Molly Poganski

Experience letterpress printing with MCBA’s new collection of Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, and Swedish wood type in this hands-on workshop taught by MCBA artists and staff. This in-person workshop is designed for those with curiosity about how to work with type in Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, and Swedish, and a desire to build skills and community while making collaborative prints! Some text will be pre-designed with type locked up in presses in advance to maximize printing time and allow for the basic concepts of printing to be introduced. We will make 2-3 distinct prints (approximately 10 x 14 inches in size), each with a line of text. Participants will have some creative input with ink colors and may select and hand-set additional words in wood type to print. Participants can take home a selection of ten to fifteen prints at the end of the workshop.

Molly Poganski is a letterpress printer and graphic designer originally from Louisville, KY. She first learned to print while earning a BFA in Graphic Design from Indiana University. Since then she has worked in nine print shops in five states, doing finishing work, production printing, creating digital fonts from wood type, co-developing a letterpress app for iPad, managing a public letterpress studio, teaching workshops, and more. She currently works as Minnesota Center for Book Arts’ Studio Coordinator and Resident Printer, where she manages studio projects, assists artists with their work, and maintains MCBA’s facilities and equipment. Outside of her work, she is a bicycle rider, two-step enthusiast, musician, and mother. She runs a hobby print shop, Dandy Horse Press, from her basement in Minneapolis.

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