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Spring Short Session Drawing and Painting

Painting/Printmaking – Spring Short Session
April 27 – May 2, 2025 (4 studio days)
Jeffrey Hirst
Screenprinting and Encaustic

This workshop will cover the process of screenprinting with pigment sticks, tinted gesso, and ink onto and under encaustic surfaces. We will cover basic encaustic processes: mixing and applying paint, fusing, scraping, and working with transparent and opaque color. A simplified approach to screenprinting will make the process easy to grasp as we unite printed elements with painted surfaces. Students will create images incorporating multiple passes from fixed screenprinting stations along with freeform printing approaches. Together we will explore how painting and printmaking can overlap and influence one another. All levels. Drawing and painting studio.

Studio artist and co-founder of Catalyst Art Lab; teacher of encaustic and printmaking workshops in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Ireland; fellowship and five residencies at Ballinglen Arts Foundation (Ireland); exhibitions: Minneapolis Institute of Art, McLean Projects for the Arts (VA), MicKinney Contemporary (Dallas), Bienal Duoro (Portugal); representation: Addington Gallery (Chicago), Brandt-Roberts Galleries (OH); work in numerous private collections. 

jeffreyhirst.com | @jeffreyhirst

Regular enrollment begins October 15.

Jeffrey Hirst, Trace, encaustic with screenprinting on shaped panel, 41 x 31 inches
Jeffrey Hirst, Trace, encaustic with screenprinting on shaped panel, 41 x 31 inches
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Fall Short Session Drawing and Painting

DRAWING/PAINTING – FALL SHORT SESSION
SEPTEMBER 22 – 27, 2024 (4 STUDIO DAYS)
Chuck Webster
Exploring Materials and Mark Making

When making art, each material brings its own qualities to your practice. In this workshop we will get loose and work without fear as we will explore traditional materials, such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, and pencil, along with new, found materials, such as dirt, pebbles, bark, grass, and any materials students wish to bring with them. We will find ways to use and combine these, learning how materials behave physically and how they impact each other. Students will gain a new comfort level with their work and leave with energy, ideas, and a fresh perspective on their process. All levels. 

Studio artist; teaching: Rhode Island School of Design, State University of New York-Purchase, Vermont Studio Center, Boston University, Virginia Commonwealth University; residencies: Yaddo (NY), Macdowell Colony (NH); collections: Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, Whitney Museum (NYC). 

chuck-webster.com | @chuckwebster

Chuck Webster, Invaders, oil and collage on panel, 24 x 30 inches
Chuck Webster, Invaders, oil and collage on panel, 24 x 30 inches