Printmaking Community

Workshops, demonstrations, and other events in chronological order:

Artist Talk: February 1, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Susan Goethel Campbell
Free. Registration required. www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

A great course for beginners and experienced printers alike. Participants will learn to carve and print a linoblock using hand-printing methods as well as the press.

Register to attend: https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/printmaking-art-classes/

Join us at MATTER February 17th for a day of letterpress printing instructed by Rick Griffith. We will kick off the day at 10 am with some bagels and coffee and letterpress printing talk. Then at 10:30 we’ll sling posters and roll out. Attendees will typeset and print whatever words they wish to immortalize. This workshop is beginner-friendly.

Letterpress print anything as a poster.

Typesetting instruction provided. Color backgrounds provided

Limited to 10 people

Minors must be accompanied by an adult

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-day-letterpress-printing-workshop-tickets

In this unique two-session workshop, participants will create ceramic tiles inspired by botanical imagery. Start by sketching in the gardens and then carve a linoleum block to be pressed into a clay tile. The tile will be fired before the second session. During the second class, add a variety of finishes such as colored wax and inks to complete your tile. Finally, use the linoleum block to print on paper and fabric.

Second class is February 25, 1-4 p.m.

Fee includes some materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5346&sch=29319

Artist Talk: February 21, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
John Hitchcock, Karen Kunc, and Raymundo Muñoz
Free. Registration required. www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

Image credit: Tony Ortega

In this guest-artists workshop, learn from Denver printmaker Tony Ortega, as we prepare for an upcoming Connections to the Land exhibition. Students will paint an image with opaque etching ink onto a smooth Plexiglas plate. The painted image will be transferred onto black printing paper using a printing press. The result will give the artwork a texture not possible by direct marking/painting onto the paper. The monotype that is pulled off the plate always has an element of surprise, and the final result on paper may look quite different than the image on the plate. One print from each student will be eligible to be displayed in the Museum’s print exhibit from March – May. All classes meet at the Museum’s Beet Education Center at 201 E 5th Street.

Register to attend: https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/guest-artist-workshops/

Image credit: Tony Ortega

In this guest-artists workshop, learn from Denver printmaker Tony Ortega, as we prepare for an upcoming Connections to the Land exhibition. Learn how to give prints a new look with stencils. Stencils can be used to block out some areas of an original plate or highlight another area, creating new effects and dimensions. If you have an old plate or two, bring them and see how stencils can change the final product. If you don’t have a previous print plate to use, come learn how to monoprint with stencils. One print from each student will be eligible to be displayed in the Museum’s print exhibit from March – May. All classes meet at the Museum’s Beet Education Center at 201 E 5th Street.

Register to attend: https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/guest-artist-workshops/

Artist Talk: February 29, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Diane Fine and Mario Laplante
Free. Registration required. www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

We're excited to announce that Mo'Print will be having our fundraiser once again at TRVE Brewing Co. THANK YOU to TRVE Brewing Company who will be hosting this unique event. Join us as we celebrate black-work linocut prints.

Small, affordable linocuts printed only in black ink will be for sale. Every print is only $10! Cash/card & carry!

This fundraiser is graciously sponsored by Speedball®, Genghis Kern Letterpress & Design, and Neenah Paper.

On view March 1 through March 31, 2024.

A discussion with artists from the exhibition about the collaborative process and techniques used to create the pieces.

3-Day Workshop
3/1 5pm-8pm
3/2 8am-3pm
3/3 8am-3pm

A clay print is started by building a slab of clay in a wood frame and allowing the clay to become leather hard. Colored slips are applied and textures are embedded and carved into the surface of the clay. A substrate of polyester interfacing is placed over the design and hand pressure is applied. A thin layer of colored clays adhere to the substrate. The print is permanently bonded to the surface which becomes a multi-colored archival, monotype distinguished by its velvety surface and rich color! There is nothing like it!

Register to attend: https://www.outsidethebox-studio.com/clay-monotype-course

Associate Professor and Area Coordinator of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History will demonstrate his own research into experimental intaglio etching processes and collograph plates that are printed utilizing multi-color viscosity inking methods. This in-depth 4-hour workshop is demonstration-based only and is meant to present research and build unique skills for the intermediate to advanced printmaker. It is not a quick participatory workshop for those without prior experience with either intaglio etching or collograph printmaking. It is highly recommended that all workshop attendants bring a notebook and/or sketchbook for collecting information during the demonstration process.

Workshop limit of 20 individuals.

Contact Associate Professor, Johnny Plastini for registration details: Johnny.plastini@colostate.edu

Explore and learn how to create tonal prints using an etching press. Using an etching press and printing plates, participants will create 2-4 original prints on 100% rag paper. To focus on learning the process, participants will use primarily white and black ink. Deesigns will be participant led, and students are encouraged to be creative and experimental. Multiple processes will be explored and the workshop with be a day of fun, group experiential learning.

All supplies will be provided, and students will leave with 2-4 original prints.

Rick Stoner received his BFA from Colorado State University and his Masters in Printmaking from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Rick has taught extensively, and has served on the art education faculty at Colorado State University, University of Denver and Front Range Community College.

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tonal-monoprints-with-rick-stoner-tickets

Encaustic Printmaking
In Encaustic Monotype Printmaking an encaustic monotype can be created directly on a heated palette and then pulled. In encaustic printmaking no press is used. Join Kelly Austin-Rolo and Michele Messenger at Nkollectiv Gallery for an afternoon of encaustic monotype demonstrations.

Youth Workshop
Unleash your creativity and create block print stamps by carving, inking and using our presses to reveal one-of-a-kind creations. We will look to Picasso, Holbein, and Huck for inspiration and have a good understanding of how printmaking works in this workshop.

Register to attend: https://co-lakewood.civicrec.com/CO/lakewood-co/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI0NTYyNjg=

Join us for a free demonstration on ways to add color to intaglio prints!  Processes covered will include chine-collé, à la poupée, screen, and an intaglio-relief combo using the same plate.  Feel free to bring prints to trade or a portfolio to share!

As always, parking on campus is free and abundant.

Participants work with internationally known multimedia artist Melanie Yazzie to create monotype prints. Gelli® plates are used to create richly layered compositions through one or more impressions and countless design variations to tell a personal story. The one-day workshop is intensive, inspiring and uses non-toxic, eco-friendly soy-based inks.

Fee includes all materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5100&sch=300774

Join printmaker Gregory Santos and curator Hope Saska at the CU Art Museum for a two-part program that uncovers the history, materials and techniques used by expert printmakers from the Renaissance to today. Santos and Saska will guide participants through the CU Art Museum's collection of fine art prints, providing a behind-the-scenes look at artwork that is rarely exhibited. 

Session 1: March 7. In this session we will learn about printmaking from early traditions to the 1700s. Artists include: Ugo da Carpi, Giovanni Castiglione, Albrecht Durer, Hendrick Goltzius, William Hogarth and Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

This event is free and registration is limited to 16.
Register to attend: Reservations open on CU Art Museum's website on February 1

Join printmaker Gregory Santos and curator Hope Saska at the CU Art Museum for a two-part program that uncovers the history, materials and techniques used by expert printmakers from the Renaissance to today. Santos and Saska will guide participants through the CU Art Museum's collection of fine art prints, providing a behind-the-scenes look at artwork that is rarely exhibited. 

Session 2: March 8. In this session we learn about prints and printmaking from the late 1700s to today. Artists include: Honore Daumier, Francisco Goya, James Mc Neill Whistler, Rockwell Kent, Helen Frankenthaler, Dyani Whitehawk, prints created by Shark's Ink press, and recent acquisitions!

This event is free and registration is limited to 16.
Register to attend: Reservations open on CU Art Museum's website on February 1

During Night on the Town, come by the Loveland Art Museum to see our new exhibit and watch instructor Laura Grossett make small prints on one of our tabletop presses. Learn more about the process and maybe even try to crank the press yourself!

No registration necessary, for more info:  https://thelovelandmuseum.org/printmaking-art-classes/

Sue Oehme is founder and principal of Oehme Graphics in Steamboat Springs (CO), one of the country’s leading fine print publishers. Susan received her BFA in printmaking and painting from the University of Michigan and continued her print education at NYU. Prior to her move to Colorado, she printed at Tyler Graphics (NYC) with artists Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell. She has taught numerous print workshops at institutions across the country including University of Denver, Boston University, Scripps College, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Women’s Studio Workshop, Brandeis University and Northwestern University.

Register to attend: https://reg135.imperisoft.com/asld/ProgramDetail/3331333539/Registration.aspx

Artist Demo with Laura Grossett
Celebrate Mo’Print by visiting during Night on the Town to see our new exhibit and watch our instructor Laura Grossett make small prints on one of our tabletop presses. Learn more about the process and maybe even try to crank the press yourself!
Laura Grossett is a Fort Collins printmaker who teachers for Front Range Community College and the Beet Education Center.

The Open Portfolio session is a great way to see prints from many artists ranging from young artists currently in school and learning varied process to older established artists with gallery representation.

The Open Portfolio is for displaying prints (etching, relief, litho, screenprint, etc.). Not general "works on paper," (drawing, collage, watercolor, etc.)

This demo is designed for printmakers interested in exploring how to integrate wheat pasting into their projects. Street artist and muralist Koko Bayer will  cover paper and material choices, types of  glue, enlarging and installation techniques. Denver-based artist Koko Bayer focuses on making art in public spaces. Since 2015, she has installed thousands of temporary outdoor works for her Temporary Structures Project.

Maxwell Roath, a Denver-based printmaker and artist, will be talking about how to be a collector. Covering a range of topics such as how to begin collecting, what to look for in prints, and demystifying different print types in order to better understand what you are buying. This approachable class coincides with Mo'Print's Open Portfolio at the Botanic Gardens and will be offered at 10am and 2pm.

Join us at MATTER March 9th for a day of letterpress printing instructed by Rick Griffith. We will kick off the day at 10 am with some bagels and coffee and letterpress printing talk. Then at 10:30 we’ll sling posters and roll out. Attendees will typeset and print whatever words they wish to immortalize. This workshop is beginner-friendly.

Letterpress print anything as a poster.

Typesetting instruction provided. Color backgrounds provided

Limited to 10 people

Minors must be accompanied by an adult

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-day-letterpress-printing-workshop-tickets

Drop in and join artists Nikki Pike and Sarah Wallace Scott at the BRDG Project Gallery where you are invited to print a pro-democracy screen print on paper, or thrifted materials. Screens, ink and printing materials will be provided but feel free to bring your own thrifted clothing to print on.

Challenge level 1-2 (2 day workshop, Mar 9 & 16)
Learn one of the most accessible and calming forms of printmaking - Relief! Working with Linoleum, students will design, carve and print designs, which can be used again and again to decorate or stand alone as beautiful works of art. Practice the steps of transferring drawings to linoleum, thinking in reverse, practicing safe carving, working with multiple colors and next steps for future designs. No experience necessary!

Register to attend: https://co-lakewood.civicrec.com/CO/lakewood-co/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI0NTYxMDI=

Learn how to silkscreen your own design using a stencil! A great way to introduce yourself to this amazing craft. Create prints on paper and on fabric  using the screen-printing technique and a stencil. Print a pattern in one location and an all-over pattern. Designs will be hand cut by participant so you must be able to use an exacto blade safely. Participants will first print on paper, and then on a tote bag. You are encouraged to bring other items to print!

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/793891650297

Mixed media monoprinting is a two day workshop March 9-10; focusing on collagraph plate-making the first day, and various printing techniques on the second day.

Please visit www.asld.org for class cost and materials fee.

Register to attend: https://reg135.imperisoft.com/asld/ProgramDetail/3331333630/Registration.aspx

A fun and accessible free demonstration of black ink linoleum relief printmaking with printmaker Kim Rivera.

Join Leon Loughridge for a demonstration of the traditional Japanese woodblock printing process knows as mokuhanga. Unlike western forms of relief printing that use oil based inks rolled or padded onto the carved wood, mokuhanga uses a brush with pigment and is printed by hand with a baren. Leon will demonstrate how kento, or registration marks, carved into the wood matrix allow for easy registration of multiple blocks.

Exhibition Tour and Artist Talk with Master Printer Sue Oehme of Oehme Graphics.

The power of the press comes to the BRDG Project Gallery for an evening of letterpress printing on a mobile letterpress with artist Rhiannon Alpers. Create your own powerful print and bind it into a quick blank book to take with you. Materials, words and ink provided -- you power the press to make the print.

Dive into the captivating world of tabletop letterpress at Access Gallery! Join us for an introduction and hands-on demonstration led by Victoria Adams-Kotsch. Discover the fascinating history of letterpress printing and try your hand at pulling prints on our vintage C&P Pilot (6.5 x 10) platen press. Immerse yourself in the rhythmic dance of type and paper during this engaging session—an exploration where history meets hands-on creativity. All are welcome to join us for an unforgettable encounter with the timeless magic of letterpress!

Join us for on-site demonstrations highlighting some of the most common printmaking processes.

Wanna get messy with some ink? Come check out the 2024 Print Jam and enjoy a free day of printmaking fun! Learn about etching, lithography, monoprinting, relief printing, screenprinting, and more. Explore each printmaking technique with print demos from 12 local artists and then join in the fun with our hands-on experiences. Make your own colorful gelatin print, bring a t-shirt or tote bag to print a relief block on, and create a button badge from rejected prints.

Free to attend - please RSVP at the link below so we know you're coming.

https://support.arvadacenter.org/90207/90208?_ga=2.83616982.1361724247.1704684314-1141826808.1662400274

Block print basics and alternative ways to use them:
Join local maker Grace Gutierrez for a block printmaking workshop! Carve your very own rubber stamp or multiple stamps from a 4x6” rubber block, and experiment with materials and methods of stamping on a variety of stampable items! Use your stamps to create a classic paper print, ceramic ornaments or slabs, cloth swatches and a glitter print.

Fee includes all materials.

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/block-print-basics-and-alternative-ways-to-use-them-tickets

Image credit:  Lori Ann Levy-Holm

Linoleum printmaking is a fast, easy and satisfying introduction to the world of printmaking. Starting with drawings that can be transferred onto the linoleum, learn to carve with easy-to-use, safe carving tools. Next, try inking techniques and explore ways to create variations in your prints such as adding collage elements. Come away with several prints from a day using a printing press. Instructor:  Lori Ann Levy-Holm

Fee includes some materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5348&sch=293198

Debra will discuss her progression as a printmaker and how it effects her work.

This 4-week class seeks to demystify etching by teaching a method that’s as simple as drawing: drypoint etching. No expensive metal plates, no acid baths! Just an etching needle, a plexiglass plate, and you. We will learn what intaglio is, the difference between traditional acid etching and drypoint, and how to ink and print an image. We will be using nontoxic etching ink, plexiglass/pvc plates, and light washi papers to learn the chine collé method of adding color.

March 19 – April 9, 2024

Register to attend: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/creative-classes-2023-24-printmaking-intro-etching

Printmakers Emily Moyer and Gregory Santos will show a start-to-finish demonstration of the stone lithography process. Free and open to the public. Attendees will also be able to get a sneak peek of the Impressed printmaking exhibit.

CVA's artmaking happy hour where we learn new techniques in community with other creatives. All levels welcome.

Tickets: CVA Members - $15, General Public - $20. www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

A complete list of events with registration links will be published on CVA’s website: www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

(APC) meetings are casual gatherings that focus on building a supportive network of artists and creators.

Gatherings follow a simple critique model that is driven by an "essential question" by each artist. The artist asks a question to the group to guide them in providing feedback that meets their creative needs. Questions may be as general or specific as each artist desires -- ranging from assistance with creating titles, logistics of installing work, editing statements, and suggesting materials -- to larger questions about concept, visual impact, or narrowing down all your many ideas for your next project.

The month gathering in March will have a special focus on printmaking processes, but all types of art are welcome.

Please bring:
-Artwork, sketches or creative projects
-Questions or problems that need solutions!
-Snack or beverage to share

Parking available in small lot between RDP and firehouse. Additional parking along 16th.

RSVP to faithwilliamsart@gmail.com or join the Facebook Group - "(APC) Artist Peer Critiques" https://www.facebook.com/groups/505241912831405/

This will be an opportunity for the public to learn about the formal process of Flores' art ideation, research and the fruition of Ephemera. This artist talk will elaborate on the aesthetics, conceptuality, symbolism, and biographical narrative approach of Javier Flores' body of work.

Join CVA for an artist talk and a “Fresh Off the Press” demo with Rick Griffith, whose work is on view at CVA in the 965 Project Gallery’s Two Ways exhibition. Griffith is a graphic designer and master letterpress printer. His work explores language, history, politics, science, music, and ethics. He is known as a passionate advocate for design.

As Design Director at MATTER, Rick works across all media for business, culture, and civic engagement with his partner and staff. MATTER’s “Fresh Off the Press” series offers the opportunity to see letterpress printing in action for anyone with an interest in printmaking. It’s open to students, designers, artists, professors, accountants, chefs… anyone who wants to come hang out and talk about printing.

Register to attend: https://www.msudenver.edu/cva/events/

Celebrate the month of Mo'Print with an interactive printmaking experience for all!
CherryArts' traveling Mobile Art Cart transforms any space into a printmaking studio. Come by Show Of Hands Gallery in Cherry Creek North, in their brand new location to try your hand at the art of screen-printing. This is a free hands-on art experience!

Printmaking instructor, Andrew Meyer and guest artist, Haley Takahashi will be demonstrating how to screen print Sugar Lift onto copper plates and properly etching and printing the imagery. We will be screen printing raster, vector, and hand-drawn imagery with Sugar Lift onto copper plates and etching and printing the plates. The demonstration will be held in the Printmaking Area at the University of Northern Colorado.

Please join us at the opening for a 30 min artist talk and Q&A explaining the various work and its connection to the theme: Changing Landscapes: Transformative Observations Through Printmaking.  

The Denver-metro and surrounding area has a growing community of printmakers and they want to show off their studios and artwork to you.  On both March 23 and March 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. you can meet them in their work environments to see where – and how, in some cases – their artwork is created.  It’s a fun way to get insights into how and what is created, plus you’ll get ideas from their workspace and how it’s set up. Some studios and artists will have their artwork on display, and who knows . . . you might find something you want to come home with. People will see finished art, works-in-process, home studios and professional print studios.

With Silk Aquatint, you can create an image on a plate which has a full range of tones from black to light. Participants will learn how to make the base plate, using polyester silk and acrylics, then continue with building up their images, working from DARK to LIGHT. On the second day, we will do various inkings of each plate, including multiple colors on one plate.

All materials included.

Register to attend: https://www.artgymdenver.com/programs/workshops/

Challenge level 1-2 (2 day workshop, Mar 23-24)
Shine a light on the process of Screen-printing! Learn the basics of transferring a design to a silkscreen and creating multiple prints. Class includes instruction on creating a design, coating, exposing and printing a screen, as well as helpful tips and tricks! No experience necessary!

Register to attend: https://co-lakewood.civicrec.com/CO/lakewood-co/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI0NTYxMDk=

Come join the monthly meeting of Zine Club and learn how to make your own zine! Experts will be on hand to teach you how to fold and staple your own publication, supplies provided. The Denver Zine Library will also be open 10am-5pm so you can browse our collection of over a thousand zines.

Please note the Denver Zine Library is located INSIDE the Bob Ragland Branch Library next to ALTO Gallery at the RiNo Art Park.

Join the artists from Ectoplasmas de los Fantasmas as they discuss printmaking, process, and artmaking as it pertains to social commentary and creating community.

Los Fantasmas Artist Collective was developed in the late 1990s as a response to the local art scene that in their view treated BIPOC artists as “fantasmas” (ghosts) or “the unseen”. Now consisting of six Indigenous, Chicano, and Raza identifying artists, Los Fantasmas is dedicated to their communities to broaden the scope of venues available to BIPOC artists throughout the Denver and greater Colorado area.

Students will make a multicolor print using a Styrofoam plate. They will make a simple drawing pressing a pencil line into the Styrofoam, then print their image on multiple color papers. Adding more lines to the Styrofoam and printing a different color on the already printed paper yields multicolor effects. This a fun, easy introduction to surface printing. Water soluble block printing inks will be used for easy clean up.

A 1-day workshop introducing encaustic materials, tools, safety, and techniques for developing encaustic monotypes and mixed media works
The workshop will cover:
• safety
• basics of materials and substrates
• discussion of how monotypes can be used as starting points for encaustic paintings, mixed media works or collages.
• tools, techniques and approaches
• additive and subtractive ways of working
• exploration of translucency & layers of color
• different ways to incorporate other mediums and collage into encaustic works

Register to attend: https://reg135.imperisoft.com/asld/ProgramDetail/3331303936/Registration.aspx

What is the best part about producing so many multiples of our prints? Trading!!! Want to share your work with other Denver area printmakers? What to build your collection of original prints? Join us at our first ever Mo’Print “Artist Print Swap” gathering.

Policies:
- Prints must be original, using hand-made printmaking methods. Mixed-media or manipulated work that includes some element of printmaking allowed. (No digital copies or giclee prints).
- All works must be framed, mounted or professionally presented and ready to install. Work may be refused if unable to install or display safely. NO SAWTOOTH HANGERS or command strips.  
- Limit of 3 pieces per artist. Maximum size of 18”x24”
- Larger works or installations may be accessed at a higher rate.
- All artwork sold during the show will have a 30% gallery commission.
- No bin prints or work in plastic-sleeves.
- No mailed-in entries will be accepted.

RSVP to edgeprintswap@gmail.com

Image credit: Hung Liu, "Crossing the River: Chasing," color lithograph, 2003. Photo CU Art Museum © Hung Liu.

Join Dr. Hope Saska, acting director and chief curator of the University of Colorado Art Museum, to learn about the history and processes behind Shark's Ink, a fine art lithography press directed by Bud Shark in Lyons, Colorado. Over its 46-year history, Shark's Ink has foregrounded collaborative printmaking, working with more than 100 artists from all over the world.

$12, $10 Denver Botanic Gardens member

ONSITE https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?sch=293010
ONLINE https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/DateSelection.aspx?item=5323

Printmakers Max Roath and Gregory Santos will show a start-to-finish demonstration of the stone lithography process. Free and open to the public.

Artist will have an open discussion about glimpses of reality as well as his printing process.

Image credit: Theresa Haberkorn

Use repurposed grocery packaging to create art! The humble, shelf-stable Tetra Pak® carton holding chicken broth or soy milk on the grocery shelves can be transformed into surprisingly versatile printmaking plates. By cutting or carving them, you are only limited by your imagination in this one-day nontraditional printmaking class inspired by a low-tech, accessible material. Instructor: Theresa Haberkorn

Fee includes some materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5350&sch=293209

In conjunction with their group exhibition, "Home Away From Home", Claudia Borfiga, Virginia Diaz Saiki, and Lucy Holtsnider will demonstrate each of their practices.

Don't miss the opportunity to meet the artists, chat with them about their work, and get a peek into their printmaking processes. Drop in any time between 12-2pm on Saturday, March 30th.

Free and open to the public. Advance registration not required.

More information about the exhibition and the demonstration can be found here: www.bell-projects.com/exhibitions/home-away-from-home

Participating printmakers will talk about the pieces they have on display and answer questions.

Help celebrate the launch of Prism Arts Workshop, a new art learning center located at Prism Workspaces! Join us for an encaustic monotype demonstration by Denver artists Kelly Austin-Rolo and Michele Messenger. Encaustic is paint composed of beeswax, resin, and pigment. In Encaustic Monotype Printmaking a print can be created directly on a heated plate and then pulled; no press is used.

This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to contemporary and experimental monotype and monoprinting processes with found organic materials. Workshop participants will be provided with 2 sheets of printmaking paper and access to specialized Akua inks for non-toxic monoprinting.

Limit of 15 participants.

Contact Associate Professor, Johnny Plastini for registration information: Johnny.plastini@colostate.edu

Denver Small Press Fest is a celebration of all things print—zines, books, prints, and posters incorporating art, music, literature, poetry and DIY projects—and the amazing artists that make them. We have a local Denver focus but invite creators from anywhere to participate in our celebration. The third iteration of Denver Small Press Fest will convene approximately 70 vendors on Saturday March 30th, from 11-5, amidst the stunning murals within the Globeville Center on 44th and Grant, in the North Denver neighborhood of Globeville.

One day only event!

Using plexiglass, participants will learn different methods of printing monotypes, a form of printmaking that creates delightfully surprising results every time you pull a print! Some approaches covered will include working subtractively, using cut paper stencils/found objects, and direct tracing. We will print both with a press and by hand to show the versatility of this medium. All supplies will be provided, and participants can expect to leave with 6-10 unique prints. Open to all levels of experience in printmaking, but recommended ages 16 and older. Bringing a sketch or two is recommended (we will be working with 5x7 plexiglass plates). Maximum 15 participants.

Register to attend: https://sites.google.com/view/monotype-workshop-with-andi/home

Participants will learn a variety of ways to fold books without using glue or sewing. These book structures can hold prints, drawings, notes or photos which can be switched out. Structures include the accordion fold, pocket accordion, blizzard book and single-page booklet.

Register to attend: https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/printmaking-art-classes/

What if I told you that a common packaging material you may already obtain on your grocery run makes for one of the most versatile printmaking substrates of all time?! Though the Tetra Pak's controversial design will place most in landfills after a single use storing liquids like broth and milk, the container itself has become coveted by eco-centric artists worldwide because its lining contains a unique layering of materials that make an exquisite composite to render for printed artwork. Tetra Pak prints embody the characteristics of several printmaking mediums in one. They offer a rich quality of line, deep solid values, and an incredible amount of room for play.

Please join me in this one-day workshop as I share various techniques I’ve established in my own practice, then tap into your own sensibilities with the chance to try your own hand at unlocking the treasure of this glorious reclaimed trash!

All materials included.

Register to attend: https://www.artgymdenver.com/programs/workshops/

Image credit: Victoria Eubanks

Printmaking is the art of transferring an image from one surface onto another surface. Explore the transfer process in very loose and experimental ways using simple tools and techniques that yield surprising results in this two-session workshop. Explore monotypes, collagraphs, gelatin prints, stencils, stamps, and even incorporate found objects to create your own prints. Instructor: Victoria Eubanks

All materials included.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5352&sch=293214

Explore and learn how to create tonal prints using an etching press. Using an etching press and printing plates, participants will create 2-4 original prints on 100% rag paper. To focus on learning the process, participants will use primarily white and black ink. Designs will be participant led, and students are encouraged to be creative and experimental. Multiple processes will be explored and the workshop with be a day of fun, group experiential learning.

All supplies will be provided, and students will leave with 2-4 original prints. Workshop is open to all levels.

Rick Stoner received his BFA from Colorado State University and his Masters in Printmaking from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Rick has taught extensively, and has served on the art education faculty at Colorado State University, University of Denver and Front Range Community College.

Register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tonal-monoprints-with-rick-stoner-tickets

BIG INK is hosting a weekend of monumental woodblock printing at Arvada Center on April 6 & 7, 2024. BIG INK will transform the Arvada Center's atrium space into a print studio featuring The Big Tuna: a custom-designed giant mobile press. We invite the public to attend, witness the spectacle, and learn more about the printing process. Our events blend elements of a workshop and a demonstration. Participating is a fun way to expand your skill set, meet other artists, and engage with the community. Bring your next big idea to life while participating in a one-of-a-kind art making bonanza!

Sign up to participate by end of January.

Register to participate: https://www.bigink.org/workshops/arvada-center-for-the-arts/

Challenge level 1-2
Make your mark in this beginner printmaking class that will have you trying your hand at a variety of easy techniques! We’ll sample a variety of DIY methods, such oil pastel printing, eraser stamp making and other recycled material printmaking you can do at home. If you are curious about printmaking, but don’t know where to start, this fun-packed workshop will really make an impression! No experience necessary!

Register to attend: https://co-lakewood.civicrec.com/CO/lakewood-co/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI0NTYwMzU=

The Art Students League of Denver hosts the Art Students League Print Fair in association with the Mo’Print 2024, April 6, 2024. The event combines an exhibition of framed prints by ASLD faculty and members, a Pop-Up showing of prints by ASLD members in the upstairs gallery, and educational exhibits, demos and studio talks by ASLD faculty and artists. The events are free and open to the public, and prints will be for sale.

Demonstrations of various printmaking techniques by Art Students League printmakers will take place all day until 4 PM

Demonstrations of various printmaking techniques, including woodcut, etching and  solar plate, will be ongoing all day in association with the Art Students League Print Fair. Educational exhibits on printmaking techniques and collecting also on display. Free and open to the public on a drop-in basis.

Workshops with Master Printer Mark A. Lunning.

Please join me for a day of exploration in the making of monotypes. Each month will be a different monotype technique.

Instructor:  Mark Lunning

• Cost:  $100.00 (ink, plates and one sheet of 22”x30” paper provided) per workshop.

• Each workshop limited to five participants.

• Sign Up:  Please call, text or email Mark at 720-469-3040 or openpressltd@ecentral.com

• If you want:  Please bring an apron, sketchbook, extra paper, ink and or other relevant supply’s.

• I will have extra paper available for purchase.

Challenge level 1-2
Want to try a little pattern play? Make your mark, printing on fabric with a stamp you’ll design and carve yourself! We’ll practice carving soft linoleum to print our designs onto cotton fabric. The prints will repeat to create a beautiful pattern with one or two colors. You’ll learn what you need to make yards of fabric later for future sewing projects or wall hangings. No experience necessary!

Register to attend: https://co-lakewood.civicrec.com/CO/lakewood-co/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTI0NTYxMDg=

CLICK HERE for more details and the registration form if you're carving a block to be printed.

Workshops with Master Printer Mark A. Lunning.

Please join me for a day of exploration in the making of monotypes. Each month will be a different monotype technique.

Instructor:  Mark Lunning

• Cost:  $100.00 (ink, plates and one sheet of 22”x30” paper provided) per workshop.

• Each workshop limited to five participants.

• Sign Up:  Please call, text or email Mark at 720-469-3040 or openpressltd@ecentral.com

• If you want:  Please bring an apron, sketchbook, extra paper, ink and or other relevant supply’s.

• I will have extra paper available for purchase.

An informal gathering with curator and selected artists for a hands on viewing of the work in the exhibit.

Participants will learn to carve and print a linoleum block using a registration jig that enables the printer to achieve 2 or more colors from the same block.

Register to attend: https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/printmaking-art-classes/

Image credit: Victoria Eubanks

This low-tech printmaking process using a gelatin plate is fun, intuitive and immensely satisfying. Create your own prints inspired by the natural world using affordable, accessible materials. The creative possibilities are endless! Instructor: Victoria Eubanks

Fee includes all materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5358&sch=293580

Dive into a dynamic, interactive 2-hour workshop making paper prints from gelatin plates. This non-toxic form of printmaking utilizes color and texture to create one of a kind monoprints. We will make impressions of a variety of objects and explore composition development with the use of stencils and layering techniques. Gelli printing offers instant access to a form of playful self-expression and helps to develop free associative thinking in a fun and supportive environment

More information and registration: https://calendar.boulderlibrary.org/event/11563527

Printmaking is a process-based medium that typically revolves around the printing press, a piece of heavy machinery usually with limited access. Because of this challenge, printmakers discover their community at a university or college, a public arts center or a garage, eagerly sharing information and resources.  Uncommon Collective refers to the printmakers in this show who are spread throughout the state, yet are all part of the same family. The content that drives each artist’s work is unique, and the need for comradery within the medium is present for all.

This exhibition is in conjunction with the 2024 Month of Printmaking (Mo'Print), a bi-annual celebration of printmaking meant to educate and inspire, showcasing contemporary and traditional printmaking. Over the years the event has expanded to communities beyond the Denver area, including a broad range of artists. During Mo'Print, printmaking takes center stage at art galleries, art centers, and other venues across Colorado. The Kuehl Gallery &  A.R. Mitchell Museum are an integral part of bringing the celebration of printmaking to Southern Colorado.

Featuring Artists: Jennifer Ghormley  co-curator  (Denver), Johanna Mueller co-curator (Greeley), Theresa Haberkorn (Boulder), Victoria Eubanks    (Denver), Judy Gardner (Arvada), Katharine McGuinness (Denver), Melanie Yazzie (Erie), Carol Till (Wheat Ridge), Jean Gumpper (Colorado Springs), Mark Lunning (Denver), Joshua Butler (Grand Junction), Tony Holmquist (Durango), Amanda Palmer (Trinidad), Arna Miller (Trinidad), Rhiannon Alpers (Denver)

Printmaking Summit weekend May 2-4, 2024
Demonstrations, workshops, artists talks. 

Thursday May 2, 5:30-6:30 Artist Lecture: Johanna Mueller

Friday May 3, 5-8 Exhibit Opening at Mitchell Museum (there will be FREE hands-on printing activities and demonstrations).

Saturday May 4, 10-4.  Interactive printmaking demos and workshops:

10-12:30: Interactive printmaking demos FREE

1-3:30: workshops

https://armitchellmuseum.com/events/printmaking-summit

Johanna Mueller demo and workshop:

Introduction to relief printmaking class.

Learn the basics of block printing in this 2.5 hour class! Basic carving instruction with time to print your creation. Excellent for beginners! Wear clothes you don't mind getting inky and bring a small drawing or your phone/tablet for source material. Upper Mezzanine level at the AR Mitchell Museum.

$50 all materials included

Adult 16+ class. 

Judy Gardner demo and workshop:

Judy’s work combines multiple printmaking techniques, including solar plate intaglio and relief, linocut, stencil monotype, stamping and chin colé. She often incorporates laser etching and cutting in the creation of her plates, stencils and stamps. The workshop will cover various techniques for building interesting textures in stencil monotypes and a method of dry chin colé which enables the use of unsized papers which don’t handle soaking well. She will also be discussing her thoughts on the incorporation of technology in the creation of printmaking plates and tools while still retaining the feel of the artist's hand.

$50 all materials included.

Adult 16+ class. 

http://www.armitchellmuseum.com/       

In this class participants will work with a linocut process that involves cutting the block into separate pieces that then fit back together, allowing the printer to use two or more colors on the same pass through the press.

Register to attend: https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/printmaking-art-classes/

Image credit: Deb Rosenbaum

This form of printmaking is created by drawing with a sharp tool onto plexiglass and is one of the easiest, most accessible printmaking techniques. Create a small drypoint intaglio plate from sketches created in the gardens. Instruction includes a survey of the intaglio process, demonstrations of inking and wiping techniques as well as hand-coloring, collage and use of the etching press. Instructor: Deb Rosenbaum

Fee includes some materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5374&sch=294141

Workshops with Master Printer Mark A. Lunning.

Please join me for a day of exploration in the making of monotypes. Each month will be a different monotype technique.

Instructor:  Mark Lunning

• Cost:  $100.00 (ink, plates and one sheet of 22”x30” paper provided) per workshop.

• Each workshop limited to five participants.

• Sign Up:  Please call, text or email Mark at 720-469-3040 or openpressltd@ecentral.com

• If you want:  Please bring an apron, sketchbook, extra paper, ink and or other relevant supply’s.

• I will have extra paper available for purchase.

4-Day Workshop
6/17 8 am-4 pm
6/18 8 am-4 pm
6/19 8 am-4 pm
6/20 8 am-4 pm

A clay print is started by building a slab of clay in a wood frame and allowing the clay to become leather hard. Colored slips are applied and textures are embedded and carved into the surface of the clay. A substrate of polyester interfacing is placed over the design and hand pressure is applied. A thin layer of colored clays adhere to the substrate. The print is permanently bonded to the surface which becomes a multi-colored archival, monotype distinguished by its velvety surface and rich color!
There is nothing like it!

Register to attend: https://www.outsidethebox-studio.com/clay-monotype-course

Image credit: Javier Flores

Create your own multicolor woodcut print edition inspired by plants and their pollinators in this two-session workshop. Learn about this ancient technique and the meditative qualities of carving wood blocks while considering the overall aesthetics of the piece, including variation of line, pattern and shape. Instructor: Javier Flores

Second class: June 22, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Fee includes some materials.

Register to attend: https://catalog.botanicgardens.org/Selection.aspx?item=5386&sch=294343

Workshops with Master Printer Mark A. Lunning.

Please join me for a day of exploration in the making of monotypes. Each month will be a different monotype technique.

Instructor:  Mark Lunning

• Cost:  $100.00 (ink, plates and one sheet of 22”x30” paper provided) per workshop.

• Each workshop limited to five participants.

• Sign Up:  Please call, text or email Mark at 720-469-3040 or openpressltd@ecentral.com

• If you want:  Please bring an apron, sketchbook, extra paper, ink and or other relevant supply’s.

• I will have extra paper available for purchase.

Workshops with Master Printer Mark A. Lunning.

Please join me for a day of exploration in the making of monotypes. Each month will be a different monotype technique.

Instructor:  Mark Lunning

• Cost:  $100.00 (ink, plates and one sheet of 22”x30” paper provided) per workshop.

• Each workshop limited to five participants.

• Sign Up:  Please call, text or email Mark at 720-469-3040 or openpressltd@ecentral.com

• If you want:  Please bring an apron, sketchbook, extra paper, ink and or other relevant supply’s.

• I will have extra paper available for purchase.