A Message from the IPRC Director
New Year’s greetings from the IPRC! Huge thanks to everyone who supported us in Willamette Week’s 2009 Give!Guide—with your help we raised over $8000, plus an additional matching pledge of $5000 from an anymous donor. This was definitely our most successful year-end drive ever!
And thanks in part to this outpouring of support, our amazing little center has expanded. Yes sir—with the addition of room 203, the IPRC is now 350 square feet larger. Our sparkling new conference room/art gallery is twice as big as the previous one, which means more workspace for members, plus bigger public workshops, readings and events. For instance, we’re pleased to host the cast and crew of The Matter magazine on February 6 for a reading and “dramatic enactment” of select illustrated stories from their latest issue. Also in February, we’ll christen the new gallery with a show by text-based visual artist Mia Nolting.
Our new conference room will also house our BindFast 5 bookbinding machine. To learn the art of producing perfect-bound books using this amazing machine, sign up for one of our BindFast 5 workshops. Also check out our Intro to Letterpress, Intro to Indesign or DIY Screenprinting workshops—taking a combination of these classes will give you all the skills necessary for making your own handcrafted books. Registering for workshops is easy–simply click any workshop on the right, then follow the links to Brown Paper Tickets.
Hope to see you soon,
Justin Hocking, IPRC Director
P.S. To make room for our new yearlong Certificate Program in Creative Writing and Independent Publishing, we will be closed to the public on Monday evenings starting at 7:00 pm. Normal Monday hours will resume in May.