Open Shop Hours: Tuesday 6-10 pm, Sunday 1-5 pm

Printshop working hours: Tue, Wed, Thurs 1-5 pm

Fall Classes

Small Scale – Letterpress Printing with hand-set type (Beginner)
john fitzgerald: www.fitzgeraldletterpress.com
September 18th & 19th
Saturday and Sunday 1-5 pm
$70.00 + $20.00 materials fee

Letterpress printing is the most precise and exquisite of printing for words. Learn the basics of hand-setting lead type in the style invented by gutenberg that revolutionized our history of media and communiation! Using individual wood and lead letters in a kelsey press, you will compose lines, set up the press proof and print your own unique editions – guaranteed to make a lasting impression…just remember to mind your p’s and q’s!

Lithography 1 (Beginner)
Blake Sanders
September 25th, oct. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd.
saturday afternoons 1-5 pm
$175.00 + $50.00 materials fee

This 5 week long intensive will teach you the basics and the tricks of the only form of hand printing that reproduces a true gradient. Lithography has been praised for centuries, since its invention in the 17th century, for its ability to produce rich blacks and the lightest of grays in crayon drawings or liquid tusche. Learn how to prepare and draw on aluminum lithography plates and experiment with pronto and photo plates. come with ideas and drawings, and leave with unique editions of your work. Print Studio available wednesday evenings during class period 6-10 pm to work on projects. donation of $15.00 requested.

Introduction to Etching/Intaglio (Beginner/Intermediate)
Michael Pajon
October 3rd, 10th, 17th
sunday evenings 5-9 pm
$105.00 + $30.00 materials fee

Manipulating copper plates is one of the oldest forms of fine-art printing, gaining popularity with the fine clear lines of Albrecht Durer and holding strong today. Learn how to prepare grounds, etch copper plates with ferric chloride, prepare paper and the press, ink plates and print. this three week class will prepare you to explore etching further, and send you home with an edition of your prints. The printshop welcomes its newest addition: A beautiful Rosin Box built by local carpenters James Kay and Misha Heil. Aqua-tint will be demonstrated and may be used in your projects. (aqua-tint puts a ‘tooth’ in the plate and allows for solid grays to accompany your etched lines. Print Studio available wednesday evenings during class period 6-10 pm to work on projects. donation of $15.00 requested.

Introduction to Screen Printing multiple colors. (Beginner/Intermediate)
Li Pallas
October 18th, 21st,25th and 28th
Monday and Thursday afternoons 6-10 pm
$140.00 + $40.00 materials fee

Printing in your closet is great – printing in drop-in hours is fabulous, but nothing beats a dedicated teacher showing you the tricks of a versatile and beautiful medium. The class will cover basic methods of acetate tracing, cut ruby lith, transparent color overlay, screen coating, registering, and editioning, as well as tips and tricks which keep the process clean, slick, and efficient.  Students should expect to take home self printed items each week gaining competency in fabric and on paper, as well as focus on a final design and print of a poster project in at least two colors. Covering much ground in a short amount of time, students may need to take home assignments and make use of Open Shop hours to complete their work by the final class. Print Studio available (and reserved for students) wednesday evenings 6-10 pm to work on projects. donation of $15.00 requested. Monitor present, trained in litho, etching and screen-printing.

Youth Apprentice Program
Rachel Speck & Vanessa Adams
October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Thursday afternoons, 2-6 pm in the printshop

The Community Printshop is excited to welcome students from Carver High-school to the studio for a free month-long program made possible by a grant from COX Communications. Students will learn the basics of fine-art and commercial screenprinting. this class is not open to the public, but if you would be interested in having shirts for your band/business designed and printed by our students, please e-mail: Mturner@louisianaartworks.org. Proceeds will support our fund to continue the program after the grant period, and keep it free for the students.

Lithography 2 (Beginner/Intermediate)
Blake Sanders
November 6th, 13th, 20th, Dec. 4th, 11th.
$175.00 + $50.00/materials fee

This class is open for beginners who missed lithography 1, or intermediate printers that want more guidance and tips to master this beautiful but tricky medium.

This 5 week long intensive will teach you the basics and the tricks of the only form of hand printing that reproduces a true gradient. Lithography has been praised for centuries, since its invention in the 17th century, for its ability to produce rich blacks and the lightest of grays in crayon drawings or liquid tusche. Learn how to prepare and draw on aluminum lithography plates and experiment with pronto and photo plates.come with ideas and drawings, and leave with unique editions of your work. Print Studio available (and reserved for students) wednesday evenings 6-10 pm to work on projects. donation of $15.00 requested. Monitor present, trained in litho, etching and screen-printing.

Screen Printing with Hand-cut films and transparent layers (Intermediate/Advanced)
jean cozzens: www.secretdoorprojects.org
November 7th,14th, 21st.
sunday evenings 5-9pm, students required to attend at least 1 wednesday evening session, taught by Cozzens.
$140.00 + $30.00 materials fee

An exciting and meticulous advanced screen printing class , this class is not for the weak of heart or hand! Learn how to manipulate ruby-lith film to make beautiful hand-cut transparencies for screen printing. Experiment with transparent base to make color combination and leave with a beautiful edition. Students are expected to come with screen-print experience (interested beginners, consider taking Li’s intro class or attending open shop nights) and a finished drawing to work from. The first class will involve mixing colors, making color tests and practicing cutting the film (sharp knives will be available for borrow or purchase, or bring your favorite x-acto). Print Studio available (and reserved for students) wednesday evenings 6-10 pm to work on projects. donation of $15.00 requested. Monitor present, trained in litho, etching and screen-printing.

Holiday Screen Printing with Glitter (Beginner/Intermediate)
meg turner: www.megjturner.com
November 28th
$35.00 + $10.00 materials fee

Make your Christmas cards or wrapping paper shine and sparkle and leave a trail of fairy dust (not kidding) with glitter printing! no experience with screen-printing necessary, come with your own drawings or choose from a small selection of holiday motifs. students will learn how to match colors, expose screens and print with glitter. leave with an edition. A6  cards provided.

Multi-Color Etching (one-plate printing a la poupé)
Pippin frisbe-calder
November 29th, Dec. 6th, 13th
$105.00 + $30.00 materials fee

This method of color etching is used to achieve beautifully soft and dream-like colors, while retaining the sharpness and clarity of the etched line. The term comes from the french for ‘with the doll’: the tarlatan is scrunched up to the size of a doll’s head in order to wipe each color portion of copper plate separately. Etching experience helpful but not required, students should come to the first class with a line drawing on tracing paper. Learn the process of transfering a drawing to a plate, drawing with a stylus, etching with acid. Students will also learn how to use the Rosin Box to create tones. Learn the beautiful process to prepare a plate with anywhere from 2 to fifty colors (depending on your dexterity and patience), wipe and print on the etching press. copper provided. Print Studio available (and reserved for students) wednesday evenings 6-10 pm to work on projects. donation of $15.00 requested. Monitor present, trained in litho, etching and screen-printing.

Take your parent to the printshop – T-shirt class
(design and print as a parent/child team)
rachel speck
December 12th
sunday afternoon 1-5pm
$35.00 + $10.00 materials fee

Prepare for the holidays, or take a break from madness and work on a collaborative project with your parent or child! come with a design on paper (preferably a photo copy, must be black and white) and work together to expose a screen, mix a color and print on T-shirts. each team will be provided with 4 blank t-shirts (expect to mess one up!) more available. all ages welcome: Rachel Speck is an experienced screenprint teacher for ages as young as 6.

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Every Tuesday Night and Sunday afternoon!:

Drop in Screen Print Night! 6pm -10 pm tuesdays, 1-5 pm sundays Sliding Scale $5-20

Come With a Drawing on Acetate or a photocopy to coat with oil.
no registration required! just come by and do some printing, or bring a screen
and burn it to take home, experience not necessary! there will be two awesome
print shop monitors here to do a demo and give you a hand.
Provided: screens, emulsion, proof paper, some ink.
Bring: Paper, shirts or your own screen.
for purchase: unmixed Speedball inks. Rives BFK

Of its four studios, The Louisiana ArtWorks’ Community Printshop is arguably its most beautiful! With twenty foot ceilings and huge windows along two walls there is abundant natural light. The shop has welcomed a new manager and is gathering a base of dedicated shop members to keep the shop open late, and humming with activity and classes.

Facilities: Screenprinting, Intaglio, and Lithography, relief printing

Shop Manager: Meg Turner

Want to join our biweekly meetings to talk about how the shop should run? e-mail Mturner@louisianaartworks.org to hear about meeting dates!

Equipment Rental:

Etching, Lithography, Water-based Screen Printing, Relief Printing

We have: Two Takache Etching presses, Vertical etching tank with Ferric Chloride, plate cutter, one Takach Lihtogaphy press, Screenprint Vacuum Exposure unit, T-shirt press, Power washer.