In this Halloween themed workshop, participants will cut paper stencils and found objects to build an image.
Water soluble monotypes are a form of printmaking that uses water-soluble crayons and watercolor paints.
In this workshop, participants will carve away the areas they want to remain white on a soft, easy-to-cut block. The image will be printed from the raised surfaces left on the block after carving.
In this workshop, participants will build designs using Lego dots and baseplates. The image will be printed from inking the legos with water based ink.
In this workshop, participants will use the drypoint printmaking technique to create holiday cards.
In this workshop, participants will scratch a drawing onto an acrylic plate with a sharp needle. Burrs that result from the scratching trap and hold the ink after the plate is wiped clean. This creates a soft, heavy line that is unique to this type of intaglio.
In this workshop, a single block is carved and cut into separate pieces, inked individually, and reassembled for printing. This method allows for multi-color designs without the need for multiple blocks.
Reduction relief printing is a method to achieve a multicolor print using one block.
Join our Lead Printer-in-Residence, Judy, in this playful printmaking workshop and create a portrait of your furry (or scaly, or feathery) friend!
Participants will carve a relief block and print it on different colored papers. After printing, participants will cut out sections of their print and collage them together to create a colorful, graphic work of art.
In this workshop, participants will create textured printing plates using various materials, then ink and print them to produce rich, layered images.
Participants will use textured materials and stencils placed behind the paper on a press to create layered, ghostly, and painterly images.
In this workshop, participants will carve away the areas they want to remain white on a soft, easy-to-cut block. The image will be printed from the raised surfaces left on the block after carving. Relief printing is the oldest form of printmaking, and these prints are characterized by their bold contrast between light and dark areas.
In this workshop, a single block is carved and cut into separate pieces, inked individually, and reassembled for printing. This method allows for multi-color designs without the need for multiple blocks.
Participants will use water soluble materials to paint directly on a screen, then apply a transparent base to create unique monotypes.
Water soluble monotypes are a form of printmaking that uses water-soluble crayons and watercolor paints. Participants use these materials to paint and draw on a plexiglass plate. The paints are allowed to dry and are then printed on an etching press using damp paper. Wet paper reactivates the water-soluble materials and results in a vibrant impression. This form of monotype is the form of printing we offer that is closest to drawing and painting.
Join us on May 17th for a family-friendly, garden-themed Free Ink Day!
Using a single plate, participants will create layered ,multi-color prints by strategically removing and re-inking areas of their design.
5-6pm
Please join us at Highpoint on Saturday, March 15 at 5pm for a gallery conversation with McKnight Fellows Grace Sippy and Fidencio-Fifield Perez. The conversation will be moderated By Teréz Iacovino.
About the guest moderator: Teréz Iacovino (she/her) is an artist, educator, and the Assistant Curator of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. As a First-Gen graduate working in academia her curatorial mission is to cultivate empathy for, give voice to, and take risks with underrepresented artists. Iacovino is the recipient of a Curatorial Research Fellowship Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and is a 2024 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Leadership Institute Fellow. She is currently co-organizing Vaivén: 21st Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora (September 9 - December 6, 2025) with José López Serra, a multidisciplinary exhibition that gathers forty-three intergenerational artists of Puerto Rican descent working from the archipelago and its stateside diaspora over the last twenty-five years.
Within her own artistic practice, Iacovino's recent works function as a chain of unique installations, combining objects, text, and collage, that explore ways to process loss, map time, and negotiate familial history. Her current investigations explore familial estrangement within the Puerto Rican Diaspora coupled with an inherited colonial legacy spanning over half a century. She draws from objects and photographs that document these two intertwined histories, examining questions of authenticity and inheritance in relation to a diasporic consciousness.
Teréz Iacovino
TYhis event is made possible through the generous support of the McKnight Foundation. The McKnight Foundation is a family foundation based in Minnesota that seeks to advance a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive.
Join us on March 8th for a family-friendly, LEGO-themed Free Ink Day!
In this workshop, participants will cut paper stencils and can use certain found objects to build an image. After inking the stencils and applying them to a plexiglass plate, it is run through an etching press to create a unique, one-of-a-kind print.
This free workshop will cover the basics of applying to artist opportunities such as residencies, open calls, and fellowships: looking for opportunities, developing personal criteria for which to apply to, tracking deadlines, organizing application materials, and - most crucially - navigating rejections and cultivating resilience to keep applying. Following a presentation, participants will be invited to discuss and share their own methods, experiences and questions.
Join us at Highpoint for an artist lecture by Emma Nishimura
Join us on October 19th for a family-friendly, fall-themed Free Ink Day! Explore the season's textures, patterns, and plants, creating one-of-a-kind print pieces to take home! Visitors will create monotypes using pumpkins, apples, leaves, and more. Let’s get in the spirit of the season!
Use recyclable plastic plates, water washable oil based inks, and an etching press to make drypoint prints.
Are you a K–12 educator in the Twin Cities or nearby areas interested in bringing printmaking into your classroom? Join us for a free, engaging evening event to launch the 2024–2025 school year!
Learn to use carving tools, hand carve a relief block, and print by hand.
Use contact paper and acrylic ink to print a small screen print edition.
Join Joel Garcia (Huichol) for a drypoint portrait workshop centered on storytelling and kinship. Participants will be able to create a 4x6 portrait of a loved one (human and non-human) and participate in a story circle sharing that special connection.
Gain an introduction to African American printmaking history through a two-day intaglio color drypoint sampler class.
Combining recently created prints, test prints, makeready and found imagery, students cut, tear, trade with others, and manipulate portions of existing collages to create new collages that expand the image-making process.
Hand cut paper stencils and print using water soluble relief inks and an etching press
The McKnight Printmaking Fellows in conversation, moderated by Casey Riley, Chair of Global Contemporary Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)
Using variations on pressure, create atmospheric prints using an etching press
Please join us for a conversation with Michele Parchment, Brandywine Workshops and Archives Executive Director, and Taylor Jasper, Walker Art Center Assistant Curator of Visual Arts.
A Highpoint first! Join us for a reading of recent poetry by John Yau
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