Multiple Fairs' Friday Workshop and Demos

As part of Multiple Fairs BU College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents a day of workshops and demonstrations on topics ranging from Riso printing to calligraphy and creative coding. Multiple Fairs is a collaboration between the organizers of Multiple Formats (Boston University) and the Boston Art Book Fair (Boston Center for the Arts). Visit the Multiple Fairs’ website to RSVP for Friday’s programs.

Multiple Fairs’ Friday, March 21 Programming Schedule:

RISOGRAPH WORKSHOP WITH PANAYIOTIS (PAN) TERZIS

11:00 AM–2:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412

Limited to 20 participants

Panayiotis (Pan) Terzis is an artist, printer, and publisher based in NYC. He has been working with printmaking, drawing, painting, and publishing since 2005 and has been working with Risograph printing since 2010. He is the founder of the Riso press Mega Press. In 2015 Pan co-founded the RisoLAB, a Risograph studio based at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Since then, he has directed the curriculum and graphic and conceptual identity of the space and served as a faculty member.

ROMAN CAPITALS CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH JAVIER VIRAMONTES

12:00-3:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 410

Limited to 20 participants

Javier Viramontes is founder of Format.xyz, a design consultancy with an international scope, engaging in all fields of visual communication. Viramontes believes in a research-based approach with the aim of finding solutions that are both subjectively meaningful and formally timeless.

CMYK PRINTING ON THE RISOGRAPH: COLOR/SHIFT DEMO WITH TRAVIS SHAFFER (THERETHERENOW.)

1:00-2:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 411

Travis Shaffer is an artist and educator whose practice explores the intersection of photography and printmaking. In 2016, Shaffer founded theretherenow, a risograph atelier dedicated to applying risograph printing techniques to photography and photo-adjacent work. Through theretherenow, Shaffer investigates the materiality of images and the possibilities of reproduction, creating publications and printed matter that challenge traditional photographic representation. His work bridges contemporary photographic practice with experimental publishing, emphasizing process, collaboration, and the tactile qualities of print.

RISOGRAPH MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP WITH ROBERT BAXTER

2:00-3:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412

Limited to 40 participants

Join this hands-on event with Robert Baxter and a Risograph machine to learn how you can properly maintain your Risograph to keep it happy, healthy, and printing. Robert is an indie publisher of small books on arts research and practice and the shop manager and technician of a small community Riso studio in Seattle, WA.

PAPER ENGINEERING WORKSHOP WITH KELLI ANDERSON

3:00-6:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 411

Limited to 20 participants

Kelli Anderson is a design alchemist blurring the lines between design, publishing, and technology, creating interactive projects such as This Book Is a Camera, which transforms into a working camera; This Book Is a Planetarium, which houses paper devices, including a planetarium; and Alphabet in Motion, her upcoming book about typography.

An educator and artist, Anderson has taught at NYU, Parsons, and Cooper Union, inspiring students to see design as a tool for connection and wonder.

CREATIVE CODING WORKSHOP WITH HALIM LEE

3:00-6:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave, 4th Floor, Room 409

Limited to 12 participants

Halim Lee is a multidisciplinary graphic designer. She has a background as a mobile UX designer at Samsung and is currently teaching at Boston University after completing her MFA degree at the Rhode Island School of Design. By embracing diverse media, from print to digital, she strives to explore new possibilities in graphic design.

RISOGRAPH WORKSHOP WITH ALEX LUCIANO

3:00-6:00 PM

Location: 808 Commonwealth Ave 4th Floor, Room 412

Limited to 20 participants

Alex Luciano is an illustrator, printmaker, and Riso enthusiast based in Richmond, VA. She uses Risograph printing to create books and prints featuring her sculptures, drawings, and more.

Coming to Boston University March 20-22, 2025, Multiple Fairs brings together artists, designers, publishers, students, and artist book enthusiasts to celebrate the dynamic intersection of art, design, and publishing. Following Thelot's Thursday night keynote, Friday (March 21) will feature a day of workshops and demonstrations on topics ranging from Riso printing to calligraphy and creative coding. On Saturday, over 150 exhibitors will present their publishing practices at the Multiple Fairs Art Book Fair. The BCA is curating a concurrent slate of panels and participatory programs adjacent to the fair, in the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground.

Multiple Fairs is free and open to the public. It is sponsored in part by the Wagner Foundation, and with support from BU's School of Visual Arts.