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FALL 2026 FOB HOLDER APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN! This summer, we are highlighting the Fob Holder Program and inviting our...
06/15/2026

FALL 2026 FOB HOLDER APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

This summer, we are highlighting the Fob Holder Program and inviting our community to engage with and support our most popular artist opportunity.

Been thinking about applying? Now is the time! This free program is a unique and competitive opportunity to gain 24/7 access to professional print facilities in exchange for working as a studio monitor.

But that’s not all! Fob Holders get access to other artists at varying stages of their careers, opportunities to sell and exhibit their work, experience supporting a nonprofit community space and more!!

Application deadline is July 15th at 11:59pm.

Follow the link in our bio to learn more and apply.

Interested in supporting the program?
Follow the fundraising campaign link in our bio to support and sustain this vital opportunity for artists for years to come.

It’s Fob Holder Friday with Katharine Suchan ~Kate Suchan ( b. 1997, Little Rock, AR) resides in Philadelphia, PA as an ...
06/12/2026

It’s Fob Holder Friday with Katharine Suchan ~
Kate Suchan ( b. 1997, Little Rock, AR) resides in Philadelphia, PA as an artist and educator. She received her MFA from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2024 and her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2020. Her work bridges sites, time, and objects that are visited-imagined-theatrical-psychological. Drawing from the logic of fairytales, mnemonic images, invention, and wonder she excavates landscape’s in/stability.

Image 1: Portrait in Fairmount Studio
Image 2: Installation of drawings from “The Light That Does Not Touch Us”
Images 3-4: “gateway to the isle of horns”
Image 5: “carnival for the end of the world” installed
Image 6: Installation of “wild is the wind, witnessing time on a bridge” Case | Edgerton Studios

Join us tonight from 6-8pm for the opening of Add>
06/11/2026

Join us tonight from 6-8pm for the opening of Add>

It’s Fob Holder Friday with ~Raised in Philadelphia, Kalila Jones (born 2001) became enamored of the city’s arts and cu...
06/05/2026

It’s Fob Holder Friday with ~

Raised in Philadelphia, Kalila Jones (born 2001) became enamored of the city’s arts and culture at a young age. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies with a concentration in Art Education at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art & Architecture in Philadelphia, PA, in May 2024. Through their practice as a studio artist and educator, Jones has explored how to integrate their love of fibers into the legacy of the Philadelphia art scene. She has shown work at various Philadelphia cultural landmarks, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art (July-September 2024), The Fabric Workshop & Museum (August 2024), Taller Puertorriqueno (March-May 2025), & The Colored Girls Museum (May 2025-February 2026). In January 2026, Jones joined Muse gallery in Old City.

This summer Kalila is most excited to dye yarn, screenprint, and create textile based artworks. Follow Kalila’s page & join their newsletter on artbykalilaj.com for updates about her experience as a fob!

Featured Artwork:

2: Hand dyed cotton merino yarns
3: Salt and Pepper shakers, 2026 (image by )
4: Hand dyed sock yarns inspired by my past hair colors
5: Birbizaur Comic #1, 2026
6: Birbizaur, 2025 (image courtesy of Taller Puertorriqueño)
7: Legend of Birbizaur, 2024 (image courtesy of Fabric Workshop & Museum)
8: Birbsuit, 2024 (image by .schnorbus)
9: Cutie Comic #1, 2023
10: Dye paste samples, 2023
Lil Kalila(2023), 2023 (image courtesy of Taller Puertorriqueño)
11: Quilted Collage, 2022

Join us Thursday, June 11th, from 6pm-8pm, for an evening of art viewing and making!ADD>
06/03/2026

Join us Thursday, June 11th, from 6pm-8pm, for an evening of art viewing and making!

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Check out the next classes on our schedule!Intermediate Screen Printing on Saturday, June 6th with Storytelling through...
05/30/2026

Check out the next classes on our schedule!

Intermediate Screen Printing on Saturday, June 6th with
Storytelling through Nature on Sunday, June 7th with
Suminagashi: Paper Marbling on Saturday, June 13th with
Intro to Screen Printing on Saturday, June 20th with

It’s Fob Friday with ~Seth Akgün is a photographer and printmaker who recently graduated from the Maryland Institute Co...
05/29/2026

It’s Fob Friday with ~

Seth Akgün is a photographer and printmaker who recently graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Reflecting on childhood experiences growing up between İstanbul and Abu Dhabi before moving to the United States at 9 years old, his work employs various methods of visual interference to explore themes of fragmentation and dislocation between body and identity. Working in analog photography and printmaking allows for slow and methodical meditation on process, which in turn helps untangle and map out points where his body and identity converge and part ways. Various shapes, tones, and gestures in his work overlap to embody the physical manifestation of repetitive and continuing bodily and environmental displacement. After graduating from his BFA program, Seth’s excited to combine old techniques and explore new processes to expand his printmaking practice at Second State Press.

There is still time to see "Constellations" this week Wednesday-Sunday!Our second annual Education Showcase celebrates S...
05/26/2026

There is still time to see "Constellations" this week Wednesday-Sunday!
Our second annual Education Showcase celebrates SSP students and the community that forms through learning and making together. It is a snapshot of the experimentation, process, and curiosity happening across our education programs and highlights curiousity and creative energy that shapes our studio community.
Featuring work by:
AJ Beavers
Alexander Choi
Alfie Godfrey
Noelle Goldcamp
Rhiannon Loza
Ryan Numair .art
Lucy Pistilli .pistilli
Cecelia Quay
Clovis Schnore
Ry Skipper
Lucy H. West
Mary Violet

Memorial Day Flash Sale!! Summer’s almost here! Beat the heat in the Second State Press studio AND learn some new skills...
05/23/2026

Memorial Day Flash Sale!!

Summer’s almost here! Beat the heat in the Second State Press studio AND learn some new skills while you're at it.

Get 25% off all classes at Second State Press through Monday only.

Whether you’re curious about screenprinting, relief, risograph or just looking for a reason to make something with your hands, there is something for everyone.

Date night? Birthday gift? Celebration of friendship? We've got you covered.

Use code: MEMORIAL25
Sale ends Monday at 11:59 PM
Sign up now before classes fill

Join us for Poetic Relief — an evening of ink, paper, and poetry. We’re bringing together the tactile joy of letterpress...
05/19/2026

Join us for Poetic Relief — an evening of ink, paper, and poetry. We’re bringing together the tactile joy of letterpress printing and the voices of local poets for a night that celebrates words in all their forms.
Readings by:
Jevin Frazer · Amanda Giordano · Christian Bufo · Tess Wei · Diego Juárez
With support from Poet’s Row []
Drinks provided by Cartesian Brewing []

Come print, listen, and raise a glass to the art of words and the press that gives them life.

This event is free and open to the public - no membership required - but please RSVP here https://www.secondstatepress.org/events/poetic-relief

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