Workshops
NEW!! THURSDAY & FRIDAY WORKSHOPS
Maintenance is Makeready with Paul Moxon - Vandercook #4
This workshop will focus on a Vandercook #4 Proof Press
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Time: 10am - 4pm MT | One Day
Location: Small Batch Studio and Press
Price: $200
Max Participants: 8
In this hands-on session, participants will learn all the points of maintenance, cleaning, and lubrication with the goal of repairing a Vandercook No. 4 (the assemblies are analogous to most Vandercook models)
SOLD OUT | Milk Carton Intaglio Printing with Julie Sola
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 10am - 4pm MT | One Day
Location: Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio | 315 N Bullard St, Silver City, NM 88061
Price: $150
Max Participants: 10
Milk carton printing! In this workshop, we will use food packaging, milk cartons, butter cartons, coconut cartons etc. to create our plates; engraving, cutting away and adding layers that will become our printing plate, we will experiment with creating interesting colorful backgrounds to print our plate onto. Julie will have a few linoleum blocks from her archive as well as type from Power and Light that we can use to incorporate into the work.
Julie printed this year’s Southwest Print Fiesta Poster!!
Earth Pigment Monoprints with Celine Gordon
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 10am - 4pm MT | One Day
Location: Power and Light Press | 601 N Bullard St F, Silver City, NM 88061
Price: $150
Max Participants: 12
In this hands-on workshop, we'll create watercolor monoprints using paints made from earth pigments. Earth pigments are natural colorants derived from rocks, minerals, and soil, offering a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to synthetic paints. By using materials directly sourced from our environment, we’ll create a unique palette that captures the essence of the landscapes around us.
We'll start by looking at different rocks, minerals, and natural materials from the area. We’ll grind them into fine dust with a mortar and pestle to make our own paints. Using these handmade paints, we'll create watercolor monoprints inspired by the landscapes where the materials were found. Monoprinting is a great printmaking technique for all skill levels. You can trace an existing drawing or photo, or paint your own design from scratch.
Maintenance is Makeready with Paul Moxon - Challenge 21MP
This workshop will focus on a Challenge 21MP Proof Press
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024
Time: 10am - 4pm MT | One Day
Location: Power and Light Press | 601 N Bullard St F, Silver City, NM 88061
Price: $200
Max Participants: 8
In this hands-on session, participants will learn all the points of maintenance, cleaning, and lubrication with the goal of repairing a Challenge 21MP (a knock-off of an SP series Vandercook)
SUNDAY & MONDAY | October 13th & 14th | Two Part Workshops
Experimental Bookbinding and Printing with Jenn Graves
Date: Sunday & Monday, October 13 & 14
Time: 10am - 4pm MT both days
Location: Power and Light Press | 601 N Bullard St F, Silver City, NM 88061
Price: $300 - materials included, participants will go home with gelli plate and brayer
Max Participants: 8
Join us for Day One of experimenting and creative play with monoprints! Learn the magic of creating beautiful one-of-a-kind, layered prints using inks, gelli plates, stencils, stamps, household items, and more. You might be surprised by some of the things we’ll use. And when you think all the fun is over, there's Day Two! This is where we’ll transform some of our monoprints into unique and beautiful books!
SOLD OUT | Pressure and Ink: Aluminum Plate Lithography Workshop with Juana Hernández
Date: Sunday & Monday, October 13th & 14th, 2024
Time: 10am - 4pm MT both days
Location: Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio | 315 N Bullard St, Silver City, NM 88061
Price: $300
Max Participants: 8
Lithography is a planographic printmaking process in which a drawing is rendered on a limestone or ball-grain aluminum plate with greasy drawing materials like lithography crayons, and touche. The surface is chemically treated to etch (affix) the image into the surface of the plate.
For this two-Day workshop we will be using Aluminum Ball-grain Plates as this material is lightweight, requires minimal storage, and easily accessible. This class will cover Material prep, Basic drawing Techniques, Registration, Etching, and Color Printing. Students will learn to do a one-layer lithography print in color.
Think about the image that you want to render, graphite drawings on paper and photographs are a great source of reference materials. Students will be able to create a lithography image as large as 11” x 15 “drawing.
Repeat Pattern Printing with Cassie McGettigan
Date: Sunday & Monday, October 13 & 14
Time: 10am - 4pm MT both days
Location: Power and Light Press | 601 N Bullard St F, Silver City, NM 88061
Price: $300
Max Participants: 10
A pattern can be a language, a puzzle, a labyrinth; it need not be a mystery. Come, let's crack the code! In this immersive workshop, we will learn how to engineer, register, and print 4-way repeating patterns on fabric.
On our first day together, participants will be introduced to the process of transforming an abstract mark into a bold all-over pattern or a carefully observed drawing into a climbing floral design. We’ll cover fundamental structures, such as straight repeats, half-drop repeats, and mirrored tiles, and various approaches to developing repeating units.
The following day, we will consider multiple methods for printing our designs, including the use of commonplace and recycled materials and how to carve custom linoleum blocks. Then we will learn to register and print our designs on fabric. Participants will make several experimental samplers and a short run of a finished design on a T-shirt or length of cotton fabric.
Partner Offerings
Photopolymer Gravure Workshop with Karen Hymer
Sunday, October 13th | 9 – 4 pm MT | Part One
Monday, October 14th | 9 – 3pm MT | Part Two
Light Art Space | 209 W Broadway St, Silver City, NM 88061
$350 plus tax, all material included
Yoga for Printmakers at the Lotus Center
Sunday, October 13th | 9am - 10am MT
It’s been a busy weekend.. time to nourish and revitalize yourself!
Join us at the Lotus Center for a well-curated movement practice designed to increase flexibility, strength, and embodied awareness. This class will offer creative and fluid sequencing with which you will experience your body in new and more subtle ways. Modifications will be offered in abundance throughout the class based on students' abilities. In this class we will weave intention, movement, sound, and breath to create a connected and grounded experience . . . a perfect tonic to support and inform your Print Fiesta weekend!
This class is FREE but registration is required. Space is limited, so register your spot now!
Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in and bring a water bottle. Mats will be provided.
This class is generously offered by the Lotus Center and will take place at their studio at 211 W Broadway, in downtown Silver City.
Guided Hike in the Gila Wilderness, led by Simon Sotelo
Sunday, October 13th | 8am - 12noon MT
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Gila (HEE-la) Wilderness, this hike, led by local artist and outdoor enthusiast Simon Sotelo, will introduce you to this magical protected area, right in our own backyard. This is considered an easy hike, open to all levels, but please note that we will be hiking on an incline on natural, unpaved trails.
Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitors Center (201 N Hudson St, Silver City, NM) at 8am sharp on Sunday, October 10 and caravan up to the trailhead in various vehicles, about a 10-mile drive. We will return to the Visitor’s Center around noon. Please bring water, snacks, sunscreen, good hiking shoes/boots, hiking poles if desired, layers for variable weather, and a sketchbook if you want!
This activity is FREE but registration is required. Space is limited, so register your spot now!
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