• Workshop

Among These Are: A Community Art project & Letterpress Printing Event in Collaboration with Mural Arts

Stop by Weitzman Plaza to take part in a community art project that asks: "What rights would you add to the Declaration of Independence today?"

 

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October 23, 2024, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Weitzman Plaza, in front of Meyerson Hall
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Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff

Hosted by: Common Press

Letterpress printing

We show you how to use movable wood type and letterpress printing to fill in the blank space in the prompt “Among these are Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness, and _________________”, and then help you print your composed type on our hand-operated printing press. The exercise takes 10 minutes or less, and your work will be included in the Printmaking by the People archive at Mural Arts.

This project is part of a larger citywide project, Printmaking by the People, that Mural Arts is leading in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 

Read Printmaking by the People: City Wide Voices on 2026.