Two Approaches: Painting and Relief Printmaking in the Landscape

with Jasper Goodrich

Tuesday–Friday, June 18–21, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m

Tuition: $215

Four-day workshops do not include lunch. A four-day lunch plan is available for an additional $75. Please select this option when registering if you wish to join us for lunch each day at 1 p.m.

How can painting and printmaking influence each other? This class explores the connection between landscape painting and relief printmaking. In the first half of class, students will learn to paint en plein air. We will focus on oil painting, but all painting/drawing media are welcome. Taking influence from the paintings in terms of how space, light, and emotion are depicted, students will then explore relief printmaking using woodblocks, linoleum, and MDF, learning carving and printing techniques. In relief printmaking, artists must think graphically, with often defined positive and negative space. Each way of working will inform and expand your art practice! Students will be required to bring some of their own materials; a material list will be provided in advance.

Risography and Collage

with Madeleine Aguilar

Saturday–Sunday, August 3–4, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $215

This workshop includes lunch at 1 p.m. on Saturday and brunch at noon on Sunday.

Risography is a print process that can be described as "digital screen printing". It's an accessible form of duplication through which translucent inks combine to create a palette of vibrant and fluorescent colors. Come learn the fundamentals of Risography while working with hand-cut collage methods and drawing to generate imagery and produce a suite of editioned prints. We will learn to work improvisationally between analog and digital processes and experiment with color mixing. We will cover basic printmaking techniques such as layering and registration, while being open to the imperfect and serendipitous qualities of RISO. We will utilize the RISO scan bed to print & reproduce hand cut collages and drawings. Materials will be provided.

Madeleine Aguilar tells stories, builds archives, maps spaces, constructs furniture, records histories, organizes data, catalogs objects, prints publications, creates frameworks, collects imagery, acquires trades, ties knots, re-purposes materials, imitates structures, utilizes chance, plays instruments, follows intuition, prompts participation, guides observation, leaves evidence, develops routines, takes walks, breaks habits, and makes lists. Using the archive as form, she acknowledges the passing of time by cataloging lived spaces, collected objects, familial histories, personal relationships, natural phenomena, mundane routines, and ephemeral moments. She runs bench press, a collaborative Risograph press based in Chicago, and is currently Print & New Media Studio Manager at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency.