Author: Helen Bradley
Print Your Own Fireball Mask!
If you are staring at your screen right now and bummed that you didn’t have time to get a costume this year, worry not! We have three different masks for you to choose from and a blank template so you can draw your own!
Get In The Spooky Spirit
We are knee deep in spooky season over here and wanted to share some of our favorite recent projects that keep us feeling the best kind of magical and mystical.
Check out these local artists and what they’ve been up to — we’re sure it will get you in the cool and creepy spirit before all the best October holidays.
15 Years of Fireball + Open House Recap!
Fifteen years ago, Fireball started with a single copy machine in a living room under the El on Front Street in Philadelphia. Since then, we’ve grown to our own space and expanded to serve artists, creators, and organizations around the country. We’ve always wanted to make art accessible to as many people as possible and we keep trying to find new ways to do that each year.
On Friday, we celebrated all of that with our friends and neighbors at our Open House. We ate food from local vendors, hosted a variety of circus arts performances, and even had on-staff artists selling their creations. It was really great.Â
Find out more about all the artists, vendors, and performers:
Tacos from Cantina La Martina
Cider from Young American
Tea and Kombucha from void
Sundaes from Somerset Splits
Circus Performances curated by Cotton Candy Circus Arts (featuring Hannah and Mikey and Rebecca)
Video art performance and installation by Grant Bouvier
And our vendors:
Uncle Ron’s Candle Co
Grace Maas
Bella Kuhn | Who Press’d Press
Chris Rudisall
Helen Bradley
Special thanks to Canon and Lindenmeyr Munroe for sponsoring this event and making it all possible!
Fall Arts Guide!
It’s spooky season, friends. Get wild, get weird, and get yourself to some of the raddest fall events in and around Philadelphia.
9/2 – 10/1: Made in Philadelphia at Dilworth Plaza
9/15 – 9/17: Spruce Street Harbor Park Fall Fest
9/29 – 10/1: Out and About in Manayunk
10/6: Fireball Open House
9/7 – 9/24:Â Philly Fringe Festival
9/22 – 9/24: Xponential Music Festival
9/23: Fishtown Fall Festivale
9/30: West Craft Fest
10/14 + 10/15 and 10/21 + 10/22: Philadelphia Open Studio Tour
Did we miss one?
Email helen@fireballprinting.com so we can
check it out and add it to our list!
Fireball Fall Open House!
Fireball Printing Open House!
First Friday, October 6th, 6 – 9PM
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Circus Stuff All Night, curated by Cotton Candy Circus Arts!
Video art performance and installation by Grant Bouvier
Free Food and Booze!
Tacos from Cantina La Martina
Cider from Young American
Tea and Kombucha from void
Sundaes from Somerset Splits
Art Vendors & Tours of Our Space! Come see where the magic is made.
Thank you to Canon and Lindenmeyr Munroe for sponsoring this event!
WEIRDO 2023: Call for Participants!
This year’s WEIRDO will be on November 4, 2023 and the Call For Participants is now open!
WEIRDO is an annual celebration of all things art and weird! It is our love letter to the East Kensington area and the spirit of creativity that makes Philadelphia an interesting place to live.
We focus on visionary, self-taught and outsider art, circus arts and various skills and feats, humor and sorcery, bodyslams and bubbles, treasures and illusions.
If you’re an artist/vendor/person/act who seems to jive with that kind of situation, send in an application!
This is an art event so ideally you make the stuff you’re selling (unless it’s really cool or weird), and we really love self taught/outsider/folk/weird stuff. When in doubt, apply!
If you are an exhibition only artist (not selling anything), click here to apply.
If you are a vendor, click here.
And performers of any and all kinds, click here.
To go to the WEIRDO website, click here.
We can’t wait to see you there.
Postcards, Business Cards, and Posters from Quiescent Snow
Quiescent Snow (Lina Luong) is a favorite at Fireball, mostly because each one of their projects is cooler than the next.
An artist based in Philadelphia, Quiescent Snow has a unique style that makes amazing use of bright colors and iconic characters to bring pure joy to all of us.
Check out more of their work on Instagram.
Want your own set of postcards, business cards, and posters? Shop our brand new Artist Bundles during our Summer of Specials here.
- Ink: CMYK
- Paper: Posters on 100lb Smooth Uncoated Cover/ Postcards 120 Smooth Uncoated Cover/ Business Cards on 120lb Smooth Uncoated Cover
SUMMER OF SPECIALS
The only thing better than ice cream during the summer is a good deal on printing (right?)!
Check out our summer printing specials including brand new Artist Bundles, Zine Specials,
J-Card Specials, and our Poster and Postcard deals!
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9/2 – 10/1: Made in Philadelphia at Dilworth Plaza
9/15 – 9/17: Spruce Street Harbor Park Fall Fest
- Poster Special | $15
- 50 11×17 Posters 4/0 on 100lb Gloss Text or 70lb Smooth Text OR 12×18 Posters 4/0 on 100lb Gloss Text or 70lb Smooth Text
9/7 – 9/24:Â Philly Fringe Festival
9/22 – 9/24: Xponential Music Festival
- Artist Bundle #3 | $100
Zines/Postcards/Business Cards - 25 8.5×11 Flat/5.5×8.5 Finished Zines 12pg Plus Cover; Insides 4/4 on 70lb Smooth Text/Cover 4/4 on 80lb Gl. Cover
- 100 4×6 Postcards 4/4 on 130lb Gl. Cover
- 100 2×3.5 Business Cards 4/4 on 130lb Gl. Cover
9/22: Making Time
Coloring Book by YAMZ
The 2023 Pride Bundle from YAMZ: World of Color is an incredible collection of art and swag created by Brayan Montes-Terrazas (aka YAMZ), an independent graphic designer and commercial illustrator. The bundle features “In Full Color,” a gorgeous coloring book that we had the honor of printing, plus a shirt, stickers, and more.
Check out all their work on their site here. We love it all SO MUCH.
And most importantly, don’t forget to celebrate and support queer joy 365 days of the year. We will be.
- Ink: CMYK
- Paper: Insides on 70lb Smooth Text/Cover on 100lb Gloss Cover with Matte Coating
- Binding: Perfect
PRIDE MONTH FEATURED ARTISTS
Check out and support some of our favorite LGBTQIA+ artists and artisans during Pride Month — and all year — because they are incredible.
These are just some of the awesome creators who come through the doors at Fireball (or open our carefully packaged boxes).
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9/2 – 10/1: Made in Philadelphia at Dilworth Plaza
9/15 – 9/17: Spruce Street Harbor Park Fall Fest
- Poster Special | $15
- 50 11×17 Posters 4/0 on 100lb Gloss Text or 70lb Smooth Text OR 12×18 Posters 4/0 on 100lb Gloss Text or 70lb Smooth Text
9/7 – 9/24:Â Philly Fringe Festival
9/22 – 9/24: Xponential Music Festival
- Artist Bundle #3 | $100
Zines/Postcards/Business Cards - 25 8.5×11 Flat/5.5×8.5 Finished Zines 12pg Plus Cover; Insides 4/4 on 70lb Smooth Text/Cover 4/4 on 80lb Gl. Cover
- 100 4×6 Postcards 4/4 on 130lb Gl. Cover
- 100 2×3.5 Business Cards 4/4 on 130lb Gl. Cover
9/22: Making Time
