printmaking

Diverse Mediums of Printmaking 

Instructor: Ben Venom
10 Sessions / Saturdays, June 9-August 11
Time: 10 am-1 pm
Location: Studios 1&2
Number: PR1005
Tuition: $450 (includes a $50 lab fee)
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In the Encyclopedia Britannica, printmaking is defined as “...the production of images normally on paper and exceptionally on fabric, parchment, plastic or other support by various processes of multiplication; more narrowly, the making and printing of graphic works by hand or under the supervision of the artist.” Demonstrating the diversity of this definition, this course will introduce students to a mixed variety of printmaking processes, including cyanotype and screenprinting. Through lectures, demonstrations, and contemporary print history, students will learn how to create and manipulate an image. The first half of the course will focus on developing a negative for cyanotype printing. The second half of the course will be dedicated to screenprinting. By the end of the semester, students will be able to experiment with all of the printmaking mediums presented in class to create a unique body of work. No prerequisite.

Ben Venom graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with an MFA. He was recently awarded the SF Weekly Mastermind Grant, included in Bay Area Now 6 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and featured on NPR’s All Things Considered. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally including Neurotitan Gallery, Wolverhapmton Gallery, Guerrero Gallery, Western Exhibitions, and THIS LA. Venom has lectured at California College of the Arts, Zeum Children’s Museum, and Untitled Gallery in Oklahoma City, OK. He is currently teaching classes in Printmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute, Kala Art Institute, and Workshop SF.