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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.

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.

220 South 34th Street
Lower Level of the Fisher Fine Arts Library building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
between Walnut and Spruce Streets

Phone: 215-746-3001

Email: mtasillo@upenn.edu

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  • Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
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  • Arthur Ross Gallery
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  • Fisher Fine Arts Library
  • Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Kelly Writers House
  • Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts
  • Morris Arboretum
  • Penn Museum
  • Platt Student Performing Arts House
  • The Rotunda
  • Wolf Humanities Center
  • WXPN and World CafĂ© Live

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation

John McInerney (he/him)
Executive Director
215-573-0874
mcinernj@upenn.edu

Chloe Reison (she/her)
Associate Director
215-573-2159
reison@upenn.edu

Tamara Suber (she/her)
Executive Coordinator of Grants and Community and Equity Strategies
215-898-0608
suber@upenn.edu

The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation is located on the Upper Mezzanine of the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

3680 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA

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