Common Press
Common Press hosts regular programming, in which students can try their hand at letter press, work with visiting artists, and take place in demonstrations. There are also classes held in the Common Press studio, such as Typography and Cultures of the Book.
The Common Press is the letterpress and book arts studio at the University of Pennsylvania. A collaboration of Penn Libraries, Penn Design, and Kelly Writers House, the press supports interests in writing and text, print culture and history, and visual arts and design. The facility provides an environment where students can move between digital and manual image making, collaborating with writers, printmakers, designers, scholars, and others with an interest in printing. The Common Press exists to support teaching and to facilitate collaborative projects across the university.
Phone: 215-746-3001
Email: mtasillo@upenn.edu