Run by a volunteer staff of local artists, graphic designers and communication professionals, Mess Hall Press teaches the fundamentals of the creative process through the art of screen-printing.

Since early 2005, MHP has offered Madison high school students the opportunity to gain valuable arts experience in a design studio setting.

Our approach involves working collaboratively with students at each stage of the creative process, from concept to creation. We emphasize hand-drawn type and designs over computer-generated graphics, and also screen-print everything we do by hand.

In its short existence, Mess Hall Press has:

- printed countless posters for community events and organizations

- designed and sold its own line of organic t-shirts celebrating sustainability

- had its work featured in a two-month residency at the Overture Center Galleries

- had its projects featured in a national, traveling exhibit sponsored by the AIGA (American Institute for Graphic Arts)

- partnered with Artists Image Resource, a program of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, on a long-distance series of collaborative prints

- seen a handful of past students head off to prestigious art schools

If you have any questions, please contact us. To join us, just stop by.

MHP Mentors:

Scott Pauli
Good for Business

Kevin O'Malley
TomoTherapy Inc.

Heather White
MFA Student (UW)

Drew Garza
www.swinkinc.com

Kevin Johnson
Amplitude Design, Inc.

Zach Kaiser
ZacharyKaiser.com

Gerardo Chapa
www.chapadesign.com

Tiffany Mason

Peter Streicher