Screenprinting 101

Instructor: Brooke Toczylowski

Dates: Saturdays, May 4 & May 11, 2024

Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm 

Ages: 16+

Members: $193.50

Non-Members: $215

Description: 

Ink, flood, print, repeat! Explore the technical process and endless possibilities of screenprinting in this introductory workshop. Participants will design an image in Photoshop or by hand and learn how to print an edition of single-layer screenprints. As you begin working with the materials, you will gain an understanding of how light and emulsion are used to burn images into a screen. Instructor, Brooke Toczylowski, will guide you through the process and demonstrate printing techniques that will result in a clean, registered, and consistant edition of prints. You will also receive a brief history of screenprinting and have the opportunity to share your work with a supportive, art-loving community.  

Materials:

Provided by Five Points Arts:

• All materials needed for this workshop will be provided

Provided by the Participant: 

• Different kinds of paper to experiment with (optional)

Instructor Bio:

Brooke Toczylowski is an artist, educator, and activist. Her work combines arts-based research and public practice. Through materiality and mark making, her studio work layers traces of historical, social, and ecological systems. Supported by a 2022 and 2024 Artists Respond Grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, her social practice engages the public in considering their relationship to land. She has been a long-term printmaking resident at the Kala Art Institute, in Berkeley, CA. Brooke has 20+ years in education—as a teacher, curriculum coach, facilitator, and leader. She is co-founder and the former Executive Director of Agency by Design Oakland, in Oakland, CA, which implements equity and maker-centered learning, and which grew out of collaborative research with Project Zero at Harvard. Brooke also worked at Oakland International High School, an alternative school serving newcomer students. From 2004-06, Brooke lived in Latin America; in Venezuela she led arts-workshops in schools, and in Guatemala she collaborated with the World Conservation Union, through the Creative Action Institute. Brooke holds a BA in Studio Art from Williams College, and will graduate with her MFA in January, 2025, from Clark University.

Social Media: @noisyriverstudio

Website: https://brooketoczylowski.com/

* All workshops are held at the Five Points Art Center, 855 University Drive

Workshop Policies: Please review the terms of our workshop policies here