March 15| Screenprinting: T-shirts & Totebags (1 day)

Convert your own drawing or design to a collection of hand-printed wearable items in this energetic and informative one-day workshop. Printing an assortment of t-shirts or tote bags is practical, fun and incredibly gratifying.

Students should come to the workshops with a bold black and white drawing, a high-contrast photo, or a digital design. While Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop files are great, students can also bring a Microsoft Word file or a high-contrast photocopy. After students refine the artwork (as needed) to be “print-ready”, students will expose their image onto a pre-coated photographic screen and mix their own custom ink color.

Everyone should bring five items of their choosing to print. As long as they are fabric and flat, we can help you print on it! Shirts, tote bags, tea towels, bandanas, and thrift store jean jackets will all work great. Leave with a surprise gift for a friend, or an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bags!

March 29| Experiments in Etching

Intaglio printing is one of the oldest printing techniques in the world, dating back to the 15th century. Using the basic concepts of employing resists and acids to create surfaces that are inked and printed to create consistent images, artists for hundreds of years have used these principles to create dramatic light and dark tones, fine detail, and gestural mark making within their printed images. 

Students of all skill levels will learn through this class the basic mechanics of intaglio printing and will incorporate the use of resists, acids, and inks to etch lines and tones into copper and ultimately produce printed images. Utilizing these traditional concepts as a jumping off point, this class will explore experimental techniques and unconventional materials such as plaster printing, unconventional aquatint, sugar lift, and more. Each week will introduce a new concept, demonstration, and hands-on learning, culminating with a final project at the end of 4 weeks. Students will be encouraged to work independently between classes. 

Students completing this class will become authorized to print at Spudnik Press through our Open Studio program.

April 5 | Screenprinting on Fabric (4 Weeks)

This course introduces the full process of printing on fabric and garments, from coating and exposing screens to printing, reclaiming, and editioning. Students will print on flat fabric and apparel using both print tables and a T-shirt press, learning how images behave on different materials.

The class emphasizes hands-on practice, repeat printing, and registration, with time set aside for experimentation. Students will leave with a finished garment or small edition and the confidence to work independently in the screenprinting studio. Throughout the class, students are encouraged to bring their own fabric and garments to print on as well.