Printmaking | Kalamazoo Art Classes

Spring

BLOCK PRINTING

Trevor Grabill / Printmaking Studio
Thu 4/9-5/21
6:30-9pm / 7 weeks
$250 / Members: $230

Develop your relief printing skills in this class for beginners to advanced printmakers. Printing carved blocks is one of the oldest, simplest, and most versatile tools for reproducing art. Students will learn the ins and outs of carving and printing linoleum and woodblocks, and benefit from our well-stocked collection of tools and equipment. Discuss your work in a community of like-minded makers. Please bring drawings or reference photos to the first class.

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WATERCOLOR MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING

Charles Coates / Printmaking Studio
Sat 4/4
10am-4pm / 1-day
$125 / Members: $105

Students will create a cohesive series of one-of-a-kind prints by making stencils, drawing, and applying watercolors directly onto vellum plates, then print them onto Japanese and Western papers with the etching press. You'll learn how to build up layers of texture and visual interest by printing multiple plates at once, in addition to blending colors, overlapping stencils, and incorporating collage elements to achieve a range of effects.

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INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTMAKING

Charles Coates / Multi-Purpose Classroom
Thurs 5/8-5/22
6:30-9pm / 3 weeks
$130 / Members: $110

Students with some prior knowledge or experience in Japanese woodblock printmaking will have the opportunity to grow in their skills through this class. Learn more advanced multi-block printing techniques, key-block pasting for better registration, and paper flattening to take your talents to the next level.

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BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE SCREENPRINTING

Patrick Kinne / Printmaking Studio
Tue 4/7- 5/19
6:30-9pm / 7 weeks
$245 / Members: $225

Learn the process of screenprinting and develop your skills into multi-layer prints. Sessions include individualized instruction with plenty of work-time in the studio. Students can screenprint on paper or fabric to make their own prints, cards, posters or gifts. More advanced students can explore screenprinting as a fine art medium, emphasizing multiple colors, experimental substrates, and as an element in collage. Bring drawings, photos, works-in-progress, or ideas to the first class.

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BEGINNING PRINTMAKING

Deborah Mattson / Printmaking Studio
(B) Wed 4/8-5/20
6:30-9pm / 7 weeks
$245 / Members: $225

Immerse yourself in a variety of projects designed to teach you the history and practice of printmaking. Students will carve a simple rubber stamp and a linoleum block, learn about intaglio methods by completing drypoint and acid-etched plates, and draw and print a simple plastic lithography plate.

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Deborah Mattson / Printmaking Studio
(A) Wed 4/8-5/20
1-3:30pm / 7 weeks
Prerequisite: Beginning Printmaking
$245 / Members: $225

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