Facilities

Zea Mays Printmaking is located in a beautiful, bright, 2,500 sq. ft. studio in the prominent Arts and Industry Building in Florence, Massachusetts (just outside of Northampton). The Arts and Industry Building houses over 100 artist's studios and small businesses and has a regional reputation as the workspace of some of the area's most creative people.

Zea Mays is a state-of-the-art printmaking studio. In the main studio we have 3 etching presses (a 32"x60" Takach, 24"x34" Praga and a 24" x 40" Takach) and a 18" x 24" relief press. The Annex, the private studio has a 38” x 72” etching press. We also have a NuArc UV plate exposure unit, airbrush booth for aquatints, full plate processing facilities, vertical etching tanks with ferric chloride, hotplate, plate cutter, print drying unit, individual workstations, matting area, exhibition space and library of books and periodicals.

Studio Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10-9
Wednesday: 10-5
Thursday: 12-9
Friday: 10-5
1st and 3rd Saturday and Sunday of the month: 11-5

Click on an image below to take a virtual tour of the Zea Mays facilities.