Zea Mays Printmaking director and resident artist Liz Chalfin welcomes the opportunity to take the message of safer printmaking on the road and to travel to off-site venues to present lectures, demonstrations and workshops. Contact the studio for more information.

Liz has presented lectures, workshops and demos at:
University of Maine, Augusta, Maine
Two Rivers Printmaking, White River Junction, Vermont
Women's Studio Workshop. Rosendale, New York
Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Experimental Etching Studio, Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Northampton High School, Northampton, Massachusetts
and has hosted special workshops at Zea Mays Printmaking for:
Smith College Museum of Art
Monotype Guild of New England

Demonstrations and Workshops:

Acrylic Resist Etching The newest techniques in etching. Learn safer and non-toxic ways to do hardground, softground, aquatint and lift ground etching.
		Monotype with Akua-Kolor inks Akua-Kolor inks are a wonderful new development in lightfast, brilliant, archival water-based inks. This demonstration/workshop will introduce ways to work with these inks, including painterly monotype, stencils, and intaglio applications.
Collagraph Printmaking Collagraphs are the ultimate in recycling! Combine the freedom of collage with the range of inking techniques of intaglio. This demonstration/workshop will explore plate making, inking & wiping and printing.

Pencil Monotype This wonderful process uses Akua Kolor ink modifiers to make it possible to print pencil drawings. Drawings can be printed several times from a single plate, reworked and printed again. It's a great way to document the evolution of an image, or a way to add pencil to your prints. The technique acts as a fixative, so marks don't smudge. Pencil and charcoal can both be used and can be combined with ink.

Photopolymer Printmaking New photopolymer films make it possible to safely include photographic and/or digital imagery into intaglio, monotype and collagraph prints. This more advanced workshop or demonstration will cover film types and applicable media, as well as lamination, exposure, development and printing techniques.