Welcome to Central Print
Our Mission:
We are a non-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the art of letterpress printmaking, and related arts, by providing workshops, classes, and programs focusing on design and production using historic printing equipment.
Summer Camp at Central Print-A Passport to Print
Central Print welcomed elementary-aged students for a week of printmaking exploration this July. Students took a tour through traditional processes from type setting, letterpress printing and drypoint to the more contemporary methods of lego printing and gelli-plate printing on T-Shirts. There was plenty of time for students to explore their favorite methods. We will be sure to offer new sessions in 2025.
Thanks to your support we’ve shared the power of printmaking with thousands of guests since we opened ten years ago.
We need your help to continue our efforts
throughout the year.
Printmaking encourages social interaction, promotes self-expression, and empowers participants.
We work with neighborhood youth who visit our studio, building confidence and literacy while they work on their independent projects.
We provide workshops for aspiring printers and the community, and work with national artists and organizations, further establishing Central Print as a hub for artistic expression.
Help us continue to share the power of printmaking with students in the printmaking community and the St. Louis region.
Fourth Fridays Print Lounge every month, in-person, masks optional.
Email marie@centralprint.org to make a reservation.
Central Print: The Art of Letterpress
HEC TV featured Central Print in a recent Connect STL feature that aired on KPLR Channel 11. Available on YouTube, check out the program to learn more about our historic old North St. Louis community studio that is a combination art studio and museum. In letterpress printing, type is set by hand, a tactile technique that is an antidote to the digital age. Central Print provides to artists studio space and access to old school printing presses. Classes and workshops for students and young people keep the art of movable type alive.
email marie@centralprint.org for more information
Ladies of Letterpress Conference
Ladies of Letterpress is known for mixing it up at conferences: from big to-dos in hotel ballrooms to sweating it out in Iowa pole barns to Zooming in from all over the world.
Join us July 17-20, 2025,
in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah!
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library since 1995, the Book Arts Program champions wide-ranging explorations of the book in our interdisciplinary makers’ space for active learners from the campus, local, national, and international communities. The Book Arts Studio is also home to the Red Butte Press where two handpresses and a large collection of foundry and rare metal type reside.
The Marriott Library’s Book Arts Studio is one of the best-equipped university book arts facilities in the country. All it’s missing is you! We hope to see you July 2025!
Host your next party Central Print
Schedule Your Next Event with Us.
Let us host your next Anniversary, Baby Shower or Birthday Celebration!
We also provide our unique venue for corporate and community meetings, Bridal Showers, and Team Building.
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Email us or call for more details: (314) 241-1346