Zea Mays Printmaking on the Road

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, demos and workshops at:
Chester College of New England, Chester, New Hampshire
Experimental Etching Studio, Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Northampton High School, Northampton, Massachusetts
Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts
Two Rivers Printmaking, White River Junction, Vermont
University of Maine, Augusta, Maine
University of Massachusettes, Amherst, Massachusetts
Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Massachusetts

Liz has also hosted special workshops at Zea Mays Printmaking for:
Monotype Guild of New England
Smith College Museum of Art
University of Massachusettes, Dartmouth

In addition, she has consulted with the following studios about setting up safer facilities:
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Ava Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
AS220, Providence, Rhode Island

Available Offsite Workshops and Demos:

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.