Adult Printmaking Workshops

Adult classes, lectures, workshops, and events are planned to fit busy schedules and provide high-quality art experiences for learners at all career stages and interests!

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Multi-session/Weekend Workshops

Multi-session/weekend workshops offer a deeper dive into printmaking techniques for those looking to expand their skills and creative practice. Ranging from one-day weekend intensives to multi-week series, these workshops provide more in-depth instruction, hands-on studio time, and opportunities for experimentation and refinement. Classes are designed for various experience levels, with some workshops open to all and others requiring basic printmaking knowledge. Materials are included in the class fee unless otherwise noted.

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Weekend Workshop: Color Theory for Printmakers
Jul 12
Weekend Workshop: Color Theory for Printmakers

In this 1-day course, students will learn how to mix any color imaginable using traditional oil-based printmaking inks.

Free Ink Day, July 26th
Jul 26
Free Ink Day, July 26th

Join us on June 26th for a family-friendly, cyanotype Free Ink Day!

Multi-Session Workshop: Reductive Screen Printing
Aug 19
Multi-Session Workshop: Reductive Screen Printing

Expand the bounds of your screen printing practice with a new technique that’s sure to challenge and inspire the way you approach your imagery moving forward. Learn how to translate your full color photographs or drawings into intricate screen prints through reverse thinking and painterly strokes with the reductive process!

Multi-Session Workshop: Multiple Color Photolithography
Sep 3
Multi-Session Workshop: Multiple Color Photolithography

Photolithography is a versatile printmaking process utilizing an array of mark-making applications from hand-drawn to lens-based and digital imagery. By the end of the course, participants will create a professionally printed, three-color, three run photolithograph in an edition of five.

Weekend Workshop: Capturing with Cyanotype
Sep 13
Weekend Workshop: Capturing with Cyanotype

In this weekend workshop, students will learn how they can capture moments, objects, movement, and imagery using cyanotype. This class will introduce students to the basics of how cyanotype works and will encourage their individual or collaborative explorations of the marks that can be made with the technique.

Watercolor Collagraph
Sep 20
Watercolor Collagraph

Students will learn to make carborundum collagraphs and create multi-color prints using watercolors mixed with gum Arabic.

Multi-Session Workshop: Etching in Color
Sep 30
Multi-Session Workshop: Etching in Color

This intermediate course offers students an opportunity to hone their introductory intaglio skills, with the addition of colorful new techniques. The class will focus on soft ground etching with the addition of relief roll and/or monoprint elements.

Multi-Session Workshop: Introduction to Woodcut Relief
Oct 13
Multi-Session Workshop: Introduction to Woodcut Relief

This class is for those who are interested in exploring the expressive potential of the woodcut/relief print. 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.

Multi-Session Workshop: Monoprint Dreams
Nov 11
Multi-Session Workshop: Monoprint Dreams

This introductory course explores different monotype methods while drawing inspiration from your dreams, a door into the creative unconscious. Each student will be given a dream journal during the first class, which they can use and reference throughout this six-week course (and beyond).

Sampler Sessions

Sampler Sessions are introductory, hands-on workshops for those interested in exploring the basics of printmaking. Classes take place in the evening, and have no prerequisites. Workshops begin with a demonstration with most of the class period used for exploring the print process learned. All materials included with class fee.


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Sampler Session: Relief
Jul 17
Sampler Session: Relief

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.

Sampler Session: Drypoint
Jul 24
Sampler Session: Drypoint

Drypoint is a form of intaglio printmaking. 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. 

Sampler Session: Stencil Monotype
Jul 31
Sampler Session: Stencil Monotype

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.

Sampler Session: Water Soluble Monotype
Aug 14
Sampler Session: Water Soluble Monotype

Water soluble monotypes are a form of printmaking that uses water-soluble crayons and watercolor paints.

Sampler Session: Pressure Printing
Aug 21
Sampler Session: Pressure Printing

Participants will use textured materials and stencils placed behind the paper on a press to create layered, ghostly, and painterly images. 

Sampler Session: White Line Relief
Aug 28
Sampler Session: White Line Relief

In this workshop, participants will carve a design on an easy-to-cut block. Participants color each area between the carved lines with ink, and transfer their design to paper using a baren.

Sampler Session: Collagraphy
Sep 4
Sampler Session: Collagraphy

In this workshop, participants will create textured printing plates using various materials, then ink and print them to produce rich, layered images. 

Sampler Session: Collage Printmaking
Sep 11
Sampler Session: Collage Printmaking

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. 

Sampler Session: Reduction Relief
Sep 18
Sampler Session: Reduction Relief

Reduction relief printing is a method to achieve a multicolor print using one block. Participants will create an image by drawing using two to three different colors. Using their drawing as a guide, they will alternate between printing a color and carving to show the layer beneath.  

Sampler Session: Contact Paper Screenprint
Sep 25
Sampler Session: Contact Paper Screenprint

In this workshop, participants will cut a simple design into contact paper (the adhesive vinyl used for lining shelves) and adhering it to a screen to create a stencil. This technique is great for bold and graphic  designs. 

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