- This event has passed.
Introduction to Screenprinting on Paper, Oct 2023
October 29, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
$222An In-Studio Workshop!
Sunday, October 29, 10am-4pm
View our current in-studio Health and Safety and Cancellation Policies >>
About this Workshop:
Learn the basics of screenprinting—an artistic, yet economical, method for producing prints from digital or hand-drawn designs. This workshop will prepare you to work independently in the darkroom and studio. You will learn how to prepare images, expose your screen, and print a single color (layer) with water-based inks on paper. Each student will leave with several prints of their own design, along with their very own silkscreen to keep!
Level: Beginner – no experience necessary
Registration closes October 20, 2023. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $60 materials fee to cover the materials supplied in class, including ink, paper, and a brand new silkscreen for you to take home!
In addition, students are requested to bring the following items:
- (optional) Personal apron or wear clothes that can get a bit messy (we’ll have extra aprons on hand)
- (optional) Pencil and paper (if you want to take notes)
- A high contrast, black and white image to work with (more specific details will be provided by the instructor)
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Anne C. Smith is an artist based in Washington, DC. Working primarily in drawing and silkscreen printmaking, her observations of architecture and wide-open, vast spaces inform her investigation into the relationship between landscape, imagination and belonging. Smith studied silkscreen printmaking with Master Printmaker Lou Stovall while working as his studio assistant. She has also served as master printmaker on a silkscreened book edition at George Mason University’s Navigation Press and collaborated with Ben Ashworth (Finding A Line) on a large wheatpasted mural. She has taught drawing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College. She is currently serving as a Screenprint Studio Associate at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD. Learn more about her work at www.annecsmith.com.
“I learned exactly what I thought wanted to learn and then some.”
—Previous Workshop Attendee
“I learned a lot and it was a comfortable setting to explore a new-to-me art form! The small group size was nice. I’m excited to keep screenprinting!”
—Previous Workshop Attendee