Printmaking + Book Arts

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    Reductive Multi-plate Mono-printing

    Tues 6–9pm

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    Digital Photo-etching

    Sat 9am–noon

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    Grab Bag Woodcut Prints Workshop

    Mon 6–9pm

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  • Intaglio • 122A12

    Tues 9am–noon / May 22–July 31 (no class July 3) / 10 sessions / $195 / Printmaking Studio Learn basic techniques of intaglio printmaking. Emphasis is on etching but students have the opportunity to work with aquatint and soft grounds. This course also serves as studio experience for...

    Christine Harris-Amos  
    May. 22-Jul. 31
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    Tues 9am–noon Past_exhib_christine
  • Screen Printing • 122A14

    This course is an ongoing studio experience for adults with a focus on student-generated images using traditional techniques. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to formulate & execute a hand-pulled screen print using several core methods. The student will be...

    Rob Molyneux  
    May. 24-Jul. 12
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    Thurs 6–9pm Past_exhib_class-is-full
  • Altered Books Workshop • 122W17

    Transform old books using painting, cutting, drawing, collage and narrative techniques. In addition to altering individual pages, you’ll learn to make storage pockets, insets, and drawers from the raw material of pages. Be inspired by the original book’s content or create something en...

    Tamara Moan  
    Aug. 11-Aug. 11
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    Sat 9am–3pm Past_exhib_altered_bk_iii
  • Make It / Mail It Workshop • 122W16

    In the age of e-mail, Facebook and Twitter, a real live letter in the mailbox still gives a thrill. We’ll create our own envelopes, postcards, and stationery and work with types and applications of visual imagery. Through writing exercises we’ll explore the structure of letters, how t...

    Tamara Moan  
    Jul. 21-Jul. 21
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    Sat 9am–3pm Past_exhib_mail-it
  • Grab Bag Woodcut Prints Workshop • 122W15

    May 21–June 25 / 6 sessions  Learn a variety of block cutting and printing methods with traditional and contemporary approaches. Students work on developing images for a series of small, related prints using different types of wood. Class includes frequent demonstrations, hands-on pro...

    Laura Smith  
    May. 21-Jun. 25
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    Mon 6–9pm Past_exhib_class-is-full
  • Digital Photo-etching • 122A15

    Students learn how to take photographic images and translate them into a positive working photo-etching process using Photo Polymer Etching plates (Toyobo Printight plates), developed with water. Prerequisites: a general working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and some traditional printmaking experi...

    David Smith  
    May. 26-Aug. 25
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    Sat 9am–noon Past_exhib_david
  • Reductive Multi-plate Mono-printing • 122A13

    Students, choosing any subject matter, work from their original drawings focused on value. Students learn to register and layer transparent ink for special color and value effects. The intensive layering process generates “ghost prints” that can be used to explore multiples with varia...

    Marcia Pasqua  
    Jun. 5-Jul. 31
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    Tues 6–9pm Past_exhib_prnt
  • Travel Journals Workshop • 121W07

    Apr 28 / Sat 9am–3pm / $85 / Rm 202Take a one-day journey through the museum, notebook in hand. We’ll visit different cultures and learn new ways of recording what we see, hear, and feel. Build a tool kit for your next big trip, whether it’s going around the block or around the ...

    Tamara Moan  
    Apr. 28-Apr. 28
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    Sat 9am–3pm Past_exhib_traveljournal_01