You can Volunteer for our VOLUNTEER DAY on Thursday, July 13th between 10am and 12:30pm to help out.

We would really appreciate your help in sprucing up the studio for the schedule of classes we have coming up this spring and summer. We’ve made monumental progress in clearing, sorting, and organizing the space over the last year since our opening — and with your help we well push through our goal for AUGUST of clearing three more areas.

You can Volunteer for our VOLUNTEER DAY on Thursday, August 3rd between 10am and 12:30pm to help out.

We would really appreciate your help in sprucing up the studio for the schedule of classes we have coming up this spring and summer. We’ve made monumental progress in clearing, sorting, and organizing the space over the last year since our opening — and with your help we well push through our goal for August of clearing three more areas.

Author Talk with Alix Christie
June 29th from 5-7pm
InterOcean Studio, 2905 S. Elati Street, Englewood CO 80110

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The Shining Mountains, based on the true story of her Scottish forbears. The story begins in 1838, when a young Scotsman, Angus McDonald, lands at Hudson’s Bay. His journey takes him west to the unclaimed Oregon Country and a meeting with Catherine Baptiste, kin to Nez Perce chiefs. The world in which they fall in love and establish a family will soon be torn apart by competing claims: between British fur traders, American settlers, and the Native peoples who have lived for millennia in the valleys and plateaus of the Shining Mountains.

In this moving family epic, the history of the American West, from the Rockies to the Pacific, is revealed: a history of blended cultures seeking allies, trading furs for guns and steel, and the violence of American settlement. Christie’s research and empathic touch deliver a brilliant tale.

Alix Christie is the direct descendant of Angus McDonald’s brother Duncan. She consulted extensively with her Nez Perce and Salish-Pend d’Oreille cousins by marriage to research their blended family history, receiving official support for the project from the cultural committees of both tribes. Winner of the 2021 Editor’s Prize in fiction from the Missouri Review, she published her debut novel, Gutenberg’s Apprentice, with Harper Books in 2014. For the past thirty years she has reported from abroad for newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian of London and Washington Post, and currently writes about culture for The Economist. She lives in San Francisco, California.

You can reserve a copy of the book for purchase when you RSVP.

We’ve got lots of reasons for you to stop by for our Open House and Summer Social…

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To celebrate the upcoming workshops with Instructors, we’ll have them here to chat with and see the courses they teach (and handle the samples as well) . To enjoy the cool drinks, the blooming garden, and updates to the letterpress and papermaking studios. Just to say hi and show your support for our studios and community.

Whatever the reason, we look forward to seeing you!
The event will be held outdoors, and masks are optional for all attendees. This event is free and open to the public.

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Colorado Exhibit Information:
Dayton Library at Regis University
3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221
June 1 - July 29

The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers is holding a traveling exhibition, which will run March-July 2023 in three different states: Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado!

This is an open exhibit, but with 1st and 2nd Prizes, as well as a People's Choice Award! There will be a jury to decide who will win 1st and 2nd place. We will be photographing all submissions and displaying them in a printed catalog, as well as on our website! You can vote for your favorite art piece either by submitting it at the exhibit in your state, or through a google form that we will send out to you. All participants will receive a printed catalog automatically.

Past Exhibition Schedule:

Utah: Ken Sanders Rare Books at The Leonardo
209 E 500 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

February 27 - March 26

Wyoming:
American Heritage Center at University of Wyoming
Toppan Rare Books Library/2nd floor

April 17 - May 23

You can Volunteer for our SPRING CLEANING DAY on Thursday, June 8th between 10am and 12:30pm to help out.

We would really appreciate your help in sprucing up the studio for the schedule of classes we have coming up this spring and summer. We’ve made monumental progress in clearing, sorting, and organizing the space over the last year since our opening — and with your help we well push through our goal for June 15 of clearing three more areas.

Date/Time: February 12, 2022 from 10am to 2pm
Event Fee: $15
Location: 2905 S Elati Street, Englewood, CO USA 80110-3073
This Event is Open to Adults and Children

Event Description: In this four-hour event, participants will be able to create handmade paper valentines for their loved ones and friends. Bring your creativity and let’s have some fun!

Creative stations will be set up for participants to do Hand Papermaking with shaped deckles, various forms and colors and a Collage Valentine station to make a variety of creative valentines - using papers, ephemera materials and textiles of all kinds.

Summer Art Market is Art Student League of Denver’s most popular event of the year. Come to our doorstep in the West Wash Park neighborhood to shop the best in local artwork. Featuring more than 100 Colorado artist vendors, plus cold beer, food fresh from the grill, and Sweet Action ice cream.

SUMMER ART MARKET
August 27 & 28, 2022 | 9AM - 5PM
Located at 200 Grant St Denver, CO 80203

DEMO SCHEDULE: Sunday, August 28
10 - 11AM: Rhiannon Alpers – Book Arts

Join us for a special opportunity on the last day of the exhibition. Open case talk with Alicia Bailey, will be an intimate look at the work included in the exhibition, and the insider perspective on putting together the inaugural exhibition for InterOcean Studio.

Not to be missed.

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The Denver-metro and surrounding area has a growing community of printmakers and they want to offer you an inside look into their creative process. On March 26, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. you can meet us in the studio and make a pamphlet book on our letterpress printing presses.

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Join us at the Denver Art Museum as part of the Mo’ Print Community for a special day of on-site demonstrations and activities highlighting some of the most common printmaking processes.

There will be multiple printing presses within the Creative Hub and various printmakers giving demonstrations on their process. This is a unique chance to mingle with printmaking artists and see how prints are made! InterOcean Studio’s Team is pleased to be participating in the following activities:

FEATURE ARTISTS: Lucy Holtsnider & Jeff Shepherd

Main Area Demo: Print a postcard with the InterOcean team. Using a tabletop platen press, experience the tradition of letterpress printing - with instant gratification.

Blue Classroom Activity: Calling all makers! This fun hands-on activity takes you through the steps to make a sheet of shaped paper. We welcome kids and adults alike.