Saturdays At Todd: Pamphlets and Printing Workshop

  • Saturdays At Todd: Pamphlets and Printing Workshop

    Todd Art Gallery Community Education Programming from the MTSU Department of Art and Design:

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    SAMPLE PURPOSES ONLY

    Not for Registration

  • Handbound pamphlet with marbled paper covers and a printed title page, highlighting the relationship between pattern, surface, and typography.
  • Close-up of letterpress composition with metal type and ornamental borders, revealing the physical construction behind printed text.

  • Images Courtesy of Art History Staff

  • 📅 Sat., April 18, 2026

    🕘 Time, 12:00–3:00 P.M.

    📍 Todd Hall, Room 236 | MTSU

    🎨 All participants must attend for the full duration

    • Space is limited to 18 participants, ages 14 and above.

    • Registration required. 

  • Bright classroom (room 236 in Todd Art Building) with rows of white worktables and black chairs arranged throughout an open studio space, featuring overhead fluorescent lighting, exposed ceiling ducts, and large windows along one wall.

  • Todd Hall, Room 236 | MTSU

  • 1. Pamphlets and Printing Workshop
    Led by Susan Hanson, curator in the Special Collections Department of Walker Library, and Laura Cochrane, Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Design.

    Saturdays At Todd – April 18, 2026

    This hands-on workshop will be led by Susan Hanson, curator in the Special Collections Department of Walker Library, and Laura Cochrane, Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Design. It is offered in conjunction with the exhibition The Art, Technology, and Craft of the Book, currently on view in Special Collections.

    Participants will learn a variety of pamphlet-sewing techniques, decorate them with marbled paper, and learn methods for transferring texts and images. By the end of the session, attendees will have made their own hand-bound and decorated pamphlets, along with custom-printed bookplates.

    You can also learn more about early printed books at Dr. Cochrane’s gallery talk, “Crafting the Early Modern Book,” on April 9 at 4 PM in Special Collections.

     

  • Workshop Registration Policy

    Registration for this workshop will close on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, and may close earlier if capacity is reached. If plans change, advance notice is appreciated so the space may be offered to another participant.
  • Citri-Solv transfer of a historic illustration showing a man in early modern dress holding a book labeled “PRT MAT ER IA,” set against a pale green background with a repeating floral pattern.
  • Two Citri-Solv transfer prints of vintage fish illustrations on colored paper—one shows a wide-eyed fish with outstretched fins and handwritten labeling, while the other depicts a more realistic spiny-backed fish rendered in fine engraved lines

  • In addition to traditional printing with metal type, we will demonstrate a modern image transfer method using Citri-Solv.

    As shown in the two previous images

  • 2. Participant Registration Information

    Please complete the following to participate in this Saturdays At Todd Workshop

  • Under-Age Notice

    This workshop is open to participants ages 14 and older. Please contact us if you have questions about future offerings.

  • By submitting this form, I confirm that I meet the minimum age requirement for this workshop, or that I am registering on behalf of a participant who meets the minimum age requirement.*
  • Youth Participation Acknowledment: I acknowledge that participants ages 14–17 may attend without a parent or guardian present. I understand that appropriate conduct is required and that disruptive behavior may result in removal from the workshop. I further understand that, if dismissed early, the participant is responsible for their own transportation and that MTSU, the Department of Art and Design, and Todd Art Gallery do not provide supervision or transportation following dismissal.*

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