February 2011 Archives

Events for Saturday February 26th - Saturday, March 5th 2011*

The Short of It:

Saturday, February 26, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Triangle Forest, Math The Band, and Graph

Sunday, February 27, 2011 / 5:15-7pm / FREE
Providence Poetry Slam Writing Workshop (2nd Floor Empire St Classroom Space)

Sunday, February 27, 2011 / 9pm / $6
MORPH SHOW with: Mr Slugg & DJ Rols, Audio/Slab, Global Crash, Video by Dave Fischer

Monday, February 28, 2011 - Performance Space & Foo(d) Closed. The Bar at AS220 (now 7 days!) & Cottage Industries (i.e. the Printshop, Labs & AS220 Photo) are open their regular hours!

Monday, February 28, 2011 / 7pm / FREE
AS220 Photo Open Meeting (At AS220's Mercantile Block)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, March 1st / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Community Printshop Open House at the Mercantile Block (The New Printshop Home!)

Tuesday, March 1st / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Photo Open House at the Mercantile Block (The Digital Expansion!)

Session 1: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 7-10pm / $50
Intro to the 35mm Camera at AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
Two session class 3/1 & 3/8, $50. Sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Session 1: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 7-10pm / $125
Electronics for Artists 101 at AS220 Labs (At the Mercantile Block)
Three Sessions: Tuesday, March 1st, 8th, 15th 7-10PM; $125.00

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
TAJTO, Austin Hevey, and Map Light

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 / 8:30pm / $5
Tim Vargulish, Dan Martin, JJ Johnson, Gary Petersen, and AB

Thursday, March 3, 2011/ List-7:30pm, Doors-8pm / $4
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam and Kim Johnson

Friday, March 4, 2011 / 9pm / $6
B Sharp Music Presents: The Hush Now, Aunt Martha, and more TBA

Saturday, March 5, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
Irish Traditional Music

Saturday, March 5, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Dan Liparini, Skinny Millionaires, South County Messenger, and The Real Makers

All events are at AS220's 115 Empire Street Location on the ground floor, unless otherwise noted.

*For info on Cottage Industry classes and events, check the workshop listings in our webstore and the Labs, Printshop and Darkroom pages via the links on the left!

For the Extended Listings Click "Read More"

Last weekend we had the honor of spending some time with Nova, Adam and Tabitha three stars from the film "Louder than a Bomb". A documentary about growing up, finding your voice, teamwork, trust and passion...oh yeah and slam poetry.

Every single year over 600 teens from more than 60 Chicago high schools get together for the world's biggest poetry slam, Louder than a Bomb. This competition is unlike any other youth poetry slam in the way that rather than competing as an individual, teens compete in teams. They work together to write, present and critique their poems and their peers. For some of these kids the competition and the friends they make along the way can be life changing.

AS220 Youth was lucky enough to spend both Friday and Saturday with the three poets, during that time they facilitated poetry workshops which were awesome and helped out our poets and mc writers alike. Our youth learned important things like metaphor, alliteration, and bravery. Getting up in front of people and spilling your heart out aint easy guys. We also got to watch the film as a part of the Providence Childrens Film Fest at the RISD auditorium! For free! Thanks for hooking us up! The movie as amazing, powerful and all the positive words I can come up with. Some of us even cried. Sniff Sniff. Not Me! Kidding. Me.

Adam talks about poetry

Rozina writing

g

Have questions, want to see the shop, meet the folks who use it, just want to spend some time with other printmakers? Our open houses happen the first Tuesday of every month. They are FREE! No money involved, we've posted it on the shop you can sign up in advance if you like or just show up. Each month two of our keymembers and the shop manager are present to run the show.

If you would like to become a member of the shop, this is the time to bring some of your work by. The keymembers will chat with you about your prior printmaking experience and hopes and dreams for future printing. Then we sign you off to start printing or suggest that a class might be helpful if our practices dramatically differ from your previous shop experiences.

During this time we also offer orientations to the shop. We will cover basics of the AS220 shop, for example, our lighting and exposure system, rag and clean up procedures, sign up for shop time, ect. This is not an introduction to technique class, the purpose to run you through how the shop functions so that you may come and print.

You cannot use the shop until you have attended the an open house or a class.

Location and Parking The AS220 Community Printshop is located at the Mercantile at 131 Washington Street PROVIDENCE RI, 1st floor. The shop's entrance is located at the back of the building on Martha Street; the shop's double doors are at the Northwest corner of the building. There is 2 hour metered on street parking available, bring your quarters. We are also located near a parking garage with entry on Washington Street, look for the big blue parking sign.

AS220 YOUTH is proud to present all of the hard work that has been happening all over the studio this winter! Performances, plays, artwork, photography and crazy chemistry hosts!

Come down to the performance space from 4-6 for our showcase and stick around for ZUOLOUGY ( Our open mic) from 6-9! Tons of great performances are scheduled and it should be a ton of fun! If you were there last time we had a crazy good time. Peanut butter faces and chicken wing love!

Gaby

Events for Friday, February 18th - Friday, February 25th 2011*

The Short of It:

Friday, February 18, 2011 / 8:30pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Weak Teeth, She Rides, Thrillhouse, Rout, and Caves

Saturday, February 19, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
Irish Traditional Music

Saturday, February 19, 2011 / 5pm / $8-$10 sliding scale*
Special Event: Can't Stand the Northeast
*This is a special event. Free Admission Passes and Monthly Volunteer Passes will not be accepted for this event.
5:45-6:05pm Brain Shivers
6:20-6:40pm Neon Bitches
7-7:20pm Lifers
7:40-8pm White Load
(Brief intermission to change gear stages/eat and get crunk)
9-9:30pm To Hell And Back
9:45-10:05 Lolita Black
10:20-10:40 Libyans
11-11:20pm Homostupids
11:35-12 Third Death

Sunday, February 20, 2011 / 9pm / $6
EXP Sounds, Viral Sound, Florestan's Way, and Interplay

Monday, February 21, 2011 - Performance Space & Foo(d) Closed. The Bar at AS220 (now 7 days!) & Cottage Industries (i.e. the Printshop, Labs & AS220 Photo) are open their regular hours!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 / 6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
Full Atoms, Dive Alarm, and Ancient Lights

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 / 7:20pm Doors, 8:20pm Slides Begin / FREE
Pecha Kucha (Slideshow event)

Thursday, February 24, 2011 / 5-9pm / FREE
AS220 Youth Studios Quarterly Showcase

Thursday, February 24, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
Mongo, 3D Mystery, and Blank Tapes/Empty Bottles

Friday, February 25, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Know Nothing, Kintaan, Komondor, and In Heat

All events are at AS220's 115 Empire Street Location on the ground floor, unless otherwise noted.

*For info on Cottage Industry classes and events, check the workshop listings in our webstore and the Labs, Printshop and Darkroom pages via the links on the left!
For the Extended Listings Click "Read More"

We've made it through the wilderness people! Now get outside and have some fun, but don't forget your camera! Shooting frame after frame after frame of snow can get a tad boring, no? We know just the trick to dig you out of that winter rut and get you thinking in 35, medium and large format mode!
With the opening of the new Mercantile Photo Lab, we have a slew of awesome new classes to offer for the Spring. Be a part of AS220 Photo history and sign up now! Just click on the class name and you're in!
And don't forget, the photo lab is now open for rentals! Come use our wide format Epson 9000 and Epson 2200 Photo printers! Frame and mat your finished work and use our four light copy stand for high quality images of your art. For more info about using the new photo lab or the darkroom, contact krystal@as220.org

MARCH

Intro to the 35mm Camera
$50.00
Tuesday, March 1st & 8th 7-10pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow

Alternative Process Series Vol.1 Cyanotype
$40.00
Wednesday, March 30th 7-10pm
Instructor: Danny Floyd

Basic Studio Lighting
$50.00
Saturday, March 26th 12-4pm
Instructor: Aaron McLaughlin

Digital Camera Workshop
$40.00
Sunday, March 20th 3-6pm
Instructor: Kelly Phillips

Introduction to the Black and White Darkroom
$75.00
Friday, March 18th & 25th 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario


APRIL

Alternative Process Series Vol.2 Van Dyke Brown
$40.00
Wednesday, April 27th 7-10pm
Instructor: Danny Floyd

Digital Photo Editing
$60.00
Sunday, April 3rd & 10th 3-6pm
Instructor: Kelly Phillips

Intermediate Darkroom
$100.00
Thursday, April 7th, 14th & 21st
Instructor: Thom Barbour

Medium Format Photography
$75.00
Tuesday, April 5th, 17th & 19th 7-10pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow

The JOBO and Film Scanning
$75.00
Wednesday, April 13th & 20th 6-9pm
Instructor: Krystal Grow

MAY


Advanced Darkroom
$175.00
Monday, May 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd
Instructor: Stewart Martin

Advanced Digital Editing and Printing
$75.00
Sunday, May 15th & 22nd
Instructor: Kelly Phillips

Alternative Process Series Vol.3 Gum Bichromate
$45.00
Wednesday, May.25th 7-10pm
Instructor: Danny Floyd

Large Format Photography
$150.00
Saturday, May 7th 1-4pm, Friday May 13th & 20th 7-10pm
Instructor: Scott Alario

Photographing Artwork
$85.00
Thursday, May 12th & 19th
Instructor: Krystal Grow

Miguel Rosario, in front of his work at the RITS 2011

Miguel Rosario, in his Photo class at the RITS 2007

In 2009 Miguel Rosario traveled to his hometown of Moncion to photograph a way of life he remembered as a child. His goal is to capture photographic images of the people and places before they change with increasing development. Nine photos from this continuing body of work are now up at the RITS . IF you don't know, the AS220 Youth Program holds a host of art classes including photography for the students in the Training School. This is Miguel's second solo show, his first was at the AS220 Youth Gallery in 2009. Big Ups to Miguel for creating such strong artwork and inspiring students in the Rhode Island Training School.

-Scott Lapham, Photo Mem Coordinator

To sign up for any of our Spring Classes just visit the AS220 Shop by clicking on the name of the course. You will be taken to the Shop for a longer description, supply list and instructor biography.

MARCH

Intro to Offset Lithography: 3 weeks / 6 Sessions $200.00
Mondays and Wednesdays,
March 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, 21st, 23nd: 6pm-10pm
Instructor: Jacque Bidon
Come learn how to run the ABDick 9850 Offset Press - A commercial press capable of creating hundreds of prints in a matter of minutes. Publish your own colorful 'zines, newspapers, fliers, single-page artists' books, multiple-page book projects, and more.

Intro to Letterpress: 3 Weeks $120.00
Saturday, March 12th, 19th, 26th, 2-6pm
Instructor: Kat Cummings
This course provides a quick, basic introduction to letterpress.
Participants learn to ink the press, adjust pressure, adjust roller
height, register and feed a sheet of paper, make an impression and then
clean the press. Create and use plastic plates in combination with metal
movable type to translate your own vision into letterpressed embossment.
Participants must attend ALL THREE letterpress classes in order to be
certified to use the letterpress during print time.

Intro to Intaglio: 3 weeks $120.00
Sundays March 13th, 20th, 27th, 7-10pm
Instructor: Coral Woodbury
This is an introductory class appropriate for students of all backgrounds
and experiences. In this class basic mark-making skills as well as the
techniques and processes of an etching press will be taught. Participants
will use traditional etching grounds and resists to etch copper plates in
a Ferric Chloride solution. Stage biting and resistance techniques will be
discussed to provide an insight to good working habits.

Advanced Letterpress: Perf, Score, & Cut $25.00
Tuesday, March 22nd, 6-10pm
Instructor: Kat Cummings
This course provides a quick four-hour introduction to scoring, folding,
perforating and cutting using the guillotine. Participants must attend
this workshop in order to be certified to use this equipment. No materials
needed for the first class. This is a demonstration based class. If you
have a project, feel free to bring it we may use it during the demos.

Experiments in Monoprint/type $20.00
Friday, March 25th: 6pm-10pm
Instructor: Leigh Waldron Taylor
Join us for some Friday night experiments in the Printshop. Leigh will
guide you through a new technique applicable to Monoprints or types. The
ink and materials are up to us; you provide the paper and experimental
spirit. There will be a demonstration each month followed by time for you
to print. We may take a break over at the AS220 Foo(d) for dinner and
drinks. Come with an open mind and willingness to explore.

SILKSCREEN: Monoprint to Print: 1 week $40.00
Thursday, March 31th: 6-10 pm
Instructor: Lois Harada
This course will provide an introduction to monoprinting and
photo-sensitive silkscreen printing. The first half of the course will be
dedicated to creating prints using water color crayons. These prints will
be used to create transparencies for a second layer to be printed over the
first.

APRIL

Intro to SILKSCREEN: 2 weeks $75.00
Sunday, April 3rd, 10th: 10am-2pm
Instructor: Lois Harada
This course provides a two week introduction to silkscreen. Participants
will learn the basics of the photo-emulsion process, a variety of ways to
make positives, as well as registration and printing methods.

Offset Lithography Posters: 2 weeks $75.00
Saturdays, April 9th, 16th: 10am- 2pm
Instructor: Jacque Bidon
Come learn how to run the ABDick 9850 Offset Press - A commercial press capable of creating hundreds of prints in a matter of minutes. This is a brief introduction to offset printing. Come with an 11 x 17 design, one or two colors as a pdf on a usb drive. You will not be able to print on your own after taking this course but it is a great opportunity to learn if you would like to take our more in depth course and produce a poster or simple 11 x 17 inch or smaller project.

Intro to Letterpress: 3 Weeks $120.00
Wednesdays, April 13th, 20th, 27th, 6-10pm
Instructor: Kat Cummings
See description in March for more details.

Letterpressed Wedding Invitation Workshop: 3 Weeks $150.00
Friday, April 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, 6-10pm
Instructor: Morgan Calderini
This workshop is designed to give you the skills, space, and tools needed
to letterpress your own (or a relative's/friends's/client's) beautiful
wedding invitation! The rich colors and inks, fine paper, and embossed
type or imagery will surely make a wonderful impression on all invited.

Advanced Intaglio: Aquatint $120.00
Thursdays, April 14th, 21st, and 28th, 6pm-10pm
Instructor: Agata Michalowska
Previous basic knowledge of Intaglio required. Students will be introduced to aquatint, which is the most common method of creating tones in etching, from a very subtle and faint tone to deep darks. An aquatint can be etched into the entire plate (creating various tones or a single one) or to a chosen area. The technique of spit bite aquatint allows a soft, painterly mark.

Experiments in Monoprint/type $20.00
Last Friday of each Month, April 29th, 6pm-10pm
See description in March for more details.

HOT Foil Stamping $25.00
Saturday, April 30th, 2-6pm
Instructor: Kat Cummings
Hot stamping is a straight forward process: 1) A die is mounted and
heated, 2) Foil is positioned above the material to be imprinted, 3) A
combination of heat, dwell time, pressure and stripping time control the
quality of the stamp.

MAY

FREE Family Day at the AS220 Printshop! FREE
Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 2 to 6pm
Come join the AS220 Community Printshop for an afternoon of free
workshops! Printers of all ages are welcome to tour our new shop and try
their hands at a variety of printmaking projects. Projects will include
Mother's Day cards printed on the letterpress press, relief printing with
Legos, string printing, and silkscreen. Stop by for a quick look or spend
the afternoon with Providence printmakers!

Intro to Letterpress: 3 Weeks $120.00
Sundays, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 10am-2pm
Instructor: Kat Cummings
See description in March for more details.

Advanced Intaglio: Chine Collé $120.00
Monday, May 9th, 16th, 23rd, 6pm-10pm
Instructor: Agata Michalowska
Previous basic knowledge of Intaglio required. Chine Collé is a printing
process in which a thin sheet of paper is simultaneously printed and
mounted onto a sturdier backing sheet in a single pass through the press.
This technique results with images of stunning detail and deep tones
unattainable otherwise.

Offset Small Publishing Workshop: 3 weeks / 6 Sessions $200.00
Tuesdays and Thursdays,
May 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th: 6pm-10pm
Instructor: Jacque Bidon and Morgan Calderini
This is a special new workshop. Start with formating and resolving all
issues though pre-press for your own colorful 'zines, newspapers, fliers,
or single-page artists' books for optimized printing on the offset
lithography press. You will then learn how to run the ABDick 9850 Offset
Press - a commercial press capable of creating hundreds of prints in a
matter of minutes.

Parents & Kids: An Afternoon in the Printshop $40.00
Sunday, May 15, 2011: 2-5pm
Instructors: Morgan Calderini and Lois Harada
Bring your little one to the AS220 Community Printshop for a special, one
day workshop. Parents will work on the first floor of our shop and use the
letterpress press to create invitations or custom cards. Children from 6
to 10 years old will work upstairs making projects in silkscreen and
relief printing.

Experiments in Monoprint/type $20.00
Last Friday of each Month, May 27th, 6pm-10pm
See description in March for more details.

Events for Friday, February 11th - Friday, February 18th 2011*

The Short of It:

Friday, February 11, 2011 / 9pm / $6
I, Destroyer, Tinsel Teeth, Woozy, and Party Pigs

Saturday, February 12, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
Irish Traditional Music

Saturday, February 12, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Meat Vacation Presents: Wet Friend, Bloodhuff, Jacob The Terrible, and Dying Is The Only Way To Fame

Sunday, February 13, 2011 / 6-8pm / $5
Songwriters in the Round

Sunday, February 13, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
The Alarming Sound, Friendenstein, and Slonk Donkerson

Monday, February 14, 2011 - Performance Space & Foo(d) Closed. The Bar at AS220 (now 7 days!) & Cottage Industries (i.e. the Printshop, Labs & AS220 Photo) are open their regular hours!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 / 6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 / 8:30 open mic list, 8:45 doors, 9pm show / $4
Free Speech Tuesday at AS220 featuring: Singer/Songwriter & Poet Open Mic, and The No More Ribcage Tour

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 / 5:30-8:30pm / FREE
Geek Dinner

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
Lobotomizer, Outlook Not Good, and Arsenal

Thursday, February 17, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Massicure, Niko, College Smart, and Jerrell

Friday, February 18, 2011 / 8:30pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Weak Teeth, She Rides, Thrillhouse, Rout, and Caves

All events are at AS220's 115 Empire Street Location on the ground floor, unless otherwise noted.

Thanks to everyone who came out last Saturday, Feb.5th to the Grand Opening party for AS220 Photo! It was truly incredible to welcome everyone into our new space and show you all what we can do.



We had SO MUCH FUN! Between the amazing photos on display, the tasty photo-themed cocktails and the super sweet super secret metal show, it might have been both the most awesome and nerdy photo party of all time!

The Developer (aka Cranberry Margarita) was a big hit!

Predator Drone, featuring staff/members of AS220 Photo.


Oh, and did we mention, MAYOR TAVERAS was here! Yup. AS220 Photo received an official Citation from the City to acknowledge our achievement for creating the city's first full service, affordable public access photo program. Go us!!


And, of course, Camerahead: The life of the Party!!



If, for some reason, you weren't able to make it to the party, fear not! We're still here and would love to meet you. Drop by AS220 Photo at the Mercantile, e-mail krystal@as220.org, or come to one of our weekly, open meetings, every Monday at 7pm with questions, comments, ideas, etc. Can't wait to hear from you!

*Thanks to AS220 Photo Key Member and Digital SLR Instructor Kelly Phillips for the awesome photos! See more here!