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Aug
3
to Aug 4
Works on Paper

Risography and Collage

Risography and Collage

with Madeleine Aguilar

Saturday–Sunday, August 3–4, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $215

This workshop includes lunch at 1 p.m. on Saturday and brunch at noon on Sunday.

Risography is a print process that can be described as "digital screen printing". It's an accessible form of duplication through which translucent inks combine to create a palette of vibrant and fluorescent colors. Come learn the fundamentals of Risography while working with hand-cut collage methods and drawing to generate imagery and produce a suite of editioned prints. We will learn to work improvisationally between analog and digital processes and experiment with color mixing. We will cover basic printmaking techniques such as layering and registration, while being open to the imperfect and serendipitous qualities of RISO. We will utilize the RISO scan bed to print & reproduce hand cut collages and drawings. Materials will be provided.

Madeleine Aguilar tells stories, builds archives, maps spaces, constructs furniture, records histories, organizes data, catalogs objects, prints publications, creates frameworks, collects imagery, acquires trades, ties knots, re-purposes materials, imitates structures, utilizes chance, plays instruments, follows intuition, prompts participation, guides observation, leaves evidence, develops routines, takes walks, breaks habits, and makes lists. Using the archive as form, she acknowledges the passing of time by cataloging lived spaces, collected objects, familial histories, personal relationships, natural phenomena, mundane routines, and ephemeral moments. She runs bench press, a collaborative Risograph press based in Chicago, and is currently Print & New Media Studio Manager at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency.

Madeleine Aguilar & bex ya yolk, Prototypes for Compatibility (1 of 3), 2023, Paper, PVA, and sandstone. Images courtesy of the artist.

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Jul
6
10:00 AM10:00
Works on Paper

One-Page-Wonder Artist Books: An Introduction to Screen Printing

One-Page-Wonder Artist Books: An Introduction to Screen Printing

with Melissa Dettloff

Saturday, July 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $130

This workshop includes lunch at 1 p.m.

Learn the basics of screen printing by making your own accordion-folded, single-sheet, screen printed artist's book. This workshop is great for beginners or those looking to refresh their print skills! You'll learn the basics of screen printing and a simple approach to bookmaking using a single sheet of paper. You will create your own screen using accessible techniques that can be easily replicated at home. We’ll use provided images plus those you create using handmade stencils and foraged foliage. You will go home with a handmade book you made yourself, and a zine created by the instructor to help replicate these simple processes at home. Materials will be provided.

Melissa Dettloff is a printmaker and teaching artist based in Detroit. Her current work is inspired by urban ecology and creating community through art. First introduced to screen printing as an art student at Wayne State University, Melissa has been making screen prints for over twenty years. With her friends, she co-owned Ocelot Print Shop, a community screen printing shop in Detroit’s Cass Corridor, for five years. Melissa has been teaching art and screen printing workshops for over ten years and maintains an art practice in her home print studio. She has shown her work nationally and locally, including at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Melissa Dettloff, Still Life, 2023, three-color screen print on paper, 4.25 x 5.5 inches. Images courtesy of the artist.

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Jun
18
to Jun 21
Works on Paper

Two Approaches: Painting and Relief Printmaking in the Landscape

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Two Approaches: Painting and Relief Printmaking in the Landscape

with Jasper Goodrich

Tuesday–Friday, June 18–21, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m

Tuition: $215

Four-day workshops do not include lunch. A four-day lunch plan is available for an additional $75. Please select this option when registering if you wish to join us for lunch each day at 1 p.m.

How can painting and printmaking influence each other? This class explores the connection between landscape painting and relief printmaking. In the first half of class, students will learn to paint en plein air. We will focus on oil painting, but all painting/drawing media are welcome. Taking influence from the paintings in terms of how space, light, and emotion are depicted, students will then explore relief printmaking using woodblocks, linoleum, and MDF, learning carving and printing techniques. In relief printmaking, artists must think graphically, with often defined positive and negative space. Each way of working will inform and expand your art practice! Students will be required to bring some of their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

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