American Printing History Association

Please join us on Saturday evening:

The Photopolymer Plate Process & Refined Typography on the Letterpress Printed Page

Gerald Lange

A lecture
Saturday, May 4, 2013
7 pm

Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045
(just north of LAX)
The Forum, Ahmanson Hall

Free and open to the public

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Photopolymer plates have changed the dynamics of letterpress printing. What was once the domain of metal and wood has been transformed into a world of software and plastic. The design and production of photopolymer-based printing has opened up nearly unlimited possibilities for design and has no doubt contributed to the recent popularity of letterpress printing – and the look of relief printed paper – in popular culture and among designers, artists, typographers, and book artists. Gerald Lange will discuss the history and impact of photopolymer on his own work and the work of letterpress printers.

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Questions and more information: info [at] aphasocal [dot] org

Gerald Lange is the proprietor and founder (1975) of The Bieler Press, a small printing and publishing firm specializing in studio letterpress, typographic design, and the publication of finely-printed limited edition books and related matter. Lange teaches at Otis College of Art and Design and the Art Center College of Design, and conducts workshops at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, California Institute of the Arts, Minnesota Center for Books Arts, Scripps College, Kent State University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He’s written numerous essays and articles on typography and the book arts which have appeared in Parenthesis (FPBA), book art object (CODEX),  Ampersand (PCBA), Printing History(APHA), Guild of Book Workers Newsletter, Counter, Serif, Bookways, and The Typographe.

From 1990 to 1996, Lange was the editor of AbraCadaBrA, the Journal of the Alliance for Contemporary Book Arts, an organization he co-founded in 1987. Now in its fifth edition, Lange’s monograph Printing Digital Type on the Hand-operated Flatbed Cylinder Press was first published in 1998.

In 2001, he founded PPLetterpress, an online forum on investigative, exploratory, and alternative printing and typographic techniques.

Visitor parking pass (free): Reserve today

The Southern California Chapter of APHA cordially invites you to an
afternoon with Gerald Lange of The Bieler Press

May 4, 2013
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

4 – 6 p:m Informal hands-on demo
7 pm: Talk

More details to follow shortly

Questions? Contact info@aphasocal.org

If you missed our sold-out symposium on Arroyo Seco print culture, join us for a special reception for the related exhibition
Where Bohemians Gathered:
Print Culture on the Arroyo Seco, 1895-1947

The curator, Jessica Holada, will give an illustrated lecture on the colorful characters whose work is on display through April 5, 2013.

Occidental College
Library Main Gallery
1600 Campus Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041
http://goo.gl/maps/wOqAP

Saturday, February, 23rd, 2013
3PM – 6PM
Lecture at 4PM

Light Refreshments
Street Parking
Seating is First Come, First Served
Free!

FYI: Renewing your APHA membership has never been easier.

You can now renew online!

If your membership has lapsed, we hope you will consider continuing your support of APHA and the SoCal chapter.

Cheers!

Save the date and Join us on Saturday, January 19, 2013

Southern California Chapter
American Printing History Association
Annual Membership meeting (+ optional field trip)

Please join us on Saturday, January 19, 2013 for the Chapter’s annual membership meeting. We’ll discuss plans and ideas for the upcoming year, ratify the vote for Membership Chair position, and solicit input from the membership.

The day starts at 11:00 am with an opportunity to look at some of Paul Landacre’s blocks, prints, and archival materials held at the Clark Library. We’ll then adjourn to the lounge for the meeting. Feel free to bring your own lunch. APHA will provide drinks and dessert.

After the meeting we’ll  head over to the Pasadena Museum of California Art for a curator’s tour of White on Black: The Modernist Prints of Paul Landacre. We’ll also provide a map to L.A. Historic Monument Number 839, Landacre’s former cabin and studio nestled in the hills above Echo Park. The exhibition will be on view at the Pasadena Museum through February 24^th, so if you can’t continue, you’ll still have an opportunity to see the exhibit.

Note: if 20 people can join us for the tour at the museum, we’ll qualify for the group rate of $3/each. Otherwise, adult admission is $7.

Schedule:
11:00 am – 1:30 pm: Membership meeting (bring your own lunch, we’ll provide drinks and dessert) and viewing of Landacre materials at the Clark
1:30-2:30 pm: travel to Pasadena with optional stop at Landacre’s house (exterior view only)
2:30 pm – 4 pm: curator-led tour of the Paul Landacre exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Note: tour starts at 3 pm.

Cost: $7/person (or $3 if over 20 people) for museum admission

When responding, please indicate whether you are interested in the meeting, the exhibition, or both.

Guests are welcome.

Clark Library
2520 Cimarron Street
Los Angeles, CA 90018
(323) 731-8529

http://www.clarklibrary.ucla.edu/

[The library is located 1 block east of Arlington at Adams Blvd. There is plenty of free parking]

Pasadena Museum of California Art in Los Angeles
490 East Union Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 568.3665

http://www.pmcaonline.org/exhibits/74/index.html

[The museum is located one block north of Colorado Blvd. between Los Robles Ave. and Oakland Ave. Free parking is available on the ground level of the museum and additional public parking is available across the street on Union.]

… was a great success! Thanks to our excellent speaker, Gary Kurutz, our colleagues at Occidental College, our docents at the Lummis Home & Garden, and Severin Browne.

Stay tuned for an invite to our annual members’ meeting, planned for January, 2013.

Where Bohemians Gathered:
Exploring Los Angeles Printing History along the Arroyo Seco

Saturday, December 8, 2012
9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

This is a rare chance to tour the Abbey San Encino, the former home and studio of Clyde Browne. The structure, built by hand by Mr. Browne, is now a private residence. The doors will open to the So. Cal. chapter of APHA and we’ll have a chance to see where the printshop was located, stroll through the chapel and the dungeon, and have the opportunity for a close-up view of the amazing stained glass window, designed by Mr. Browne and realized at nearby Judson Studios. Noted California historian, Gary Kurutz, will accompany us and provide some background on the historical and cultural significance of the Abbey.