Riso Rama Reading Room at the Dallas Art Book Fair
Dallas Contemporary
March 21 - April 12, 2026
Dreaming Of
Riso
Rama Reading Room
Welcome
Have a seat, grab a book, and sit for a while. Here you’ll find a selection from the Riso Rama Archive, a display of over 40 titles of hand-made books and zines by artists from across the United States and Mexico.
Whether big or small, each book represents vibrant storytelling, print experimentation and excellence, and community-driven independent publishing.
September 13–October 4, 2025
Spellerberg Projects
Welcome to
Riso-Rama
Riso-Rama is a two-day independent publishing event that brings together printers, artists, and students to celebrate Riso printing and its vibrant creative community.
Exhibition
& Showcase
Riso-Rama is an exciting, two-day, pop-up marketplace of illustration, art, comics and riso printed works. This event features artists' books, zines, printed ephemera, artist multiples, handmade objects and more from a diverse and impressive group of local and regional exhibitors.
Paradiso is a nationally juried physical exhibition held at the Flex Space Gallery at Texas State University on March 17-29, 2025. The exhibition features all risograph work including prints, posters, zines, books, animations, etc. and is juried by Risolana.
On Saturday, Risograph artists and vendors from across Texas will be showcasing their books, zines, prints, handmade objects. Visitors can explore a diverse range of work, meet independent creators, and discover the charm of risograph’s imperfect yet striking aesthetic.
Workshops
& Moreeeee
We’re excited to welcome risograph artists focused on their “roots”; supporting local creative communities.
Workshops &
Moreeeeeeee
We’re excited to welcome risograph artists focused on their “roots”; supporting local creative communities.
Schedule
All activities will be held at Texas State University Flex Space Gallery (2nd Floor of JCM). Texas State University is located in San Marcos, TX (just 30 minutes south of Austin and 60 mins north of San Antonio).
Address and Directions
Parking:
Friday - LBJ Student Center Garage (Pay-to-Park Garage) Directions and Info
Saturday - Free Parking at TXST Galleries Directions
MARCH 28 | SYMPOSIUM
1:00 PM
PARADISO EXHIBITION
1:30 PM
WELCOME TO RISO RAMA
3:45 PM
EXHIBITION RECEPTION
4:00 PM
WORKSHOP with A IS A
2:00 PM
KEYNOTE with RISOLANA
2:45 PM
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
MARCH 28 | SYMPOSIUM
1:00 PM
PARADISO EXHIBITION
1:30 PM
WELCOME TO RISO-RAMA
2:00 PM
KEYNOTE with RISOLANA
2:45 PM
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
3:45 PM
EXHIBITION RECEPTION
4:00 PM
WORKSHOP with A IS A
MARCH 29 | RISO ROUNDUP
1:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR OPENS
2:00 PM
PINNED TOGETHER with PAWPRINTZ
5:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR ENDS
6:00 PM
AFTER PARTY
MARCH 29 | RISO ROUNDUP
1:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR OPENS
2:00 PM
PINNED TOGETHER with PAWPRINTZ
5:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR ENDS
6:00 PM
AFTER PARTY
Schedule
All activities will be held at Texas State University Flex Space Gallery (2nd Floor of JCM).
Texas State University is located in San Marcos, TX (just 30 minutes south of Austin and 60 mins north of San Antonio).
Address and Directions
Parking:
Friday - LBJ Student Center Garage (Pay-to-Park Garage) Directions and Info
Saturday - Free Parking at TXST Galleries Directions
MARCH 28 | SYMPOSIUM
1:00 PM
PARADISO EXHIBITION
1:30 PM
WELCOME TO RISO RAMA
3:45 PM
EXHIBITION RECEPTION
4:00 PM
WORKSHOP with A IS A
2:00 PM
KEYNOTE with RISOLANA
2:45 PM
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
MARCH 28 | SYMPOSIUM
1:00 PM
PARADISO EXHIBITION
1:30 PM
WELCOME TO RISO-RAMA
2:00 PM
KEYNOTE with RISOLANA
2:45 PM
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
4:00 PM
WORKSHOP with A IS A
3:45 PM
EXHIBITION RECEPTION
MARCH 29 | RISO ROUNDUP
1:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR OPENS
2:00 PM
PINNED TOGETHER with PAWPRINTZ
5:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR ENDS
6:00 PM
AFTER PARTY
MARCH 29 | RISO ROUNDUP
1:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR OPENS
2:00 PM
PINNED TOGETHER with PAWPRINTZ
5:00 PM
SHOWCASE FAIR ENDS
6:00 PM
AFTER PARTY
Schedule
All events will be held at Texas State University's Flex Space Gallery
Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas
All events will be held at Texas State University's Flex Space Gallery in
San Marcos, Texas
1:00 PM
PARADISO EXHIBITION
1:30 PM
WELCOME TO RISO RAMA
2:00 PM
KEYNOTE
2:45 PM
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
3:45 PM
EXHIBITION RECEPTION
4:00 PM
WORKSHOP WITH A IS A
All events will be held at Texas State University's Flex Space Gallery in
San Marcos, Texas
Schedule
A is A
Co-founders Michael Lopez and Karl Orozco started Risolana in 2021 to fill the need for a publicly accessible risograph studio in the state of New Mexico. They aim to: cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself, establish a network of socially engaged artists and designers, organize a printed archive of Albuquerque’s artistic and social movements.
Workshops
TBD
Co-founders Michael Lopez and Karl Orozco started Risolana in 2021 to fill the need for a publicly accessible risograph studio in the state of New Mexico. They aim to: cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself, establish a network of socially engaged artists and designers, organize a printed archive of Albuquerque’s artistic and social movements.
TBD
Co-founders Michael Lopez and Karl Orozco started Risolana in 2021 to fill the need for a publicly accessible risograph studio in the state of New Mexico. They aim to: cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself, establish a network of socially engaged artists and designers, organize a printed archive of Albuquerque’s artistic and social movements.
TBD
Co-founders Michael Lopez and Karl Orozco started Risolana in 2021 to fill the need for a publicly accessible risograph studio in the state of New Mexico. They aim to: cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself, establish a network of socially engaged artists and designers, organize a printed archive of Albuquerque’s artistic and social movements.
Speakers
Risolana
Risolana is a community risograph studio located in the South Valley, New Mexico. We see printmaking as a versatile tool for community dialogue where personal and collective expression meet. By providing hands-on access to and training for this unique printing method, Risolana works to encourage ideas, create engaging work, and cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself. Inspired by the New Mexican concept of la resolana, our resolana is a two-page spread open to the sun.
Risolana prioritizes empowering their community by teaching the process and uses of the risograph over simply providing printing services.
Soft Spots Riso
Soft Spots Riso is a Dallas-based Risograph press dedicated to fostering creativity, collaboration, and accessibility in independent printmaking and publishing. Founded in 2022 by artists Kristin Wright and Gino Dal Cin, Soft Spots provides community access to Risograph printing, workshops, and resources to support local artists in experimenting with zine and bookmaking.
Soft Spots Riso also has a Riso School, where anyone can sign up to learn more about the printing process. They offer classes catering to all skillsets, from beginners dipping their toes in printmaking to established professionals.
Surely! Press
Surely! Press is the Houston-based independent publishing project of writer/designer Grant Patterson and Claire Elestwani. Grant (he/him) is a Southern queer, writer, people-watcher, and urbanist. Claire (she/they) is a designer, artist, and educator who uses data, printed matter, and textiles to explore themes of liberation, power, and joy.
Together, Grant and Claire write and produce RISO-printed zines that take the shape of workbooks, cookbooks, poem-generators, card games, and mini-broadsides, among other formats. Surely! Press publications invite readers to seek connection with their surroundings and find delight in the everyday.
Tyler Rico
Tyler Rico is a designer based in Austin, Texas. His practice entails a process-based approach to landscape, exploring themes of time, memory, and the transience of encounter. Primarily taking the form of intimately scaled artists' books and publications, his projects consider the functions and limits of verbal and visual documentation, examining their relationship to abstraction and the potential in between these elements.
His work has been exhibited at Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair, Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium, Press Play at Pioneer Works, the Detroit Art Book Fair, and Tropic Bound Artists' Book Fair.
Risolana
Risolana is a community risograph studio located in the South Valley, New Mexico. We see printmaking as a versatile tool for community dialogue where personal and collective expression meet. By providing hands-on access to and training for this unique printing method, Risolana works to encourage ideas, create engaging work, and cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself. Inspired by the New Mexican concept of la resolana, our resolana is a two-page spread open to the sun.
Risolana prioritizes empowering their community by teaching the process and uses of the risograph over simply providing printing services.
Soft Spots Riso
Soft Spots Riso is a Dallas-based Risograph press dedicated to fostering creativity, collaboration, and accessibility in independent printmaking and publishing. Founded in 2022 by artists Kristin Wright and Gino Dal Cin, Soft Spots provides community access to Risograph printing, workshops, and resources to support local artists in experimenting with zine and bookmaking.
Soft Spots Riso also has a Riso School, where anyone can sign up to learn more about the printing process. They offer classes catering to all skillsets, from beginners dipping their toes in printmaking to established professionals.
Surely! Press
Surely! Press is the Houston-based independent publishing project of writer/designer Grant Patterson and Claire Elestwani. Grant (he/him) is a Southern queer, writer, people-watcher, and urbanist. Claire (she/they) is a designer, artist, and educator who uses data, printed matter, and textiles to explore themes of liberation, power, and joy.
Together, Grant and Claire write and produce RISO-printed zines that take the shape of workbooks, cookbooks, poem-generators, card games, and mini-broadsides, among other formats. Surely! Press publications invite readers to seek connection with their surroundings and find delight in the everyday.
Tyler Rico
Tyler Rico is a designer based in Austin, Texas. His practice entails a process-based approach to landscape, exploring themes of time, memory, and the transience of encounter. Primarily taking the form of intimately scaled artists' books and publications, his projects consider the functions and limits of verbal and visual documentation, examining their relationship to abstraction and the potential in between these elements.
His work has been exhibited at Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair, Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium, Press Play at Pioneer Works, the Detroit Art Book Fair, and Tropic Bound Artists' Book Fair.
Speakers
A IS A
A is A is an independent publishing project founded in 2023 by Juan Karlo Muro and Vicente Velázquez III out of a desire to design, print, archive, skill share and further creative work rooted in the San Joaquin Valley. Vicente and Juan Karlo formed a relationship in 2020 over their mutual interest in design and print—more specifically, fine art prints and independent publishing via digital duplicators, copy machines, screen print, etc. They began A is A by offering their print and design services to friends, various artists, and local establishments—people and places that they’re ultimately fans of. This resulted in a chain of cold emails, numerous coffee shop meetings, and late night print sessions at their small, central-Fresno office space.
PAWPRINTZ
Texas State University's riso club will be hosting a fun risograph workshop called "Pinned Together".
Pawprintz is a student organized club from Texas State University that promotes risograph printing as a form of creating art and educates its members on the methods of colorful printing. Pawprintz is meant to be an inclusive space for all artists to express themselves through the economical and efficient risograph. Meetings are biweekly workshops with different themes and ink colors. Each relaxed session presents a new opportunity to explore riso-layering and mediums, from zines to sticker printing. Membership is open towards current students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Workshops
About Risorama
Co-organized by Joshua Duttweiler (Texas State University) and Alexandria Canchola (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Riso-Rama is an independent publishing event that brings together artists, students, and community members to highlight Risograph work and connect creatives across Texas.
Each year, Riso-Rama programming includes an internationally recognized keynote speaker, panel discussion featuring Texas-based artists, Paradiso – a national juried exhibition of Risograph work (prints, books, and animations), independent publication and riso print market, and Risograph workshop.
What is risograph?
Riso printing is a unique, eco-friendly printing method that blends elements of screen printing and photocopying. It uses a stencil-based process where soy-based ink is pushed through a perforated master sheet onto paper, one color at a time. Known for its vibrant colors, rich textures, and slight imperfections, Riso printing is popular for art prints, zines, and posters. Unlike digital printing, it works best with bold designs and limited color layers, creating a distinctive, handmade look.
About Risorama
Co-organized by Joshua Duttweiler (Texas State University) and Alexandria Canchola (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Riso-Rama is an independent publishing event that brings together artists, students, and community members to highlight Risograph work and connect creatives across Texas.
Each year, Riso-Rama programming includes an internationally recognized keynote speaker, panel discussion featuring Texas-based artists, Paradiso – a national juried exhibition of Risograph work (prints, books, and animations), independent publication and riso print market, and Risograph workshop.
All events are free and open to the public.
Parking
Friday - LBJ Student Center Garage (Pay-to-Park Garage)
Directions and Info
Saturday - Free Parking at Texas State Galleries
Riso-Printing
Riso printing is a unique, eco-friendly printing method that blends elements of screen printing and photocopying. It uses a stencil-based process where soy-based ink is pushed through a perforated master sheet onto paper, one color at a time. Known for its vibrant colors, rich textures, and slight imperfections, Riso printing is popular for art prints, zines, and posters. Unlike digital printing, it works best with bold designs and limited color layers, creating a distinctive, handmade look.
Riso-Rama is always free and open to the public !¡
