manhattan graphics center - april 2014

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Printmaking Classes and Open Studio  April 28 - August 17     EXPLORE THE WIDE WORLD OF PRINTMAKING LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS LONG CLASSES START IN APRIL, MAY AND JULY  Solarplate l Intaglio l Silkscreen l Lithography Japanese Woodblock l Collagraph   SHORT CLASSES MAY TO AUGUST Beyond the Print l Encaustic Collagraph l Solarplate Rubber Stamps l Monotypes and the Litho Press T-Shirt Screen Printing l Silk and Carborundum  Multi-Plate Color Etching l Stereoscopic 3-D ScreenprintPronto Plate l Gold Leaf l Photogravure  Monotype & Live Model l Gelatin Plate Monotype   FREE ARTISTS' TALKS SELECT SATURDAY EVENINGS AT 6:30 pm  For the complete schedule of classes, open workshop & events visit our website:   manhattangraphicscenter.org To Register: Download the Registration Form from the web site and mail it to MGC with your payment by check, call MGC to register with a credit card or visit the studio to sign up in person.     These classes are starting soon SOLARPLATE Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm, 4 weeks starting April 28 Instructor: Douglas Collins Solarplate etching, or photopolymer gravure, is a versatile and safe, non-toxic medium that produces results akin to the finest etchings. SILKSCREEN: Water-based  Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30 pm, 9 weeks starting April 29 Instructor: Margaret Nussbaum Silkscreen is ideal for those who enjoy experimentation and a variety of approaches in art. It is especially suited for multi-color work. Water-based inks can be used on paper, fabric, canvas and metal to create infinite colors, textures and images. INTAGLIO/ETCHING Tuesday evenings, 6:30-9:30 pm, 9 weeks starting April 29 Instructor: Frederick MershimerFor both beginners and experienced printmakers, this course focuses on traditional methods of working copper plates. The class covers etching, drypoint, aquatint, use of soft and hard grounds, combined techniques and color printing. Wednesdays, 2:00-5:00 pm, 9 weeks starting April 30Fridays, 10:30 am-1:30 pm, 9 weeks starting May 2 Instructor: Vijay KumarTraditional techniques of etching, drypoint, and aquatint, and the use of soft and hard gounds are demonstrated, as well as contemporary methods such as non-toxic photo etching, viscosity printing, toner and xerox transfer. Extensive work on a single plate and experimental techniques may be undertaken. LITHOGRAPHY Wednesday evenings, 6:30-9:30 pm, 9 weeks starting April 30 Instructor: Arnold Brooks The most direct form of printmaking. The immediacy of the artist's hand is kept throughtout the process. The course covers the basic techniques of hand-drawn aluminum plates, photo-lithographic plates and printing in black-and-white and color. APRIL EXHIBITIONS / IN THE GALLERY Tara Sabharwal Etchings and Monoprints  IN THE PROJECT SPACE Living Large curated by Richard Turnbull     exhibitions viewing hours:  Mon 6-10pm, Tue-Fri 10am-10pm  Sat-Sun 10am-6pm  Scholarship Artist's Talk Paige K. Bradley Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 6:30 pm Paige K. Bradley (b.1988) is from Los Angeles and studied fine art and printmaking at the California Institute of the Arts and the National College of Art & Design in Dublin, Ireland before receiving her B.F.A. in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011. She works mainly in drawing, printmaking, and painting as well as animation and book arts. In addition to her artistic practice she is a writer and critic for Artforum and has also published essays and criticism with The Art Book Review, Los Angeles, The White Review, London, and Art in America. She has shown her work in Ireland and New York City and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.     Please join us for this informal presentation by the artist about the development of her work.  Image title, top right: Lake Air Tracklights: MGC Member News Anneli Arms is exhibiting her prints in an exhibition entitled Animalia: Creatures in Print at itmarksthespot., located at 508 West 26th Street, studio 7f, in NYC. The show is on view until May 8. For more information: 917-304-0714  email: info@itmarksthespot.com Katerina Kyselica has her work included in the group show entitled Structure, curated by Agnes Murray, at the Printmaking Center of New Jersey, located in Branchburg, New Jersey. The opening reception will be on Saturday, April 26 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The exhibition closes on June 14. www.printnj.org Elin Rodseth a 2012 scholarship artist at MGC, is showing her prints in a three person exhibition, Collectors, with Islelin Kleiva and Tonje Boe Birkeland, at theTrygve Lie Gallery at the Norwegian Seamen's Church, 317 East 52nd Street in Manhattan. The show is on view until May 15. 212-319-0370 Virginia Smit, Abby DuBow and Douglas Collins are showing their prints in a exhibition entitled 3 Uptown at the Mehu Gallery, 21 West 100th Street, #1, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue in NYC, from May 15 to June 15. The opening is on May 15, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. 212-222-3334

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