After 24 years in the Presidio, Arion Press is excited to open the doors of our new home at Fort Mason to the public on Saturday, October 19th.

Join us for a celebratory Open House from 2 – 5 p.m. as Arion welcomes the community to visit our new facility for the first time. Come out to the Press for an interactive walkthrough of the traditional crafts of typecasting, letterpress printing, and bookbinding. Hands-on activities will include printing your own letterpress keepsake and folding paper signatures into a souvenir booklet in the bindery.

The new Arion Press Gallery will feature an exhibition of artwork from Arion's upcoming Fables of Aesop publication. The exhibition includes original works by Sandow Birk, Enrique Chagoya, Kenturah Davis, Natalie Frank, Audrey Niffenegger, Michele Oka Doner, Richard Wagener, and more.

This event is free and open to the public. All ages welcome.

Arion Press invites you to celebrate the release of our latest book Fables of Aesop with a dynamic artist talk moderated by Daniel Handler. Join us for a vibrant, on-stage dialogue with Daniel Handler in conversation with seven artists who contributed original work to the publication.

Fables of Aesop was envisioned to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Arion Press. To honor the milestone, Arion invited 15 past artists to illustrate one fable for this laudatory Aesop edition featuring modern morals penned by Daniel Handler and a sculptural box designed by Kiki Smith.

Speakers will include a range of participating artists including Sandow Birk, Enrique Chagoya, Kenturah Davis, Natalie Frank, Audrey Niffenegger, Michele Oka Doner, and Richard Wagener. An audience Q&A will follow the conversation.

Doors open at noon at the Bayfront Theater on the third floor of Landmark Building B at Fort Mason.

This talk will coincide with the public opening of Arion's new facility at Fort Mason, taking place directly after the event on the ground floor of Landmark Building B.

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"The Lion and the Mouse" image by Enrique Chagoya

The inaugural Arion Press Literary Dinner will gather authors and artists from across the Bay Area to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Press and the public unveiling of Arion's new home at Fort Mason.

The Dinner will present a dynamic program designed around Arion's  Fables of Aesop publication featuring modern morals by beloved comic author Daniel Handler, a sculptural box by iconic artist Kiki Smith, and prints from 15 Arion artists who each illustrated one fable.

Please join us for a special evening with a cocktail reception spotlighting the Aesop artists in attendance, a seated dinner with a light program emceed by Daniel Handler, and the first public viewing of Arion's new atelier including the pressroom, bindery, and foundry.

Purchase tickets here.

Please join us at Arion Press for a compelling conversation with Azar Nafisi on the power of literature to defy censorship as the second Kirkpatrick Speaker of 2024.

Bestselling author Azar Nafisi will appear in conversation with novelist Ingrid Rojas Contreras to discuss the recent wave of book bannings in America and how reading acts as a form of resistance. The talk will draw inspiration from Dr. Nafisi's most recent book Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times which explores the power of the written word in a turbulent era.

Doors open at 6 p.m., with drinks and light bites to follow.

The Kirkpatrick Speaker Series is made possible by the generous support of Taylor Kirkpatrick.

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Azar Nafisi is a critically acclaimed Iranian-American author and lifelong champion of literature's democratic power. Her memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran spent over 117 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, was translated into 32 languages, and has won many prestigious literary awards. After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, she held fellowships at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and Oxford University, and taught at the University of Tehran. Her most recent book Read Dangerously offers a subversive guide to literature in turbulent times. She is a sought-after expert on Iran and human rights.

Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and won a California Book Award. Her first novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree was the silver medal winner in First Fiction from the California Book Awards and a New York Times editor's choice. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Cut, Zyzzyva, and elsewhere. Rojas Contreras has received numerous awards and fellowships, and is a Visiting Writer at Saint Mary’s College.

Cover art from Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi.

Please join us for an enriching conversation on the cultural weight of paper as Arion welcomes author Nicholson Baker as the first Kirkpatrick Speaker of 2024.

Celebrated novelist and culture critic Nicholson Baker will deliver a spirited talk titled “The Weight of Paper” exploring the cultural and physical gravity of the paper book in a digital century. Baker’s wide-ranging discussion will investigate the evolving science of reading on paper vs. pixels, the challenge of maintaining manuscript collections, and history’s need for documentation that does not rely on electricity. The talk will take inspiration from Baker’s upcoming book Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art to celebrate how both writing and drawing are ways of embracing the three-dimensional world.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with drinks and light bites to follow.

The Kirkpatrick Speaker Series is made possible by the generous support of Taylor Kirkpatrick.

Arion Press and The Brigid Alliance are joining forces to present a public conversation uniting the worlds of contemporary art and reproductive rights. This event will celebrate the launch of a limited-edition broadside with artwork by Alison Saar and an original poem by Evie Shockley inspired by the societal dialogue around reproductive rights in today’s hostile political climate. Shockley wrote the original poem "The Old Ways" for the broadside inspired by her scholarship around Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which Saar illustrated with a Linocut print image.

The evening will feature a dynamic conversation between poet Evie Shockley, poet Aracelis Girmay, and nonprofit leader Serra Sippel, moderated by artist and filmmaker Dorka Keehn.

Tickets include admission to the talk and a catered reception. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served from 5:00-6:00 p.m. The conversation begins at 6:00 p.m. All proceeds from the event and the broadside will be donated to support The Brigid Alliance.

Buy tickets here.

Porchlight Storytelling Series joins forces with Arion Press for YOU SAID WHAT, an evening of live storytelling about confronting censorship, suppression, and attempts to stifle freedom of speech. To accompany the Arion Press Gallery’s new exhibition (un)BANNED, a group show in response to the disturbing rise of book bannings, Porchlight has assembled a powerhouse cast of speakers who will entertain, delight, and possibly unsettle with their personal tales of struggle, humility, failure, and triumph in the face of censorship.

Reception at 6:30 p.m. Performance at 7 p.m.

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Limited parking is available throughout the Presidio near visitor destinations, such as the Arion Press / M&H Type / Grabhorn Institute building. Most parking areas are regulated seven days a week. When parking, always look for and follow posted regulations, which may differ around the Presidio.

There are two parking lots located near our building, both accessible from 14th Avenue. Please note that we are not responsible for fees and damages accrued from illegal parking.

Celebrate the human impulse to create and share tangible objects as Porchlight and Arion Press join forces for an evening of stories, art, music, and demos. Presenters include legendary prop maker Adam Savage, artist and knot evangelist Windy Chien, percussionist William WInant with clarinetist Ben Goldberg, master bookbinder Dominic Riley, comics and zine maker Avy Jetter, and Arion's own typecaster and press operator Brian Ferrett.

Reception at 6:30 p.m. Performance at 7:30 p.m.

The Kirkpatrick Speaker Series is made possible by the generous support of Taylor Kirkpatrick.

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Limited parking is available throughout the Presidio near visitor destinations, such as the Arion Press / M&H Type / Grabhorn Institute building. Most parking areas are regulated seven days a week. When parking, always look for and follow posted regulations, which may differ around the Presidio.

There are two parking lots located near our building, both accessible from 14th Avenue. Please note that we are not responsible for fees and damages accrued from illegal parking.

Come out to the Arion Press and celebrate the release of our latest artist book: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston featuring artwork by Kenturah Davis.

Join us for a compelling evening with a live conversation between artist Kenturah Davis and filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain about the enduring influence of Janie Crawford's story and Hurston's legacy, with poet Tonya Foster moderating.

Cocktails and appetizers in the atrium at 5:30 p.m. Program begins at 6:00 p.m. Books will be available for pre-order at the event.

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Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.

Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.

Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 11 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.

Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.

Please join Arion Press for the inaugural talk in the Kirkpatrick Speaker Series on the vital role of books in public life sponsored by philanthropist Taylor Kirkpatrick.

Celebrated journalist Nicholas Basbanes will expand on his seminal history of book collecting A Gentle Madness with an original talk “On the Highway of Letters: Forty Years Among the Gently Mad” charting his continued adventures among books and book people. The lecture will be preceded by a reception with drinks and appetizers.

Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.

SHADOW and LIGHT: Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

Join Arion Press in a community gathering and reading to mark 15 years since the car bombing of Al Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad's famed literary corridor. It is also the 15th anniversary of the Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project — a global movement of resistance, memory, and solidarity initiated by San Francisco poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil.

An exhibition of photographic responses honoring Iraqi academics targeted and assassinated between 2003-2012 will join a display of letterpress broadsides and prints from a loose coalition of artist-activists.

Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.

Arion Press Public Tour of our foundry, letterpress shop, and bookbindery!

Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.

This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.

Arrive early to peruse the gallery and bookstore. Only 12 spots available.

Note that the location is Hays St in the Presidio neighborhood and NOT downtown.