INTRODUCTION TO LETTERPRESS PRINTING CLASSES
One-Day Letterpress Printing Workshops are now being offered at the Historic Fourth Ward School Museum in Virginia City!
Learn how they printed in the 1800’s in the Wild, Wild West.
Learn the basics of the 550+ year-old art and craft of Letterpress Printing from Steve Robison, an
experienced letterpress printer.
Be able to walk away with a special hand-printed piece to share with your friends and family, and then if
you’re really hooked, schedule a time later to come back to create and print other letterpress projects of
your choosing with guidance from Steve!
- Pre-registration is essential, as space is limited to 8 participants per class.
Upcoming Print Shop Workshop Dates:
Classes in 2025 are scheduled to be held on the following Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM:
May 31
June 26
August 16
September 27
November 1
The workshop fee is $25 for non-members and $20 for members and includes your beginner-friendly letterpress lesson and take-home handprinted creation!
Sign up now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-introduction-to-letterpress-printing-tickets-1312321070649?aff=oddtdtcreator
Meet Your Instructor
Your instructor will be Steve Robison, a retired Community College Student Services Administrator and Instructor, with an unusual lifelong hobby of antique Letterpress Printing. Steve started printing in 1958 at the age of 7, when he received a toy printing press from Santa.
Since then, on and off for the last 61 years, he has collected and restored and printed on numerous antique letterpress printing presses, including hand-set type from the 1860s from the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City.
Right here in Virginia City, Steve is working closely with the restoration of the Territorial Enterprise newspaper & Mark Twain Museum, and also the renewal of the Historic Fourth Ward School Museum’s Mark Twain Room Print Shop.
He is looking forward to sharing his extensive knowledge with you at one of the many classes offered here at the Fourth Ward School Museum!
