[5751] in APO Printshop
Re: Printing Arts Fair - June 21 - N. Andover
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Thu May 28 02:19:43 2009
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 02:19:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@MIT.EDU
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i've been meaning to get up there for years.
partly to see if there is anything the press shop could use
if anyone is driving, please let me know
it's about a four mile walk from the commuter rail
yiLFS -len
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jennifer Tu <jtu@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-printshop@mit.edu
Subject: Printing Arts Fair - June 21 - N. Andover
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I have no idea what this event is, but I saw a nicely laid out poster fo=
r it
while on the bus somewhere in Watertown. I won't be in town that weeken=
d,
but if anyone is and does go, let me know how it is please!
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--Jennifer
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Here's the poster:
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http://museumofprinting.org/txp/images/11.jpg
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And here's the blurb:
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http://www.museumofprinting.org/txp/Events
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Printing Arts Fair
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Sunday, June 21
10am=E2=80=934pm, free and open to the public
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The Letterpress Guild of New England will be hosting the 6th Annual Prin=
ting
Arts Fair on Father=E2=80=99s Day, June 21, 2009 at the Museum of Printi=
ng located
at 800 Massachusetts Avenue in North Andover, Massachusetts just across =
from
the town common. The Fair is free to the public and runs from 10am to 4p=
m.
Co-sponsored by the Letterpress Guild of New England and the Museum of
Printing, it=E2=80=99s the perfect time to learn about the book arts and=
printing,
with papermaking and bookbinding artisans demonstrating their craft. Als=
o on
hand are stone lithography, intaglio and letterpress printing demonstrat=
ions.
And for the first time the fair will present Steamroller Printing in hon=
or of
the 100th anniversary of the beloved Vandercook Proof Press.
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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 Studi=
o,
Swamp Press, Sun Hill Press, and Zoetropa. The Museum has a fantastic
selection of letterpress items for sale for those wanting to try their h=
and
at printing. Vendors will also be donating items to the raffle that bene=
fits
the Museum.
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