Hot off the press.
Over the course of three years, The New Orleans Community Printshop has held workshops, gallery shows, and drop-in screenprinting nights, setting up shop wherever it could find a home for at least a night. Along the way, the Printshop’s all-volunteer staff has served hundreds of local artists and students, and nurtured a small, but loyal, community of printing enthusiasts.
Then, the Printshop found a permanent home. A beautiful space with brick walls, plenty of natural light, and 2,100 square feet to work with. The only problem? Raising the funds to build it out. The crew took to Kickstarter, and ran a project to raise the bare minimum necessary to renovate.
Over the next five months, the team sanded, painted, built, and installed. They relied on the volunteer efforts put forth by printshop members, students, and artists — learning things like “how to install plumbing” as they went. Today, all that effort came to fruition with the announcement of the official grand opening.
There will be live printing, a membership drive, brass bands, lots of people, and lots of celebrating. We wish we could be there to raise a glass in our ink-stained hands.
