Experimental Screenprint

Instructor: Brooke Toczylowski

Dates: Thursdays, November 7, 14 & 21, 2024

Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM 

Ages: 16+

Members: $157.50

Non-Members: $175  

(Registration deadline: November 3, 2024) 

Description: 

Whether you are new to screenprinting or looking to explore an alternative approach, this workshop introduces a variety of analog methods to achieve dynamic and layered sceenprints while encouraging experimentation and embracing the unexpected. Learn to use a variety of techniques for making screenprint negatives, including creating stencils, ink drawing, realia, collage, and drawing fluid. These will be applied in the planning and design of your own printing project, which will guide participants through the full screenprinting process - from burning images onto the screen, color mixing, registering and layering prints, washing and reclaiming screens, and more. With individualized instruction and the opportunity to work independently, this workshop is appropriate for all experience levels.

Materials: 

Provided by Five Point Arts:

• All materials needed are included in the workshop.

Provided by participants:

• Reference images, ideas or inspiration for individual project

• Additional paper for printing (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.

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

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