The First, Second and Third Annual Typographic Carousel Events!

Typographic Carousel Events
presented by Carol Fillip and Lorrie Frear.
January 21, 2011, February 17, 2012 and December 7, 2012.


We just conducted our third “Jump on the Typographic Carousel” event, an interactive learning workshop that was developed to share pre-digital techniques and processes with today’s digital native students.

Participants included art, photography, print, new media and design students from the College of Art and Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The circus themed posters highlight the playfulness of the experience as well as the “old school” feel of the activities. The event was highly successful with approximately 100 students participating.

Thank you to Amelia Hugill-Fontanel. Steven Galbraith and all the fantastic volunteers who helped make this event a huge success!

Included in this post are images from the first and second events.

Poster for the third Typographic Carousel event by Tarn Pisessith.



Art Direction and copy writing by Lorrie Frear

Testing type anatomy with some help from the terminal guide.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Making big letters using lots of different tools.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

The Ringmasters at the December 2012 event.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Learning about calligraphy at the Tradition Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Letters can be found in anything!



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Participants writing with transfer lettering.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Participants playing with the letterpress.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Detail of logo portion of poster February 2012 event.



Poster design by Carol Fillip and Lorrie Frear

full poster promoting the one-day interactive event at the Innovation Center at RIT



February 2012 event



Poster design by Carol Fillip and Lorrie Frear

The ringmasters running the show at the February 2012 event.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Remy, Lorrie and Jenelle



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection Curator Steven Gallbraith helping students with Letterpress printing.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, Assistant Curator of the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection working at the Letterpress Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Tony Zanni and enthusiastic students at the Letterpress Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

It's harder than it looks!



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

The Typography Identification Terminal...no cheating allowed!



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Checking the answers at the Typography Identification Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Yellow must be the color for the guides at the Calligraphy Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

A student tries her hand at Italic Calligraphy.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

An interactive group at the Typographic Anatomy Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Checking the answers at the Typography Anatomy Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Nick at the Typography Anatomy Terminal.



Photograph: Carol Fillip

The Transfer Type Terminal.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Manuel and Marvin work on their letterspacing using Transfer Lettering sheets.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Dimensional lettering made from cool objects from around the house.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

A cool version of the word!



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Students writing with big markers to commemorate the day's event.



Photography: Elizabeth Lamark

Ringmaster Carol Fillip and I with the Calligraphy Terminal participants.



First Event.

Activity at the Terminals in the Student Innovation Center.



First Event.

A participant at the Transfer Lettering Terminal.



First Event.

Participants look at the commemorative poster printed at the Letterpress Terminal.



First Event.

Teamwork at the Calligraphy Terminal.



First Event.

Participants at the Typography Anatomy Terminal.



First Event.

Participants practicing at the Calligraphy Terminal.



First Event.