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For both beginners and experienced printmakers, this 3-day intensive class will introduce soft ground etching on copper plates. The process enables artists to imprint cloth, fingerprints and other textured objects into the ground and etch these impressions into their plates. Students can also simply draw into the ground with materials such as pencils or pastels in order to create etchings that reflect those qualities. Students with previous etching experience will be able to combine this process with other etching techniques, but no previous printmaking experience is required.

Noah Breuer received a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design, an MFA from Columbia University and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Japanese woodblock printmaking and papermaking from Kyoto Seika University in Kyoto, Japan. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions nationally and internationally in China and Japan. Noah works as an Adjunct Professor in the printmaking department at New York University and as a freelance master printer.

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Water-based screenprint is an incredibly versatile medium. This workshop will introduce a variety of techniques to produce editioned as well as unique pieces. From painterly monoprint to photoemulsion stencil processes, this course will address the wide variety of effects that can be achieved with screenprinting.

Workshop description:

This intensive workshop focuses on using methods of traditional printmaking with a variety of graphic strategies in the creation of visually rich and complex mixed media monoprints. Beginning with textural collagraph plates and manipulating color through the layering of diverse painterly techniques, participants will develop a series of monoprints. The image making process will be explored through Pronto Litho plates along with handmade rubber stamps, image transfers, drypoint, and chine colle’ elements. Through the incorporation of a lexicon visual images, multiple processes, and complexity of mark making, the objective will the creation of hybrid prints.

Catherine Bebout earned her MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in Printmaking and Sculpture. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Design and the Director of Printmaking at Montclair State University since 1996. In 2008, she received a Fellowship Grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She has also received grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation for the Arts, as well as research grants in printmaking from the Canadian and Belgium governments. Catherine's work is exhibited nationally and internationally, and is included in numerous public collections such as the New York Public Library, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and The Musee d'Beaux Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.

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A good portfolio speaks for itself. To help you and your work stand out, Yasuyo Tanaka will teach you how to create a unique portfolio book. In addition to learning the craft of simple book structures and book binding techniques, you will create an original cover from your own decorative paper. Yasuyo will demonstrate ancient methods of making decorative paper, such as a Japanese marbling, dye techniques, and paste pape, and show you examples of various ways to make portfolio. You will explore possibilities of combining your own decorative paper with printmaking, drawing, and other media to create portfolio covers. Demonstrations will give you tips and hints to improve your hand skill. Bring your original art works, even ones you have discarded, to discuss direction or concept for your unique portfolio book.

Yasuyo Tanaka studied fashion design, filmmaking and photography in Tokyo, and printmaking at the Art Students League of New York. She is involved in bookbinding and papermaking. Yasuyo has worked as a book conservation technician at the libraries of New York Botanical Gardens, Union Theological Seminary, and with independent artists. She has taught workshops, given lectures, and exhibited her work at Vilnius Graphic Arts Center in Lithuania, Poznan Academy of Fine Arts in Poland, Tochigi Prefectural Museum in Japan, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and the National Academy School of Fine Arts, among other institutions.