HANGA WATERBASED WOODCUT
with April Vollmer
6 weeks, Mondays 6-9pm
July 14 – August 18
Fee: $380

Hanga, the traditional Japanese technique, allows you to print in luminous color with easy registration, without a press or solvents. Learn to transfer images, cut kento registration marks, make waterbased inks from pigment, and print with a baren. We will edition multi color blocks on kozo paper.
*This course uses only Akua Waterbased non-toxic inks

WATERBASED SILKSCREEN
with Roni Henning
8 weeks, Tuesdays, 6-9 pm
July 29 – September 16
Fee: $440

This workshop will introduce you to various screenprinting techniques, including reduction printing, handmade and photographic stencils, as well as screen monoprinting. You will be able to use hand-drawn, photo and digital images. Topics will include screen stretching and preparation, mark-making tools you can use, color separation, correct color mixing, registration, and editioning.

SILKSCREEN INTENSIVE
with Roni Henning
5 days, Monday through Friday, 11am – 5pm
August 11 – 15
Fee: $560

This intensive beginning workshop will introduce you to various screenprinting techniques, including reduction printing, handmade and photographic stencils, as well as screen monoprinting. You will be able to use hand-drawn, photo and digital images. Topics will include screen stretching and preparation, mark-making tools you can use, color separation, correct color mixing, registration, and editioning. Ideal for those with tighter schedules and would like to focus on screenprinting for a week long intensive.

WESTERN WOODBLOCK
with Justin Israels
6 weeks, Thursdays, 6-9 pm
September 4 – October 9
Fee: $395

This course will introduce you to woodblock printing using a variety of western methods, woods, paper, and inks. We will explore color woodblock by printing multiple blocks, and we will edition blocks by hand and on the press using waterbased inks. We will explore reduction printing and block combination.
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.

IN-DEPTH INTAGLIO
with Ann Aspinwall
8 weeks, Mondays, 6-9 pm
September 8 – October 27
Fee: $465

Explore the rich and incredibly diverse possibilities of intaglio printing, including dry point, etching, aquatint, soft ground, spit-bite and more. You will work on a copper plate with etching tools, print on an intaglio press, as well as explore variations of color printing.

SOLAR PLATE ETCHING
with Randy Hemminghaus
6 weeks, Tuesdays, 6-9 pm
September 30 – November 4
Fee: $395

This is an easy and innovative way to create etchings, aquatints, and photo etchings without the use of acid and other harmful chemicals. You will learn how to prepare and transfer your hand-drawn, photo-based, or digital images onto photo-sensitive polymer plates, and develop them in water. You will also learn about editioning, printing in multiple colors, and combining with other techniques. 
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.

INTRO TO PRINTMAKING
with Lisa Mackie
8 weeks, Wednesdays, 6-9 pm
October 1 – November 19
Fee: $465

This course provides a broad introduction to basic printmaking techniques and processes. Learn about intaglio techniques by creating a drypoint and an etching, delve into traditional relief printmaking with woodcut and linocut, and discover various screenprinting methods. We will also cover important trans-process printmaking techniques such as paper tearing, ink modification, chine colle, registration, and printing multiple plates.
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.

XEROX TRANSFER
with Miriam Schaer
1 Day Intensive, Saturday 11am – 5pm
Session I: September 27
Session II: December 13
Fee: $137

Learn a variety of methods for transferring B & W and color Xeroxed images onto various surfaces using both solvent and non-chemical approaches. This is a versatile technique that can be put to myriad artistic uses.
Session I
Session II

WATERBASED SILKSCREEN
with Roni Henning
8 weeks, 6-9 pm
Session I: Oct. 23 – Dec. 18, Thursdays 6–9pm
(no class Thursday, November 27)
Session II: Nov. 3 – Dec. 22, Mondays 6–9pm
Fee: $465

This workshop will introduce you to various screenprinting techniques, including reduction printing, handmade and photographic stencils, as well as screen monoprinting. You will be able to use hand-drawn, photo and digital images. Topics will include screen stretching and preparation, mark-making tools you can use, color separation, correct color mixing, registration, and editioning.
Session I
Session II

MEZZOTINT
with Carol Wax
2 day intensive, Saturdays, 11am - 5pm
November 8 and 15
Fee: $275

This workshop concentrates on non-traditional approaches to mezzotint. Learn to use a variety of materials to produce rich tones that can be worked deductively, drawing images from dark to light. In addition to creating grounds more easily and quickly, alternative grounding methods offer a wide range of unique textures and tonal effects.  The class will focus on the use of mezzotint in the creation of color prints. Some knowledge of mezzotint and prior printmaking experience is helpful but not necessary. Participants are encouraged to bring old proofs and plates with older images to rework in black and white or color.  

MONOTYPE
with Sarah Nicole Phillips
6 weeks, Mondays, 6-9 pm
November 18 – December 23
Fee: $395

This comprehensive workshop will introduce you to one of the most liberating forms of printmaking, with an emphasis on experimentation and creativity. Learn to create innovative one-of-a-kind prints using drawing, painting and collage. Explore color mixing, brushwork, ghost images, chine colle, stencils and unique tools.  We will pull highly developed monotypes by hand and with the aid of the press.
* This class uses only Akua Water-based non-toxic inks.