Printing Poetry Workshop #5

Saturday & Sunday, November 14-15, 2026
9:00 am – 5:00 pm with a one-hour lunch break

Full workshop fee: $300
Scholarship workshop fee: $100

Our fifth in a series of letterpress printing workshops with the goal of bringing people together around poetry and the printed word—an exploration of the visual and material qualities surrounding poetry and writing. This workshop brings poets and writers together with printers and makers. Open to all levels: this class is great for poets, designers, artists, publishers, printers, and others who might be interested in collaborating together while learning the basics of letterpress printing, printmaking, and pressroom equipment.

Join master letterpress printer Jonathan Gerken at The CODEX Foundation Logan Book Arts Center to create a limited-edition broadside in our printshop in Berkeley. The class will be working with a poem by Truong Tran, a San Francisco based poet and visual artist. The class will hand-set the poem using metal and/or wood types and print an accompanying illustration. Enough broadsides will be printed during the class for each participant to take home a handful of prints.

Participants are invited to attend the reading by Truong Tran (free) on Friday, November 20 at 5:30 pm where broadsides from the workshop will be handed out to all in attendance.

There are 8 spots available with 2 reduced fee scholarships reserved for individuals from underserved communities. Please contact us if you are interested in a scholarship position.