Maggie Murphy

Print Futures is back by popular demand! Hear from three Print Futures all-stars LIVE. Rapid-fire presentations from emerging printers Gabby Rivera, Maggie Murphy, and Tess LeNoir will get you excited about the future of letterpress. Pushing the boundaries of letterpress tools, text, and image, these new voices in letterpress not only move the craft forward, they give us an inspiring glimpse of where the field of letterpress printing could go in their capable hands. Let’s give them all a warm Wayzgoose welcome!

Print Futures provides a new, unique platform for upward mobility in the letterpress community. To date, Print Futures has featured 28 emerging artists and educators, whose virtual lightning talks and ensuing discussions build bridges, encourage, and support the next generation of printers. Print Futures is co-produced semi-annually by Partners in Print (PiP) and Letterpress Educators of Art & Design (LEAD).

Maggie Murphy (Greensboro, NC) is an art and design librarian at UNC Greensboro who first learned letterpress at Penland School of Craft in 2023. Her letterpress work explores existential disquietude—ecological, personal, and otherwise. She recently joined UNCG’s MFA in Studio Art program as a part-time student, and is a founding member of UNCG’s Letterpress Club.