Printmaking Studio
Printmaking Studio Monthly Usage
Instructor: Uninstructed Studio Use
Ages: All Experienced Print-makers
Price: $20/monthly fee with manditory 20% of each print edition donation to SHG
Days: By Requested Appointment
LOTERIA DE LA NAVIDAD WITH ARTIST JOSE LOZANO
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This month's small print studio demo will not only be fun but functional for the season. Under the guidance of artist Jose Lozano we will create 3 or 4 mono-prints with the theme of "Loteria de la Navidad". Drawing from your own familiar holiday themes, we will enjoy creating a Christmas print in the tradition of the Mexican Loteria (Bingo) playing cards such as El Arbolito de la Navidad, El Nacimiento, La Estella, or Maria y Jose---but in the Jose Lozano tradition, Spanglish cards will be valid too-- like El Tinsel, El Train Set, El Baby Jesus, or El Holiday Dinner. "A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Lozano was born and raised in Juarez, Mexico, and the cross-cultural synergy of the border experience infuses [his work] with a dramatic charm. At the outset, the entertaining painted drawings of Jose Lozano are reminiscent of R. Crumb's infamous underground comix. [His] visuals are stunningly familiar, as if they are drawn from our own photographic memories, yet animated in a crude precision. The flair for confrontation is offset with decor and compositional saturation. The net effect is [his] magical depiction of the ordinary night out inside the psychological space of multicultural experience. . . . . . . allow [yourself] to relax and enjoy the festive atmosphere no matter your baggage or fashion sense." -Mat Gleason, Publishing Editor of Coagula Art Journal.
A $15 per student materials fee will be collected at the beginning of each demonstration. At the end of the demonstration you may sign up to use the studio on a monthly basis
No need to rsvp---just show up!
Ages: All Experienced Print-makers
Price: $20/monthly fee with manditory 20% of each print edition donation to SHG
Days: By Requested Appointment
Policy
& Procedures for Self Help Graphics & Arts Printmaking Studio and Workshop Space.
Contract form for usage of printmaking space.
Printmaking Demonstrations
Join Self Help Graphics & Art for print demonstrations and learn what types of small prints are possible in its workshop studio. You will gain hands-on print experience, learn how to use the equipment, what studio etiquette is, how to select and prepare paper for printing, what type of inks work best for your preferred print method, where to purchase supplies, what tools to use, how to take care of your tools, how to set the presses, how to trouble shoot prints, eco friendly solvents and clean up methods, and about experimental printing.
You will leave the studio with 1 or 2 prints that you have created. Dress appropriately for printing when you come to the demonstration- wear clothes that are not precious or too loose, with closed/sturdy shoes. A $10 per student materials fee will be collected at the beginning of each demonstration. At the end of the demonstration you may sign up to use the studio on a monthly basis.
Demonstration dates in 2009:
December 5, 2009 -
Join Self Help Graphics & Art for print demonstrations and learn what types of small prints are possible in its workshop studio. You will gain hands-on print experience, learn how to use the equipment, what studio etiquette is, how to select and prepare paper for printing, what type of inks work best for your preferred print method, where to purchase supplies, what tools to use, how to take care of your tools, how to set the presses, how to trouble shoot prints, eco friendly solvents and clean up methods, and about experimental printing.
You will leave the studio with 1 or 2 prints that you have created. Dress appropriately for printing when you come to the demonstration- wear clothes that are not precious or too loose, with closed/sturdy shoes. A $10 per student materials fee will be collected at the beginning of each demonstration. At the end of the demonstration you may sign up to use the studio on a monthly basis.
Demonstration dates in 2009:
December 5, 2009 -
This month's small print studio demo will not only be fun but functional for the season. Under the guidance of artist Jose Lozano we will create 3 or 4 mono-prints with the theme of "Loteria de la Navidad". Drawing from your own familiar holiday themes, we will enjoy creating a Christmas print in the tradition of the Mexican Loteria (Bingo) playing cards such as El Arbolito de la Navidad, El Nacimiento, La Estella, or Maria y Jose---but in the Jose Lozano tradition, Spanglish cards will be valid too-- like El Tinsel, El Train Set, El Baby Jesus, or El Holiday Dinner. "A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Lozano was born and raised in Juarez, Mexico, and the cross-cultural synergy of the border experience infuses [his work] with a dramatic charm. At the outset, the entertaining painted drawings of Jose Lozano are reminiscent of R. Crumb's infamous underground comix. [His] visuals are stunningly familiar, as if they are drawn from our own photographic memories, yet animated in a crude precision. The flair for confrontation is offset with decor and compositional saturation. The net effect is [his] magical depiction of the ordinary night out inside the psychological space of multicultural experience. . . . . . . allow [yourself] to relax and enjoy the festive atmosphere no matter your baggage or fashion sense." -Mat Gleason, Publishing Editor of Coagula Art Journal.
A $15 per student materials fee will be collected at the beginning of each demonstration. At the end of the demonstration you may sign up to use the studio on a monthly basis
No need to rsvp---just show up!
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