Signal-Return

Signal-Return Signal–Return is a letterpress workshop and retail space located in The Lantern Building, 9301 Kercheval, Detroit 48214

Signal-Return is a Detroit nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional letterpress printing, and building a community center for art, craft, design and collaboration.

We are happy to announce our current Artist-in-Residence Hannah Rose Creative Co. Visiting from Washington, DC!Hannah wi...
07/12/2026

We are happy to announce our current Artist-in-Residence Hannah Rose Creative Co. Visiting from Washington, DC!

Hannah will be working in the shop until mid-July, creating typographic and linoleum block print editions and assisting with events!

Stop by, say hi and check out Hannah’s process.
Stay tuned for updates! 👉⚡️🌞

Here’s an installation preview of “Flat Circle,” opening tomorrow at the S-R Gallery! The exhibition features work by Ch...
07/09/2026

Here’s an installation preview of “Flat Circle,” opening tomorrow at the S-R Gallery! The exhibition features work by Chris Fritton Chris Fritton and Chris Chandler Chris Chandler (courtesy of Elizabeth Leach Gallery).

JULY 10th, 2026, 5-8pm
Signal-Return, 9301 Kercheval Ave, Detroit, MI
This show is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided and work will be for sale.

The large-scale, modular woodblock prints construct and deconstruct basic shapes using color, creating new, unexpected geometries. The texture & tone of each piece is determined by the process itself, which involves multiple layers of overprinting & reorientation, resulting in work where the structure can be reproduced formally, but the content is never identical.

🌞 Summer Signal is back this Saturday! 🌞 Join us Saturday, July 11th for another day of letterpress fun! Check out the A...
07/07/2026

🌞 Summer Signal is back this Saturday! 🌞
Join us Saturday, July 11th for another day of letterpress fun!

Check out the Artist Market featuring local artists selling their goods, drop into our workshops and make some prints and check out Flat Circle, our new gallery exhibition + More!

Free entry, no registration!

A preview of “Flat Circle” — an exhibition featuring work by Chris Fritton and Chris Chandler (courtesy of Elizabeth Lea...
07/03/2026

A preview of “Flat Circle” — an exhibition featuring work by Chris Fritton and Chris Chandler (courtesy of Elizabeth Leach Gallery).
The exhibition opening is next week on Friday, July 10th, from 5-8 pm. This show is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided and work will be for sale. We hope to see you there!

The large-scale, modular woodblock prints construct and deconstruct basic shapes using color, creating new, unexpected geometries. The texture & tone of each piece is determined by the process itself, which involves multiple layers of overprinting & reorientation, resulting in work where the structure can be reproduced formally, but the content is never identical.

Chris Fritton Chris Chandler

We are back with our monthly S-R Store Studio Spotlight! Our July feature is Stacey Malasky 🌞 Stacey Malasky Stacey has ...
07/03/2026

We are back with our monthly S-R Store Studio Spotlight! Our July feature is Stacey Malasky 🌞 Stacey Malasky
Stacey has worked as a freelance illustrator, gardening and beekeeping educator, and a studio assistant to Detroit artists. She co-founded and co-owned Ocelot print shop, a community screen printing shop in Detroit, where she worked, taught, and mentored screen printers.
Check out Stacey’s prints we have at the S-R store on our website under “Features” — link in bio!

We are excited to announce the art vendors joining our next Summer Signal artist market happening on June 11th! Shop a v...
07/02/2026

We are excited to announce the art vendors joining our next Summer Signal artist market happening on June 11th! Shop a variety of handmade, unique goods created by local artists inside the Signal-Return space from 12 - 6 PM. See you soon!

06/20/2026

new signage LANTERN Detroit 🌞 We are Open 12-6

Check out these upcoming Printmaking Workshops instructed by Ray Seebeck We are excited to offer new printing techniques...
06/19/2026

Check out these upcoming Printmaking Workshops instructed by Ray Seebeck

We are excited to offer new printing techniques and welcome Ray back to the studio!

Register online at signalreturnpress.org/workshops or follow the links in bio!

06/16/2026

Thank you to all who made it out to our kick-off Summer Signal event this past weekend! It was a Saturday filled with printing activities, an artist market and chine-colle fish prints!

We will be holding 2 more Summer Signal community print events on Saturday July 11 and August 8!
Stay tuned for updates!

The gallery at Signal-Return presents an upcoming exhibition by Chris Fritton Chris Fritton in collaboration with Chris ...
06/16/2026

The gallery at Signal-Return presents an upcoming exhibition by Chris Fritton Chris Fritton in collaboration with Chris Chandler Chris Chandler

The large-scale, modular woodblock prints construct and deconstruct basic shapes using color, creating new, unexpected geometries. The texture & tone of each piece is determined by the process itself, which involves multiple layers of overprinting & reorientation, resulting in work where the structure can be reproduced formally, but the content is never identical.

Chris Fritton is a poet, printer, and fine artist based in Buffalo, NY, who spent over a decade visiting letterpress shops across North America with his traveling project called “The Itinerant Printer.” During that time he covered hundreds of thousands of miles, made tens of thousands of prints on the road, and worked with hundreds of artists & printers.

Fritton met and began collaborating with Chandler in 2018. Since that time, they’ve produced a number of projects together, including series of prints, street art, and wheat paste murals. This selection is a cross-section of that body of work.

Chris Chandler is a printer and artist who spent over 30 years as a tour manager and sound engineer for numerous bands. He now resides in Portland, OR, where he helms Neu Haus Press and produces letterpress art, gig posters, and ephemera.

This show is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided and work will be for sale.

Opening:
JULY 10th, 2026, 5-8pm
Signal-Return, 9301 Kercheval Ave, Detroit, MI

chrisfritton.com
neuhauspress.com

Address

9301 Kercheval, Suite 1
Detroit, MI
48214

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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