Friday, November 14

2:30-4:00pm        Yiddish “Block Party”

Location: Skeuomorph Press @ UIUC FabLab, 1301 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Led by Alex Lyon and Dr. Rachelle Grossman

Description: Yiddish literature is deeply connected to the print technologies that made it possible, especially letterpress and block printing. Join us for a presentation on the historical Yiddish press and a hands-on workshop at our campus print shop. Come print a postcard and poster using authentic Yiddish type and historical printing presses!

Registration required. Only a few spots remain!

Speaker bio: Alex Lyon is an Art History PhD student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, whose research focuses on modernist Jewish artists, memory, Yiddish, and the Holocaust. She is also a current board member of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation and teaches Art History online for City College of San Francisco. Lyon was previously the Youth Education Program Director for PreK through 5th grade at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, California.

Speaker bio: Rachelle Grossman is an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative and World Literature at UIUC where she specializes in Yiddish. She has a particular interest in the technologies of print and how literature is affected by its material conditions.