Upcoming Events: Common Press

Feb 04

Open to the Public

Studio Use Training

This one-hour intensive session is focused on proper studio practices to enable participants to use Common Press independently as an advanced user.

• February 4, 2026
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Common Press Space

Feb 06

Open to the Public

Open Studio Session: Iron and Labor in the Revolutionary Era

Join us for a drop-in Open Studio at Common Press to print a broadside commemorating the important role iron played in Pennsylvanian and American history!

• February 6, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Common Press Space

Feb 12

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Print Your Own Postcard: Learning how to set type and letterpress-print

Learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting while creating your own postcard in this workshop.

• February 12, 2026
• 11:00am - 1:00pm
• Common Press Space

Feb 17

Open to the Public

Mardi Gras Printing for All!

Join the Common Press in celebrating Mardi Gras by pulling a commemorative print during this event.

• February 17, 2026
• 9:00am - 11:00am
• Common Press Space

Feb 20

Open to the Public

Papermaking Open House: Rag Preparation

See how rags from our community cloth collection are processed in preparation for papermaking. Stop by the Common Press to participate in removing buttons, tags, and zippers and cutting the fabric into tiny pieces.

• February 20, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Common Press Space

Mar 06

Open to the Public

Open Studio Session: Indigenous Space

Join us for a drop-in Open Studio at Common Press to print a broadside about the Lenape, the original users of the land around the Historic Rittenhouse Town papermill!

• March 6, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level

Apr 10

Open to the Public

Open Studio Session: Ink and Flax in the Revolutionary Era

Join us for a drop-in Open Studio at Common Press to print a broadside exploring a key ingredient used to produce ink, fabric, and paper during the Revolutionary era: flax!

• April 10, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Common Press Space

Apr 18

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Open House: Papermaking at Historic Rittenhouse Town

See the work of Common Press during our residency at the papermill at Historic Rittenhouse Town where we will be turning the cloth collected during our community rag collection into large sheets of handmade paper.

• April 18, 2026
• 11:00am - 4:00pm
• Historic Rittenhouse Town

Apr 29

Open to the Public

Open Studio Session: Workers, Apprentices, and Unions in the Revolutionary Era

Join us for a drop-in Open Studio at Common Press to print a broadside reflecting on important aspects of labor history during the early days of the United States of America.

• April 29, 2026
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm
• Common Press Space