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! 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…
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)…
An In-Studio Workshop! – This workshop covers the basic techniques of Western-style hand papermaking, including pulp preparation, sheet forming, couching, pressing, and drying.
An In-Studio Workshop! – Learn the basics of letterpress printing with antique lead type on a Chandler & Price Pilot tabletop platen press.
Every Tuesday, 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: Tuesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
Altered Environments Virtual Artist Talk Wednesday, November 9 | 6-7PM FREE and Open to the Public RSVP Required VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK Listen to April Flanders discuss the process for creating her work in "Altered Environments," the reason behind it, and the portfolio of artists she put together, in a virtual artist talk facilitated by Pyramid's…
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…
Now a 2-Day Virtual Workshop! – Learn how to use unique prompts to create illustrations using Procreate on the iPad, how to practice and experiment drawing techniques with a variety of brushes and techniques, and will work alongside a dedicated cohort to critique and improve on your drawings.
A 3-Day Intensive In-Studio Workshop! – Embrace free play and improvisation to create multi-layer experimental prints using monotype and papercutting techniques.
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – Develop and typeset your own unique edition of saddle stitched books/magazines
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – Join us to explore a variety of methods in combining papermaking techniques with collage to produce finished pieces of art.
Every Tuesday, 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…
Let's Make+Take! – Come out for a fun evening to see what letterpress is all about and print your own mini posters while you're at it.
Let's Make+Take! – Join us as we play with variety of recycled, handmade, and decorative papers and learn how to make three styles of paper beads.
Let's Make+Take! – Learn some introductory book binding skills and create your very own Buttonhole Paper Book
Let's Make+Take! – Do you want to learn simple screen printing techniques and have some 'ready to hang' artwork complete in two hours? Join us for a fun evening as…
Members' Online Preview Friday, November 18 Opening Night Saturday, November 19 On View November 19-December 11 RSVP to Opening Night Here It's YEAR 10 for Pyramid's annual 10x10, and this year is bigger than ever with work by 200+ artists! Each piece is priced at $60. Starting November 23, sold works will be available for pick-up…
Program Runs March 1-August 18, 2023 Application Deadline: November 18, 2022 Notification: December 18, 2022 Pyramid Atlantic Art Center’s Keyholder Residency is a competitive opportunity for emerging to mid-career artists who want to have unlimited access to the studios in exchange for working 4 hours a week for Pyramid Atlantic. The residency is awarded to artists who…
An In-Studio Workshop! – Join us to learn how to make the deceptively simple drum leaf binding
An In-Studio Workshop! – Are you interested in taking screenprinting on fabric to the next level? In this workshop, you will learn how to register and print multiple colors, how to mix transparent base into ink to create overlays of color, and how to 'unhinge' the screen and print large.
Every Tuesday, 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: Tuesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
An In-Studio Workshop! – Learn the basics of letterpress printing with antique lead type on a Chandler & Price Pilot tabletop platen press.
Every Tuesday, 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: Tuesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm Where: Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery (2nd Floor) What: Sharpen your drawing skills in a relaxed, informal…
Spring Program, February 15–May 5, 2023 Application Deadline: November 30, 2022 Notification: January 6, 2023 Honorarium: $2000 Pyramid Atlantic now offers a paid internship opportunity for college or post-college artists. Our interns are a core part of the Pyramid team, gaining hands-on experience in printmaking, papermaking, and book arts. Interns work with various communities, including the general public and…
Let's Make+Take! – In this short-form workshop, you will learn how to carve and print your own holiday design using soft linoleum blocks.
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – Create small hanging mixed media artworks that can be individualized in many ways to fit any gift-giving occasion.
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…
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)…
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – Learn how to make textural collages and print them using wet handmade paper in this new papermaking workshop.
An In-Studio Workshop! – Learn the basics of letterpress printing with antique lead type on a Vandercook flatbed cylinder press.
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – In this workshop, you’ll learn how to screenprint your own design in a repetitive fashion onto a 44” x 72” piece of paper or fabric.
A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop! – This 6-hour workshop will demonstrate all of the basic techniques for reduction woodcut, where a single block is used for a multilayered color print.