June 7, 2025

Loosen up and get colorful with Crayons! Using a simple and inherently fun medium, artists are led step by step to create their own beautiful pieces to take home. Marie […]

In this hands-on silkscreen workshop, participants will create their own limited-edition poster using pre-designed screens inspired by themes of art, activism, and community. Attendees will learn the basics of silkscreen […]

Join us to recognize the historic significance of Holyoke, MA as The Paper City. During the late 1800s Holyoke produced an estimated 80% of the writing paper used in the U.S. […]

Join Natasha Colon Ortiz, the heart behind Paper City Art Kids and Paper City Arts, to make your own paper masks inspired by traditional Puerto Rican folklore vejigantes masks. The […]

Join artist Tonya Lemos to learn about this antique photographic process. The cyanotype process, also known as the blueprint process because of its deep Prussian blue color, was invented and […]

Local papermaker Micha Haftle will lead this beginner workshop to show how sheets of paper can be formed by hand at home. Using three types of materials, plant fibers, recycled […]

Past meets the present in this simple, approachable printing session. Anne Hulley, who has taught printing workshops around the world, will lead visitors through an add-on style of printing using […]

Visit with our friends from the Children’s Museum at Holyoke to learn about paper history in South Holyoke and some bite-sized hands on activities!

Explosion books are small, square books which “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them. They are also super structural and angular making them a […]

Join local historian Bob Comeaux of Historical Tours of Greater Holyoke for a one hour tour along the Holyoke canal. 2025 is Bob’s 11th year of giving tours and presentations […]

Spend 45 minutes with Roger Duffy, pen and ink artist, to learn about the history of pen & ink as one of the oldest art forms of fine art. The […]

Calling all flyers, folders, and flight fanatics!Show off your paper-folding skills and creative spirit in our first-ever Paper Airplane Contest at the Holyoke Paper Festival. Whether you’re an origami engineer […]

Let’s learn how to turn our own small-moment stories into beautiful mini-magazines (or “zines”). Zines are the ultimate multi-media experience: In this class we will experiment with words and pictures […]

Celebrate the end of the first Holyoke Paper Festival with a reception for the HPF exhibition artists and session leaders. De La Luz will have a cash bar, and we […]