Zea Mays Printmaking is a studio, workshop, gallery, educational facility and research center dedicated to the safest and most sustainable printmaking practices available. We are continually researching exciting new techniques and products. We share this information through our workshops, consultations and private tutorials.
We offer workshops in safer printmaking processes; access to our state-of-the-art studio; exhibitions; residencies; prints for sale and more.
Green Printmaking Certificate: Intaglio
2 ways to earn the GPC Certificate: take 4 workshops in 2020 or take the summer intensive in 2021!
Feet in the Air and Head on the Ground: A Visit with Angela Zammarelli
2nd in our occasional series about young artist mothers. This one by studio member Doris Madsen.
Research
Detailed research conducted by our interns into a variety of new printmaking products and methods.
Residencies
1-12 week residencies with on-site accommodations. Access to all of our state-of-the-art "green" printmaking facilities. Private or community studio. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Internships
We offer unpaid internships to college students pursuing a degree in printmaking, recent college graduates or to those who have completed a non-academic course of study in printmaking.
substratum
A group of artist members from Zea Mays Printmaking began an investigation into the health impacts of the printing plates we use. Substratum is a documentation of our investigation and hopefully a useful resource for other artist/printmakers and DIY practitioners.
Printmaking in Johannesburg
Liz Chalfin's blog about teaching at Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg and working with William Kentridge, plus more adventures!
Printmaking in Havana
Here's the story of our incredible trip to Havana to teach polyester plate lithography at San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. Visit our Cuba blog and read our story and see slideshows from this wonderful experience.
Featured Workshop
Advanced Artists' Books
Learn how to make books using stab bindings and cased-in signatures.
Saturday-Sunday, March 14-15, 2020, 10-5
Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Zea Mays Printmaking's participation in this global call to action!
Residency Fellowship 2020
We're accepting applications for the 2020 Residency Fellowship, September 22 - October 4, 2020
The Sanford Gallery
2020 Flat File Project
1 print from each artist represented in the 2020 Flat File
through January
Digital Exhibition – Prone to Ponder
Curated from the rich trove of prints in Zea Mays’ Flat File.
Research Projects
Part of the mission of Zea Mays Printmaking is to research new developments in safer, less-toxic and non-toxic printmaking. Our research is all on-line and available to the printmaking community.
Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2019
View the curated selection of prints and artists' books we took to the 2019 Editions/Artists' Book Fair in New York.
