Always wanted to check out our shop? Come visit us during First Friday. Our letterpress print shop is located in Studio 120, First Floor inside Mainframe Studios.
First Friday Hours run from 5pm-8pm, First Friday of each month.
First Friday open studios, come visit us in studio 120, on the first floor at Mainframe Studios
First Friday open studios, come visit us in studio 120, on the first floor at Mainframe Studios
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
First Friday open studios, come visit us in studio 120, on the first floor at Mainframe Studios
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
First Friday open studios, come visit us in studio 120, on the first floor at Mainframe Studios
First Friday open studios, come visit us in studio 120, on the first floor at Mainframe Studios
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
First Friday open studios, come visit us in studio 120, on the first floor at Mainframe Studios
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
Our dates for Beautiful Land Market:
May, 7th - in Ames
August, 6th - in Ames
October 4th - in Ames
A carefully curated market featuring over 50 local makers, vintage collectors, food trucks & live music in the heart of Ames! Located at the Downtown Ames Fareway in Ames, Iowa.
Market located at the downtown Fareway at 619 Burnett Avenue, AMES, IA 50010.
Several downtown Ames & Main Street businesses will be open...come and enjoy a Sunday Funday in the historic district and downtown Ames!
FREE ADMISSION, FAMILY-FRIENDLY.
Hosted by Fareway
Meet us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market in the historic Court District. Find The Red Door Press right on Court Avenue for various dates throughout the season!
The Red Door Press is located on the First Floor in Studio 120 (with all the printing presses).
Join us on May 5th for a First Friday that you don't want to miss!
City Sounds, a nonprofit organization in Mainframe Studios, aims to transform community through music, animating spaces, and making artistic creation accessible to all.
Established in 2014, the City Sounds Public Piano Project continues to provide access to public pianos within the Greater Des Moines area. The City Sounds team commissions local artists to transform donated pianos into captivating works of art, which are then placed throughout our communities, providing interactive gathering spaces for music, friendship and collaboration.
This year's Season Opener will feature 10 painted pianos for the Public Piano Project, along with the artists that designed them in the atrium of Mainframe from 5-8 pm.
Join us on the 4th Floor Gallery for an exhibition of designer toys by Mainframe Artist Kyle Kirwan, Kyle Thye, Heather Hyatt, and BayKidDead (Beau Scott).
🍹: Tangerine Food Co
☕: Happy Home Coffee
🌮: Los Compadres Flaming Tacos, Taco Truck
🍮 + 🍰: Pasteleria Raquel (Raquel's Bakery)
https://facebook.com/events/s/first-friday-lets-play/779090863620846/
Join us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market. The Red Door Press booth can be found on 3rd Street, just south of Court Avenue - filled with great new letterpress goods to pick up all season long!
From the first Saturday of May through the last Saturday of October, The Market brings urban and rural communities together, supporting nearly 300 vendors from across the state. Nourishing the community, The Market offers diverse products from locally grown produce to arts and craft and Iowa-raised meat – The Market has it all!
Produced by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, come experience local artists, live music and entertainment and unique learning opportunities all within Downtown Des Moines (DSM)!
Join us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market. The Red Door Press booth can be found on 3rd Street, just south of Court Avenue - filled with great new letterpress goods to pick up all season long!
From the first Saturday of May through the last Saturday of October, The Market brings urban and rural communities together, supporting nearly 300 vendors from across the state. Nourishing the community, The Market offers diverse products from locally grown produce to arts and craft and Iowa-raised meat – The Market has it all!
Produced by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, come experience local artists, live music and entertainment and unique learning opportunities all within Downtown Des Moines (DSM)!
Come visit the print shop, at MainFrame Studios for July's First Friday!
Join us at the Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market. The Red Door Press booth can be found on 3rd Street, just south of Court Avenue - filled with great new letterpress goods to pick up all season long!
From the first Saturday of May through the last Saturday of October, The Market brings urban and rural communities together, supporting nearly 300 vendors from across the state. Nourishing the community, The Market offers diverse products from locally grown produce to arts and craft and Iowa-raised meat – The Market has it all!
Produced by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, come experience local artists, live music and entertainment and unique learning opportunities all within Downtown Des Moines (DSM)!
The Red Door Press is hosting an exciting exhibition and art installation at Mainframe Studios for the First Friday open studio event on April 6th. The evening will highlight the revival of letterpress printing with posters from studios across the U.S.
In addition come view the installation of The Red Door Press' work in the atrium for the month of April as a tribute to artist, Van Gogh and their great appreciation for type.
Enjoy live music and a special pop-up menu by The Tangerine Food Company. More details coming soon on our Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/204567216978481/
directions + parking
Our address says Keo Way, but our main entrance is where 10th & Center meet.
There is parking in surrounding lots on nights and weekends. Look for our new signs to help you get acquainted with visiting Mainframe during events.
Why Letterpress is a pop-up gallery located inside of Mainframe Studios hosting the work of over 200+ letterpress artists from around the US and some international locations.
This exhibition hosts work this is up for sale by many of the artists and pop-up dates are listed below. Please stop in to see us or contact us at, The Red Door Press with any additional questions.
The focus of this exhibition is to have the conversation of "Why Letterpress" and why so many printers gravitate to this medium of choice. To represent a visual dialogue within the print community on why they choose letterpress for so many reasons whether through the focus of preserving letterpress, the printing history, community connections, transitions into experimental methods and techniques.
Pop-up Dates:
#whyletterpress #thereddoorpress
Join AIGA Iowa and The Red Door Press for an afternoon showing of Pressing On: The Letterpress Film at the Des Moines Art Center.
A panel including letterpress printers featured in the film will follow and attendees can visit Mainframe Studios for refreshments and a pop-up print show later that evening.
SCHEDULE
Pressing On: The Letterpress Film 2 - 4 pm | Levitt Auditorium, Des Moines Art Center
Film Panel 4 - 5 pm | Levitt Auditorium, Des Moines Art Center
After Party & Print Show 6 - 9 pm | Mainframe Studios, 900 Keosauqua Way Des Moines, IA 50309
RSVP (to attend film you must RSVP for a ticket, free to attend but there is limited seating)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pressing-on-the-letterpress-film-tickets-43145297747
The modern world was born on a printing press. Once essential to communication, the 500-year-old process is now in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. From self-proclaimed basement hoarders to the famed Hatch Show Print, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film explores the question: why has letterpress survived in a digital age?
Worlds of each character emerge as unusual narratives—joyful, mournful, reflective and visionary—are punctuated with on-screen visual poetry, every shot meticulously composed. Captivating personalities blend with wood, metal and type as young printers strive to save this historic process in a film created for the designer, type nerd, historian and collector in us all.
This husband and wife duo started their now burgeoning business out of their garage in 2012. This past year they moved into a newly renovated space at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines, IA and continue to print everything from unique cards, broadsides, social stationery, corporate branding and more.
Special thanks to our sponsors:
AIGA Iowa, Mainframe Studios, The Downtown Farmers Market
Event will run from 5-8 pm for a pop-up shopping experience outside the store. When you make a purchase with one of our local makers, you’ll receive a ticket good for $5 Off your purchase inside (up to $15 Off).
Our friends from The Side Garage will also be set-up for Print-Your-Own-Shirt to raise money for CITA (Central Iowa Trail Association). Plus, AE will have refreshments iced down inside to keep you cool while you check out all of the local goodness!
PARTICIPATING MAKERS:
● The Side Garage
● Authentic Life Co.
● Iowa Parklands
● The Red Door Press
● National Park Maps
● Hangry Hippos
● Bozz Prints
We'll be selling letterpress posters, cards and other goods at one of our favorite Vintage and Indie Craft Markets.
Market runs both Saturday and Sunday. This year with a new location at Living History Farms, 11121 Hickman Rd, Urbandale, IA
Market times:
Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
$6.00 Admission, Children under 12 are free!
Come enjoy the first April Artisan Afternoon series at Turtle Star Studio with The Red Door Press. Our letterpress shop will be doing pop-up demonstration of letterpress printing and mini workshops from 10 am to 2pm.
This will also be one of the first sneak peeks of the season at some of our new work for the 2017 year. We'll have selected prints and cards available for purchase and you'll also be able to enjoy the lovely Turtle Star Studio.
This is a free event, so feel free to bring a friend.
The Red Door Press will be back for our second year Downtown Des Moines Farmers' Market - we are so excited to be a vendor and to bring you some great letterpress prints, cards and other fun pieces of our collection!
We are an occasional vendor so check back on our events page, Facebook and Instagram on where to find us at the market throughout the 2016 season!
Started in 1976
Historic Court District - Downtown, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Downtown Farmers' Market connects urban and rural communities while supporting nearly 300 entrepreneurs from 58 counties across the state of Iowa.
The Red Door Press will be back for our second year Downtown Des Moines Farmers' Market - we are so excited to be a vendor and to bring you some great letterpress prints, cards and other fun pieces of our collection!
We are an occasional vendor so check back on our events page, Facebook and Instagram on where to find us at the market throughout the 2016 season!
Started in 1976
Historic Court District - Downtown, Des Moines, Iowa
Downtown Farmers' Market connects urban and rural communities while supporting nearly 300 entrepreneurs from 58 counties across the state of Iowa.
September 24 & 25, 2016
Saturdays 9am-5pm
Sundays 10am-4pm
Vintage Jordan Camp
2251 Fuller Road
West Des Moines, IA 50265
(map)
Purchase your tickets at the admission gate. Tickets can be purchased any time during the show. Cash and checks only accepted at Admission Entrance.
Free. Please note the location of the entrance and exit signs for parking off of Fuller Road. Parking attendants will direct you to the best available parking spaces once you enter. Do not park your cars along Grand Avenue and Fuller Road otherwise your car will be towed.
