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The next Los Angeles Printers Fair will be held Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9 am to 5 pm. $5 general admission; $4 for students.

The fair supports the non-profit International Printing Museum and
its educational mission and is suitable for all ages.  Students,
Educators, families, enthusiasts, collectors, typophiles, bibliophiles,
graphic designers, artists and professionals will enjoy the varied
demonstrations and array of vendors. Children are welcome but need to be
accompanied by an adult at all times. Even if you’ve been to the Museum
before, you’ll see new vendors and materials at the Fair.

ACTIVITIES RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE DAY INCLUDE:

• Letterpress “Swap Meet:” Don’t miss your chance to
buy antique letterpress equipment and everything you need for your own
print shop. Type-lovers, graphic designers, artists, printers and
members of the public are welcome to ogle over hundreds of cases of type
and thousands of pounds of equipment and presses.

• “The First Information Revolution: The Printed Book from Gutenberg to Franklin” To
honor this year’s theme, “A Celebration of Paper and Print” we will
have a guest collection of rare books. Don’t miss this one-day only
exhibition in the Museum’s Gallery! Works include a Book of Hours
[1471], Augustine: Civitate Dei [1489], Natali: Catalogus Sanctorum [1514], Angelus de Clavasio: Summa angelica [1519], Chaucer: Canterbury Tales [1561] and much more.

• Ask machinery expert Bill Berkuta and others all
your press and equipment questions. Bill is in-demand all over the
state, so take advantage of his live consultation at the Fair.

• General Gallery Tours – experience 500 years of
printing history as our knowledgeable docents guide you through our
collection. Letterpress demonstrations on various presses will be
on-going throughout the day.

• Printmaking demonstrations by Lindsay Buchman, Nancy Jo Haselbacher, Mary Sherwood Brock, and Cathy Weiss in our back building in the Book Arts Institute.

• “The 40’s Shop” - Travel back in time to
experience a 40’s era working print shop. See Windmills, Ludlows,
Linotypes, platen presses, proofing presses, a Miehle Vertical and our
vast collection of wood and lead type.  See slugs cast on our working
Linotype operated by Luis Garcia.

• Sit down and enjoy reading in our Library with holdings on printing, papermaking, printmaking, typography and so much more.

• Purchase beautiful letterpress-printed pieces, artist books,
gorgeous handmade and commercial paper/envelopes and more from one of
our Vendors at the Fair.

• Drinks will be available for purchase.

VENDOR REGISTRATION IS STILL AVAILABLE HERE.

VOLUNTEERS: We need scores of Volunteers for the
Fair before, during and afterwards. Volunteers will receive free
admission. A Fair Volunteer meeting will be held Saturday, August 7th
from 10-11:30am in the Museum’s Heritage Theater. Please RSVP for the
meeting to fair@printmuseum.org.

FACEBOOK: The Fair is on Facebook; RSVP on the page today!

The International Printing Museum · 315 Torrance Boulevard, Carson, California 90745 · 310-515-7166

SUMMER STOCK – TWO WEEKS ONLY
Begins Thursday, August 12, 2010

PRINTS AND MULTIPLES BY: CHRISTO, HOLZER, LICHTENSTEIN, RAUSCHENBERG, SKOGLUND, SHERMAN, SPOERRI, THIEBAUD, WARHOL

Hours: Thursday - Saturday from noon to 6 P.M. at Track 16

Track 16 Gallery has re-opened it's doors to the public with it's Smart
Art Press Books and Multiples store featuring a new mural by artist,
Andrew Schoultz, contemporary art books, prints and editions from the
1960's to the present. Regular store/gallery hours are from Thursday
through Saturday from noon to 6 P.M.

Come join us for a special LAPS reception for Israeli artist, Orit Hofshi.

George Billis Gallery
2716 South La Cienega Avenue
Culver City, CA 90034 310-838-3685
March 23 - April 10, 2010

Los Angeles Printmaking Society sponsored reception:
Friday, April 2, 2010, 5:00 - 6:30pm

Israeli Orit Hofshi is a participating artist in Philagrafika
2010: The Graphic Unconscious in Philadelphia, where she studied in the late 80's at
the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. Hofshi works by hand on very large scale images yet achieves monumentality while retaining an intimate quality in her
prints. She creates varied horizontal and vertical matrices with the panels,
adding to or subtracting from the grid as she works on the image.
Sometimes she integrates the yet-to-be-printed matrix as part of the
work, displaying the wooden boards adjacent to the prints. Read more in this article from Art on Paper in 2008.

This is an opportunity to see Orit's prints and her talk about this work and her life in Israel. Please join LAPS in welcoming this unique artist to Los Angeles.

Free parking on Washington Boulevard during reception.
Gallery is located between Venice and Washington Boulevards. A special flyer is here

LAPS members received a 50% discount during regular show hours this year

_{LAPS Exhibition Chair, Cathy Weiss and Nancy Jo Haselbacher talk with a visitor to the LAPS booth}

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Friday, January 22, 2010, 11am - 8pm
Saturday, January 23, 2010, 11am - 8pm
Sunday, January 24, 2010, 11am - 5pm

Los Angeles Convention Center
West Hall A, 1201 South Figueroa Street
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information

Time and date for next LAPS Board Meeting:
SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 10:30 AM
(310) 558-0169   RSVP
at the home of Masha Schwietzer
9626 Monte Mar Drive
Los Angeles Ca 90035

The Printers Fair, LA Art Show preparations and updates on upcoming exchange exhibitions in Ireland. SGCI conference will be discussed. Please feel free if you are a member to join us!

LAPS Board Meeting

March 6th, 2010
Location: campus map
Guggenheim Gallery (Building 15)
Chapman College
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
Driving Directions
Guggenheim Gallery gave a presentation about the current exhibition, The Page, an Interactive Exhibition of Artist's Books

The LAPS General Meeting and Board elections
Saturday, February 6, 2010

Mary Tarango Studio
1166 Longfellow Drive
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
310-374-6460
map

After the meeting, artist Melissa Manful gave a demonstration of the paper litho process to a great turn out from the membership.
Directions

The Sunday September 20th meeting preceded the opening of the exhibition “EVOLUTION AND CHANGE,”
at OT Gallery in Old Town Tustin. All members are invited. Directions

juried by Patrick Merrill

EVOLUTION AND CHANGE
Sunday September 20th
Exhibition reception 2 – 5 PM

To see photos from the LAPS New Members Exibition at OT GAllery this summer, join us at LAPS on FlickR

May 30 – July 03, 2009
Artist’s reception: Saturday, June 06, 3 – 7 P.M.

February 28th General Meeting at Gemini GEL . Diane McLeod elected new president of LAPS. Jim Reid, master printer at Gemini GEL gives LAPS members a hands on litho demonstration. See more on FlickR

December 7th LAPS board meeting, opening and fundraiser at:
LA Artcore Brewery Annex Gallery 650 A South Avenue 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031

Join us on FLICKR to see the awardees of the student scholarship Foundation awards and the
small print fund raiser as well as the opening reception for the Stones
Throw/ Robert Blackburn Studio Exchange show.


Past Board Meetings: posted at LAPS on FlickR

All LAPS members are invited to participate and get involved in these projects. We have an exciting and busy year ahead!