Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off the price of tuition. Advanced registration is required. Please call (713) 522-4652 to register.

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Sketch & Sip

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Bring a friend! Use code 3THURBOGO to get half off when you register two+ people. Have you wanted to learn to draw? Or maybe you’re looking to brush up on your drawing skills. Join instructor Melissa Aytenfisu for a 4-class series in a casual, but supportive environment, where you’ll develop foundational drawing skills that translate […]

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Melissa Aytenfisu

Melissa Aytenfisu is a Canadian artist who specializes in oil paintings, digital print media, photography, printmaking, and drawing. A native of Edmonton, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education at the University of Alberta, before moving to Montreal where she eventually received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University. During the years in between, Aytenfisu taught high school in Quebec, China and the United States while honing her craft and creating works that have appeared in exhibitions across multiple continents. Her experiences growing up in a multiracial family of nine and traveling through Africa, Asia, and North America have directed her artistic practice toward themes of identity, mobility and social justice. Melissa is currently a teaching artist at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. She lives in Houston, Texas with her two children Tyson Bedilu and Zara Tsedenia.

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  • March 17, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Fee: $40
  • Adults 18+

Impressions: Typing for Creative Writing

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Bring a friend!Use code 3THURBOGO to get half off when you register two+ people. David Foster Wallace said, “Many of the most important impressions and thoughts in a person’s life are ones that flash through your head so fast that fast isn’t even the right word.” In this storytelling and poetry workshop, we’ll explore the relationship between […]

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Nick Almeida

Nick Almeida is the author of the forthcoming chapbook of stories, Masterplans, and has published fiction and nonfiction in Pleiades, American Literary Review, Mid-American Review, and elsewhere. He earned his MFA from The Michener Center for Writers and is a doctoral candidate in the University of Houston’s Literature & Creative Writing program.

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  • March 17, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Fee: $40
  • Adults 18+
papermaking workshop

Intro to Paper Making

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Papermaking is an engaging and physical process that you can do right in your own home or workspace. Learn the basic elements of this ancient art as the instructor leads the class through the process of preparing the vat of pulp, pulling a sheet with a mould and deckle, couching the sheet, then pressing the […]

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Kathy Gurwell

Kathy Gurwell has years of experience in the fields of paper and printing, beginning with her graphic arts study in Paris and continuing as a Curator Fellow at Tamarind Lithography Institute in Albuquerque, NM, at the Museo della Carta in Fabriano, Italy and the Awagami Paper Factory on Shikoku Island, Japan. She has demonstrated papermaking in San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Houston, where she now lives. She makes paper in both Western and Japanese styles, working with fibers such as cotton, linen, kozo, abaca, and flax. She has taught workshops in Houston and the surrounding area for the past 20 years. More of her work can be viewed at kathygurwellhandmadepaper.com

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  • March 12, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Fee: $95
  • All Levels

Beginning Letterpress: Cylinder

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Learn the fundamental practices necessary to begin letterpress printing using hand-set type on a cylinder press. Working in pairs, students will learn basic composition, printer’s math, lock-up, printing, and safe studio practices. Students will have access to a curated selection of the studio’s vast collection of wood and metal type to use in their project. […]

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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 12, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Fee: $120

Linocut Printmaking: Jigsaw

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DATES (This workshop will be held in two parts): Sat March 12: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Sun March 13: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM All times are US/Central time zone This workshop builds on the basic linoleum block printing technique. Normally, an artist could create a multi-color image by layering multiple blocks, or by using the reduction […]

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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 12, 2022 @ 10:00 am - March 13, 2022 @ 1:00 pm
  • Fee: $145