Printmaking Workshop Series at Queens Public Library: Ridgewood

March-April 2023

A free, drop-in, program for students grades 6-12. Participants are introduced to screen printing, relief printing, and monotype. Books on printmaking from the library collection are provided for participants to draw inspiration from and encourage the circulation of non-fiction art books.

Two students apply pressure to the sides of the screen, while a third student passes the ink squeegee along the screen.

Student work: screen print of a butterfly, 18 x 24 inches.

Supermoon Satellite Summer Camp

Summer 2022

An interdisciplinary, mixed-age, summer art program for children in grades K-5. Students explore art-making through a balance of open-ended exploration and guided instruction of materials including machine sewing, painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, and dye. Students are encouraged to work independently and develop problem solving skills, while making work that is enjoyable and meaningful to them.

A student experiments with using foxtail grass as an alternative mark-making tools for painting.

A student practices machine sewing on stiff polyester felt.