Novice to advanced printmakers will enjoy using our manual and electric
presses in a non-toxic studio. Instruction features monotype, drypoint
etching, woodcut/relief printing, xerox lithography, water-based silkscreen
methods, collage and/or trace monotype.

The Painterly Print: Monoprinting Workshop with Megan Hinton
June 6-8, 1-4pm, $225 plus a $25 materials fee

Monotype printing is ideal for the painter who would like to produce a body of work on paper. Monoprinting also opens up the contemporary possibility of stepping away from formal easel painting. This workshop will demonstrate the basic techniques to make a successful monotype print. Some of these techniques include the process of painting on a surface suitable for monoprinting, operating a printing press, and preparing paper for printing. Examples of artists’ work that employs monoprinting will be introduced. Students should come to class with an experimental outlook. All levels of painting experience are welcome from the beginner to advanced painter.
Megan Hinton’s paintings and works on paper have been exhibited throughout North America. She shows her work at the South Wharf Gallery in Nantucket, MA and The William Scott Gallery in Provincetown, MA. Hinton holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and New York University. She has been awarded the Dorothy Getz fellowship from Ohio Wesleyan, the C-Scape Dune Shack artist’s residency from the Provincetown Compact and two print studio fellowships from the Women’s Studio Workshop in the Catskills of New York. In 2011, Hinton had her first solo museum show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and a three-person exhibition at PAAM. She is an avid traveler and admirer of the ocean, both of which inform her work. www.meganhinton.com Hinton writes, "I teach to not only share my knowledge of art, but to act as a catalyst and guide for students of painting and drawing. My students, who come from diverse backgrounds and levels, teach me about the many possibilities and approaches to art making.  Having an artistic discourse in regard to technical demonstrations, the language of art, and the significance of work by other artists not only makes my own approach to art making more clear, but gives me a better understanding of how students can expand upon and grow as individuals from their work."

PAST CLASSES:

Have You Tried Monotype? Open Yourself to a New World of Creativity with Diane Brinker in Chatham
One-Day Workshops: March 10, March 21, April 11 or April 28, 10-3pm
$110 plus a $30 materials fee  

Diane’s energetic and facilitating approach to one of the most empowering art mediums will delightfully reacquaint you to your unique creative self. Anyone can enjoy the serendipity of monotype painting and printing.  All you need is a few tips and tricks as guidance to open yourself to a new world of creativity. You will experiment with non-toxic water based printing inks and several techniques including offset, stenciling, and chine colle.  No drawing or painting experience necessary; perfect for novices or experienced artists.  Feel free to bring collage elements you want to incorporate, or take advantage of the copious materials collected by the artist.

One student wrote, Diane is an “Excellent teacher, really helped me to learn the medium, very inspiring!! She was wonderful – very well versed and generous and supportive. I learned a lot about possibilities of the medium. She taught me to play and explore, not get caught up in trying for a specific effect, like perfection. Creative spirit – helped me with process but allowed me to use my own ideas and compositions.”

Diane Brinker spent 30 years designing and leading workshops in San Francisco and the Napa Valley, and in 2009 brought her creative measures full time to the Cape.  As primarily a printmaker and experimenter, she brings to her workshops energy and freshness   Her classes are known for the passion and enthusiasm she shows for artists of all ages and abilities. A staunch arts advocate and organizer, she has served as appointee on the Napa Mayor’s Round Table for the Arts, as well as chaired the Napa Valley Arts and Culture Alliance.  On Cape, she has taught classes at the Chatham Fine Arts Center, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, and provided Artist Studio workshops for PAAM.  Educated at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a degree in Marketing (Art minor), her design creations and products have been widely marketed to the National Parks in the US and Canada since1984. Commissioned memoir pieces, photography, and abstract painting experiments round out her playful and successful approach to art. www.dianebrinker.com

Drypoint Etching II with Vicky Tomayko April 23-24, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee April 23-24, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee Learn or expand your knowledge of the basics of drypoint etching in two easy hands-on sessions. It's a printmaking medium perfect for the artist or beginner who likes to draw and wants to print multiples images in a direct manner. No difficult process or chemicals. Open to beginners and intermediate students. This workshop includes studio access until 4pm on Monday. Vicky Tomayko is an artist/printmaker living in Truro. She was a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and has a MFA in printmaking from Western Michigan University. In addition to PAAM, she teaches at Cape Cod Community College and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown's Summer Program. She manages the print studio for the Fine Arts Work Center during the seven-month residency program, and during the Massachusetts College of Art Low Residency Masters Program, providing workshops and one-on-one instruction. She was an artist-in-residence at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School in Orleans for ten years. Tomayko was assistant professor of printmaking at Connecticut College, 1979 through 1981. She is represented by The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown.

Silkscreen Printing II with Vicky Tomayko
April 9-10, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Learn or expand your knowledge of silkscreen printing in 2 easy hands-on sessions. Participants will learn simple and direct methods for making screen prints on any relatively smooth surface with non toxic materials and permanent inks. Print on fabric or paper. Open to beginners and intermediate students. This workshop includes studio access until 4pm on Monday.
Please see bio above.

Monotype II with Vicky Tomayko
April 2-3, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Learn or expand your monotype techniques in two easy hands-on sessions. It's a naturally experimental medium, perfect for the artist or beginner who wants to create a series of unique images rapidly while exploring the potential for expanding imagery endlessly through the process of reworking the "ghost". Open to beginners and intermediate students. This workshop includes studio access until 4pm on Monday.
Please see bio above.

Introduction to Drypoint Etching with Vicky Tomayko
March 19-20, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Learn the basics of drypoint etching in two easy hands-on sessions. It's a printmaking medium perfect for the artist or beginner who likes to draw and wants to print multiples images in a direct manner. No difficult process or chemicals. This workshop includes studio access until 4pm on Monday.

Introduction to Silkscreen Printing with Vicky Tomayko March 12-13, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee Learn the art of silkscreen printing in 2 easy hands-on sessions. Participants will learn simple and direct methods for making screen prints on any relatively smooth surface with non toxic materials and permanent inks. Print on fabric or paper. This workshop includes studio access until 4pm on Monday. Of this class, one student noted the “overall artistic freedom, affordabaility” as well as remarking, “Tomayko is nonjudgemental, encouraging, and has great energy.”

Introduction to Monotype with Vicky Tomayko
March 5-6, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Learn basic monotype techniques in two easy hands-on sessions. It's a naturally experimental medium, perfect for the artist or beginner who wants to create a series of unique images rapidly while exploring the potential for expanding imagery endlessly through the process of reworking the "ghost". This workshop includes studio access until 4pm on Monday.

The fully stocked "green" printmaking studio has 3 etching presses suitable for intaglio, stencil, or relief work, oil based inks, printmaking papers, a variety of brayers, and a large diameter roller. The large roller is great for flat color and transferring images.

Demonstrations will be based on individual needs and desires.

Line Woodcuts: Who, What & Why? with Sally Brophy
February 13-14, 10-3pm, $175

What is a white-line woodcut? Why use the wood when you can just paint on paper? Who came up with this idea? Come away from this workshop not only having made your first white-line woodcut, but also learning about the history, the artists past and present who are connected to it, and some of the whys. A visit to Sally Brophy's studio in Provincetown will be included.
Sally Brophy has been creating white-line woodblock prints for more than a decade. She studied the technique with Kathryn Smith, who was taught by her grandmother, artist Ferol Sibley Warthen. Warthen learned from Blanche Lazzell – one of the first artists to develop the art form in Provincetown. This lineage of women printmakers represents both the rich legacy and the vibrant contemporary community of white-line artists that continue to create on Cape Cod today. Sally Brophy is represented by Kobalt Gallery in Provincetown. www.sallybrophy.com Of this class, Brophy writes, “students get to dive right in with small practice blocks I bring to the class. That builds a foundation for understanding how the paint moves from wood to paper and helps when creating your own woodcuts."

Discover Creative Expression through Collage and Monotype with Diane Brinker
January 30-31, 9:30-2:30pm, $195 plus a $45 materials fee
February 6-7, 9:30-2:30pm, $195 plus a $45 materials fee

It’s Winter – time to come inside and Play! Want to think outside the box? Maybe you’re an artist who needs loosening up, or maybe you want to discover something new.  Either way this 2 day session at the Museum will give you a new appreciation for your creative self!  Diane is well-known for her enthusiasm in making novices feel comfortable while giving fellow artists the encouragement to try something new. The session begins the basics of Monotype including some printing tricks, but the focus is on creative experiment, using everything from cemetery rubbings (a local field trip weather permitting), primitive self portraits, and design elements of all kinds.  Come learn how Monotype and Collage can stimulate and transform your approach. You’ll go away with new parameters regarding creativity, revived old discarded works, intriguing self portraits or simply some captivating Valentines, but you will be stimulated and have new ideas to go ‘play’ with.
Diane Brinker spent 30 years designing and leading workshops in San Francisco and the Napa Valley, and in 2009 brought her creative measures full time to the Cape.  As primarily a printmaker and experimenter, she brings to her workshops energy and freshness   Her classes are known for the passion and enthusiasm she shows for artists of all ages and abilities. A staunch arts advocate and organizer, she has served as appointee on the Napa Mayor’s Round Table for the Arts, as well as chaired the Napa Valley Arts and Culture Alliance.  On Cape, she has taught classes at the Chatham Fine Arts Center, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, and provided Artist Studio workshops for PAAM.  Educated at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a degree in Marketing (Art minor), her design creations and products have been widely marketed to the National Parks in the US and Canada since1984. Commissioned memoir pieces, photography, and abstract painting experiments round out her playful and successful approach to art. www.dianebrinker.com

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