In this workshop participants will learn how to make multicolor woodcut prints from a single block of wood. "Reduction" printing involves cutting and printing the woodblock in stages. As successive areas of the block are cut away, inked and printed, the image builds in subtlety and complexity. This workshop will cover cutting techniques, print registration methods, and the mixing of opaque and transparent oil based inks. Participants will also experiment with the delightfully surprising variations that can be generated in the process. First-time printers welcome.

Nona Hershey's work is included in numerous public collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Library of Congress, DC; Fogg Museum; Yale University Art Gallery; Minnesota Museum of Art; Crakow National Museum; and the Calcografia Nazionale, Rome. She has participated in over 100 Print Biennials and Group Exhibitions internationally. Numerous solo exhibitions include those at Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY; Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Galleria Il Ponte, Rome, Italy, and Miller Block Gallery, Boston. She has had residency grants at the Asillah Forum Foundation, Morocco; the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ireland; the MacDowell Colony, NH, and at the Ucross Foundation, WY. She taught at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy for 12 years and at Temple University's Tokyo program for one year. Since September 1993, Ms. Hershey has been Professor and Coordinator of the Printmaking Department at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She was a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Grant in 2004.