St. Michael’s Printshop is an artist-run print studio which provides professional fine art printmaking facilities for established and emerging artists. A lure for printmakers who crave a space in which to create art surrounded by the extraordinary natural landscape of the North Atlantic, the Printshop also attracts visuals artists who wish to explore printmaking as a new medium for the first time through workshops with local and visiting printmakers.

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MONOPRINTING WITH REPEATABLE MATRIXES with Ericka Walker Saturday, May 25th from 10am – 4pm

Join our Visiting Artist, Ericka Walker, as she teaches this innovative workshop.  She will cover a variety of techniques used to combine monoprinting  with repeatable matrixes. Using experimental techniques to add information, color, and multiple layers of information to existing imagery can serve to create greater visual richness as well as open up the range of conversations that this imagery can engage with. Participants are encouraged to bring existing intaglio plates and/or relief blocks along with any type of paper collage materials (even existing prints on japanese papers, unmounted/glued) Some participants may want to bring additional visual information from which to refer to, trace, photo-copy, draw from, etc… The workshop will also cover chine collé techniques that will be used to combine the monoprinted images.

Only $100 for members; $130 non-members (plus HST); Materials Included

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OPEN HOUSE: Saturday June 1st, from 12-5pm

Drop by for a visit on your Saturday rounds and stop in for our Open House. Printmaker Jack Botsford will be hosting the afternoon and will demonstrate relief printmaking techniques. Everyone is welcome and Jack will be happy to answer any questions you may have.  You will also be able to still the view the Annual Members Exhibit!

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Annual Members Exhibit 2013!

We would like to thank Home Depot (Kelsey Drive), and The Paint Shop (Topsail Road) for their kind donations to make our renovations possible. Special thank you to Rocket Bakery for donating a wonderful cake to the reception!  And thank you to everybody who came to the reception and made our day special.

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This workshop filled but we are taking names for a waiting list.  This list will be contacted once the dates are set the next time this course is offered.

INTRODUCTION TO PRINTMAKING Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm; May 28th – June 25th
Tuesday evenings 6:30-9:30PM; Maximum 6 Students.

Join Studio manager Mike Connolly for this brand new workshop experience.  Introduction to printmaking is an overview and introduction to the various printmaking forms practiced at St. Michael’s.  This workshop will provide an overview of printmaking concepts and a sampling of printmaking techniques.  A combination of demonstrations and hands on printmaking will offer insight into the printing press and the wide variety of techniques it can be used for.  Follow up workshops more throughly exploring these techniques will be offered throughout the year.

Part 2 – Introduction to techniques
Class 1, May 28th: Introduction to Intaglio concepts/ drypoint
Class 2, June 4th: Introduction to etching
Class 3, June 11th: Introduction to etching (aquatint)
Class 4, June 18th:  Introduction to lithography
Class 5, June 25th: Lithography continued
$365 members or $395 non-members (plus HST) materials included

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Visiting artist schedule 2013-14

April- Audrey Hurd, Newfoundland
May- Ericka Walker, Nova Scotia
June- Robyn Anderson, Newfoundland
August- Anna McIntyre, Quebec
September- Jude Valentine, Maine
TBA – Chris Dunnett, New York