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Discover Graphics Atelier, located in the Torpedo Factory Art Center, offers printmaking courses and workshops in collaboration with the Art League. It also provides facilities in which advanced students and proven printmakers can pursue their art in a supportive environment. Incorporated as a 501(C) 3 non-profit educational institution, Discover Graphics is the brainchild of two experienced printmakers and teachers, Penny Barringer and Allen Kaneshiro. Drawing on their experience at the National Museum of American Art and on the generosity of friends, they opened the printshop in the Torpedo Factory in 1983. Since then numerous printmakers in various media have used it as their choice of studio. Regular instruction has been offered in stone and plate lithography, in relief printmaking, in collograph, in monotype, and in the multiple possibilities offered by the whole range of etching and intaglio techniques. Celebrating it's 25th anniversary year in 2008, Discover Graphics operates under the direction of Penny Barringer, who assumed complete responsibility for the atelier and its programs upon Allen Kaneshiro's retirement in 2003.
Celebrating it's 25th anniversary, Discover Graphics is the place to explore the fascinating world of fine art printmaking.

Register for fall classes and workshops

Registration begins August 11, 2008
(Register with the Art League at www.theartleague.org)

Upcoming Classes and Workshops at a Glance

Instructor Workshop/Class Date/Time
Penny Barringer Monotype Printmaking Workshop
Kewanna, Indiana (see below)
Oct 11-13
Penny Barringer Intermediate
Printmaking Projects and Techniques
Fall, Winter and
Spring

Weds. 10:00-3:00
Penny Barringer Lithography (stone & metal plate) Winter
Thurs 10:00-3:00
Sat 10:00-3:00
Penny Barringer Intermediate/Advanced
Intaglio Techniques
Fall
Thurs 7:00-10:00
Penny Barringer
Harriet Lawler
All Levels
Introduction to Monotype Printmaking
Year round
(see classes)
Pam Day
Nancy Aldrich-Wolf
Etching and Intaglio Techniques Fall and Winter
Tues 7:00-10:00
Thurs 11:00-4:00
Penny Barringer
Torpedo Factory website sign up for classes online
Begining/Intermediate

Discover Graphics goes on the road

Introduction to monotype printmaking workshop
Kewanna, Indiana

With Penny Barringer



October 11-13, 2008
Saturday - Monday 10:00/3:00 pm

Join Penny for an intensive three days of monotype printing. Often called the "painterly print", this process was used by Degas, Sargent and Prendergast. Subtractive, additive, color blending and painterly layering techniques will be the focus of the workshop. Using your own sketches and photographs as sources you can translate your ideas into this exciting medium. Some painting/drawing experience is desirable, but Penny, who has taught at the Art League School in Alexandria, VA for over 24 years, is comfortable working with students at all levels. Classes will be held at the studio space at 101 E. Main St., Kewanna, IN. Cost for the three-day workshop is $135 + $25 lab fee
you may register by writing to:

Penny Barringer
Torpedo Factory Art Center #308
105 N Union St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
For additional information call: 703-548-0186 or email: pennybarringer@verizon.net

gallery of
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Experienced printmakers may apply to be Affiliated Artists and work during open studio time. A monthly or daily fee is charged which covers most supplies needed for quality printmaking.

To apply contact Penny Barringer at
703-549-1381 or pennybarringer@verizon.net
Summer open studio hours:
Mon, Weds, Fri, 10:00 am --10:00 pm
Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun -- 10:00am ? 6:00pm

Print Methods Taught at Discover Graphics

   Lithography

Lithography, from the Greek words for stone and writing, was invented by Aloys Senefelder in 1796, who originally called his invention "chemical printing" because the process is based on the antipathy of grease and water.

   Etching/Intaglio

Intaglio printmaking refers to all those methods of etching or engraving on metal plates, usually copper or zinc, where the grooves retain ink while the upper surface is meticulously wiped clean. The two major techniques are direct engraving and acid-bath methods.(more)

   Monoprints

Monoprint is a similar process to monotype which also yields a unique print, it differs from monotype, however, in that some part of the image is produced from a repeatable matrix or plate executed in one of the other printmaking processes. (more)

   Collography

Collography is a technique whereby the necessarily uneven surfaces of a print matrix are created by collaging various materials onto the plate. The most common method is to generate a matrix on either a cardboard support or a plastic plate. (more)

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