Half-day / Full-day Workshop
In-studio workshop for visiting groups. Participants collaborate to design and print a collective poster using traditional letterpress tools and techniques. Ideal as part of a study-abroad itinerary.
❧ Rome as a laboratory ❧
Study Abroad & Residencies
Betterpress Lab Roma welcomes international students, faculty and artists for study and residency programmes combining letterpress printing, visual culture and on-site research.
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❧ For universities & international programmes ❧
Study Abroad Programs in Rome
Come, see, print.
Betterpress offers immersive workshops for study-abroad programmes that combine urban exploration, epigraphic research and letterpress printing in the heart of Rome. Students investigate the culture of the letter across the centuries — from ancient inscriptions to contemporary signage — working directly with moveable type in our studio between Trastevere and Testaccio.
Programmes are ideal for faculty-led courses in printmaking, typographic design, book arts, visual culture and interdisciplinary studies.
3-day or 7-day Intensive Programme
Immersive workshop combining guided urban explorations, epigraphy tours and letterpress printing. Students investigate Rome's visual culture and produce a final printed project.
3-week Residency
Immersive studio programme with guided tours, workshops, open-studio days and a final exhibition — a deep immersion in Rome's typographic heritage and contemporary letterpress practice.
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❧ For artists & designers ❧
Artistic Residency
Betterpress Lab offers independent residency periods for visual artists, designers, photographers and anyone wishing to explore typographic printing as a creative language and research tool.
Residents have full access to the equipped studio: historic presses, an archive of over two thousand wood and metal moveable type, printing inks, quality paper and all the tools of the trade. Mentoring from Francesca and Giulia is available for those wishing to deepen their technique or develop an editorial project.
Residencies take place at Betterpress Lab (Via Eugenio Barsanti, 14) and may include exhibition space at Betterpress Studio (Via Portuense 189 D/E/F) for a show or presentation at the end of the period.
Duration
From one week to one month. The programme adapts to the project and the resident's needs — defined together before arrival.
Who it's for
Visual artists, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, visual poets, book artists. Also open to university faculty for independent research or production of teaching materials.
What's included
Full access to the studio and typographic archive, initial orientation to machines and materials, technical support, possibility of a final exhibition at Betterpress Studio.
Faculty / Artist Residency with exhibition
For invited faculty and artists: residency with studio access for independent research and production, with the possibility of showing the work in our gallery.
❧ Get in touch ❧
Let's build the programme together
"Come, see, print."
Write to us with a description of your project or university programme. We'll reply with a tailored proposal.