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Learn Letterpress 1: Printing FUNdamentals
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Have a blast while building letterpress basics and learn why contemporary printmakers and book artists continue to work with these tools and techniques. Through a hands-on printing project, students will gain a foundational understanding of the principles of letterpress printing.
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Jessica Snow
Houston based printmaker and graphic designer, Jessica Snow, has been working with relief printing methods since childhood. She loves combining modern and traditional techniques to create images that reflect her curiosity about the world, our relationship to it and each other, and the stories we tell ourselves about that interplay. She is the studio manager for The Printing Museum and teaches courses in letterpress and relief printing.
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- March 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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Fee: $155
- Adults 18+
Mad Scientist Cyanotypes
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Untitled, from the series “Photo|Chemistry” by Caroline Roberts Learn to hack the cyanotype process like a mad scientist! We will be making abstract and/or photogram exposures on a variety of papers and making a variety of marks using chemistry. Caroline will provide all paper and chemicals. This process twist does not work well with transparencies […]
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Caroline Roberts
Caroline’s work explores our relationship with the natural world, particularly the world of plants. Working with photograms, her photographic installations play on well-established knowledge systems, such as the herbarium, the museum display, and the field guide. Often found hiking in state and national parks, her interest in landscape and the natural world is heightened by managing fifteen acres of wild, riparian forest in rural Texas.
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- March 4, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Fee: $120
- Adults 18+
Whiteline Woodcut
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White-Line Woodcut is a great and simple way to merge printmaking with watercolor to create an edition, or endless variations of a design that are both graphic and painterly.
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Alexander Squier
Alexander Squier is native Houston artist and printmaker. After receiving his MFA degree in
Printmaking and Sculpture at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Squier returned
to Houston, where he has continued his artistic practice out of his studio at BOX 13 ArtSpace in
the city’s East End. Pulling mostly from critical study of the Houston landscape, Squier’s work
embraces all forms of printing including screen printing, relief, lithography, and etching, as well
as pushes traditional ideas of print into the sculpture or design realm. Harboring a deep passion
for teaching, Squier has taught at Art League Houston, Strake Jesuit, the University of Houston,
and the Glassell School of Art. He currently teaches printmaking at Art League and the Museum
of Printing History, as well as privately.
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- March 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Fee: $150
- Adults 18+
Open Studios
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Get access to the artist studios at the Museum for your book arts projects!
- March 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Fee: $60
Introduction to Risograph
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Are you curious about the risograph? This course offers a basic overview of this fantastically accessible machine and its many functions, as well as personalized instruction to meet your project goals. Whether you’re interested in making zines, hand drawn prints, or photographic work – all levels and ideas are encouraged. In this hybrid workshop, the […]
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Chelsea Clarke
Chelsea Clarke is a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where she investigated the intersections of various media such as print, fibers, ceramics, and drawing. Her conceptual practice mirrors this multidisciplinary approach as it focuses on discrete yet intertwining identities and their effect on her daily life. She attended undergraduate at Virginia Commonwealth University where she also finished a post-Baccalaureate degree in Nonprofit Management, which she plans to use in order to found a radically accessible artist residency. As a Houston native, she is thrilled to return to her hometown and become a part of Texas’ vibrant artistic community.
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- March 2, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Fee: $125
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