PRINTMAKING
Beginning and Intermediate Printmaking Sampler PR01SP08
Instructor: Barbara Harder
Tuesday mornings, 10:00-2:00 (March 18-June 3)
Come to gain knowledge and to be surprised. Learn the basics
of printmaking and experiment with new approaches. You can concentrate
in one area or learn a variety of techniques including, etching,
woodcut, monotype, collagraph, chine colle, and transfer prints.
This class will inform the beginner as well as energize the intermediate
printmaker. We can even turn your drawings into prints! Enrollment
limited to 10 students. Twelve sessions: $370; members:
$333
Advanced Printmaking PR02SP08 FULL
Instructor: Barbara Harder
Wednesday mornings, 10:00-3:00 (March 19-June 4)
Join in a journey of discovery while giving you the studio time
you¹ve always needed. Explore the benefits of printing in
multiple layers with intaglio, relief, polymer plates, mixed
media and experimental techniques. Designed for the experienced
printmaker who is ready for artistic investigation, we will look
at artwork, plan individualized approaches to printmaking and
discuss exhibition opportunities. Expand your visual vocabulary
while creating new artistic goals. For Intermediate and advanced
printmakers only. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Eleven sessions:
$444; members: $400
Monotype/Monoprint PR03SP08
Instructor: Maura Galante
Wednesday evenings, 7:00-10:00 (March 19-June 4)
Have you ever wondered about the difference between a monotype
and a monoprint? Here’s a six week way to learn the answer
and find exciting ways to create unique prints. Discover
a variety of approaches including additive and reductive inking,
stenciling, chine colle, collage, Xerox transfer, and more. Open
to students of al levels, including experienced artists who haven’t
tried printmaking. Enrollment limited to 10 students. Twelve
sessions: $278; members: $250
Classic Etching PR04SP08
Instructor: Alexis Brown
Monday evenings, 7:00-10:00 (March 17-June 2)
The classic techniques of etching on metal plates will allow
you to transfer a photo or drawing with soft ground, play with
line quality in etching, create abstractions with sugar lift,
and deepen your drawing with aquatint tones. Best of all you
can explore the etching process, which has incredibly rich qualities
like no other medium. Find enjoyment and knowledge for beginning
and intermediate students. Enrollment limited to 10 students.
Eleven sessions: $318; members: $286
Waxing Poetic: The Art Encaustic Painting PR05SP08
Instructor: Ruth Sack
Tuesday evenings, 6:00-9:00 (March 18-June 3)
Learn the basics of the ancient technique of encaustic painting
and some applications for prints and works on paper. In this
ten session class we will cover the basic materials and formulas
used in encaustic along with safety procedures, preparation of
supports and grounds, tools and techniques for fusing, glazes,
transparencies, texturizing, layering and scribing, as well as
image transfer and collage. Examples of early and contemporary
encaustic artwork will be discussed. Participants can expand
their visual vocabulary in ways from the traditional to the contemporary.
Basic material and equipment is included. For artists with backgrounds
in a variety of media and levels of experience. Ten sessions:
$383 members: $345
Non-Toxic Silkscreen PR06SP08 a or b
Instructor: Tung Hoang
a Thursday evenings, 7:00-10:00 (March 20-June 5)
b Friday mornings, 9:30-12:30 (March 21-June 6)
This course is for beginning and experienced screen printers.
Explore monotype silkscreen, as well as reduction printing, four-color
separations, hand-painted stencils, photo silkscreen, registration
and additional printing techniques. Learn to stretch screens,
mix inks, and print on many different surfaces. All the inks
and materials used are non-toxic. Students working with the Image-On
process are also welcome to join the class. Come and be inspired.
Enrollment limited to 10 students. Twelve sessions: $280; members:
$252
Water-Based Printmaking PR07SP08
Instructor: Flo Hatcher
Saturdays mornings, 9:00-2:00 (March 22-June 7)
Explore traditional and innovative techniques in various print
media to aid in the development of personal imagery. A sampling
of the possibilities includes etching, dry point, mezzotint,
embossment, collagraph, woodcut, linocut and monotype. Water-based
inks will be employed wherever possible. Experimentation with
stencil (porchoir), collage (chine collé), xerography
(copier art), clay plates and print imagery within the artist
book format will be encouraged. Classroom experience will be
enhanced with slides, videos, and trips to print exhibitions.
For beginning to advanced students. Enrollment limited to 10
students. Twelve sessions: $444; members: $400
Printmaking Lab PR08SP08
Monitor: Liz Pagano
Monday mornings: 9:30-2:30 (March 17-June 2)
Monitored sessions for the independent printmaker who has experience
in a print shop. Includes basic materials for intaglio, relief
and letterpress printmaking on two Charles Brand Co. presses,
the largest has a (36" x 60" bed size, the other 24” x
44”), a Takach (28” x 48”) press, as well as
a Vandercook #4 proofing press.. No instruction. Students
must be approved by an instructor to enroll and they must have
adequate knowledge to work independently in a printmaking studio Enrollment
limited to 8 students. Eleven sessions: $250; members:
$225
Monitored
Printmaking Session
All students currently enrolled in Printmaking classes may
attend a monitored print lab on Thursdays from 10:00-2:00 or 2:00-6:00
during the semester for an additional fee. Per session: $18; members:
$16. With permission non-CAW students may attend for $36.
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