Saturday, July 18th
12:00pm-4:00pm
Learn the fundamentals of one of the most popular forms of printmaking! Using a stencil-based approach, screen printing allows artists to transfer their images to a wide variety of materials.
In this introductory course, students will learn how to make a hand drawn or cut paper stencil, burn a screen, work in a communal print studio setting and make multiple prints of a unique one-layer screen print on paper.
Note: This is not a t-shirt printing course
All workshop materials are provided.
Students have the option to bring in a simple sketch to work from. This drawing will not be the final film that is printed, but will provide a starting point to optimize class time. Sketches should fit within a 9x12" page and avoid small, thin lines. If you do not want to bring in a sketch, we will also have paper to cut stencils from during class time.
Instructor: Rae Helms
Rae Helms is an interdisciplinary print-based artist in Philadelphia whose practice explores the intersection of memory, ecology, and poetics. Their work examines the dialogue between human intervention and ecological agency, drawing inspiration from queer ecology and gestures of refusal within the built environment.
Helms received their BFA in Printmaking and BA in Art History from California State University, Chico, and an MFA in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Their work has been exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Helms was the recipient of the Jennifer Tancreto Award from the Janet Turner Printmaking Museum and the graduate student fellowship from Southern Graphic Council International. Rae has presented their research at SGCI and the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present. Currently, Helms is an adjunct professor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture.
