Frederick Book Arts Center

06/19/2026

We will be closed today, June 19th, in observance of Juneteenth. We open again tomorrow, see you there!

06/11/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Have you seen our new Pride windows yet? We had a lot of fun adding some color to our front room last week and hope you enjoy!🌈

06/10/2026

Join us and the Washington Writers' Publishing House for this unique opportunity. The night will start with a creative writing workshop, hosted by Suzanne Feldman, followed by a reading featuring Serena Agusto-Cox, Shaylynn Marks, Caroline Bock, and Jona Colson, plus an open mic to finish off the night!

This is a free event, but the hosts ask that you register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-of-love-at-frederick-book-arts-center-tickets-1991019745656?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwY2xjawSWW6NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF2YjBiOG9aN292WnEyVFlNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqhSs3xA699FeM9NnzSnMBPt1bIKAa9mg8sez9aF4UR6mmghpoRo9gtLKF6o_aem_VPCKI2IGYG__lpSrnc4A7g

JOIN US! OPEN MIC, writing workshop, readings, and community! FREE!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-of-love-at-frederick-book-arts-center-tickets-1991019745656?aff=oddtdtcreator


Frederick Book Arts Center

06/05/2026

Join us tomorrow for our First Saturday Open House (6/6) and print your own copy of the "Declaration of Independence". Also, check all the other great activities we have going on tomorrow below!

Open House Activities:

12-3pm - Judith Kornett will be demoing her relief printing and offering a special Make & Take activity of her lino cut blocks

2pm - "America Punctuated: Contemporary Responses to 250 Years of America" Exhibition Remarks from Executive Director, Casey Smith and participating artists

12-6pm - Print "The American's Creed" by William Tyler Page on our Chandler & Price Platen Press

12-6pm - Print the "Declaration of Independence" on our historic 219 Vandercook - suggested donation up to $20

12-6pm - Lithography demo by Scip Barnhart

12-6pm - Pages from Michael DeMattia's "Color Frederick" will be available to color in

Exhibition Description:

There’s a big difference between “America!” and “America?”. In 1962, Martin Speckter, an advertising executive and hobbyist letterpress printer in New York, invented the interrobang, a mark of punctuation that combines the question mark and the exclamation point. A good definition might be “excited disbelief.”

Interro comes from the Latin “to question” and “bang” is printshop slang for an exclamation mark. Speckter wanted a single mark of punctuation to express both excitement and curiosity. The 1960s was the Golden Age of the interrobang; it was even featured on a 1968 Re*****on typewriter, but in subsequent decades it fell out of favor.

Maybe we currently find ourselves in a political and cultural situation that calls for the interrobang. As we acknowledge the USA’s 250th birthday, we have plenty to celebrate. We also have plenty to question and criticize. This is itself a trait that America has been known for. Likewise, printers and book artists have a long tradition of active engagement at the intersection of culture and politics. Frederick Book Arts Center’s summer exhibition “America Punctuated” features a critical engagement with the
contradictions of what America means in 2026, 250 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Running from June 6th to August 23rd.

05/05/2026

❣️Kids class❣️

Calling all 3rd-6th graders and their guardians. Learn how to carve your own stamp and print your own cards just in time for Mother's Day!

"Make Your Own Stamp - Mother's Day Kids Class"
May 9th, 10am-12pm
Instructor: Marcey Jastrab
$35

Click the link in our bio to find our class page!

05/02/2026

✨️The magic of letterpress!✨️

05/01/2026

So. Many. Keepsakes!

Print Day in May isn't just about demos, get hands on experience and bring home some new art for you or your loved ones!