For both beginners and experienced printmakers, this course will focus on traditional methods of working copper plates. Intaglio techniques include a number of rich and varied processes. The class will cover etching, drypoint, aquatint, use of soft and hard grounds, and the combination of techniques on a single plate. Printing techniques will be demonstrated, including color printing, and the registration of multiple plates. Limited to ten students.

Frederick Mershimer focuses the class on the traditional methods and steers artists to the processes that fit their visual sensibilities. His mezzotint prints are in the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, and many others.

Traditional techniques of etching, drypoint, aquatint, and the use of soft and hard grounds will be demonstrated in this class, as well as contemporary methods of
non-toxic photo etching, viscosity, toner, and Xerox transfer.When time permits, more in-depth plate work will allow the combination of techniques on a single plate, as well as multiple color printing,and non-toxic photo techniques. Limited to ten students.


Vijay Kumar covers the traditional as well as contemporary methods of non-toxic photo etching, viscosity, toner and Xerox transfer. His work is included in the collections of the New York Public Library, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Solarplate etching, or polymer gravure as it is also called, is a wonderfully versatile and safe non-toxic medium that produces results akin to the finest etchings. Polymer plates are a nylon photosensitive plate material that can be exposed to a variety of transparent film media -- from hand- drawn mylars, which allow a wide range of drawing marks and textures, to photographic transparencies (traditional darkroom, digital, or photocopy transparency), or combinations of both. After exposure the plates are then developed, etched in water, cured, and printed on an etching press. They are often called solarplate because they can be exposed to the sun and then washed out in a kitchen sink at home.. Limited to eight students.

Randy Hemminghaus focuses the class on the traditional methods and steers artists to the processes that fit their visual sensibilities. His mezzotint prints are in the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, and many others.

The freedom of collagraph relief printmaking gives many creative possibilities. If it can be inked, it can be printed. Found objects from nature, like dried fruit, flattened street trash or computer circuit panels can combine with painterly marks from glues and gesso to create a collage plate. These plates are versatile and can be printed as a gauffrage (uninked embossing), hand-colored as a wood block, or printed as a viscosity. Bring materials that are interesting to the first class. No previous printmaking experience is necessary. Limited to eight students.

Robin Dintiman works in sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and
collage. Her work has been exhibited in venues throughout the country, and is included in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Art Museum, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, the Little Rock Art Museum, Arkansas, and the Chrysler Museum..

This workshop introduces students to the technique of gelatin plate monotype printing. This fun, easy method of printmaking does not require a press. Using water-based media on a matrix of gelatin, one can produce prints that resemble those made by several traditional printmaking techniques. Workshop participants will be introduced to some of the many methods of printing from gelatin plates, including working with stencils, direct painting, working with textured and natural materials, multiple-stage printing, and more. Students will also explore offsetting to the gelatin from an existing relief or intaglio plate, printing on fabric and canvas, and ways of incorporating monotypes into mixed-media works. Limited to five students

Lisa Zukowski is a painter, printmaker, and mixed-media artist. She conducts an annual art workshop in Tuscany, Italy. Zukowski is the recipient of several awards including Orange County Art Federation Artist of the Year in 2006. Her works have been shown in the U.S. and in Italy, and are in a number of private collections.

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