2011 Meetings January 8: Museum of Printing History curator Amanda Stevenson and Guild member Gordon Rouze will present a show-and-tell and talk on printing-related organizations of interest to letterpress printers.   February 12: Guild member Joe DeVries will provide members with a tour of the bindery where he works, EarthColor, one of the nation's largest privately held printers, providing printing, finishing and binding services.   March 5: Museum of Printing History Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner will provide a talk and demonstration in his studio on the history of lithography and the techniques and materials that he uses.   April 2: Guild member Dan Williams will demonstrate the linotype machine at the Museum of Printing History, and discuss the history of the typecasting machine. We will also view the film "Etaoin Shrdlu" about the last night the New York Times was printed on Linotypes.   May 7: Guild president Brenda Cooper will demonstrate cynotype printing, an alternative photographic method dating back to 1842.   June 4: Guild member Suzanne Powney will demonstrate how to make photopolymer plates on the Museum of Printing History's exposure unit.   July 9: Studio Visit to Quality Printing Company, where Jim Gritzbaugh will demonstrate gold leaf embossing.   August 6: Guild members Steve Sylvester and Gordon Rouze will provide a presentation on the history and use of Kelsey printing presses.   September 10: Printing workshop: This will be an open session for Guild members to print their calendar pages for the Guild’s 2012 calendar.   October 1: Demonstration of wood and linoleum printing by Guild member Armando Rodriguez.   November 12: Guild Treasurer Kathy Gurwell will present about limited edition fine art printing documentation, reasons why it is done and how to document prints.   December 3: Guild Holiday Party at the Museum.   2010 Meetings January 9: Artist and Guild member David Webb gave a demonstration of his technique of making botanical prints from dried grasses and other plants. February 6:   Guild member Suzanne Powney presented a workshop/demonstration of screen-printing.  Guild members participated in screen-printing a poster. March 6: Guild member and long-time printer Steve Sylvester presented a talk on choosing and locating a suitable press for beginning and aspiring printers. April 3: Site visit to the letterpress workshop of Guild member and long-time printer Gordon Rouze. May 1: Guild "Show and Tell" meeting showcasing members' creative work in printing and other areas. June 5: Printing workshop: Guild members Gordon Rouze and Kathy Gurwell led members in printing items to donate for sale in the Museum Gift Shop. July 10: Printer, wood engraver and woodcut artist Kent Kessinger provided a presentation and demonstration on wood engraving August 7: No meeting September 11: Printing workshop: Open session for Guild members to print their calendar pages for the Guild’s 2010 calendar. October 2: Artist and printer Mike Condray led a talk and presentation on Hatch show prints and the art of letterpress poster printing. November 13: Site visit and Paper Marbling Demonstration at the studio of Guild Member Armando Rodriguez December 11: Guild Holiday Party at the Museum 2009 Meetings January 3: Site Visit and Gold Foil Stamping Demonstration at the Workshop of Guild Member Joe Devries  See Photos February 7: Presentation by University of Texas professor David Shields, titled "Preserving the Material Construction of 19th Century Wood Type." March 7: Demonstration of Screen Printing by Museum of Printing History Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner, printing T-shirts with Printers Guild logos  See Photos April 4: Presentation by Casey McGarr, Graphic Designer and Printer from Inky Lips Press in Dallas See Photos May 2: Site visit and Paper Marbling Demonstration at the Studio of Guild Member Armando Rodriguez June 6: Guild Members will print the Guild’s contribution to the Vandercook 100 Centenary Print Exchange, led by Gordon Rouze July 11: Demonstration and Workshop: Guild Member Suzanne Powney will lead members in printing pop-up cards August 1: Guild Members will assemble the 2010 Calendar at this meeting September 12: "Letterpress 101" presentation by Guild Member Steve Sylvester October 3: Demonstration and presentation by Charlie Jones: artist, wood engraver and professor at Steven F Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. November 14: Presentation by professional bookbinder Phillip Ochoa of the Bookbindery in Missouri City, Texas December 12: Presentation by Vandercook expert Paul Moxon, and Guild Holiday Party 2008 Meetings January 5 Site visit and tour of Charter Graphics type house, hosted by Jim Nelson February 2 Papermaking workshop led by Guild member Kathy Gurwell March 1 Printing workshop: making tags and bookmarks for the Gift Shop                        April 5 Paper representatives presentation and roundtable, featuring Vicki Trammel (Art Supply), Steve Campbell (independent paper representative) and Carolyn Guidry (Xpedx) May 3 Guild member Dan Williams presents a film of printer Bob Halbert and his collection of printing presses June 7 Letterpress Demonstration: printing wood type broadsides on the Vandercook, led by Guild member Gordon Rouze July 7 Lecture: Poster Printing; possible off-campus meeting August 2 Printing workshop: printing 2009 Calendars September 13 Lecture on typography by Sibylle Hagmann, independent print, web and type designer and Associate Professor at University of Houston October 4 Wood engraving demonstration led by Todd Samuelson, Outreach Curator for the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University, and former curator at the Museum of Printing History November 1 Printing workshop: printing Holiday Cards December 12 Presentation by Guild Member Mort Fefer on his experiences as a Printer's Mate in World War II and the Korean War, and Guild Holiday Party