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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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WORKSHOPS

Open Printmaking Weekend PR08WS08w
Monitor: Maura Galante
Saturday and Sunday, February 16 & 17, 10:00-5:00 (WINTER SESSION)
Print all day in this monitored, open format workshop. Our studio includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking on two Charles Brand presses (the largest is 36”x60”) and a Takach press (24”x48”). Participants must have experience working in a print studio and be able to operate independently. Cost: $130; members: $117

Open Printmaking Week PR09WS08w
Instructor: Liz Pagano
Monday-Friday, March 10-14, 9:30-2:30 (WINTER SESSION)
Print all week in this monitored open format workshop. Our studio includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking on two Charles Brand presses (largest is 36” x 60”) and a Takach press, (24” x 48”). Participants must have experience working in a print studio and be able to operate independently. Enrollment limited to 8 students. Five sessions: $223; members: $201

Open Printmaking Week PR09SP08w
Instructor: Liz Pagano
Monday-Friday, June 9-13, 9:30-2:30
Print all week in this monitored open format workshop. Our studio includes basic materials for intaglio and relief printmaking on two Charles Brand presses (largest is 36” x 60”) and a Takach press, (24” x 48”). Participants must have experience working in a print studio and be able to operate independently. Five sessions: $223; members: $201

 

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