February 23 - April 27, 2008
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Programs for Kids and Adults
Programs for Kids
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Squirt, Roll and Squeeze!
Family Printmaking Workshop from 2-4 p.m.
Join us for an afternoon of printmaking with some fun and unusual materials! Watch a printmaker at work as they demonstrate how to make prints both on and off the press. Then children with their adult partners will try their hand at printmaking!
Ages 5 -15 with an adult partner
Fee: $5 per member participant, $6 per non-member participant
Thursdays, April 3-24
After School Club: Experience Printmaking!
Instructor: Matt Burgy
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. For ages 6-12
View the many prints throughout the museum and then experience the world of printmaking starting with painterly monoprints. You will learn how to use the press to make a relief print and more!
Fee: $40 members, $50 non-members. All materials provided.
For more programs for kids, click here.
Saturdays, March 29 - May 3
Art Lab: T-shirt Screenprinting Workshop
Instructor: Heather Caulfield
For ages 13-18
Explore the world of screenprinting and create your own unique t-shirt design. Using both graphic collage and your hand-drawn images, you will be introduced to a variety of techniques and materials including photo-transfer, wax pencil, and masking film. Please supply your own t-shirts.
$70 members, $80 non-members. All materials provided. For more programs for teens, click here.
For more information call 223-5277, ext. 334 or email scrothers@daytonartinstitute.org
Programs for Adults
Limited Editions: In the Studio
What better way to truly enjoy the special exhibition than to try printmaking yourself! Printmaking allows you to create multiples of your ideas, drawings or paintings using a press and exciting new or traditional techniques. Leave each workshop with your own beautiful prints! Each participant will receive one free admission to the special exhibition Limited Editions: 20th Century Prints from the Ponderosa Collection.
Sign up for all four workshops and receive a 10% discount!
Workshops can accommodate only a limited number of participants. Sign up early!
Learn How to Make Your Own Prints
Watch as staff from The Dayton Art Institute demonstrate how to make prints.
March 8, 2008
Non-Toxic Printmaking with Color Monotypes
Instructor: Erin Holscher Almazan
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For ages 16+
Learn how to create colorful monotypes with water-based inks and other non-toxic materials.
Monotypes offer a painterly approach to printmaking and a great starting point for the beginner. Using a plexiglass printmaking plate, learn different techniques for adding and removing ink. The spontaneity of monotypes makes them the perfect medium for students who love to experiment!
$50 members / $55 non-members All materials and admission to Limited Editions provided.
March 15, 2008
Personalized Solar Printmaking
Instructor: Matt Burgy
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For ages 16 +
Using a light-sensitive solar plate, learn how to make a eye-popping photo-realistic print from your own photographs. Then print the plate in a variety of colors and combine it with monotype and collagraph techniques. This exciting new water-based process is safe enough to do at home. $50 members / $55 non-members All materials and admission to Limited Editions provided.
March 29, 2008
Lithography
Instructor: David Sweeney
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For ages 16 +
This workshop will be held at the Dayton Printmakers Cooperative located less than 2 miles from the museum. View their multi-faceted collection of lithographs. Then learn how to use a lithography press, plates, crayons and other traditional tools to create your own lithograph.
Bring your drawings and ideas! A map will be included in your confirmation.
$55 members / $60 non-members All materials and admission to Limited Editions provided.
April 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2008
Woodcut Printmaking
Instructor: Lucy Leaverton
1-3:30 p.m. For ages 16 +
Learn the basics of creating a relief print with linoleum and wood by using different methods of carving and printing on a press. Using a variety of techniques, participants can create bold, graphic or tonal forms in multi-colored prints. Stenciling, multiple blocks and layering in order to create a collage image will be demonstrated. Participants will also explore the work of traditional and contemporary artists, gaining inspiration and insight into woodcut prints.
$100 members / $110 non-members All materials and admission to Limited Editions provided.
For more information call 223-5277, ext. 334 or email scrothers@daytonartinstitute.org
For more Adult Studio classes, click here.