Adult Classes

Welcome to our current adult class offerings. As always, Highpoint’s goal is to offer classes that present a wide-range of techniques and teaching styles. Details for each series follows. Remember, join HP as a supporting member and receive a 10% discount on classes.

To Register: Call HP at 612.871.1326 or register by mail or e-mail us at info@highpointprintmaking.org to reserve a space. Payment by cash or check, due upon registration to hold your place in the class. If payment is not received, you may lose your spot to others who have paid. HP reserves the right to cancel any class if necessary. Students may cancel 7 days prior to class start date and will receive a refund minus a $10 administrative fee. Sorry, we cannot give refunds after a class has begun.

Registrations are finalized upon receipt of payment. If payment is not received within one business week your place in the class will not be reserved.

Updated: January 26, 2012

Upcoming Adult Classes:

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Screenprinting: The Basics And Beyond

  • Instructor: Jeremy Lund
  • Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome
  • Enrollment: Maximum 10; Minimum 6
  • Dates: Thursdays, 6 – 9 pm, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and April 5
    Saturday Workshops: March 17 and March 31, 11 am – 2 pm
    Registration Deadline is Monday, February 20
  • Cost: $335 (10% discount for HP members); payment due at registration

This class provides an introduction to the artistic process also known as “silkscreen” or “serigraphy”. Known for many commercial applications, images are created by pushing ink through a stencil — either hand-drawn or photographically based — on woven screen mesh. The class will guide you through the hands-on, step-by-step process of making screenprints.

Classroom sessions will focus on demonstrations, viewing prints by other artists and instructor supported work time. There will be two weekend workshops for extended time to work beyond the six Thursday night classes. Class fee includes inks, equipment, basic tools, mid-sized screens and instructional/technical support. Students purchase paper and, optionally, screens for larger sized projects.

About the Instructor:
Jeremy Lund has been a frequent HP co-op member and was a Jerome Emerging Printmaker recipient in 2004. He received his MFA from Notre Dame in 2002 and his BFA from Bemidji State University in 1999. His printmaking focuses on the creation of monoprints that are created with various techniques, most often employing screenprint as a medium.

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Intro To Photolithography

  • Instructor: Kit Leffler
  • Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome
  • Enrollment: Maximum 10, Minimum 6
  • Dates: Thursdays, 6 – 9 pm, April 19, 26, and May 3, 10, 17, 24
    Weekend Workshops: Sunday May 6 and 20, 12 – 3 pm
    Registration Deadline is Monday, April 9
  • Cost: $335 (10% discount for HP members); payment due at registration

During this six-week course students will be introduced to the versatile, montage abilities of photolithography, combining hand-drawn, text, and photographic elements. Students will develop an understanding of the application and creation of halftone during digital image editing, while progressing into the application of color and registration in their print process.

This class will be taught through in-class demos and studio instruction. Class fees include inks, proofing paper, basic printing supplies, and three photo-litho plates per student. Students will need to provide their own editioning paper and drawing materials, a flashdrive (for image transfer), and may purchase additional plates from Highpoint as desired.

About the Instructor:
Kit Leffler received her MFA from Edinburgh College of Art in 2011, and is currently a Highpoint Education Intern. She completed her BFA at the University of Kansas in 2007. Leffler questions the natural and artificial through appropriation, alteration and manipulation of digital images, recalling the worlds of advertising and science fiction. Her work contests the concept of human dominion over the natural environment.

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Polyester Plate Lithography

  • Instructors: Zac Adams-Bliss & Megan Anderson
  • Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome
  • Enrollment: Maximum 10, Minimum 6
  • Dates: Friday, June 1, 6 – 9 pm
    Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3, 9 am – 4 pm
    Registration Deadline is Monday, May 21
  • Cost: $195 (no discounts offered); payment due at registration

Polyester plates are inexpensive, easy to use, portable, and require no chemical processing. Images can be hand drawn or created using digital output devices. Create simple (one-color) or complex (multicolor) lithographs with the versatility of polyester plates. Learn lithographic drawing techniques, inking procedures, multicolor registration, and how to pull a lithograph on an etching press. While Pronto plate lithography may not appear as refined as stone lithography, this process is rewarding and capable of producing fine results. This process is suitable for both seasoned printmakers and beginners. Cost includes all supplies including paper for initial prints.

About the Instructors:
Zac Adams-Bliss is the Senior Printmaker for Highpoint Editions and has been at Highpoint since 2003. He received a BFA in Graphic Design from MCAD.
Megan Anderson is the Printing Assistant for Highpoint Editions. She received her BFA from SCAD in 2009. She primarily works in Polyester Plate Lithography.

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Monoprinting Madness!

  • Instructor: Johanna Winters
  • Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome
  • Enrollment: Max: 20 max
  • Date: Saturday March 24, 1 – 5 pm
    Registration Deadline is Wednesday, March 21
  • Cost: $45 per person; payment due at registration

Come one, come all! Get your hands inky in Highpoint’s classroom studio for a monoprinting party! This one-day workshop will focus on monoprints, a direct and immediate form of printmaking that allows for spontaneity and experimentation without using harsh solvents or chemical processes. Learn additive and subtractive printing techniques, multiple registration, inking procedures, and how to operate an etching press. Explore making one-of-a-kind prints without the fuss!

About the Instructor:
Johanna Winters is the Education and Community Programs Manager at Highpoint. She received her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2007 with an emphasis in printmaking, and has been involved with youth and adult programming at Highpoint since 2008. Johanna works mainly in intaglio, monoprint, and screen-print processes.

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Tool Sharpening Workshop

  • Instructor: Paul Linden
  • Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome
  • Enrollment: Maximum 12; Minimum six
  • Date: Saturday April 21, 1 – 3 pm
    Registration Deadline is Monday, April 16
  • Cost: $50 (10% discount for HP members); payment due at registration

In this 2 ½-hour workshop, Linden will demonstrate sharpening techniques for various carving tools frequently used by printmakers. Learn how to sharpen and hone V-gouges, U-gouges, knives, & scrapers. Learn the advantage of a sharp-edged tool as well as inexpensive ways to care for and maintain them.

About the Instructor:
Paul Linden is sculptor living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He works for the Art Department at the University of Minnesota teaching classes in metal casting and woodworking. Linden has taught blacksmithing and tool making courses at the North House Folk School, and various other hands-on workshops from carving wooden spoons to fabricating tools from scratch – pouring the metal, honing the blade and making the handle. Linden received his BFA from the U of M in 1999, and attended Southern Illinois University for an MFA in 2002.

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5 Centers, 5 Weeks, 5 Mediums Adult Workshops

Work and routine wearing you out? Tired of cooking up art with the same old ingredients? We have a remedy! Sample the offerings of five different centers for art and experience a veritable banquet of creative techniques.

IFP Media Arts, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Northern Clay Center, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, and the Textile Center join forces for a multimedia exploration of clay, book-making, textiles, film making and printmaking. Each session will take place at a different art center and will include a brief tour of the Center and hands-on medium-specific work with a professional artist. Participants will be encouraged to stretch their creative muscles and take risks with new art forms, and will walk away from the class with four completed projects, renewed creativity, and perhaps even a lifelong passion for a new art form. Participants will receive a schedule and map for each location after registration.

To register, call Minnesota Center for Book Arts at 612.215.2520 or register online at www.mnbookarts.org.

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5 Centers Art Camp for Educators

The Five Centers for Art (Textile Center, IFP Media Arts, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Northern Clay Center) announce a special educational opportunity for Minnesota Art Educators. You are invited to attend a progressive arts experience as you travel to each of the five art centers for intriguing medium-specific demonstrations and hands-on art-making. See examples of contemporary fibers and textiles, prints, book arts, and pots and sculpture. Learn new techniques to enhance your classroom instruction. You’ll also get to know other art educators in your community. This is a great opportunity to learn some new tricks of the trade and to earn continuing education clock hours at the same time! Participants will receive a schedule and map for each location after registration. 

To Register, please contact Northern Clay Center online at www.northernclaycenter.org, or by calling 612.339.8007.