Date/Time: Mondays 6-9pm; 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17
Saturdays 10am-4pm; 10/25 & 11/8
Ages: 18+
Cost: $500
Registration deadline: Tuesday 9/16
Maximum enrollment: 8
Instructor: John Schulz
Skill Level: Beginner
This class is for those who are interested in exploring the expressive potential of the woodcut/relief print. As the oldest print medium, woodcut’s simplicity allows for direct, intuitive involvement and great flexibility in individual approach; this may range from developing stark, powerful images in black-and-white to building rich, textural, painterly images in color. We will cover all the basic technical information on types of wood for woodcut, inks, carving tools and tool maintenance, paper, printing with and without a press (and without a printshop), and options for developing multi-block prints and color. The emphasis of the class will be on developing individual vision and approach, and at the conclusion of this course, students will have a solid understanding of the medium with the goal of being able to continue to develop their work independently beyond the classroom.
About the instructor: Originally from Superior, WI, John Schulz (he/him) taught relief printmaking and drawing at the School of the Museum of Fine in Boston from 1995 to 2021. He has since returned to the Upper Midwest where he maintains a full-time studio practice in Saint Paul, MN. His work is deeply involved with the lower common denominators of visual culture, and makes use of chance operations, systems, and cut-ups to create new, unforeseen images that are at once enigmatic, strangely beautiful, and vaguely threatening.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Registration and payment may be completed through this website. You will receive an email a week prior to your class with information about the class.
Refunds are no longer available after the registration deadline.
Please call 612-278-4162 or email jo@highpointprintmaking.org if you wish to pay with cash or check, or have any questions.
DISCOUNTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
A 10% discount is available for Highpoint Members.
Full Color Print Scholarship: A limited number of full tuition scholarships are available through the Full Color Print Scholarship, which provides free classes to individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Request a scholarship for this class by clicking the button below, or call, email or visit Highpoint. See our Discounts and Scholarships page for more details.
