Words

TWO SESSIONS · The broadside is an 11 x 17 poster with text and image. Participants from earlier Arts & Letters sections can use their poems and drawings/carvings to compose a poster, while anyone else can take this section using existing images, print blocks, and text.

Participants will transfer their art to a blank screen by painting out the negative areas using an ink-blocking paint. Once the screen is blocked and taped off, a squeegee is used to pull ink across the screen to transfer the design to paper and create a 1 color print.

Students will be introduced to the traditional process of relief printmaking by way of transferring a previously designed concept onto a block, carving the design, and printing and reproducing it onto paper. In this particular workshop, students will work on mounted linoleum

Text and imagery can be combined into an artistic whole to create a powerful, expressive piece of art. In this workshop, students will learn the fundamentals of poetry, short prose, and illustration. Students will apply these concepts to a piece of art that will combine their writing with an image.

The Challenge:  Make a 24-page comic book or finished work of art in 24 hours. We start on Saturday, October 12th at 10 a.m. and make art until Sunday, October 13th at 10 a.m. This event is free, all ages, and open to the public.