Guest Artist: Ethan Brown No matter what kind of art you make, drawing is an important skill worthy of study, and rewarding in its own right. Ethan Brown will take us back to the basics for a night of casual observational drawing that will help you deepen your engagement with your familiar environment by intentionally... Read more »
Guest Artist: Margot Harrington What do our emotions look like, as they live inside our bodies? How can the techniques of abstract art help us express and explore our internal world? What would a portrait of ourselves, our city, or our community look like if we rendered it entirely in shapes, colors, and gestural mark... Read more »
Our Annual Member Meeting brings together our community of members to provide feedback and guidance for our organization while being able to meet and learn from each other. This is also when our members meet the nominations for our Board of Directors, both new nominees and those up for re-election. Our board is a committee of generous supporters who... Read more »
Guest Artist: Brad Rohloff Seeds, Blooming, Renewal Growth and Overgrowth, Wilderness and Compost Cycles of life, Cycles of care taking These are some of the themes we’ll explore with artist, illustrator, and publisher Brad Rohloff in this collaborative comics workshop. We'll do freehanded drawing challenges based on natural flora, and use mad libs and Exquisite... Read more »
Guest Artist: Alex Nall "Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are." - Jim Henson Summer is almost over and that means school will soon be back in session, albeit in a very different and much more challenging way than usual. Whether students are in the classroom or learning... Read more »
Guest Artist: Alex Kostiw Have you always wanted to try your hand at comics? Are you an experienced comic artist, looking to geek out with a group of fellow enthusiasts? Maybe you are a visual artist looking for a break from your other practice, or a writer who wants to see what pictures can bring... Read more »
Open House Covid-19 Safety Protocol Visitors do not need to make an appointment. However, to allow social distancing, exhibition viewing will begin in the Annex and continue clockwise through the Printshop. Staff will greet visitors and help ensure everyone can enjoy the artwork while remaining 6'+ from other guests. Please arrive in groups of 3... Read more »
Guest Artist: Lya Finston Watch your pictures jump off the page and onto the screen in this fun, entry-level animation workshop! During this session, we'll take inspiration from our domestic surroundings, breathing life into the inanimate and the mundane in order to realize fantastical scenes taking place in the home under quarantine. Love drawing? Sketch... Read more »
Join us for this virtual event with artists Celeste De Luna (2019 Resident Artist) and Alexandra Antoine (2020 Ten x Ten), whose prints are up now in our current exhibition With Renewed Urgency. Celeste and Alexandra will each give a short talk about their practice, followed by a conversation with each other, the audience, and... Read more »
Guest Artist: Lucia Calderon Arrieta What does it mean to draw into the page? If you could turn a picture plane filled with holes and circles into a world of portals, where might they lead you? Lucia Calderon Arrieta will show us how to use line, shape, and value to create interconnected forms that are... Read more »
Guest Artist: Ashley Houghton Artist, printmaker, and athlete Ashley Houghton uses collage throughout her own practice, altering the “official” records she finds in mass media and popular photography to change the narrative about culture and values, particularly about women in sports. We will use found materials and new drawings to change the context and content... Read more »
Guest Artist: Erin Hayden Artist and poet Erin Hayden will help us tap into our unconscious by exploiting the randomness of technology to create unplanned—and unplannable—works of art. We’ll start with collaborative and often hilarious writing exercises, as well as automatic writing and the auto-fill feature, to inspire, generating content, and guide our digital collage... Read more »
