Dive into Hugh Hayden: American Vernacular with writing, design, and collaborative risograph printing through a two-part zine workshop, co-created with Frye Parlor artist Jayme Yen and Seattle print studio Paper Press Punch.

• Session 1: September 20, 11 am–3 pm at the Frye Art Museum
  • Working in a small group, engage in Jayme Yen’s Mad Libs-inspired activity, Reading the Room, to guide close looking and reflection on the layered themes in Hugh Hayden’s work. Then translate your written reflections into visual compositions using a vibrant array of materials—turning text back into imagery in a collaborative game of artistic telephone.
• Session 2: September 27, 11 am–3 pm at Paper Press Punch
  • Create an original two-color zine featuring your writing and imagery from the first session using Paper Press Punch’s risograph printers. With guidance from printmaker Jessica Hoffman, learn the basics of risograph printing, zine layout, and binding as you bring your group’s ideas to life in print.

Both sessions will include a thirty-minute lunch break. Food will not be provided; please plan to bring your own lunch.

Reflections in the Making is a new Frye Studio series that invites you to explore personal connections with art. Create a piece inspired by the work on view, through a combination of close looking and hands-on art making led by a visiting artist. Using high-quality, sensory-rich materials, you’ll examine how themes in the current exhibitions relate to urgent issues of contemporary life.

About the Presenters

Jayme Yen is a graphic designer and design teacher. Her work explores the poetics of visual information and the reader’s experience of word, page, screen, and space. She works on books and other forms of publishing, often in collaboration with artists, writers, and fellow designers. Jayme is a co-organizer of the Seattle Art Book Fair and an assistant professor of design at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Paper Press Punch is a small Risograph print and book studio run by artist couple Jessica Hoffman and Justin Quinlan. Its community-focused studio offers artists of all ages the opportunity to learn all about the quirkiness of the Risograph duplicator through workshops, open studio hours, and Zine of the Month Club. In addition to working with artists, they've collaborated with several local organizations to produce unique books and prints, such as Short Run Seattle, Photographic Center NW, MoPOP, yəhaw̓ Collective, SOIL Gallery, Henry Art Gallery, and many more. 

Jessica comes from a photographic, book arts, and printmaking background, earning an MFA in Book Art and Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She teaches fine art at Seattle Central College and Pratt Fine Arts Center and is on the Advisory Board for Short Run Seattle.