7 people, including instructor
Explore innovative print processes using safe water-soluble inks. Develop personal imagery utilizing woodcut, linocut, etching, drypoint, monotype, trace-monotype, monoprint, collagraph, embossment, Chine-collé, and other print techniques. Experiment with various plate supports, mark-making tools, and approaches to image-making. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 2 sessions, 9/11–11/27
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Monitored sessions for printmakers who have the skills to work independently and safely in the print studio.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 2 sessions, 9/13–12/13
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Learn traditional and experimental printmaking processes. Concentrating in one area or exploring many. Etch like Rembrandt, Goya, and Kentridge; monotype like Degas, Masur, and Oliveira; woodcut like Dürer and Frankenthaler; lithograph like Kollwitz and Rauschenberg. Combine other media with printmaking. Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 2 sessions, 9/14–12/7
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Monotype is the most painterly and spontaneous printmaking process. We will experiment with a variety of textures, materials, and techniques to create unique, multilayered prints, and combine traditional printmaking with digital, photographic, and drawn or painted imagery. We can also use relief and intaglio processes to create monoprints. Come expand and explore your visual horizons. Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 2 sessions, 9/15–12/15
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Learn how to critically analyze artwork based on technical and contextual factors. Bring one recent piece of artwork for group critique and receive feedback from your fellow community of artists and makers. Abbie Griffiths will facilitate discussions, providing a framework for talking about others' artwork while also giving time for each participant to receive a critique on one piece of work of their choice. Students will learn how to be a supported and supportive member of our artist community, gain insight into how their concepts relate and/or translate to a wider audience, and will be introduced to a broad range of techniques, terms, and ways of thinking about art.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 16+
Dates: 10/13
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Learn how to screen print with local artist and educator Ana Henriques. Starting with abstract shapes and building up to more complex designs, students will cut and create paper stencils using reference material found in class or at home as inspiration. Over seven weeks, practice mixing colors, registering your screen, and making a series of prints on paper. The class will also cover the photo-emulsion method, printing on textiles, and adding mixed-media elements such as embroidery to your designs. An exciting introductory foray into the world of screen printing, for both beginners and those with some experience.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 11/1–12/13
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You decide—explore multiple printmaking techniques and processes or deepen your practice in one area. Use etching, drypoint, woodcut, linocut, monotype, transfer prints, paper lithography, polymer plate lithography, collagraph, silk aquatint, transfer prints, or Chine-collé. Learn new techniques or connect printmaking with other artistic media. Includes one 3-hour practice session per week during monitored practice hours.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 2 sessions, 9/15–12/8
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Drawing on America’s rich quilting history and the Quilts of Gee's Bend, this class will focus on abstract designs, complementary colors, and rhythmic patterns. Students will learn to create beautiful “quilts” without sewing. Print on fabric with collagraph plates to create a stunning patchwork of vibrant hues and innovative textures. At the end of the term, students will have their work photographed to create a larger digital quilt composed of pieces made by fellow students.
Term: Fall 2021
Suggested Ages: 18+
Dates: 10/5–10/26
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