Pyramid announces an open call for proposals for exhibitions to run between July 2022 to June 2023. Deadline: March 1, 2022 Notifications: April 15, 2022 Pyramid Atlantic programs its season by direct invitation of curators and artists and from an open call. Pyramid is currently interested in proposals for exhibitions to run between July 2022 to…
Every Wednesday, Pyramid Atlantic hosts the Hyattsville Figure Drawing Group for a classical nude figure drawing session. *9 Participant Limit, First come first seated (no RSVPs). Masks must be worn at all times. When: Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
For Current Members Only! Join us for an evening with full access to the type shop! Letterpress Happy Hour is the perfect way for you to practice your type-setting and printing skills. A Letterpress Associate will be on hand to answer questions and offer guidance, but not to offer instruction. Press reservations are available on…
For Current Members Only! Want an inexpensive way to practice your sheet forming skills in the studio? Want to meet other papermakers and see what they are working on? Then let’s get pulpy! Papermaking “Happy Hour” is an open studio session where pulp, moulds and deckles, and the press are prepared and waiting to be…
For Current Members Only! Let's get print-happy! Need an inexpensive way to practice techniques or work on your project in the studio? Want to meet other local screenprinters and see what they are working on? Screenprint “Happy Hour” is a hands-on, open studio session providing space to work and access to supplies (including the darkroom)…
For Current Members Only! Join us for Bookmaking “Happy Hour,” an open studio session where book makers receive guidance from one of Pyramid’s Book Arts Associates on their personal bookbinding projects and have full access to the bindery equipment: paper guillotine, board shear, book presses (standing and backing), and the Kensol gold foil stamper. Each…
An In-Studio Workshop! – Join us for a full day of fun learning how to both overlay and underlay leather in the creation of beautiful stitched imagery on a leather bound book.
An In-Studio Workshop! – Learn to make trays and boxes for the fun of it!
An In-Studio Workshop! – In this fun workshop, students will explore visual language potential in fundamental shapes to create a suite of repeat patterns, while learning about types of repeats and touching on how to move from cut paper to applications.
A 5-Day Virtual Workshop! – Building on lessons learned from Experimental Drawing part I, this workshop delves deeper into the art of drawing.
An In-Studio Workshop! – What’s the difference between pigmenting and dyeing paper? A lot! In this face-paced workshop, students learn how pigmenting and dyeing techniques differ, and make many paper…
For Current Members Only! Join us for an open studio "Happy Hour!" Members will have full access to the print shop to work on projects, print, and practice honing skills. A Printmaking Associate will be on hand to answer questions, help you set the press, and offer guidance—but not to offer instruction. Happy Hour assistance…
An In-Studio Workshop! – Come join us for this playful letterpress printing workshop where participants will create a Lego design to print on the Vandercook press.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Pyramid Members exhibit works of their choice, creating a mashup of styles, mediums, and price points hung riotously throughout the gallery. Modest prizes and bragging rights will be awarded, including a juror’s award by Mary Early, Director of HEMPHILL Artworks in Washington DC, and a “People’s Choice Award.” FEATURED ARTISTS DEBRA AMBUSH…
Join us for our opening weekend for Members' MashUp! RSVP HERE >> SAFETY FIRST Masks are required to enter Pyramid Atlantic. Hand sanitizer is available as are our bathrooms, so keep your hands clean! If you feel sick, STAY HOME. Your time in the gallery will be limited to your ticketed slot to maintain appropriate…
An In-Studio Workshop! - Ready to move beyond a one-color screenprint? In this silkscreen workshop, you will learn to design and register multi-layer prints.
Join us for our opening weekend for Members' MashUp! RSVP HERE >> SAFETY FIRST Masks are required to enter Pyramid Atlantic. Hand sanitizer is available as are our bathrooms, so keep your hands clean! If you feel sick, STAY HOME. Your time in the gallery will be limited to your ticketed slot to maintain appropriate…
A 2-Day Virtual Workshop! – Learn an extremely accessible method of paper casting by casting directly on found objects without the need for molds or pulp.
A Virtual Workshop! – Join us for a hands-on workshop to show you how to print with stamping ink on paper, block printing ink on fabric, and acrylic paint on canvas.
Every Wednesday, Pyramid Atlantic hosts the Hyattsville Figure Drawing Group for a classical nude figure drawing session. *9 Participant Limit, First come first seated (no RSVPs). Masks must be worn at all times. When: Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
Let's Zoom + Make!—Are you interested in making paper at home with materials you might already have? Then you should join us for an evening Tin Can Papermaking, where you'll…
Let's Make+Take! – Join us as we use simple presses—and in some cases no ink—to communicate using impressions of text on paper.
An In-Studio Workshop! – Come play with "pochoir" (a hand stenciling technique) and create a variety of single sheet book structures.
Let's Zoom+Make! – In this quick and fun Zoom + Make, we’ll show you how to use fabric paint or ink, freezer paper, and some smooth cutting skills to create your own one-of-a-kind screenprinted t-shirt or print.
An In-Studio Workshop! – Learn the basics of letterpress printing with antique lead type on a Chandler & Price Pilot tabletop platen press.
An In-Studio Workshop! – Using old rusted tools, hinges, metal pieces as molds, add rust color and texture to your handmade paper relief sculptures either as finished pieces or parts to assemble into a larger work
Annual Poetry Reading to Commemorate the 2007 Bombing of Historic Book Market in Baghdad, Iraq Pyramid Atlantic is pleased to be this year's venue for the annual poetry reading: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. Since 2010, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC has held an annual reading event in the month of March that commemorates the 2007…
A 8-Week Virtual Workshop! – Join us for an introduction to the fascinating world of natural history illustration. Students will examine beautiful and peculiar illustrations from Ancient Greece to 19th century America and across various fields of study, while learning processes for illustrating specimens.
A Virtual Workshop! – In this 3-hour online intensive, you will learn best practices in cutting techniques, explore folded forms, and how to use premade stencils to cut patterns out of cardstock or your own handmade paper.
Every Wednesday, Pyramid Atlantic hosts the Hyattsville Figure Drawing Group for a classical nude figure drawing session. *9 Participant Limit, First come first seated (no RSVPs). Masks must be worn at all times. When: Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
It's an In-Studio Make+Take! – Monotype is any form of printmaking that results in a unique, one-off print. Learn a technique where you remove the light areas of a composition to create your image.
An In-Studio Workshop! – In this workshop, we will learn how to recycle Tetra-Pak containers into a printmaking plate using accessible and budget-conscious materials.
Every Wednesday, Pyramid Atlantic hosts the Hyattsville Figure Drawing Group for a classical nude figure drawing session. *9 Participant Limit, First come first seated (no RSVPs). Masks must be worn at all times. When: Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – Join us for a 2-day workshop to learn about this environmentally-friendly printmaking technique. Solar Plate Etching does not require the use of acid or other harmful chemicals and it is a quick and versatile printmaking technique to incorporate into any practice.