Past Printmaking Classes

This short workshop will teach you the basic principles of lino block carving which you will then put to use to make your own unique artist logo or signature stamp. Your stamp can be used on paper with printing ink or as a clay stamp. Come prepared with your artist's signature or logo image already designed.

This two-day screen-printing workshop is designed to give beginners the opportunity to try out a new medium and get a taste for how screen-printing works. You will create a 9 x 12 image, either hand drawn or traced from a printed image, that you wish to print. Come prepared with ideas and/or images! Once your image is created, you will learn how to expose it onto a silk screen and then use the screen to make a set of prints. Paper is provided, but feel free to bring your own if you'd like to print on something specific. If you like this class, we offer a more in-depth beginners' course that qualifies you to come work in the print studio!

This two-day screen-printing workshop is designed to give beginners the opportunity to try out a new medium and get a taste for how screen-printing works. You will create a 9 x 12 image, either hand drawn or traced from a printed image, that you wish to print. Come prepared with ideas and/or images! Once your image is created, you will learn how to expose it onto a silk screen and then use the screen to make a set of prints. Paper is provided, but feel free to bring your own if you'd like to print on something specific. If you like this class, we offer a more in-depth beginners' course that qualifies you to come work in the print studio!

This class will introduce you to three basic methods of screen printing: stencil, screen filler, and emulsion. You will learn techniques and tools necessary to use our studio facilities as well as a crash course in photoshop and transparency photo printing for rendering images to use for screenprinting. There are many possibilities with screenprinting hand drawn images and digital images so come prepared with some broad ideas of what kind of imagery you want to make and be ready to take notes. A good start for image references is Pinterest. Once you have completed this class you will be able to schedule time in the print studio on your own.

Printmaking Instructional Open Studio is for those who have taken Intro to Screenprinting or Intro to Relief Printing, or are able to show they have adequate past experience in screenprinting or relief printing. The goal of our Instructional Open Studio is to provide a space for printmakers to continue using the methods and techniques they’ve learned in class to make prints with an instructor present to answer questions and provide help when needed. During the hours devoted to Instructional Open Studio, students may come in and work freely. This is not a led class. We hope to create an environment where students can experiment and get creative while having a community of support!