The Lower East Side Printshop offers 4,000 sq. ft. of printmaking workspace in two studios and two workrooms. The facility is located on the 6th Floor of an industrial building facing West 37th Street in New York City. Both studios are filled with northern light. They have concrete floors and 11 ft. ceilings. Passenger elevators are available 24/7, and freight elevators are available during regular business hours M-F, 8am-5pm. Most of the studio furniture and equipment were purchased in spring 2005 or later.

ARTISTS’ STUDIO
The shared Artists’ Studio, with the adjacent etching/solvent room and the darkroom, is accessible 24/7 for participating artists and class students. Facilities are available for intaglio, relief, monoprint, waterbased silkscreen techniques, photo and digital processes, and other techniques that employ the tools at hand.

COLLABORATIONS STUDIO
The Collaborations Studio is accessible M-F 10am – 6pm to participating artists. Facilities are available for intaglio, relief, monoprint, waterbased silkscreen, digital techniques, photo and digital processes, and other techniques that employ the tools at hand. For more info on our digital facility click here.

ETCHING/SOLVENT ROOM
The solvent/etching room is accessible 24/7 to participating artists. It has adjustable exhaust ventilation. Only ferric chloride solution is used for etching.

DARKROOM
The darkroom is accessible 24/7 to participating artists. It has adjustable exhaust ventilation.

Matthew Day Jackson with artists in residence in the Artists' Studio

James Miller on the screenprinting press in the Collaborations Studio