To sign up visit the AS220 Shop

JUNE Open House It's Free! Monday June 1st 6pm
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 Monday of every month. They are FREE! No money involved, we've posted it on the shop just in case you missed it. Each month two of our keymembers are present to run the show and you have the chance to make something in the shop too, a mini project. Drop by, and make a print!

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.

Intro to Silkscreen:2 weeks $65.00 Sundays, June 14th and 21st, 5pm-9pm This course provides a two week introduction to silkscreen. Participants will learn the basics of the photo-emulsion process, a variety of making ways to make positives, in addition to ink mixing, how to troubleshoot the process, registration and printing methods. Please bring all supplies listed below to the first class.

Letterpress $85.00 Saturdays, June 6th, 13th and 20nd, 5pm-9pm
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. Creating and using plastic plates in combination with metal movable type to create your own vision in letterpressed embossment. Participants must attend ALL THREE letterpress classes in order to be certified to use the letterpress during print time. No materials needed for the first class.

Make the Switch to Solvent Free Intaglio
$60.00 Monday June 22nd and 29th 5-9pm
This course is intended for printmakers and artists who have prior experience with Intaglio. If you have been trained and used traditional grounds and processes, such as ashphatum, hard and soft grounds and anything that requires a solvent to remove this class is for you. This short, two week course will cover new technology and methods available to artists. We will be using Ferric Chloride to etch the copper plates and oil based inks for printing. Aquatint, hard/soft grounds, stop out, soap ground, sugar lift will all be covered. There will be time to experiment will all of the processes, make test plates and print them.

JULY Open House It's Free! Monday July 6th 6pm

Broadside for the Letterpress $85.00 Thursdays, July 9, 16 and 23, 5-9pm
This course is for those who have already taken the basic introduction to letterpress in our printshop. Participants will design their own Broadside to be produced on the letterpress. As a part of this workshop we will cut elements of our own design using a lasercutter and cnc router out of wood over at the AS220 LABS. We will then compose the elements in chases with lead already in the shop and print! For the first class please bring ideas and sketches of what you would like to produce. We will also take a field trip to the Providence Public Library to view the Broadsides in the Special Collections.

Silkscreen:6 weeks $200.00 Wednesdays, July 15, 22, 29 and August 5, 12, 19 5pm-9pm
This course provides a six week introduction to silkscreen. Participants will learn the basics of the photo-emulsion process, a variety of making ways to make positives, in addition to ink mixing, how to troubleshoot the process, registration and printing methods. Please bring all supplies listed below to the first class. The workshop will be limited to three students. Over the six weeks each person will have the opportunity to envision, plan, and excute a project of their own. There is room for experimentation, and complex projects. We will spend time looking at and speaking about our own work as well as looking at the work of other artists. If preferred, bring some drawings, or computer generated designs to the first class.

AUGUST Open House It's Free! Monday August 3rd 6pm

Letterpress $85.00 Sundays, August 2nd, 9th, 16th, 5-9pm
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. Creating and using plastic plates in combination with metal movable type to create your own vision in letterpressed embossment. Participants must attend ALL THREE letterpress classes in order to be certified to use the letterpress during print time. No materials needed for the first class.

Intro to Silkscreen:2 weeks $65.00 Monday, August 10th and 17th, 5pm-9pm
This course provides a two week introduction to silkscreen. Participants will learn the basics of the photo-emulsion process, a variety of making ways to make positives, in addition to ink mixing, how to troubleshoot the process, registration and printing methods. Please bring all supplies listed below to the first class.

Drypoint $35.00 Sunday August 30th 5-9pm
In the Drypoint class basic mark making skills as well as the techniques and processes of an etching press will be taught. Participants will make direct marks into a copper plate using sharp tools to leaving lines for inks to sit in and then be transfered to paper by running it though the press at high pressure. We will also cover ink mixing and application, plate preparation and wiping, as well as paper tearing and registration. During this is a short introduction to using the etching press participants will be signed off to print in the shop only for drypoint.