Offering Printmaking Classes and Workshops in Metropolitan D.C.

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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. With it's 25th anniversary year in 2008, Discover Graphics continues to operate under the direction of Penny Barringer, who assumed complete responsibility for the atelier and its programs upon Kaneshiro's retirement in 2003.
Discover Graphics Atelier, a great place to explore the world of fine art printmaking.

Register for Winter classes and workshops

Registration for Winter began November 5
Classes start January7 - Classes end February 26
(Register with the Art League at www.theartleague.org)

Upcoming Classes and Workshops at a Glance

Instructor Workshop/Class Date/Time
Penny Barringer Intermediate/Advanced
Intaglio Techniques
Winter (8 weeks)
Thurs 7:00-10:00
Penny Barringer
Harriet Lawler
All Levels
Introduction to Monotype Printmaking
Year round
(see classes)
Nancy Aldrich-Wolf Begining/Intermediate
Etching and Intaglio Techniques
Fall•Spring (5 weeks)
Thurs 11:00-4:00
Pam Day Begining/Intermediate
Etching and Intaglio Techniques
Fall•Spring•Winter (9 weeks)
Tues 7:00-10:00
Nancy Aldrich-Wolf Begining/Intermediate
Etching and Intaglio Techniques
Summer starts July 5 (5 weeks)
Thurs 11:00-4:00
Pam Day Begining/Intermediate
Etching and Intaglio Techniques
Summer (6 weeks)
Tues 7:00-10:00
Penny Barringer

Lithography
with Penny Barringer

Lithography enables artists to use a wide range of techniques to achieve multiple prints including crayons and pencil shading, washes, and pen & ink. Students learn to grind a stone and/or prepare a metal plate, develop an image, and print a small edition. A $45 lab fee is payable to the instructor. Open to all experience levels.

Winter (6 weeks)
Start date January 12, 2013
$235 Tuesday 10:00 -3:00 pm (Limit 8 students)
or
$235 Saturday 10:00 -3:00 pm (Limit 8 students)

The workshop will be held in:
Discover Graphics Atelier, Inc, Studio 202
in the Torpedo Factory Art Center
105 N. Union Street
Alexandria ,VA

For more information call the Art League School at
703-683-2323 or Penny at 703-548-0186. You can
also email Penny at pennybarringer@verizon.net.

Monotype
Explorations


Penny Barringer
Students delve into the fascinating mono process in an intensive workshop. A new inking techniques with water based or oil based inks is explored each morning and afternoon. A $40 lab fee payable to the instructor covers all supplies except paper towels and printing paper which are available at the school store. Classes are held at the studio in Discover Graphics Atelier, Inc Studio 202 in the Torpedo Factory Art Center

Class size is limited to 10.

Spring 2013
 Advanced
 Monotype

   with Penny Barringer

This workshop focused on an in-depth exploration of several monotype techniques: viscosity, Chine Colle, and multilayer printing. Students are encouraged to pursue individual projects. A $40 lab fee covers all materials except paper and paper towels. Limit 8 students.

$360 Sat - Sun - Mon
10:00am – 3:00 pm

Penny Barringer
Beginning/ Intermediate
Etching and Intaglio Techniques

Etching is a technique that allows the printmaker to achieve wide tonal range and unlimited detail. Students, using zinc plates will learn to produce images with line etching, aquatint, soft ground etching and drypoint techniques and how to print small additions. Lab fee $40 payable to instructor.

Summer
$140 Tuesday 7:00- 10:00pm Day (6 weeks)

$195 Thursday 11:00am -4:00 pm
Aldrich-Wolf (5 weeks starts July 5)

Torpedo Factory website sign up for classes online

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)

   Linoleum Cut

Linoleum cut (or linocut) is the fascinating relief printing process that doesn't require a press to print. Linoleum is an easy to cut alternative to wood.
Experience printmakers may apply to be affiliated artist and pay a monthly fee to cover basic supplies and equipment during open studio hours.
For information call 703-549-1381
Supplies: Most supplies are available in the classroom. Other supplies are available in the Art League Store and will be discussed by the instructor at the first class.

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

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