Workshops, etc.
[Baren] member John Amoss is maintaining this list of workshops on woodblock printmaking. Anybody with additions, amendments, or other information that would be of interest, is asked to contact him at: amoss@mindspring.com
Thanks to Elaine Chandler of McClain's Printmaking Supply (800)832-4264 for her contributions.
Two-Day Hanga Workshop
March 27, 28th
Instructor: April Vollmer (http://www.aprilvollmer.com/)
For more information, contact:
Dieu Donne Paper Mill
433 Broome St.
NY, NY 10013
Phone: (212)226-0573 or
Website for Dieu Donne: http://colophon.com/dieudonne or
E-mail April: april@aprilvollmer.comNote from [Baren] member Sarah Hauser: She's great!
Japanese Woodblock Printing (3-day intensive)
Horizons Craft Center (near Northampton, MA)
May 8,9,10 1999
Instructor: Matt Brown
Cost: $235 plus lab fee
For more information, contact:
Horizons,
108 N. Main Street, NW
Sunderland, MA 01375
(413)665-0300
http://www.horizonart.orgNote from Horizon: All experience levels are welcome in this lively and colorful printmaking weekend.
Japanese Woodblock Printing Workshop
Vancouver Is., British Columbia
June 20-27 1999
Instructor: Graham Scholes
8-person limit, $985 (Canadian) - includes 6 days instruction, accomodations, breakfast & lunch on site.
The workshop will also include a visit to a local gallery to view woodblock prints by both Japanese masters and local artists. Studio will be open to students on a 24-hour basis.
Not included: transportation to and from the workshop site, dinners & supplies.
For more information, check http://www.members.home.net/gscholes/ or contact Marni Scholes, 11435 Hawthorne Place, Sidney, BC Canada, V8L 5J7, or call (250) 655-0600 or e-mail gscholes@home.com
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking - Elderhostel week long class
August 15-22nd
Instructor: April Vollmer (http://www.aprilvollmer.com/)
For more information, contact:
Horizons,
108 N. Main Street, NW
Sunderland, MA 01375
(413)665-0300
http://www.horizonart.orgElderhostel: http://www.elderhostel.org/
Note from instructor April Vollmer: Class is designed for people 55 and older.
Introduction to Woodblock Printmaking
Tomoko Murakami (http://www.grin.net/~yusaifu/index.html)
October 1,8,15,23 (Thursdays)
Studio One
(Oakland, Ca.) (510) 597-5027October 2,9,16,23 (Fridays)
Adobe Art Center
(Hayward, Ca.) (510) 881-6735November 2,9,16,23 (Mondays)
Amsterdam Art
(Berkeley, Ca.)Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 (Mon. & Tue.)
Holiday card making workshop Studio One Art Center
See: http://www.grin.net/~yusaifu/classes.html for details.
Notes: Artist Tomoko Murakami explores traditional and contemporary woodblock printing techniques in these workshops and classes. Techniques introduced will include selecting and using tools, paper, image transfer, registration and various printing methods. Printing demonstrations will include both water-based and oil-based inks.
Other possible venues:
Kathy Caraccio Printing Studio
208 W. 30th Street, Room 803
NY, NY 10001
(212) 594-9662Notes: Kathy has done a lot of teaching and conducts classes in her studio in several printmaking mediums including Japanese techniques.
Manhattan Graphics Center
481 Washington Street
NY, NY 10013
(212) 219-8783Notes: From time to time John Glick teaches classes in Japanese woodblock printing.
Pyramid Atlantic http://home.earthlink.net/~pyratl/
6001 66th Avenue
Suite 103
Riverdale, MD 20737
Tel: (301) 459-7154
Fax: (301) 577-3424Notes: As of now, there are no woodblock workshops listed for this year.
Keiji Shinohara
Wesleyan University
Middleton, CT 06459Notes: I understand that Keiji teaches several workshops during the summer and will add details here as I learn them. Penland School in North Carolina offered his workshop last year, but it doesn't appear on this summer's schedule. I understand several Baren members have worked with and/or studied from him.
Yasuyuki Shibata
The Cooper Union
Saturdays: Feb. 27-May 8
Tel: (212) 353-4195Note: Awaiting information from Cooper Union.
Takuji Hamanaka
Brooklyn, NY
Tel: (718)383-2911Note: Please contact me with any information concerning Mr. Hamanaka's classes.
On-line Workshop Links:
PRINTWORKS printmaking workshop board
http://eyelid.ukonline.co.uk/print/workshop.htmNotes: List includes a variety of printmaking entries from N. America, Europe, Asia and Africa.