Saturday/Sunday, May 27-28, 10 AM - 5 PM with Nancy Diessner This workshop is an introduction to working with Toyobo Printight plates, a photopolymer plate that is very sensitive to photo-based tonal imagery as well as direct drawing. In fact, the process is so versatile that it can accommodate nearly [...]
Saturday, June 3rd, 10 AM-5 PM with Carolyn Muskat Pronto Plates (or Smart Plates) are thin polyester printing plates that offer many options for the artist, including delicate line drawings to bold graphic marks to small photo-montage elements. A form of lithography, these plates are inexpensive and relatively easy to [...]
Wednesdays, June 7, 14, 21, and 28, 10 AM-3 PM with Tate Klacsmann Relief printing in which the final image is made by the raised portions of a block can feel intimidating, because once material has been removed, it’s gone for good. Have you ever wanted advice or feedback as [...]
Friday-Sunday, June 9-11, 10 AM - 5 PM with Joyce Silverstone Delve into color theory applied to monotype printmaking! This workshop will use exercises that will stretch how you see color in the world and experience the prints and paintings of artists that use color at the core of [...]
Saturday/Sunday, June 24-25, 10 AM-5 PM with Rhoda Rosenberg This workshop will invite students to explore the many ways carborundum (a material used to grind down lithographic stones) can be used to create moody, tonal prints. It's painterly in its approach to creating imagery. This sand-like grit is mixed with [...]
Thursday-Sunday, July 6-9, 10 AM-5 PM with Joyce Silverstone For artists with monotype experience, bring a print project to develop and work on during this 4-day workshop with an experimental open laboratory feel. The intention for these four days is to give you supportive assistance where and when you need [...]
Friday-Sunday, July 14-16, 10 AM - 5 PM with Julie Lapping Rivera In this workshop we will explore woodcut as an open-ended, experimental process. Using haiku as a point of departure, our carving will be inspired by the spirit and imagery of poetry. This approach will invite us to investigate [...]
Tuesday-Saturday, July 18-22, 10 AM-5 PM with Nancy Diessner This workshop aims to strike a balance between independent work and supportive assistance by asking participants to come to the workshop with their own project. Rather than working on a few unrelated prints just for the workshop, everyone will bring a [...]
Monday-Friday, July 24-28, 10 AM-5 PM with Annie Bissett This 5-day workshop is designed for artists who have completed a body of work using watercolor woodblock (mokuhanga) techniques on their own, outside of a workshop setting, and who feel ready to make a focused advance in their practice. Annie will [...]
August 1-15, 9 AM - 3 PM instruction, 3 - 7 PM open studio with Liz Chalfin, Sally Clegg and Kevin Pomerleau This 15-day intensive workshop is a fantastic opportunity to learn everything you need to know to set up and maintain a safe etching practice including etching with BIG [...]
Saturday-Sunday, September 23-24, 10 AM - 5 PM with Liz Bannish Pronto Plate is an inexpensive and less-toxic way to create a lithographic print. It's also a much lower-stakes and faster moving form of lithography, allowing for greater accessibility of experimentation and spontaneity. In this workshop, we will cover [...]
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 [...]