Center for Contemporary Printmaking - September

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Spotlight on: Paper Lithography

Roxanne Faber Savage, Wood on Wood (detail) Still a few spaces left in this weekend workshop...  with Roxanne Faber Savage  September 21 - September 22, 10 am - 4 pm each day Open to 8 participants | all levels welcome  Paper lithography is a planographic printmaking process, relying on the separation of water and oil. The matrix or printing plate is standard copy paper. In the workshop, the capabilities of the copy machine are explored by using drawings, photographs, and sketchbook imagery to create plates.  Participants learn ways to develop imagery on a copier, mix inks, ink and wipe paper plates to create excellent image transfers from a paper matrix. Roxanne Faber Savage is an interdisciplinary artist, with printmaking as her primary art form. She is a seasoned educator and master Teaching Artist on the Connecticut Commission on Art and Tourism Teaching Artist Roster. Roxanne is an award winning artist, receiving recognition for her innovative and original prints on paper, plastic, silk and metal.  She has extensive education in printmaking and drawing, studying internationally in Italy and the U.S. Her works are featured in solo and invitational exhibits, and are held in private and corporate collections.  She earned her BFA from Pratt Institute and her M.S. Ed from Queens College. Register online Or, call 203-899-7999 to register

In the Gallery   Untitled Vijay Kumar: Etchings,  A Retrospective You are invited to attend the Opening Reception  Sunday   September 15,  2 - 5 pm   and Betty Ball: Recent Monotypes Through November 3     _____ Workshops and Events 9/17   Nomi Silverman  Mother and Child The Figure and the Monotype  with Nomi Silverman, Monitor Tuesday, 1 to 4 pm  Details 9/24 10/8  and 10/15*   Three separate MONOTHON warm-up workshops, to help you prepare for your  printing session. . *Only one space left  in the Ron Pokrasso workshop. Call 203-899-7999 or register online now! Details   10/20-26   The annual marathon  of printing 10/27  Youth MONOTHON  10/29  The Figure and the Monotype  MONOTHON Session Details 11 /16  Silent and Live Auction and Party held at the  Lillian August  Flagship Store Norwalk, CT   New!  Fall workshop brochure online   Sign up deadline for this workshop: September 15...     Beyond the Digital Print with Mary Taylor   September 27, 28 and 29, Friday through Sunday  10 am to 4 pm each day   Open to 8 participants | all levels welcome     This workshop is for artists who want to learn how to create alternatives to photo paper digital prints. Combining ordinary materials with acrylic paints and mediums, participants learn how to create one-of-a-kind surfaces for direct inkjet printing and step-by-step pigment (inkjet) transfer print techniques that can be applied to wood, canvas, collage, metal and acrylic. The techniques taught are Mary Taylor's adaptations of the processes presented in the two popular books, Digital Art Studio and Digital Alchemy. The workshop emphasizes exploration and experimentation with integrative processes.  Register online Or, call 203-899-7999 to register    Mary Taylor, Archimede's Spiral  Artist Services at the Center Special projects | Studio Rental | Keyholder Program... Details Summer intern creates art in CCP studios... Chris Rubin explores various techniques to expand his imagery,  working at CCP through September. Bubbles made by blowing through a straw into a spit bite solution, onto the intaglio plate in the tray                      Bubbles made using asphaltum and an eye dropper  onto a copper plate . A line etching by Chris Rubin