Month Long Celebration of the Print in collaboration with the Gibbes Museum of Art

The Gibbes Museum of Art and Redux Contemporary Art Center partnered to bring
a Month Long Celebration of the Print! This partnership was the beginning of a yearlong
project that provided as much artistic exposure to the Charleston area at
the most convenient price possible. February consisted of hands-on printmaking
workshops at Redux and site visits to the Gibbes Museum of Art which introduced students to
multi-medium printing techniques and the history behind this “backwards” art form.
Redux offered several printmaking workshops, followed by guided tours of the
Printmaking exhibition which showed at The Gibbes through April 26, 2008. Students
became familiar with a professional print studio, and were introduced to the breadth of the
print collection at The Gibbes Museum, while remaining focused on the specific printmaking
processes used to create the works. Museum site visits were on the last three Saturdays
in February at 1pm.

Lunchtime Lecture and Launch: Printmaking
Friday, January 16 at 1pm
Free with museum admission

Visitors joined Printmaking Curator Pam Wall for a discussion and tour of the exhibition, and also, met representatives from Redux Contemporary Art Center who partnered with the Gibbes to offer a month-long celebration of the Print in February. Registration started on January 16 for hands-on printmaking workshops that took place at Redux, with site visits to the Gibbes. Students were introduced to multi-medium printing techniques and the history behind this “backwards” art form.

Daytime Block Priniting

February 3- 24 10:30AM-12:30PM Tuesdays Only
Instructor: Mary Walker Member $120 / Non-Member $150

To celebrate the month of prints, Redux offered a woodcut class on Tuesday mornings in February. Woodcuts are a graphic and an expressive medium. Each class member was able to print small editions of two different images. They carved into blocks of pine – a soft, easily carved wood. The prints were black and white.

Daytime Monoprinting

February 5- 26 1-3PM Thursdays Only
Instructor: Mary Walker Member $120 / Non-Member $150

This class was on Thursday afternoons following the morning figure drawing session. During this class students were able to develop figure sketches and drawings into monoprints. This is a wonderful painterly medium with many possibilities and is a good way to enrich your artistic experience.

Kids Introduction to Printmaking

February 7- 28 10:30AM-12PM Saturdays Only
Instructor: Sally Collins Member $108 / Non-Member $135

This workshop was an exciting Introduction to Printmaking for kids. As part of the Redux/Gibbes Museum partnership, Saturday mornings were dedicated to familiarizing students with the artistic medium of printmaking through a variety of materials. Some fun methods that were explored included monoprinting, potato stamps, and wood block printing!

Beginner’s Block Printing

February 9- 18 6:30-8:30PM Mondays/Wednesdays
Instructor: Conrad Guerava Member $120 / Non-Member $150

This exciting beginner’s course on traditional block printing introduced students to the fundamentals of linoleum cut printmaking. Students also learned their way around a professional printing studio, became familiar with block printing tools, ink and different papers.

Screen Printing 1-Night Workshop

February 10 6-10PM Tuesday Only
Instructor: Jessie Bower and olive*argyle Member $55 / Non-Member $65

So many of us are tired of seeing cool t-shirts/posters/stickers/ etc. and not knowing how to make them! Students came to learn the basics of screen-printing in one night. Students learned how to emulsify screens, burn images, and print a one-color poster in four hours! No experience was necessary.

Drypoint 1-Night Workshop

February 17 6-10PM Tuesday Only
Instructor: Julie Henson Member $55 / Non-Member $65

This Drypoint Crash Course taught beginning intaglio printmaking techniques using Copper plates. The class was designed to show the student how to work around the studio and learn basic methods to expand on. No experience was necessary

Monoprinting 1-Night Workshop

February 24 6-10PM Tuesday Only
Instructor: Conrad Guerava Member $55 / Non-Member $65

Students came out to join us for a monoprint marathon! What’s a monoprint? A monoprint is a non editionable kind of print that is essentially a printed painting. Students were introduced to one of the most basic forms of printmaking in this exciting crash course.