Graphic Design Benefit
Volunteer professional graphic designers are needed to teach design skills and put the power of the media back into the hands of working people
BAAP’s publication benefit includes weekly graphic design sessions where members and volunteers work with professional volunteer designers and learn how to create publications using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
BAAP’s program for independent press is print-based and we teach design for press production.
Join BAAP to learn or to teach design and pre-press for posters, flyers, newsletters, postcards and other printed materials. Once you learn, you teach another.
BAAP works on a “members-helping-members” basis.
Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
What will I learn?
Layout Design
Learn how to layout posters, postcards, zines, magazines, flyers, banners and more.
Work with professional designers to learn the basics of layout design.
Use your design skills to assist organizational representatives to get the word out about their fights against poverty and labor exploitation.
Pre-press
The pre-press stage is after the layout design is complete to ensure the design is print ready.
Learn to prepare the file for the press, such as checking for errors, optimizing graphics and creating a printable layout through processes like pre-flighting and proofing.
Publication Design
Learn how to create your own publications for you or your organization including magazines, booklets and more.
Volunteer at BAAP’s publication sessions where you get hands-on training in producing BAAP’s quarterly magazine Pressing Times.
Examples From Our Design Sessions
Volunteering at BAAP lets me use my professional graphic design and educator skills for a social good in my community and beyond!
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