Studio Shift

04/16/2026

04/14/2026

Saturday!

04/06/2026

We'll be at the Bayside Zine Mini Fest at Bayside Area Library in VB next Saturday! Hope to see you there! For more info on the event, check out sprout.link/vbplibrary 📙😎

04/03/2026

StudioSHIFT has some cool stuff planned for April! →
🫟 Sunday 4/12 - Our regularly-scheduled Riso 101 class (1 seat left!)
📘 Saturday 4/18 – We'll be at Bayside Library in VB, for Zine Fest from 12-4pm! Come join us for steam roller block printing, print making workshops, screenprinting, and more!
✨ Sunday 4/19 – NEW monthly Riso Open Studio, for anyone who has already taken Riso 101 to learn the basics!
📙 Sunday 4/26 – Our regularly-scheduled Make a Zine with Riso class!
Check out our website for more info, link in bio!

03/17/2026

We're looking for shop assistants! If you'd like to volunteer with our mobile print shop at the Bayside Library's Zine Fest on 4/18, fill out this quick form with your contact info!
https://forms.gle/PUoLr9yBaRZ9evw79

03/10/2026

Join us on Thursday, March 26 in the Gordon Art Gallery lobby at 12:30 p.m. to help create a print run of collective relief posters! Posters will be created in honor of the artwork and legacy of Samuel Kahn and Norfolk’s ecosystem. Each attendee will be able to stamp a small carving block designed with either a local building, flora, or fauna creating a patchwork ecological map of Norfolk with other attendees.

We will be using plant-based ink pigments, recycled paper, and tools. All tools and supplies provided and no prior printmaking experience required. Attendees 12+ may participate in carving and everyone is welcome to stamp on the posters.

Free to participate. Pay-What-You-Can to keep carved blocks and completed posters.

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03/03/2026

How is it already March?? We have a new class planned for this month!

💙 Cyanotypes 101 - Sat. 3/28
Learn rudimentary theory of photographic contact-prints, and practice paper-coating, negative preparation, exposure, “development”, and post-processing techniques. Students will walk away with 3 prints of their work.

We also have our regularly scheduled monthly classes:
🫟 Riso 101: Analog Techniques - THIS Sunday! 3/8
💻 Riso 102: Digital techniques - Sun. 3/15
📘 Make a Zine with Risography - Sun. 3/29

Sign up or learn more on our website! Hang in there everyone, spring will be here soon 🌸

02/27/2026

02/23/2026

We had a blast at yesterday's Riso Zine Workshop! Zines are a great way to explore pretty much any theme or idea. From zines about the history of zines, to comics about self-conscious spiders, to travel, super heroes, or even fish/crabs/illuminati rats—be the zine you wish to see in the world 🌎📙

You can join us at our next class, Riso 101 on Sunday 3/8 at 2pm! Find more info or sign up on our website!

02/16/2026

This Sunday 2/22 at 2pm: the Make a Zine workshop is a great experience for newbies and experienced zine makers alike. Join us for this hands-on workshop where you will create your own zine and use the riso to print 50 copies of your work that you can sell or trade! You can sign up for this and other upcoming classes on our website.

There's also still time to snag a seat for Intro to Screenprinting—part 1 is this Saturday 2/21 at 10am. Learn basic screen printing techniques and walk away with 5 prints or t-shirts featuring your original design.