Join Vinnie Caprani - Dublin printer, trade unionist, author and raconteur as he recounts tales from his career in the printing industry. The great-grandson of an Italian printer who came to Ireland in the late 1860's, Vinnie began working in the industry as a printer's devil in 1950, and has worked in more than twenty-five Dublin printing offices during his sixty year career in the industry. Vinnie is now actively involved with the Museum, as Father of the Chapel.
Thursday 12 April, 18.30
Free Admission
Mary Plunkett is a graphic designer and print-maker who completed an MA in Visual Communication at NCAD last year, for which she produced a limited edition book Night Prayer: a contemporary Book of Hours by letterpress and print. This project recently won the Group Award for Books at the Irish Print Awards. Mary will present a talk on this project, her time with Hand & Eye Letterpress in London and her more recent work.
Thursday 24 May, 18.30
Free admission