Spring/Summer schedule 2009

May Open Studio Schedule

 

Saturday, May 9^th: Silkscreen demo with Ashley Rodriquez Reed 1- 4 pm

Tuesday, May 12^th: Open studio with Amy 1-4pm

Friday, May 15^th: Open studio with Julie 1-4pm

Tuesday, May19th: Open studio with Amy 1-4pm

Friday, May 22^nd: Open studio with Amy 1-4pm

Saturday, May 23^rd: Open studio with Julie 10am – 1pm

 

*Closed for Memorial Weekend

 

June Open Studio Schedule

 

Friday, June 5^th: Open studio with Julie 1-4pm

Saturday, June 6^th: Open studio with Julie 1-4pm

Thursday, June 11^th: Linocut with Eddith 1-4pm

Friday, June 12^th: Open studio with Julie 1-4pm

Wednesday, June17th: Open studio with Amy 1-4pm

Thursday, June 18^th: Linocut with Eddith 1-4pm

Friday, June 19^th: Open studio with Julie 1-4pm

Saturday, June 20^th: Open studio with Amy 10am-1pm

Wednesday, June 24^th: Open studio with Amy 1-4pm

Thursday, June 25^th: Linocut with Eddith 1-4pm

Friday, June 26^th: Open studio with Julie 1-4pm

Wednesday, July 1^st: Open studio with Amy 1-4pm

 

*Closed for July 4^th holiday weekend and look for schedule change in July.

 

 

Please check our blog regularly for schedule changes and updates.

www.omahaprintguild.blogspot.com

 

If interested in joining Eddith Buis for her linocut workshop, please contact her at: ebuis@cox.net

 

Schedule questions or general questions contact:

Julie Sopscak: jsopscak@cox.net

Assistant Director, Amy Haney: amy@amyhaney.com

Director, Watie White: watie@watiewhite.com

monoprinting with St. Augustine students

We were so excited to have students from St. Augustine visit the Omaha Print Guild last week. They took a tour of Hot Shops, watched a glass blowing demonstration with Ed Fennel, and had lunch. With the help of Judy Haney, they worked on a series of monoprints and they look fantastic. 

congrats watie!

Our Watie White has a new and fantastic new website. Please make sure to check out his site: watiewhite

woodblock workshop

We had a great turnout for the woodblock printing workshop through the Joslyn Art Museum. We are tenatively planning on a follow up workshop in the summer to continue with the beginning steps of woodblock printing and into reduction printing. If you are interested in this future workshop, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Relief Printing at Joslyn Museum

Block Prints
Friday, April 3; 7-8pm – exhibition tour: Wood
Saturday – Sunday, April 4-5; 1-4pm – studio workshop
Joslyn Members: $50; General Public: $60
Expand your insight into the trade and art of printmaking with an exhibition of woodblock prints at Joslyn and technical instruction for the Omaha Printmakers Guild. Examine historic and contemporary prints in the gallery and experience the process in the studio as you learn to cut and print from a printer’s block. Studio time for this workshop will be split between Joslyn and the Omaha Print Guild, located at Hot Shops Art Center, 13th and Nicholas Streets.
Instructors: Watie White & Amy Haney

www.joslyn.org
www.hotshopsartcenter.com

upcoming silkscreen workshop

January 24th, 31st and February 7th 5:00-8:30pm
Hot Shops Art Center
Studio 314 Ashley Rodriguez Reed

Intro to Screen Printing
Class Description:

Intro to screen printing will involve using hand made stencils and photo exposure to make original art. Demonstrations will be provided on how to register a print for multiple layers and techniques will be shown for creative effects. This class allows for ample print time to experiment with the medium and flexibility to use color. Information will be given and shown on how to plan a design and use a transparency to expose an image to the screen. This includes the steps from taking a sketch and translating it to the screen. I will go over how to coat the screen, set up the exposing system, and execute the print. Only water based inks and methods will be used.

Screen Printing Class Supplies

Screen: 26 (12"x18") dickblick.com -I recommend this size because it's medium. Bigger screens can be harder to manage in the sink.
Squeegee: 8.5 (10 inches) dickblick.com -Squeegee should be a little smaller that screen, so that it can pass through easily
Ink:17 dickblick.com (we will be able to mix any color)
Paper and Fabric: 10 various sources -We will be using ink that works on both. You can bring in your own also.
Total: $61.5

Supplies for Photo exposing image
Emulsion: 7 dickblick.com (this is the divided price)
Scoop Coater: 10 (10 inches) silkscreeningsupplies.com
Foam:5 (cut to size to fit inside screen) Jo Ann fabrics
Glass:13 (cut to size) from Quality Glass
Packing tape and Contact paper: 3
Total: $38

Exposure Unit
Bulb: 3 (250W from Menards)
Lamp:10 (Aluminum clamp lamp, Menards)
Total: $13
Tax, 7.67 and Shipping, 10? (could be more or less)= $130.17

Extra supplies to bring from home:
x-acto knife ruler
An old towel
Clothes to get messy in
Artwork that inspires you (can be your own)
Scissors
Pencil
Sketchbook
Tracing paper to be used in creating designs (optional)