SAT scores of students with high levels of arts involvement were 59 points higher on the verbal portion and 44 points higher on the math portion than the scores of students with no arts involvement. College Entrance Examination Board Study, 1995
Paper Lithography is a simple process where students explore a more spontaneous and free form of printmaking by collaging several copies to make one print.
Ages: Grade Six to Adult
Sessions: 1-2 sessions
Photo collagraph is a recent advancement in collagraph printing using silk-screen emulsion applied to a thin wood panel. It is a very versatile process that can yield many different effects depending on the materials used.
Ages: Grade Six to Adult
Sessions: 3 sessions
Screen-printing, a technique where ink is pushed through a stencil on a meshed screen, became a common industrial form of printing since it didn’t require heavy machinery and could be printed on a wide variety of surfaces. This process was readopted by artists in the early 2oth century and popularized by Andy Warhol during the Pop Art movement.
Ages: Grade Six to Adult
Sessions: 3 sessions
Lithography, a form of printmaking traditionally created from images drawn onto a limestone, was first introduced in the late 18th century…
Ages: Grade 6 to Adult
Sessions: 1-3 sessions
A printmaking technique developed during the Middle Ages from the metalworking techniques of goldsmiths and armorers, drypoint was used by some of the most famous printmakers in history, including Rembrandt Van Rijn, Albrect Durer, and Francisco Goya…
Ages: Grade 6 to Adult
Sessions: 1-3 sessions
Developed by Nik Semenoff in 1990, waterless lithography represents some of the most exciting recent developments in printmaking…
Ages: Grade 6 to Adult
Sessions: 2-3 sessions
Invented as a method for printing designs on textiles in ancient China, the oldest form of relief printmaking, the woodcut is still very much alive today..
Ages: All Ages
Sessions: 1-3 sessions
First developed by Castiglione in the 1640’s, but not brought into the public eye until 19th Century by Edgar Degas. Popular with painters, the monotype gives the artist the ability to quickly create unique, one-of- a-kind, painterly prints…
Ages: All Ages
Sessions: 1 session
American printmaker Glen Alps later coined the term “collagraph” in 1956 and is widely credited for having developed to process by glueing low relief materials collage-style to create images utilizing different textures and patterns…
Ages: All Ages
Sessions: 1-2 sessions
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