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History:
The first iteration of the AS220 Community Print Shop was spearheaded in 1996 by Americorps Vista Mark Pedini. Originally located in the basement of AS220's Empire Street Building, the Print Shop provided screen-printing facilities to both novice and experienced printmakers in Providence, Rhode Island. In 2003, increasingly stringent fire codes led to the Print Shop's closure. However, the precedent had been set and desire demonstrated for a publicly accessible printmaking studio within AS220.
In 2007, AS220 recognized an opportunity to re-open the Print Shop in the newly redeveloped Dreyfus Building, Located at 95 Mathewson Street in Downtown Providence. A new full-time Americorps Vista and Shop Manager, Morgan Calderini, aided by a team of approximately 15 Key Members, set to work creating the new AS220 Community Print Shop. In September of 2007 the Dreyfus studio opened its' doors to the public, providing genuinely affordable access to printmaking presses and classes for the community of Providence and beyond. In keeping with the broader mission of AS220, the Print Shop is an un-juried and uncensored creative space.
AS220 Mission Statement:
We, the citizens of Rhode Island, associate ourselves for the purpose of providing a local forum and home for the arts, through the maintenance of residential and work studios, galleries, performance and educational spaces. Exhibitions and performances in the forum will be unjuried, uncensored and open to the general public. Our facilities and services are made available to all artists who need a place to exhibit, perform, or create their original artwork, especially those who cannot obtain space to exhibit or perform from traditional sources because of financial or other limitations.
Printshop Staff:
The AS220 Community Print Shop presently employs one full time staff person, Studio Manager Morgan Calderini.
The Offset Manager position is funded through through September 2010 via the Federal Stimulus Program - with the goal to create a self-sustaining full-time position.
Jay Zehngebot is presently the Print Shop's 3rd year Americorps Vista, working as the educational program coordinator with a focus on implementing structural improvements.
Keymembers & Monitors
A Printshop monitor, keymember, or studio manager is available from 9am - 9pm, seven days a week, to let members in, restock supplies, help with safety and health measures, and offer help or advice when applicable.
Facilities:
Silkscreen
Two printing tables, 4' x 6'
A set of 5 small printing beds for class-sized screens, ~24" x 24"
Light table for exposing screens up to 24" x 36"
QLT elmusion/liquid spray remover
Letterpress
Vandercook Proof Press 4
maximuim printing area, 13" x 18"
2-Kelsey 5 x 8 Letterpress
Three cabinets of type
One case of ornaments
Three lead/slug cutters
Four cases of furniture
Large glass table for mixing inks
Two galley cabinets
Intaglio / Etching
Vertical Etching bath with ferric chloride 18" x 24"
Graves etching press by Rembrandt Graphic Arts
press bed 36" x 18"
blankets 36" x 16"
Oil based inks
tarlatin and taffeta
Non-toxic acrylic grounds, aquatint, stop-out
Airbrush and compressor for acrylic aquatint
Stripping solution for acrylic grounds Brightener soultion for copper plates
Soaking bath
Print dryer
Newsprint
File
Brayers
Inking cards
Pallete knives
Hot plate
Other
Paper guillotine 19.5" wide x 30" length
two small paper cutters
cutting mat
48" tear bar
Biweekly Rag service
60" Matte Cutter
Storage shelf for keymembers
Imac with Adobe software
Epson scanner
Drying Rack
In Storage
Rembrandt Lithography press
6 lithography stones
Address:
AS220 Community Print Shop
95 Mathewson Street #210
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Contact:
Phone: 401.831.9327 x 112
Email: printshop-info@as220.org
Office Hours:
10am-5pm, Tuesday - Friday
Open Studio Hours:
9am-1am, Mon - Sun (7 Days / Week)
Directions:
FROM BOSTON: I-95 S towards Providence, RI. Take exit 21, then left at ATWELLS Ave. Take a left at US-1 N, turn right at BEVERLY St, left at WASHINGTON st, left at MATHEWSON, and we are the 2nd door on your left, buzz #210 to be let in!
Directions from the Providence Train Station
Parking:
Parking Downtown is free on the weekends, and metered during weekdays. Metered hours are typically from 7:30am until 6pm, but act in accordance with signage. Metered parking downtown costs $1.00 / hour.
