SOLD OUT - THANK YOU! NEW TEACHERS’ PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP OCTOBER 21, 2008!

Hands-On Printmaking for the K-12 Classroom

Tuesday, October 21, 9am–2:30pm, $50

5 professional development hours!

This hands-on printmaking workshop will focus on two low-tech, inexpensive, non-toxic processes that can be successfully completed without the use of a press. Both techniques can be simplified for kindergarten students to enjoy, but can also be sophisticated enough to be used by professional artists.

The first technique uses ordinary chipboard as the substrate for making relief prints. A sketch is transferred onto chipboard and then cut into either "jigsaw" or overlapping pieces. Each piece is rolled up with water-based inks, registered together, then printed by hand. Where two colors overlap, a third color is created.

Transfer monotypes provide an immediate way to produce an image. A thin slab of ink is rolled out and a sheet of paper is placed face down on top of it. The back of the paper is rubbed and drawn on with different implements, and when it is finally peeled up, the ink has transferred from the slab to the front of the paper. This can be done in layers to create multi-colored prints.

This demonstration will include a Powerpoint presentation and discussion of prints created by K-12 students and art teachers. Also, actual examples of small prints will be handed out and passed around so that you can get a close-up look at the individual techniques.

All participants will receive handouts with instructions for the techniques involved and a list of vendors for the art materials.

Workshop Presenter: Eileen Foti teaches papermaking and printmaking as an Assistant Professor at Montclair State University. She was the Master Printer and Manager at The Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University for 15 years. She has received fellowships from the NJ State Council on the Arts and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. Her award-winning documentary, A Ripple in the Water was funded in part by the NJ Council for the Humanities and Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

Program Schedule:

8:30 – 9am Registration, coffee, tea, juice, bagels and muffins

9 – 10am Powerpoint presentation and discussion of prints created by K-12 students and art teachers.  Examples of prints will be handed out for a close-up look at the individual techniques.

10am – 12pm Demo and hands-on workshop in creating relief prints using chipboard as the substrate.

12 – 12:30pm Lunch

12:30 – 2:30pm Demo and hands-on workshop in creating transfer monotypes.

QUESTIONS? Call Saskia Schmidt, Director of Education and Community Programs at (609) 652-8848 Ext. 12 or e-mail education@noyesmuseum.org