Pyramid Atlantic Tour & Letterpress Workshop
Melanie Leung
Sun., Oct. 27 | Pyramid Atlantic is located in the Gateway Arts District in Hyattsville, Maryland. It occupies a space that has had several previous uses, including a church, arcade and duckpin bowling alley.
Our tour began on the ground floor. There is a small shop as you enter, which then transitions into an open floor plan, divided into the following studio spaces: letterpress, bindery, and printmaking. Down the hall, there are tables for classes and separate rooms for papermaking, screen printing, a darkroom, as well as separate office-type studios for artists. The second floor also has offices and a small library, though the majority of the space is used as a gallery for artists to exhibit their work. You can also see some elements of the building’s history preserved here in some of the architectural elements of the space. [Read more]