Friday-Sunday, September 29-October 1, 10 AM-5 PM with Catherine Kernan Carving woodblocks can fix an image, setting it up for repetition. Woodblocks can also be used in a dynamic way that yields unexpected results without reducing or re-cutting the blocks. Combinations of woodblocks set in motion long sequences in which [...]
Friday-Sunday, October 6-8, 10 AM-5 PM with Annie Bissett Mokuhanga (literally “wood print”) is a term for the ancient Japanese technique of watercolor woodblock printing—an environmentally friendly low-tech process that can be done at home at any scale and that combines well with other media. This workshop will introduce [...]
Saturday, October 14, 10 AM-5 PM with Tate Klacsmann Suminagashi is a traditional Japanese technique for marbling paper by manipulating pigment in water, then taking an impression on paper of the liquid’s surface. The water becomes a monotype plate that’s in constant motion, and the resulting impression on paper is [...]
Saturday, October 21, 10 AM - 5 PM with Joyce Silverstone Image by Jan Johnson Spend a day in the Zea Mays Printmaking Studio exploring ways of transferring ink to paper from paper! Akua Intaglio Inks have a beautiful way of transferring color and marks to dampened [...]
Sunday, October 22, 10 AM-5 PM with Julie Lapping Rivera Woodcut is a wonderfully direct and accessible form of printmaking, which yields a range of imagery from bold and simple to detailed and textural. The process of bringing an image to life through carving is both soothing and meditative. Because [...]
Saturday-Sunday, November 4-5, 10 AM-5 PM with Jenny Gover Ready for something different? Explore screenprinting in its most painterly form, with no need for stencils, computers, or darkrooms. In this workshop we will be drawing and painting directly onto screens using watercolors and watercolor pencils to create unique monotypes with [...]
Tuesdays, November 7-28, 10 AM - 5 PM with Joyce Silverstone Bring your ideas and plates to work on during this 4-day weekly workshop with an experimental open laboratory-feel. This workshop is designed for artists with monotype experience. The intention for these four days is to give you supportive assistance [...]
Saturday-Sunday, November 18-19, 10 AM-5 PM with Maya Malachowski Bajak This workshop is an introduction to two of the most foundational and versatile processes in etching: hardground and aquatint. Hardground etching is the most basic method of creating a line drawing in a metal plate, and aquatint is a way [...]
Saturday-Sunday, December 2-3, 10 AM - 5 PM with Tina Stevens Design a pattern repeat from monoprints and send your designs out to be digitally printed on fabric! All types of artwork can be used for textile design (both hand-done and digital) and made into repeating patterns. Today’s digital printing [...]
Friday-Sunday, December 8-10, 10 AM-5 PM with Nancy Diessner Learn to make and print multi-plate photopolymer images! We’ll be focusing first on the technical process of making high quality, tonally sensitive photopolymer plates and prints, but we won’t be stopping there! Once your plates are made you’ll learn how different [...]