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The Summer Art Institute (SAI) at Women’s Studio Workshop is a time for you to focus on your work, become energized and inspired, learn new skills, and meet a new community of like-minded artists. During our week-long workshops in papermaking, printmaking, and book arts, you’ll study at the heart of the Hudson Valley with instructors that are leaders in their field. Small class sizes offer you an opportunity to hone your abilities and have a transformative art experience.

Read more about SAI on our general information page, and check out this year’s list of classes below.

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August 2022

From Idea to Edition: Printed Artists’ Books

August 1, 2022 - August 5, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

From Idea to Edition: Printed Artists’ Books - Katie Garth Dates: August 1 - 5, 2022 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 Click Here for Materials List This comprehensive workshop will cover screenprinting and several bookbinding approaches as participants work intentionally to concept, plan, and create a small edition of printed books. The workshop will begin with generative exercises and focused demonstrations, allowing participants to select from a variety of methods and materials to…

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Natural Colorants for Book and Paper Arts

August 1, 2022 - August 5, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Natural Colorants for Book and Paper Arts - Natalie Stopka Dates: August 1 - 5, 2022 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $90 Class limit: 8 Click Here for Materials List Working with natural colorants is a wonderful way to creatively engage with the ecologies around us. In this five-day course students are introduced to beautiful, sustainable colors for dye, ink and watercolor. We’ll look into the historical and material sympathy between natural colorants and traditional bookbinding fibers:…

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Telling Stories Through Papermaking

August 8, 2022 - August 12, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Telling Stories Through Papermaking - Maria Amalia Dates: August 8 - 12, 2022 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 Click Here for Materials List Craft processes and materials contribute in powerful and meaningful ways to the content of artworks. This exploratory workshop will invite participants to think about the history and narratives embedded in the materials used in their artwork. Participants will reflect on memories of personal lived experiences as they fully immerse themselves…

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Handmade Books with Printed and Dyed Paper

August 8, 2022 - August 12, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Handmade Books with Printed and Dyed Paper - J. Leigh Garcia Dates: August 8 - 12, 2022 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $125 Class limit: 8 Click Here for Materials List Have you ever wanted to make handmade books with your own images printed on the covers? Now is your chance! In this week-long workshop, we will dye paper, relief print on it, and transform it into handmade books. No experience is necessary as we will start…

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Over the Rainbow: Intro to Pressure Printing

August 8, 2022 - August 12, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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Over the Rainbow: Intro to Pressure Printing - Kathleen O’Connell Dates: August 8 - 12, 2022 Studio: Intaglio and Letterpress Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 Click Here for Materials List In this workshop, we will learn about pressure printing, and experiment to create stunning, one-of-a-kind and editioned prints by playing with layered colors, multi-directional stencils, ghost prints, and split-fountain rolls. Demonstrations will include pressure printing using hand-cut paper, textiles and more, color theory, multi-color printing,…

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Painting with Pulp: Beyond Papermaking – Candy Alexandra González

August 15, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Painting with Pulp: Beyond Papermaking - Candy Alexandra González Dates: August 15 - 19, 2022 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 Registration for this workshop is full. If you would like to be put on the waitlist, please email [email protected] or call our office at 845-658-9133. Click Here for Materials List During this workshop, participants will learn to transform freshly formed sheets of handmade paper into finished masterpieces with pulp paints. Participants will walk…

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Slow Looking: The Printed Multiple in the Public’s Eye

August 15, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Slow Looking: The Printed Multiple in the Public’s Eye - Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo Dates: August 15 - 19, 2022 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale, $300-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 Click Here for Materials List Slow Looking invites participants to create printed work inspired by and based in the spaces, people and communities that surround their lives. Through storytelling, daily site rituals, public art, and installation, we will be asking questions such as: What does it mean to make work in…

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Collagraph Combo

August 15, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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Collagraph Combo - Sue Oehme Dates: August 15-19, 2022 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale $300 - $1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 Click Here For Materials List In this weeklong workshop, participants will spend the first 2 days creating various collograph matrices including silk aquatint, paper collograph, carborundum aquatint and drypoint, with demos and guidance from the instructor. We will work with either 8 x 12 or 12 x 12 sizes to keep registration simple. These finished plates will…

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Oral Histories and Alternative Fibers: Experimental Papermaking – Kelly Taylor Mitchell

August 22, 2022 - August 26, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Oral Histories and Alternative Fibers: Experimental Papermaking - Kelly Taylor Mitchell Dates: August 22 - 26, 2022 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale $300 - $1200 Lab fee: $90 Class limit: 8 Click Here For Materials List This experimental papermaking workshop will center oral histories that the participating artists are carrying, seeking, or working to decipher. These oral histories may be tied to family, place, or relationships. Through sketching and writing, these narratives will be abstracted and communicated with alternative and…

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The Book Art Dummy

August 22, 2022 - August 26, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

The Book Art Dummy - Alisa Banks Dates: August 22 - 26, 2022 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale $300 - $1200 Lab fee: $90 Class limit: 8 Click Here For Materials List This workshop will focus on the development of original content to create a dummy for a book arts project. A dummy is a mockup or model of a book and is created when a significant portion of the project has been resolved. The dummy functions as a general…

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Inky Explorations with Letterpress Printing

August 22, 2022 - August 26, 2022
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$300 – $1200

Inky Explorations with Letterpress Printing - Stephanie Carpenter Dates: August 22 - 26, 2022 Studio: Letterpress Tuition: Sliding Scale $300 - $1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8   Click Here For Materials List In this workshop we will explore letterpress printing and a variety of experimental inking techniques that will help you create stunning, one-of-a-kind prints with depth and dimension. Working with both traditional and contemporary approaches to creating relief prints, participants will use a variety of materials such…

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June 2023

AT WATER’S EDGE: Printmaking Workshop at Rua Reidh Lighthouse, Scotland

June 14, 2023 - June 22, 2023
Rua Reidh lighthouse, IV21 2EA
Melvaig, Gairloch United Kingdom
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$3200 – $4000

This workshop is currently full. Please call 845-658-9133 or email [email protected] to be placed on the waitlist. Join WSW for an unforgettable art experience at Rua Reidh Lighthouse, at one of the most dramatic and remote locations on the north-west coast of Scotland. This printmaking workshop will be held from June 14 – 22nd, 2023,  eight of the longest days of the year, when the light at the lighthouse doesn’t set until after 11 pm. About the Workshop In this…

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July 2023

Seamless Textile Printing: Designing and Printing Patterned Fabric with Amy Cousins

July 10, 2023 - July 14, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Seamless Textile Printing: Designing and Printing Patterned Fabric - Amy Cousins Dates: July 10 - 14, 2023 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale $350 - $1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 For student material list click here. This course will guide you through designing and screen printing a patterned textile. Participants will learn how to design a repeat pattern by hand and translate it into screen printed yardage. Each participant will begin with their own visual interests, whether they be…

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Painting Prints with Kat Richards

July 10, 2023 - July 14, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Painting Prints - Kat Richards Dates: July 10 - 14, 2023 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale $350 - $1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 For student material list click here. This class is currently full. If you'd like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. In this five-day workshop, participants will combine painterly and alternative techniques while briefly delving into the history of monoprints. This course is ideal for artists of all skill levels…

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Re-paper: Breathing New Life into Discarded Paper with Mikayla Patton

July 10, 2023 - July 14, 2023
$350 – $1200

Re-paper: Breathing New Life into Discarded Paper with Mikayla Patton Dates: July 10 - 14, 2023 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 For student material list click here. Through recycling and repurposing, we will utilize papermaking as a way to rethink and revive “waste”. Let’s explore the power of handmade paper! Participants will learn a wide range of handmade paper techniques from processing recycled materials into pulp, sheet formation, and image production like embossment,…

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Unknown Legends: White-line Woodcut and the Hidden History of the Provincetown Printers with Breanne Trammell

July 17, 2023 - July 21, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Unknown Legends: White-line Woodcut and the Hidden History of the Provincetown Printers - Breanne Trammell Dates: July 17 - 21, 2023 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale $350 - $1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 Together, we will engage with the hidden history and processes of the Provincetown Printers, specifically the under-known group of women at the vanguard of the white-line woodblock print. The white-line process is portable, affordable, and suitable for any skill level! We will inscribe woodblocks with…

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Ground Up: Using Natural Pigments and “Found Color” in Pulp Painting with Hannah O’Hare Bennett

July 17, 2023 - July 21, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Ground Up: Using Natural Pigments and “Found Color” in Pulp Painting - Hannah O’Hare Bennett Dates: July 17 - 21, 2023 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale $350 - $1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you'd like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. This class is centered around building a palette of colored paper pulp which will be used in learning the reverse pulp painting technique. Colors will…

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Material as Metaphor: Book Objects with Aurora De Armendi Sobrino

July 17, 2023 - July 21, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Material as Metaphor: Book Objects - Aurora De Armendi Sobrino Dates: July 17 - 21, 2023 Studio: Bindery and Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. Explore the timeless medium of bookmaking with the inclusion of painterly and graphic silkscreen images. Students will learn adaptable book-structures as well as silkscreen techniques. Participants are encouraged to bring a work…

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Gel Plate Printing with Holly Hughes

July 24, 2023 - July 28, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Gel Plate Printing - Holly Hughes Dates: July 24 - 28, 2023 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. Gel plate printing is a super user friendly, kitchen table compatible printmaking technique with no need for a press. Fun, open to experimentation, great for travel, and very painterly - this is a method where artists…

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Papermaking: Images in Pulp with J. Leigh Garcia

July 24, 2023 - July 28, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Papermaking: Images in Pulp - J. Leigh Garcia Dates:  July 24 - 28, 2023 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale $350 - $1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 Use stencils, spray bottles, squeeze bottles and more to create images with pulp! We’ll begin by learning the basics of European-style papermaking using abaca and flax fibers. These sheets will then be transformed with the addition of stenciled, painted, and collaged cotton linter pulp. The possibilities are endless when you combine these…

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Miniature Books and Tiny Libraries: Small Scale Bookbinding and Other Paper Based Miniatures with Imin Yeh

July 24, 2023 - July 28, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Miniature Books and Tiny Libraries: Small Scale Bookbinding and Other Paper Based Miniatures - Imin Yeh Dates: July 24 - 28, 2023 Studio: Silkscreen and Bindery Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This workshop will cover traditional bookbinding and book structures but on a tiny scale. Students will learn multiple book-binding techniques, utilize one color printing (screenprinting, digital, and/or xerox) in addition to hand drawn content to create an original miniature artist book. Our artist books…

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Dots for Days: Screenprinting for Photographers with Meg Turner

July 31, 2023 - August 4, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Dots for Days: Screenprinting for Photographers - Meg Turner Dates: July 31 - August 4, 2023 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. A crash course in large format silkscreen printing for photographers. Learn the magic of 4 color separation to create full color hand-printed photographs in the same CMYK halftone dot method that magazines are printed.…

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Handmade Paper and Encaustic with Laura Moriarty

July 31, 2023 - August 4, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$775 – $825

Handmade Paper and Encaustic – Laura Moriarty Dates: July 31 - August 4, 2023 Studio: Papermaking and R&F Tuition: Members $775, Nonmembers $825 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 7 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. Join WSW in collaboration with R&F Handmade Paints in Kingston as we explore combining handmade paper and encaustic. During the first two and a half days, participants will work in WSW’s…

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August 2023

Collagraph & Embossment/Debossment with Rie Hasegawa

August 7, 2023 - August 11, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Collagraph & Embossment/Debossment – Rie Hasegawa Dates: August 7 - 11, 2023 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. Collagraph is a basic method of printmaking using collage materials such as fabric, strings and gesso to create a plate without the use of acid or any solvents and print from a variety of textures. It could be…

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Paper, Thread, Movement with Bhavna Mehta

August 7, 2023 - August 11, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Paper, Thread, Movement – Bhavna Mehta Dates: August 7 - 11, 2023 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $90 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. This workshop combines handmade paper and cotton thread in a unique process. Inspired by rhythm and abstraction, we will use various mark-making and pattern-making techniques to prepare textures and images with colored cotton thread on Solvy.…

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Seamless Textile Printing: Designing and Printing Patterned Fabric Sec. 2 with Amy Cousins

August 7, 2023 - August 11, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Seamless Textile Printing: Designing and Printing Patterned Fabric Sec. 2 - Amy Cousins Dates: August 7 - 11, 2023 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale $350 - $1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 This course will guide you through designing and screen printing a patterned textile. Participants will learn how to design a repeat pattern by hand and translate it into screen printed yardage. Each participant will begin with their own visual interests, whether they be abstract, narrative, botanical, etc,…

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Books that Move: Volvelles, Die Cuts, and Fold Out with Hannah Moog

August 14, 2023 - August 18, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Books that Move: Volvelles, Die Cuts, and Fold Out - Hannah Moog Dates: August 14 - 18, 2023 Studio: Silkscreen Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $90 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. In this workshop students will explore how interactive elements can be used to hide, reveal, and transform images to aid a narrative. The class will investigate how these interactive elements…

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Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board: Techniques in Paper Casting with Sarah Rose (SR) Lejeune

August 14, 2023 - August 18, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board: Techniques in Paper Casting - Sarah Rose (SR) Lejeune Dates: August 14 - 18, 2023 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. Using experimental casting processes rooted in fiber properties and hand papermaking techniques, students will learn to record dimension, texture, and surface with paper pulp. Beginning with technical…

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Pressing Stories: Folding Prints as Narratives with Andrea Narno

August 14, 2023 - August 18, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Pressing Stories: Folding Prints as Narratives - Andrea Narno Dates: August 14 - 18, 2023 Studio: Relief Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 8 During this workshop, we will explore how printmaking can serve as our visual language to narrate stories and express ourselves. We will pair relief printing with the long standing tradition of do-it-yourself zine making. After looking at a large variety of examples and brainstorming together, each student will design and carve a linocut…

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Riso Power: A Socially Engaged Introduction to Risograph Printing with Mary Tremonte

August 21, 2023 - August 25, 2023
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
Kingston, 12401 United States
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$350 – $1200

Riso Power: A Socially Engaged Introduction to Risograph Printing - Mary Tremonte Dates: August 21 - 25, 2023 Tuition: Sliding Scale, $350-$1200 Lab fee: $75 Class limit: 10 This class is currently full. If you’d like to be added to our waitlist please email [email protected] or call 845-658-9133. What is riso? How can we use this tool to agitate, educate, and organize? Learn all about the risograph and how you can harness this stencil duplicator’s power for artist publications, posters, prints, and…

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