative papers, crafts, posters, type and
> letterpress printing equipment from such vendors as Albertine Press, B
> Designs, Brookfield Paperworks, Carta Inc., Sea Dog Press, May Day Studio=
,
> Swamp Press, Sun Hill Press, and Zoetropa. The Museum has a fantastic
> selection of letterpress items for sale for those wanting to try their ha=
nd
> at printing. Vendors will also be donating items to the raffle that benef=
its
> the Museum.
>
>
