The Nederlands Steendrukmuseum looks ahead and that includes rejuvenation and diversity of the board. The museum, after a period of preparation, can proudly introduce four new board members: Mrs Jacqueline Slagter, Architect, graduated from TU / Eindhoven. Mrs Lisette Almering-Strik, Graduated and active at the Open University, Faculty of Cultural Studies. Mr Henk Hanneman, Graduated TU / Eindhoven,…
Today the Nederlands Steendrukmuseum (Dutch Museum of lithography) in Valkenswaard, Netherlands, added a rare book to it’s steadily growing collection. It is a copy of the the drama ‘Das Urteil des Paris’ published in 1785 by Peter Senefelder, the father of Alois Senefelder (inventor of lithography). In the book also was found a handwritten letter…
[Groningen, The Netherlands] Local authorities threaten to cut subsidies to the GRID Graphic Museum This week we unfortunately received a disturbing message. Our local municipal and county authorities have decided to ignore the positive advice from the local Arts Council that the GRID Graphic Museum in Groningen should be subsidized. This would mean that for…
3rd poster contest organized by the Museum of typography The “Museum of Typography”, in Chania, Crete, invites once again professionals, students and amateurs of graphic and visual arts, but also people with innovative ideas that can turn them into a poster, to participate in the 3nd international poster contest about typography. As the greek word “τυπογραφία”…
Reminder call for papers Centre for Printing History and Culture Printing Historical Society, UK The National Print Museum, Ireland From craft to technology and back again: print’s progress in the twentieth century 30-31 March 2017, National Print Museum, Dublin, Ireland Deadline for proposals: 30 June 2016 Guest speakers Professor Michael Twyman, University of Reading, Industrial…
Club de gráficos eméritos The Club de Gráficos Eméritos organizes activities related to culture and printing in different contexts. Its latest visit, on May 27, was to the Casa de la Moneda Museum in Madrid, which is part of Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre. The majority of members have had professional relations with the Spanish …
Recently, a large delegation of Club Graficos Eméritos visited the excellent and spectacular printing museum established by the Alzamora Group at its facilities in Sant Joan les Fonts in Girona (Spain). The Alzamora Museum, designed and owned by Pere Alzamora i Carbonell, offers an educational journey through the history of printing, from the distant seventeenth century until…
For more information contact : Vander Heyden & Fils Sprl Rue de Hamaide, 68 6890 Redu (in the Village du Livre, les “Hauts de Redu”) Belgium Tel. 061-65.60.17 info@reliure-redu.com Même machine sous un autre angle…
Invitation to the annual meeting of the Society of bibliophiles Hamburg, Germany, 26-30 May 2016 Programme of the 117th annual meeting of the oldest bibliophile society in Germany Registration is open until 9th May. Programme (in German).
The Printing Museum: thirty years young! A word from John Nixon, president of The Printing Museum, Wellington, New Zealand The Printing Museum (Wellington, New Zealand) began life over 30 years ago when a group of enthusiasts and professional printers began collecting items of historical and industrial interest. This was at a time when the era of letterpress, the…
Printing history and practical printing at the Bodleian Library The Bodleian centre for the study of the book is offering a week-long course in printing history and practical printing, 27 June to 1 July, for researchers, librarians, and others who work with books from the hand-press period. Covering technical aspects of book production in the…
Ex-Machina : a data base of printing presses The website of the Musée de l’imprimerie et de la communication graphique (Lyon, France) offers an extremely rich data base of historic printing presses from earliest times to the mid 20th century. Ex-Machina currently contains over 1200 types of press and can be searched by various crtieria such as printing process, manufacturer, country – either individually…
AEPM annual conference: call for papers The annual AEPM conference will be held at the Nederlands Steendrukmuseum (Dutch lithography Museum) in Valkenswaard (Netherlands) from 3-5 November 2016. It is being jointly organised with the IADM (Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Druck- und Mediengeschichte). The theme of the conference is: From stone to chip Lithography. Few people know…
Museo didáctico de las artes gráficas in Arganda del Rey (Madrid) The Club de gráficos eméritos recently visited the Museo didáctico de las artes gráficas, founded by the entrepreneur Mr Ángel Gallego Esteban. Mr Ángel Gallego’s life is linked to the field of the graphic arts since his earliest youth. At the age of 14…
Only one place left for: ‘Slow Printing’, a summer letterpress course in Denmark A truly unique opportunity to spend five days typesetting and printing with a small group of participants in a rural setting in Denmark. July the 11th to 16th 2016 Thomas Gravemaker from LetterpressAmsterdam and Jens Jørgen Hansen, bogtrykker will run this Summer…
The Van Gogh Museum (Netherlands) has made available online an extraordinary collection of French printmaking with a beautiful and easy to navigate interface design. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/prints/home
Museum of typography in Chania, Crete nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award 2016 The Museum of Typography has the honour to announce its nomination for the distinguished European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2016, an award presented each year by the European Museum Forum (EMF) under the auspices of the Council…
The unique Frogmore living museum of papermaking in Hertfordshire (UK) is under threat of closure. The Frogmore mill pioneered the use of Fourdrinier paper-making machines in the opening years of the 19th century and still operates Victorian era machines as part of its museum activities. Its parent organisation, the Apsley paper trail charity, which maintains…
Print Networks call for papers * DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 1* British and Irish Print Networks 11-12 July 2016 Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway The 19th Print networks conference will have as its theme ‘British and Irish print networks’. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Ireland became increasingly integrated within a British…
Call for papers The song of the sans serif Conference to be held at the Centre for printing history & culture (CPHC) Birmingham City University / University of Birmingham 30 September 2016 Details From printing types to digital typography the sans serif resonates across both page and screen; and from the advent of Caslon IV’s…
