Shop Orientation
Are you interested in using the Circus shop to print your next project? We’re now offering a monthly shop orientation session. Anyone interested in a membership or project pass must attend an orientation session before they can use the equipment. This is also a great opportunity for us to answer any questions you may have about the shop!
There’s no cost for the orientation, but we do ask you to register ahead of time, either by scanning the QR code above or sending us an email.
July BYOS
Say NO! to AI and Data Centers in Albany at this month’s BYOS. Image designed by Matthew Price. Change in plans - we’re printing in black and red, so please plan accordingly!
Press Rewind! First Friday
PRESS REWIND
Bring a shirt. Pick a design. Press rewind.
We’re bringing back five favorite screens from the past six months for a special First Friday print night!
Missed a BYOS design you loved? Come back for the print you missed. Bring a shirt, tote, or fabric item, choose your design, and make something new with us.
No experience needed; just bring your curiosity and something to print on.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
5–7 PM
CIRCUS: A COMMUNITY PRINT SHOP
46 N. Swan Street, Albany
Five designs. One more chance to print.
Press Play!
We’re launching our new regular print social event! This one will be focused on screen printing, but we’ll expand to other mediums, including block printing soon.
Do you have a print project that you could use some assistance with? Want to use our presses while asking questions? Just want to hang with fellow printmakers? This is your chance.
There’s no cost for members and $10 for non members. Registration is required. Please send us an email here.
Wear Your Idea - First Friday
Join us for Wear Your Idea, a beginner-friendly First Friday workshop at Circus where we will explore how to turn sketches, phrases, and concepts into wearable art through screenprinting and transfer-based printing methods.
Friday, July 3rd
5–8 PM
46 N Swan St, Albany
No experience needed. Come curious.
June BYOS @ UREC
We’re celebrating Juneteenth this month with our friends and neighbors the Underground Railroad Education Center. This month’s BYOS will be held offsite at UREC located at 194 Livingston Ave. Stop by and get a free t-shirt designed by local artist Marcus Anderson!
First Friday - June
Join us for Wear Your Idea, a beginner-friendly First Friday workshop at Circus where we will explore how to turn sketches, phrases, and concepts into wearable art through screenprinting and transfer-based printing methods.
Friday, June 5th
5–8 PM
46 N Swan St, Albany
No experience needed. Come curious.
First Friday
Join us for Wear Your Idea, a beginner-friendly First Friday workshop at Circus where we will explore how to turn sketches, phrases, and concepts into wearable art through screenprinting and transfer-based printing methods.
Friday, May 1
5–8 PM
46 N Swan St, Albany
No experience needed. Come curious.
April BYOS
We’re celebrating our neighborhood this month. Come show your Arbor Hill pride!
The Librarians Documentary Screening and Discussion @ The New York State Museum
From Oscar-nominated Director and Producer Kim A. Snyder ("Death By Numbers," “Newtown,” “Us Kids”) and Executive Producer Sarah Jessica Parker, “The Librarians” takes viewers from Texas to Florida and beyond, where local libraries have become unexpected battlegrounds in a national struggle over parental control, intellectual freedom, and democracy itself. Sparked by the controversial “Krause List” in Texas, which targets 850 books centered on race and LGBTQIA+ stories, the film takes a deep investigative dive into the escalating movement against book banning. The film captures the courage and resilience of the everyday heroes, librarians, as well as concerned parents and students flanking them, who have become first responders in the fight for the freedom to read, standing defiantly against censorship at all costs.
This event will begin with a screening of the film in the Huxley Theater, followed by a panel discussion with State Librarian Lauren Moore, New York Public Library Senior Director of Reading and Engagement and author Brian Jones, Past-President of the American Library Association Emily Drabinski, American Libraries columnist and Library Freedom Project member Reanna Esmail, and Amanda Hoffman, a former library assistant who fought for their community through the turmoil surrounding a Drag Queen Story Hour. They will discuss the challenges libraries face today, their personal experiences in the battle against censorship, and their suggestions for what libraries and their supporters can do in the continuing struggle for intellectual freedom.
The discussion will be moderated by James Paleologopoulos, Producer for WAMC/Northeast Public Radio’s On the Road, and will be recorded for later broadcast.
First Friday
Join us for Wear Your Idea, a beginner-friendly First Friday workshop at Circus where we will explore how to turn sketches, phrases, and concepts into wearable art through screenprinting and transfer-based printing methods.
Friday, April 3
5–8 PM
46 N Swan St, Albany
No experience needed. Come curious.
April Beginner Screen Printing Classes
Ever wanted to turn your ideas into wearable art or bold posters? Now’s your chance! Circus is offering hands-on screen printing classes designed for beginners and creatives of all levels.
Why Take This Class?
Hands-on Learning – Get messy and master the craft
Expert Instruction – Learn from experienced screen printers
Create & Take – Walk away with your own custom shirt or poster
2 classes - One on Saturdays, and one Tuesday nights.
$250 per person – Invest in your creativity today!
Sign up in person or by emailing us here.
Don’t wait—join the Circus and bring your designs to life!
March BYOS
BYOS is back! Stop by and take home a shirt designed by local artist Erin Lobb Mason! Bring something for us to print on!!
First Friday w/ Sean Lippon
Stop by for March First Friday featuring a performance from local musician Sean Lippin
February BYOS
BYOS is back! Tell ICE to fuck off and come by this Sunday from Noon-3pm where we’ll be printing this image from graffiti legend Steve ESPO Powers on whatever you bring. We’ll have light and dark ink options available in adult sizes. We’ve also invited 518CRSC to stop by and provide some knowledge.
February BYOS
BYOS is back! Tell ICE to fuck off and come by this Saturday from Noon-3pm where we’ll be printing this image from graffiti legend Steve ESPO Powers on whatever you bring. We’ll have light and dark ink options available in adult sizes. We’ve also invited 518CRSC to stop by and provide some knowledge.
2026 Albany Chefs' Food & Wine Festival: Wine & Dine for the Arts
Eat, drink, and get groovy for the arts, featuring top Capital Region chefs, restaurants, and bartenders serving up incredible food, wine, and spirits in celebration of the arts.
The 3-day festival will be from January 22 - 24, 2026.
Tickets: On sale now at albanywinefest.com
Moonlight Market
Paper Moon presents: The Moonlight Market - an indie publisher market at Mt. Aida Preservation Hall.
568 Congress St. in Troy
December First Friday
PAPER PARTY: ANNIVERSARY EDITION — December 5th!
We’re opening the archives for a special First Friday celebration at Circus.
All year long, you’ve seen the designs roll out at our monthly BYOS events… now you can reprint your favorites and take home the ones you missed.
Come hang with your neighbors, pull a print, meet the makers, and celebrate another year of “Power Through Paper” at Albany’s community print shop.
Print your favorite past BYOS designs
-Community vibes + good music
-Connect with local artists & creatives
-Circus – A Community Print Shop
Friday, Dec 5 | 5–8 PM
Free & open to the public
Revisit. Reprint. Rejoice.
It’s an anniversary; let’s celebrate together!
First Friday: Exquisite Prints
For November’s First Friday, Circus invites the community to dive into the creative process behind screen printing, literally.
Participants will collaborate on a large, shared Exquisite Corpse–style design, where each person draws a section (top, middle, or bottom) directly on a screen using drawing fluid.
Circus will finish the process and participants can return later in the week to pick up a limited-edition print made from the collaboratively created screen!
Think of it as:
“Community meets creativity meets chaos in the best way possible.”
No experience necessary, just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to make something unexpected.
Friday, November 7, 2025
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Circus: A Community Print Shop
46 N Swan St., Albany, NY
Bring Your Own Shirt (October)
Save the date! It’s time for another edition of BYOS! Come by on Sunday September 28th from Noon until 3pm and we’ll have an image on hand that we’ll screen print on any piece of fabric you bring. Shirts, totes, flags, whatever.
Stay tuned for previews of the images - This month we’re partnering with Paper Moon in Troy who will be designing the shirt image, as well as giving out a zine they created.
First Friday: Barn Prints and Circus Games
Experience live screen printing and jump into classic retro games with friends and neighbors, all free during First Friday Albany.
Our friends at the Albany Barn are designing some t-shirts for a rare Friday BYOS. We’ll be screen printing their design onto whatever shirt you bring in! And we’ll have the projector on for some gaming while you wait!
Circus @ Albany Institue of History & Art
Circus will be on site at the Albany Institute of History & Art for this month’s First Friday.
from First Friday
Albany Institute of History & Art holds extended hours for the city of Albany's popular First Friday program! Enjoy a cash bar, live music, and free gallery admission to visit our new exhibitions: For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art and Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints. Plus, don't miss On the Road to Cragsmoor with Charles Courtney Curran and Spotlight: The College of Saint Rose during the final weeks on view.
Circus will be screen printing an original design related to the exhibition For Legacy and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art, on view at the Albany Institute through December 31.
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Stop by and say hi!
Bring Your Own Shirt (August)
Save the date! It’s time for another edition of BYOS! Come by on Sunday August 31st from Noon until 3pm and we’ll have an image on hand that we’ll screen print on any piece of fabric you bring. Shirts, totes, flags, whatever.
Stay tuned for previews of the images
First Friday: Press Play!
Experience live screen printing and jump into classic retro games with friends and neighbors, all free during First Friday Albany.
We’ll be screen printing some posters for you to take home, and we will have retro videos games for you to play on the projector.
Stop in!
Bring Your Own Shirt (July)
Save the date! It’s time for another edition of BYOS! Come by on Sunday July 27th from Noon until 3pm and we’ll have an image on hand that we’ll screen print on any piece of fabric you bring. Shirts, totes, flags, whatever.
Stay tuned for previews of the images
Bring Your Own Shirt (June)
Save the date! It’s time for another edition of BYOS! Come by on Sunday June 29th from Noon until 3pm and we’ll have an image on hand that we’ll screen print on any piece of fabric you bring. Shirts, totes, flags, whatever.
Stay tuned for previews of the images
Bring Your Own Shirt (April)
Save the date! It’s time for another edition of BYOS! Come by on Sunday April 27nd from Noon until 3pm and we’ll have an image on hand that we’ll screen print on any piece of fabric you bring. Shirts, totes, flags, whatever.
Stay tuned for previews of the images