Part art, part letter, both private and public, delightfully brief but never simple, the postcard is quite simply a delight. For over 150 years people have been sending and receiving these little joy-bombs through the mail. In this class we’ll make our own postcards with photos, collage, or drawing materials and mail them to a lucky friend. Along the way, we’ll look at some old postcards, think about how we could use postcards to make other art objects, and celebrate this lovely and vanishing art form.

Open Studio: Bindery

Work side-by-side with other bookbinders on a project of your choosing. Bookbinding tools and some materials available.

OPEN STUDIOS

Our Open Studio sessions offer you dedicated time and space to work on your book arts projects. You get to choose what you’re going to work on during each two-hour block, and you can help yourself to a small assortment of snacks, coffee, tea, and sparkle water.

These sessions are non-instructional time, meaning you work independently but in community with others.

Sign up for a single session or a whole bunch!

Learn bookbinding skills, techniques, and vocabulary in this beginning bookbinding workshop.

We'll talk about paper and bookbinding tools and make a few simple book structures, which will allow participants to get a decent start on their bookbinding journey.

Note: This workshop is for beginners, and is a prerequisite for our more elaborate book structure workshops.

Come on over to 840 Custer for Hive Happy Hour!

Each Hive Happy Hour features special demos by our teaching artists, great conversation, a glass of wine or seltzer, and a nibble of something, and community!

$10 includes one glass of wine or seltzer, awesome conversation, and maybe a small handmade art takeaway of some kind.

Some of our Hive Happy Hour demo teaching artists would LOVE for you to participate in an activity, and others will just simply show you what’s awesome here at Hive.

Though Hive Happy Hours are from 4-6 pm, you can come in and out, but an RSVP is necessary.

Open Studio: Writer’s Block

Make time for your writing. We’ll spend a few minutes getting to know each other, and then we’ll spend the rest of the time in silent writing time together. We don’t share what we’ve worked on, but we do support each other in the work.

OPEN STUDIOS

Our Open Studio sessions offer you dedicated time and space to work on your book arts projects. You get to choose what you’re going to work on during each two-hour block, and you can help yourself to a small assortment of snacks, coffee, tea, and sparkle water.

These sessions are non-instructional time, meaning you work independently but in community with others.

Sign up for a single session or a whole bunch!

Papermaking is an ancient art with seemingly endless variations and adaptations. At its heart, papermaking involves mixing plant fibers, recycled paper, or other materials with water to make pulp, using a mold and deckle to catch fibers on the screen, and drying/pressing those fibers to make a sheet of paper. You'll come away from this class with a new appreciation of paper and its variants, as well as several sheets of paper to use in your next bookbinding project.... or however you wish!

Note that this is a weather-dependent class. If we need to cancel, your registration fee will be either fully refunded, or credited toward a future class. 

Eat Their Words is a food-focused book club featuring literature and memoirs written by chefs, foodies, and other food lovers, where the content of the book is curated into a culinary experience by various guest chefs and restauranteurs.

Each month, we will read a book and discuss it during an evening event where the book is brought to life through a custom food experience or special meal, curated and produced by Hive’s ETW Coordinator, Chef Toni Salazar Camphouse. Food, drinks, and thoughtful conversations are included in your ticket price, and copies of the books can be purchased through our page at Bookshop.

Eat Their Words is presented in partnership with various phenomenal culinary collaborators, depending on what we’re reading and eating.

Please note that if cost is a barrier to entry, you can use the promo code "ETW 2026" at check out for $10 off. 

FAQs

Should I bring anything to the dinner to share? Is this a potluck situation? Nope! Just bring your copy of the book if you want, and be ready to eat a great meal!

What if I run out of time to finish the book? Am I still able to attend? YES! Even if you haven't finished the book, you'll have a great time at Eat Their Words! Though there *might* be spoilers....

Can I bring a friend? Yes! The more the merrier! Each person must have their own ticket, though, because Eat Their Words is basically like we're a bunch of people getting together at a restaurant for dinner and drinks---your ticket pays for your curated meal as well as the conversation and fun.

In this series of workshops you will experiment with a variety of techniques used to create mono prints on a Gelli plate. A Gelli Plate is a synthetic, gelatin-like printing plate that simplifies and enhances the mono printing process. You will use found objects, stencils, stamps, and many more texture tools. The classes will progress by building on each technique.

CLASS #1 An Introduction To The Gelli Plate:Using paint, paint brushes and a roller to create prints; Pressing items into the plate to create patterns and textures

CLASS #2 Using Stencils, Masks and Stamps:Creating layered prints; Thinking about negative and positive space

CLASS #3 Using A Variety Of Substrates:Printing on a variety of papers, fabric, tape, and more

CLASS #4 Putting It All Together: Using your prints, create a book, collage, box, or whatever you'd like!