ONSITE: Handmade Sketchbook or Journal
Create your own blank hardcover sketchbook or journal in this two-day workshop. A traditional kettle stitch will be used to sew together the pages of our case-bound books.
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ONSITE: Zinemaking with Paper Paraphernalia
Do you have a story to tell? A creative idea that needs to get out? Zine making is an accessible way to self-publish. In this course, we’ll be using paper collaging and hand drawn design to create unique printable zines. You’ll leave with the skills to design and print your own zines from home… all […]
read moreONSITE: Tiny Books, Big Charm
Small is beautiful! We’ll make handfuls of tiny books in three styles (accordion, dragon, and wrap-around cover), each under three inches square. Not only are tiny books adorable, working at this reduced scale allows us to work easily and quickly, and to think about how scale changes our experience. No prior bookbinding experience is required. […]
read moreONSITE: Paste Papers (only offered a few times a year)
Learn to make beautiful decorated papers using pigmented wheat paste! A relative of marbled paper, paste paper is used for bookmaking and other paper arts. Various patterns will be introduced with room for play!
read moreONSITE: Non-Toxic Etching for Printmaking (this class is only offered a few times a year)
This research driven course will investigate the endless possibilities of working with a copper plate using Lascaux Etching Hard and Soft Resist, non-toxic ground. Students will investigate hard and soft ground, and dry-point. You will develop one plate and learn to print using the etching press. Printmaking is an evolving field and we constantly strive […]
read moreONSITE: Next Level Letterpress – This class is only offered a few times each year.
Take your letterpress skills to the next level with multiple-color prints. We'll use the Platen and Challenge presses and explore other advanced typesetting methods. You’ll receive lots of guidance as you work on your own individual projects.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Bookmaking
Create your own set of handmade books. We’ll familiarize ourselves with bookmaking tools and techniques and learn several bookbinding techniques. You’ll also learn how to customize your books to be journals or sketchbooks. Plan to complete the class with a saddle stitched book, and a stab bound book.
read moreONSITE: Mastering Multicolor Screenprinting
Learn how to create multicolor screen prints of your own design. This class will expand on the registration techniques learnt in intro classes, focusing on adding layers/colors to create more complex images. We will look at how to break apart an image by hand and in the computer. Color theory will be discussed through the […]
read moreONSITE: Paper Marbling (only offered a few times a year)
Learn to create beautiful decorative papers in this one-day workshop! A variety of traditional marbling patterns will be covered with room for experimentation.
read moreONSITE: Woodcut Portraits
In this class, we’ll focus on carving and drawing techniques to help you create compelling portrait prints. We’ll practice white line and black line approaches to hatching and crosshatching to create subtle gradients of tone. Each student can expect to leave class with two small editions of woodcut portraits!
read moreONSITE: Linocut Printmaking: Home Portraits
This course will explore linocut printmaking by defining ‘home’ and creating a print of it. This could be a building, a person, a pet, a park, anywhere that evokes the feeling of home. Sophie will be bringing in examples of her own work and portraits of her ‘home’ to share with the class. This course […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Woodblock Printing
Explore woodblock printing, humanity’s oldest printmaking process. You’ll learn to design and transfer an image onto the block and cut the block to produce a relief image. Then, we’ll cover how to transfer the image to paper, both printing it by hand and by press.
read moreONSITE: Printmaking Survey: Prints of the Natural World
This class is an intro to several print practices, including relief print, monoprint, and kitchen Lithography. Students will learn the basics of each process, along with basic eco-art concepts like climate justice, multispecies thinking, and how art can be used in environmental activism. They will then be able to work with as many techniques as […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Screenprinting (B)
Explore screenprinting, a process that allows artists to create hand-printed multiples of the same image. Translate your graphic design, photography, or drawings into vibrant, layered compositions. Learn a variety of ways to create screens that can be used to print onto fabric, paper or wood.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Letterpress
Explore the letterpress printing process, which dates back to the 15th century and the time of Gutenberg. We’ll cover typesetting, inking, printing and paper selection as you become familiar with the terminology and VisArts’ presses. You’ll have time to create multiple pieces and trade work with classmates, which will help you build a small collection […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Screenprinting (A)
Explore screenprinting, a process that allows artists to create hand-printed multiples of the same image. Translate your graphic design, photography, or drawings into vibrant, layered compositions. Learn a variety of ways to create screens that can be used to print onto fabric, paper or wood.
read moreONSITE: Anthotypes: Botanica + Photography
Students will learn the anthotype process, in which we print photographs using extracts from flowers and plants. Extracts will be provided and students will have the opportunity to forage and bring in their own materials if you like. We'll be printing on fabrics and paper both from transparency negatives and actual plant specimens.
read moreONSITE: Gum Printing: Colorful Photographic Printing- ONLY OFFERED A FEW TIMES A YEAR
Gum printing (aka Gum bichromate) is a painterly photographic pigment process stretching back to the 19th century. This class will introduce multi-layer contact printing techniques that utilize easily accessible analog and digital photographic technologies. Learn how to make your own digital negatives and safely prepare chemicals used. We'll discuss color theory and produce beautiful color […]
read moreONSITE: Color Film Processing
Tired of sending your film to be processed? This course teaches you to chemically develop your color film negatives specifically for analog color film photography. Students will learn how to safely use chemicals, develop their rolls of color film, and digitize negatives.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Darkroom Photography
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom. Enjoy lots of technical guidance and aesthetic feedback, whether you’re just getting started or expanding your portfolio and skill set.
read moreONSITE: Photo Editing: Quick + Easy Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Lightroom is a powerful program that allows you to catalog and enhance your digital photographs. We will cover its most useful features like importing, making collections, fix exposure and color, applying local adjustments, using graduated filters, creating fun presets and converting images to black and white.
read moreONSITE: Ethics of Portrait Photography
When entering any space with a camera to photograph other people, it is important for artists to understand and consider the complex history of photography. This ensures that the images being created are coming from an ethical and trauma-informed lens, do not perpetuate harmful ideas or stereotypes, and that both the subject and photographer feel […]
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Darkroom Photography
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Darkroom Photography
This class is a safe space for women, trans, and femme folks to learn introductory darkroom processes. Learn how to take photographs using 35mm film, process your own film, and print black and white photographs in a darkroom.
read moreONSITE: Darkroom Photography Crash Course
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
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