Washington Printmakers Classes and Workshops

Classical Guitar Lessons with Roberto Alcaraz

Every Friday, Sep 27, 2024 to Dec 27, 2024

Learn to Play Private Classical Guitar and Read Music at the Same Time. * Choose the number of classes that suit you *

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Mixed Media for Young Adults by William Demaria

Oct 23, 2024 to Nov 20, 2024 - Adults

There are thousands of different art media and learning how to make art in new ways is a lot of fun. This 5-week class will provide students with the materials to explore drawing, painting, and printmaking and allow students to pursue their own interests in art.

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All In Your Pocket: Shooting with an IPhone with Noah Gocial - Adults 

October 26, 2024

This class focuses on how to take photos with your IPhone, from manipulating lighting to discussing angles and form. By the end, you should feel comfortable taking incredible photos with your IPhone.

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Instructed Open Studio with William Demaria - Weekly - 4 Sessions

Oct 30, 2024 to Nov 20, 2024 - Adults

Do you like drawing, painting, or printmaking? Are you looking to create art in a relaxed and supportive environment while expanding your knowledge of art? This studio will mix lectures about important topics like studio safety, archival storage and presentation, and artwork documentation with guided studio time. Students will be encouraged to try out new art media and develop their own artwork.

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Linocuts and Stamp-Making with Brian Kelley (Nov 17)

November 17, 2024

This workshop explores the basics of relief printmaking with linocuts.  We will be working with small-format linocuts that can be used as stamps with or without a print press. 

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Upgrading Ikea Frames with William Demaria -  Weekly – 3 Sessions

Nov 6, 2024 to Nov 20, 2024 - Adults

Framing on a budget and not looking to make a frame by hand from scratch? This class will show you how to turn a cheap frame from a box store like Ikea into something that is archival and can be presented in professional contexts.

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Holiday Frame Making Crash Course

Dec 4, 2024 to Dec 18, 2024 - Adults

Crash course in frame making just in time for the holidays! Art always makes the best presents for the holidays. In this workshop you will receive a high-quality solid hardwood frame handmade.

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Give the Gift of Art! Holiday Workshop

Dec 4, 2024 to Dec 18, 2024 - Adults

Nothing means more to someone special than a present filled with thought and love.

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Drawing 1: Fundamentals of Drawing and Composition

Jan 8, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024 - Young Adults

Want to develop your interest as an artist and looking for a place to start? Whether you want to make artwork that is realistic or abstract, all art shares the same fundamentals.

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Art Business Bootcamp

Jan 8, 2025 to Jan 29, 2025 - Adult

Selling art is a difficult task. Trying to figure out the logistics of running an art business while also figuring out how to sell your art is nearly impossible. Intended for artists at all levels, this class will cover aspects of art business that aren’t covered in art school like documentation, storage, framing, transport and shipping. 

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Drawing 2: Advanced Drawing

Jan 8, 2025 to Feb 26, 2025 - Young Adults

Meant as a continuation of Drawing 1, Students progress to more advanced stages of historical academic training. Students will be introduced to faster but more complicated styles of drawing and begin to study the human form.

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Monotype and Mixed Media with Bridget Murphy

Jan 21, 2025 to Mar 11, 2025 - 16 years Adults

Explore using various media (printmaking, collage, painting) to create your monotype artwork. In this class we will discuss the principles and elements of design, composition, and combining drawing, texture, and color to create a monotype of an image using line and plexiglass, collage, and oil painting. Students will learn to transfer an image to paper, add collage materials to enhance image, and paint into the image to create final one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork.

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Frame it Yourself! Works on Paper

Feb 5, 2025 to Feb 26, 2025

Budget frames cost $200-$300 and high-quality frames cost $400-$800. For any artist, framing is always a pervasive problem and sometimes a crippling cost. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge and the right tools and materials, it doesn’t have to be you can build the highest possible quality frame for approximately $80.

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Inspiration from Art History: Instructed Open Studio (Mar 5 to Mar 26)

Mar 5, 2025 to Mar 26, 2025

Art history can be a bottomless source of inspiration for artists but knowing where to look and knowing where to start can be intimidating. This hybrid studio/ lecture series will teach artists how to use art history to inspire their artwork 

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Print Clinic: Intaglio and Relief Editions (Mar 5 to Mar 26)

Mar 5, 2025 to Mar 26, 2025

A lot goes wrong while printing editions. While the top professional shops like to pretend that their work is always perfect, the reality is that the printers who work at those shops are really good at responding to problems in prints and fixing them.

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