The Penland letterpress program offers beginning to advanced workshops in traditional and contemporary methods. The letterpress studio provides the space and specialty equipment to explore typography and image-making through the lens of materials and craft, via work in primarily two-dimensional and folded formats. The technical and conceptual scope of each workshop is determined by the instructor with input from our program director and support from our programming staff. Our versatile facility and high caliber artist/educators allow us to provide relevant programming in topics from type setting to experimental image making and artist books and everything in between. We strive for a balance of technical and aesthetic content and value all cultural and historical perspectives. We offer workshops that inspire and challenge students from curious beginners to accomplished professionals. Our programming is current in spirit and respectful of craft traditions.