Introduction to Screen Printing
Come explore silk-screen printing! Silk screen printing is a fun, flexible, and accessible printing method. Join us for two days of creating designs and printing them on paper. This class is open to all skill levels—whether you’re printing for the first time or looking for a new technique to add to your existing art practice. In this introductory class you will learn the basic principles of screen printing using paper and photosensitive stencils. Class Dates: December 2-3, 2023 Class time: 10am-5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $260 + tax Instructors: Lee Ginsberg and Anne Steen |
Open Print: Holiday Print Party
During this casual print-party, come print your own letterpress holiday cards! This evening will be a fun way to learn about letterpress printing—participants will use Remarque’s C&P platen press to print cards and have time and supplies to decorate envelopes and enjoy refreshments. Three Christmas and New Years designs will be ready to print—participants will take turns choosing a design and printing 10 cards at a time. Designate the number of cards you wish to print below. Fee includes A6 flat cards, envelopes, all supplies, and light refreshments. Plus-ones welcome; ages 12 and up please. Class Date: Dec. 8th, 6-8pm. Refreshments included! Class Fee: Variable -
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Intro to Soft Ground Etching!
In this one day class you will explore soft ground etching with experienced etcher and printmaker Pam Wesolek. This unique form of copper etching involves coating a copper plate with a soft acid-resistant wax. Impressions are then made in the wax by pressing leaves or found objects into it, or by drawing with various tools. This method creates rich textures and patterns, and can be used on its own to create prints with delicate lines and object impressions, or in combination with other etching forms such as hard ground and aquatint. Softground etching is a great technique for anyone who loves experimentation, and no prior etching experience is necessary! Class Date: January 20, 2024 Class Time: 10am-5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $130 + tax Instructor: Pamela Wesolek |
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Intro to Gel Plate Printing
Printmaker and collage artist Terry Garrett will take you on a fast and fun ride, experimenting with this very accessible printmaking technique. Terry will teach you the basics of gel plate printing and explain how to push the medium further with techniques such as ghost prints, stencils, found object printing, and much more! Gel-plate printing is a versatile, non-toxic form of printmaking that can be done entirely at home, with materials widely available at craft stores. Terry's free-form, explorative teaching style encourages experimentation and play. The resulting prints are many-layered and complex, and can function as stand-alone monotypes, backgrounds for further experimentation, or source paper for collages. Class Date: February 10, 2024 Class Time: 10am - 5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $130 + tax Instructor: Terry Garrett |
Advanced Gel Plate Printing
This one-day class will build on the techniques you learned in Terry's first class (or from alternate prior experience.). In the morning he will be demonstrating the new techniques, and the afternoon will be for trying these techniques out on your plates. We will also be making a book from a large sheet of paper that we will gel print on using various techniques. New techniques that will be covered in this class:
Class Time: 10am - 5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $130 + tax Instructor: Terry Garrett |
Mokuhanga Printmaking
This class will be given by the long time Mokuhanga practitioner, Dan Noyes. It is a comprehensive introduction to Japanese Mokuhanga printing, which involves a combination of relief, stencil, and wood grain printing. The paper used is washi and rice paper -- thin Asian paper known for its unique texture. Images are transferred from the carved block to both sides of washi paper using a hand-held tool called a baren. Japanese Mokuhanga printing is one of the oldest types of printmaking. The earliest types of prints in China using this method were Buddhist prints; Mokuhanga printing was used to substitute laborious copying of texts and images. Class date: Saturday, February 17, 2024 Class time: 10 AM- 5 PM (lunch break included) Class fee: $130 + tax, all materials will be supplied Instructor: Dan Noyes |
Intro to Woodcut Printmaking
In this introductory class, artists will learn about the art of relief printmaking and the unique challenges and remarkable advantages of carving wood. Woodcuts have a remarkable history dating back over 1,700 years, and have maintained relevance because of the beautiful, energetic, graphic qualities of the images they produce. Students will learn how to plan images for relief prints, how to carve and print a one-layer woodcut, and how to manipulate the physical and graphic effects of the woodgrain. This class is open to all experience levels - however, wood carving takes a moderate amount of strength. If you have a wrist or arm disability/injury, it may affect your carving ability. The instructor has carpal tunnel herself and carves just fine, but if you are worried, please contact us and we'll consult with you on whether the class is a good fit for you! Class Date: February 24-25, 2024 Class Time: 10am-5pm (with an hour lunch break) Class Fee: $260 + tax Instructor: Holland Hardie |
Intro to Color Theory
In one day, participants will enter the marvelous world of complex colors and boost their understanding and use of color. Mixing color is one of the most important tools for any artist. This class applies to any type of visual art, though we will work with acrylic paint for the class. Class date: Saturday, March 2, 2024 Class time: 10 AM – 5 PM, includes lunch break) Class fee: $130 + tax, all materials will be supplied Instructor: Jessica Weybright |
Foundations of Monotype Printmaking
This workshop will be taught by our very own amazingly versatile and experienced printmaker, Mary Sundstrom. Monotypes are one-of-a-kind prints made by applying and removing inks with a paintbrush or a roller onto a plexiglass plate and then printing the image onto paper. Additional layers can be created by applying another element to the plate and passing it through the press one or more times, resulting in rich, layered, complex prints. Inks can be wiped and scratched off, dotted on, applied or blocked with stencils and much more. We invite the experienced and the inexperienced to join us in this creative, wild journey into the nearly infinite possibilities of monotypes… Fun and exploration encouraged! Excellent class for painters who wish to delve into printmaking. Class dates: Sat & Sun, March 9 & 10 Class time: 10 AM – 5 PM, includes lunch break Class fee: $260 + tax, includes all printing materials and one large paper Instructor: Mary Sundstrom |
Bookmaking with Gel Prints
In this one day class, Terry will start by doing some gel plate printing with you. This class is for those that know how to gel plate print- so no gel plate instruction in this class. We will print all morning- have a lunch break and then make books out of our prints in the afternoon.Terry will have the paper for the books already cut to size for the book structures we will make. So you will be printing on the paper cut for your books. We will make at least 3 fantastic different book structures. These book forms are delightful, as well as very easy and fun to make. Class Date: March 16, 2024 Class Time: 10am - 5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $130 + tax Instructor: Terry Garrett |
Beyond the Straight Photopolymer Print
In this "back by popular demand" workshop, Lincoln Draper- master of rich, subtle photopolymer prints- will divulge his secrets for creating detailed, mysterious photo prints. Photo based printmaking has been around for more than a century, but advances in the creation of affordable non-toxic photo-sensitive polymer plates has made this technique more accessible to photographers and printmakers alike. Class will cover techniques for making finely calibrated transparencies from your digital images, and instructions on how to gauge exposure times to create perfect plates. Lincoln will cover basic inking techniques and then show how to create a high transparency underlayer to add a subtle color enhancement of your photopolymer prints. Experience not necessary, but helpful. (Contact us for questions about this.) Class Date: March 23 & 24, 2024 Class Time: 10am - 5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $260 + tax Instructor: Lincoln Draper |
Advanced Techniques in Monotype
In this class, Mary will push you into new directions to experiment with many different monotype techniques! Monotypes are one-of-a-kind prints made by applying and removing inks with a paintbrush or a roller onto a polymer plate and then printing the image onto paper. Additional layers can be created by applying another element to the plate and passing it through the press one or more times, resulting in rich, layered, complex prints. Inks can be wiped and scratched off, dotted on, applied or blocked with stencils and much more. We invite the experienced and the inexperienced to join us in this creative, wild journey into the nearly infinite possibilities of monotypes… Class Date: April 6 & 7, 2024 Class Time: 10am - 5pm, with a lunch break Class Fee: $260 + tax Instructor: Mary Sundstrom |
