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New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an INTRO session, there are no prerequisites to attend.
Mary Boochever reminds us to slow down, move with intention, quiet our minds, and raise awareness to the energy we carry and shape. A longtime Tai Chi practitioner, Boochever finds the practice and philosophy has informed her work as a visual artist and how she lives her life. As our May Wellness Monday leader, she invites you to find your own natural balance, unlocking your creative flow.
Join us as we learn the fundamentals Tai Chi based on an ancient Chinese practice built around the philosophy of Taoism. The ancient practice continues to provide lasting health benefits and aligns practitioners with rhythms that cultivate peace by stressing the natural balance in all things and the need for living in spiritual and physical accord with the patterns of nature.
Participants should wear comfortable clothing. Movement is best done in socks or bare feet.
Explore the camera-less photographic technique of lumen printing! Characterized by their vibrant and often ethereal colors, lumen prints are created by placing various objects (often plant life or flat shapes) on silver gelatin paper and exposing it to direct sunlight. In this hands-on workshop, artist Sara VanDerBeek will guide participants through the process of creating and exposing their own unique lumen prints, sharing insight as to how the manipulation of object placement and exposure times can be used to affect the outcome of the print. After exposure, the prints can be mounted on paper to form a photographic collage or kept as individual compositions.
New sessions of Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking are here! In response to increased popularity and demand, we are excited to announce that there are now 2 different levels for the program: INTRO and ADVANCED. This is an ADVANCED session for participants who have taken attended a minimum of TWO Open Studio – Monotype Printmaking sessions at The Church.
Internationally acclaimed artist Nanette Carter returns to The Church to lead a workshop that explores collagraphy, a printmaking technique at the core of her practice. Blending textural collage with traditional methods of printing, collagraphs are unique in that the ‘printing plate’ is created by layering various materials, textures, and pastes upon a flat surface. This two-day workshop will introduce participants to the process and procedure behind this contemporary approach to printmaking. Don’t miss your chance for this rare opportunity to explore this rich technique with a renowned master, whose has shown in museums the world over – including The Church’s 2023 exhibition Return to a Place by The Sea.
Have you ever wanted to make your own paper to use in your own art? Join artist and materials researcher Kaitlin Pomerantz and Samuel Havens, master printer and Workshop & Residency Manager at The Church, for an introductory workshop on the practices of hand papermaking and botanical printmaking. Over the course of two 3-hour sessions, participants will be guided from fiber– the raw plant matter that forms the material basis of paper– to form– creative surface design made using various flora and the monotype printmaking process.