Workshop Schedule:

COVID19 Protocols: We are following state guidelines for safe practices during our workshops, and also asking that students confirm their vaccination status before attending our workshops.  Outdoor areas are available for meal breaks. For the health and safety of our at-risk members and students, we are asking that unvaccinated individuals refrain from taking in-person classes at this time.

If you are signed up for a class, please bring either your vax card, or a photo of your vax card, to the workshop with you.

Softground Etching
with Guest Teacher Larinda Meade

Love etching? Wish you knew more about creating texture and line on a copper plate?  Well, this is the workshop for you!  We are thrilled to have visiting artist, Larinda Meade teaching her unique softground process. Using Soy Wax Soft ground (developed by Marnix Everaert of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gent, Belgium ) we will delve into soft ground etching to create rich textures and layering. Soy Wax Soft Ground is impressionable, acid resistant, wax-based medium which allows an artist to obtain delicate lines and direct object impressions through etching. We will also use a nontoxic aquatint spray and explore creating textures using stop outs and step etching.  These are great techniques to add to your etching tool kit!

Class Dates: May 14-15, 2022 (10am-5pm, with a lunch break)
Cost: $240 + tax
Instructor: Larinda Meade
​http://larindameade.com/

Intro to Screen Print
​with Guest Teacher Pete McCracken

This introductory workshop teaches students the fundamentals of screen printing. Over the course of two days, we will cover the variety of uses for screen print, materials (ink, paper, process supplies), tools and the print process. The first day, students learn how to prepare and process screens using the Remarque studio facilities. We will discuss various screen print methods, how to plan a print project, and review printed matter. On day two, we work in the studio with the print work station and practice the print processes learned from day one. Each student will create a one color print using basic stencil methods and get hands-on experience printing their own screen. (If time allows, students will have the option to print a second color on their print.)

Class Dates: May 28-29 (10am-5pm, with a lunch break)
Class Fee: $240 + tax
​Instructor: Pete McCracken / Owner, Crack Press and Portland Type®, Portland Oregon

Experimental & Non-Traditional Screen Print Techniques
​with Guest Teacher Pete McCracken

This workshop is intended for printmaker/artists that have screen print experience and are interested in learning/experimenting with new techniques. Participants will learn and come up with techniques to produce non-traditional screenprint imagery. 

The first day, we will discuss different processes, tools and substrates that can be used to achieve different effects. Each participant will plan their own multi-color print by sketching out ideas, creating their own screens for print using tools/ materials available and coming up with their own non-traditional methods. The second day will be open studio, and each participant will execute their print run continued from the first day. Everyone is encouraged to bring their own tools, materials and share their knowledge.

Class Dates: June 4-5 (10m-5pm, with lunch break)
Class Fee:  $240 + tax
Instructor: Pete McCracken / Owner, Crack Press and Portland Type®, Portland Oregon

​Wanna Rock? Mezzotint 101
with master printer Pam Wesolek

In this unique intaglio technique- which is also called manière noire, or the black method- the plate is worked in reverse; from dark tones to light. The surface is first roughened with a mezzotint rocker so that, if inked, it would print a rich, solid black. The image is then burnished into the black matrix producing a theatrical spot-lit effect. This unique quality of the mezzotint produces the most subtle nuances of tone and value from rich, velvety blacks to glowing highlights.
 
In this class you will start by rocking a small plate- the key to the mezzotint process- and then learn to coax your image from your darks. Once the plate is rocked, the image is easily lifted from the dark matrix, producing your image.
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Class Date: June 11-12 from 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $240 + tax
Instructor: Pamela Wesolek

Creating Monotypes with Chine Collé
with Guest Teacher Barbara Kuzara

This 2-day workshop taught by special guest artist Barbara Kuzara, will introduce you to a whole new approach to chine collé. Chine collé is a printing technique that bonds thin papers such as mulberry paper to heavier printmaking papers, allowing you to print on a surface that is usually too delicate to survive a trip through an etching press. In this workshop you will learn how to use chine collé in conjunction with monotype to create ethereal, spontaneous and detailed images. The thin Japanese papers used in chine collé help pull additional detail off the plate, giving richly textured and unexpected results. In this workshop Barbara will focus on learning to blend these two techniques seamlessly, creating cohesive works with good composition. You will begin to discover the endless possibilities for unique images as you incorporate your own drawings and images to create layers of texture, color, and interest.
Working knowledge of monotype process recommended.

Class Dates: June 17-18, from 10a-5p
Cost: $300 + tax
Instructor: Barbara Kuzara

Intro to Visual Journaling
with Guest Teacher Juliana Coles

Join fine artist Juliana Coles in this introductory Visual Journaling course and learn to combine mixed media experiments with journal writing exercises in a sketchbook, journal or altered book; the book is the container or safe place for freedom of expression without judgment or pressure to perform. Whether you know you are an artist or believe you have no imagination you will encounter an inner cache of possibility. This workshop teaches you everything you need to know to begin the process of Visual Journaling! We’ll work, rework, then start all over again to uncover rich hidden stories. Please be prepared to step into unknown territory; this work is a disorderly, hurried (and harried), messy, creative explosion.

Class Date: June 25th from 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $120 + tax
Instructor: Juliana Coles

Printmaking Without a Press in the K-12 Classroom

In this one day workshop, Jessica will take you through some excellent ways to explore printmaking for K-12 in the regular or art classroom, with minimal expenses and streamlined set up. A printmaker and APS high school art teacher herself, Jessica is co-owner of Remarque Print Workshop and has taught printmaking to students of all levels for 20+ years. In this very hands-on workshop we will explore handmade stamps, creative options for printmaking with styrofoam plates and hassle free collagraphs. She will discuss many options for inks, brayers, papers and more. This class is designed for any teacher who wants to add exciting art experiences to their regular or art classroom, but want a boost and some guaranteed successful techniques.

Class Date: July 9th from 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $120 + tax
Instructor: Jessica Krichels

​Printmaking with a Press in the 6-12th Grade Classroom

In this one day workshop is aimed at middle school and high school art teachers who want to incorporate a printing press into their art teaching.  A printmaker and APS high school art teacher herself, Jessica is co-owner of Remarque Print Workshop and has taught printmaking to students of all levels for 20+ years. Jessica will show you very inexpensive ways to explore printmaking in the classroom- from milk carton drypoint, to collagraphs without toxic sealants, and easy clean up monotypes. Participants will try all the techniques, and a detailed list of materials will be provided, as well as tips and tricks for managing the classroom and thus having successful printmaking experiences.

Class Date: July 16th from 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $120 + tax
Instructor: Jessica Krichels

Gel Plate Printing for Beginners 1

Printmaker and collage artist Terry Garrett 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: August 13th from 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $120 + tax
Instructor: Terry Garrett

Gel Plate Printing for Beginners 2

Printmaker and collage artist Terry Garrett 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: September 10th, 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $120 + tax
Instructor: Terry Garrett

ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!

Advanced Gel Plate Printing

This one day class will build on the techniques learned in my first class. In the morning I 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. Techniques we will cover in this class:
- Registering multi-layered prints
- Faux Chine Colle’
- Image transfers
- Painterly prints using a brush
- Texture plates using metal tape & fun foam
- Glue gun stencils
- Printing a large sheet of paper using small plates.

Class Date: September 11th, 10am-5pm
Class Fee: $120 + tax
Instructor: Terry Garrett

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Mixed Media Bookmaking

This two day workshop is fast paced and a lot of fun. The first day we will paint and print and collage sheets of paper. I will introduce several techniques for painting and printing your papers.   Some of these techniques are gel plate printing, found object printing, using old credit cards to apply paint and faux paste paper.  Collage is an option for this as well. There are different ways to use collage for this paper preparation.
The second day we will make no less than four book structures. No book making experience is needed for this workshop. The book structures are easy and lend themselves beautifully to the use of the prepared printed and painted papers.

Class Date: October 15-16, 2022
Class Fee: $240 + tax
Instructor: Terry Garrett

Hours

 Friday & Saturday 10am - 6pm
Other days by Appointment
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