Formation | 1998 |
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Founded at | Portland, Oregon |
Headquarters | 318 Southeast Main Street |
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Coordinates | 45°30′49″N 122°39′44″W / 45.5135°N 122.66234°W |
Membership (2016) | 6,000 |
Website |
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The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) is a resource center based in Portland, Oregon that provides access to tools for the creation of books, prints, posters, zines, and comics. The studios include a computer lab and general workspace, screen printing, letterpress printing, risograph printing, and a zine library. The center was founded in 1998 by Chloe Eudaly, owner of Reading Frenzy and Show & Tell Press, and Rebecca Gilbert, worker-owner at Stumptown Printers. [2] [3]
IPRC is an Oregon nonprofit organization offering education, outreach, and a library of more than 9,000 catalogued zines from around the world. [4] The library has the third largest zine collection in the United States, as of 2016. [5] Willamette Week has described the center as an "accessible, community-centric space" offering classes and tools. [6] Workshops include bookbinding, graphic and web design, letterpress printing, and self-publishing, as of 2010. [7]
The center's Youth Sunday program was created in 1998. As of 2015, the program occurs each Sunday, "when employees on-site assist youths in creating their own print media. The program aims to help novices understand the fine points of the growing field of independent publishing." [8] The center hosted an annual print show and sale, as of 2019. [9]
IPRC was established in 1998. [10] The organization operated on Portland's west side for its first fifteen years, [11] above the Reading Frenzy at 921 Southwest Oak Street, [12] [13] near Powell's Books. [14] The center relocated to a larger space at 1001 Southeast Division Street in 2012. [10] IPRC had approximately 6,000 members, as of mid 2016. [11]
IPRC faced a 300 percent rent increase when the April 2017 lease expired, [11] [15] causing the center to relocate to its current location in the Gardeners and Ranchers building. [16] The organization crowdsourced more than $20,000 to help fund the new space. [17] The IPRC moved to 318 SE Main Street in 2017. [18]
Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly served as the director of the IPRC before running for office in 2016. [19] Former board president Brian Tibbetts was serving as interim executive director following A.M. O'Malley's departure, as of August 2017. Alley Pezanoski-Browne became the executive director in 2018, [20] with Harper Quinn as the program director. [16]
Nicole Georges worked for IPRC for fourteen years, initially as an outreach coordinator and later as the center's first comic book instructor. [21]
IPRC has organized the Letterpress Print Fair; in 2019, the center hosted an Open House as part of Design Week Portland. [22]
In September 2022, the IPRC announced that it would be adopting a nonhierarchical leadership collective. [23] The organization has been led by four co-leaders since January 2023. [24]
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Formation | 1998 |
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Founders |
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Founded at | Portland, Oregon |
Headquarters | 318 Southeast Main Street |
Location |
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Coordinates | 45°30′49″N 122°39′44″W / 45.5135°N 122.66234°W |
Membership (2016) | 6,000 |
Website |
iprc |
The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) is a resource center based in Portland, Oregon that provides access to tools for the creation of books, prints, posters, zines, and comics. The studios include a computer lab and general workspace, screen printing, letterpress printing, risograph printing, and a zine library. The center was founded in 1998 by Chloe Eudaly, owner of Reading Frenzy and Show & Tell Press, and Rebecca Gilbert, worker-owner at Stumptown Printers. [2] [3]
IPRC is an Oregon nonprofit organization offering education, outreach, and a library of more than 9,000 catalogued zines from around the world. [4] The library has the third largest zine collection in the United States, as of 2016. [5] Willamette Week has described the center as an "accessible, community-centric space" offering classes and tools. [6] Workshops include bookbinding, graphic and web design, letterpress printing, and self-publishing, as of 2010. [7]
The center's Youth Sunday program was created in 1998. As of 2015, the program occurs each Sunday, "when employees on-site assist youths in creating their own print media. The program aims to help novices understand the fine points of the growing field of independent publishing." [8] The center hosted an annual print show and sale, as of 2019. [9]
IPRC was established in 1998. [10] The organization operated on Portland's west side for its first fifteen years, [11] above the Reading Frenzy at 921 Southwest Oak Street, [12] [13] near Powell's Books. [14] The center relocated to a larger space at 1001 Southeast Division Street in 2012. [10] IPRC had approximately 6,000 members, as of mid 2016. [11]
IPRC faced a 300 percent rent increase when the April 2017 lease expired, [11] [15] causing the center to relocate to its current location in the Gardeners and Ranchers building. [16] The organization crowdsourced more than $20,000 to help fund the new space. [17] The IPRC moved to 318 SE Main Street in 2017. [18]
Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly served as the director of the IPRC before running for office in 2016. [19] Former board president Brian Tibbetts was serving as interim executive director following A.M. O'Malley's departure, as of August 2017. Alley Pezanoski-Browne became the executive director in 2018, [20] with Harper Quinn as the program director. [16]
Nicole Georges worked for IPRC for fourteen years, initially as an outreach coordinator and later as the center's first comic book instructor. [21]
IPRC has organized the Letterpress Print Fair; in 2019, the center hosted an Open House as part of Design Week Portland. [22]
In September 2022, the IPRC announced that it would be adopting a nonhierarchical leadership collective. [23] The organization has been led by four co-leaders since January 2023. [24]
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