Welcome to Washington Printmakers Gallery

The greater DC metro area’s primary source for contemporary fine art prints and photographs

Current Exhibit

Ritual & Relief
Woodblock prints & works on paper
by Amy Guadagnoli

April 1 – 30, 2022
Opening Reception: April 9, 3-5 pm

The Washington Printmakers Gallery presents Ritual & Relief, woodblock prints and works on paper by Amy Guadagnoli. From the opening set of intimately scaled drawings to sweeping, totemic woodblock prints, Guadagnoli invites us to embrace color, form, and texture as a means to mental and emotional survival and transformation during unprecedented times of anxiety and loss.

Guadagnoli’s art explores how ambiguous forms coupled with detailed textures and jewel-colored surfaces spark multiple narratives that weave together the mundane and the mythical. After the past two and a half years, the artist acknowledges that what was familiar is forever lost and through each piece she asks the more pressing question, “Where is the vitality and joy in the unfamiliar?”

Spring Workshops

Stencil Printmaking Without a Screen with Deborah Schindler

Dates: Sunday, March 27 and Sunday, April 3 from 9 to 11 A.M.
$150
(Open to 4 students)

Using clear plastic sheets for stencils, we will cut out shapes with a razor blade cutter. We will use a 3-hole punch and registration pins to ensure our stencil and paper align correctly and then apply primary-colored highlighter markers. The ink will appear on the printing paper beneath the stencil in the shapes you cut away. Each time we apply a different color, we turn the stencil 90 degrees so the shapes overlap in different places, creating patterns of primary (red, yellow and blue) and secondary (purple, orange and green) colored shapes.

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Contact washington.print1@gmail.com for more information.

Printmaking for the Technical: A Workshop with Keith Palmer

Dates: Tuesdays, April 12th, 19th and 26th from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Do you like to color within the lines? When baking, do you level your flour with a knife? Do you enjoy taking notes using all capital letters on graph paper? Do you arrive to meetings ten minutes early? If yes, then this might be the printmaking workshop for you. Printmaking for the Technical will take you from photograph to framed print by exploring the use of software, toner copy transfers, micro chisel carving, foam core registration jigs, proper inking and printing techniques, and framing your piece. Though no printmaking experience is necessary, this workshop does require you to be able to learn and use basic commands for computer software such as Befunky.com and GIMP. Access to a computer/laptop and printer outside of workshop hours is necessary. Using your own image, you will learn the process for creating a reduction print in three shades; white, gray and black. Instruction will be differentiated allowing for a simple process while accommodating those looking for a challenge. Studio time will be provided at the Gallery to ensure project completion. However, homework will be strongly encouraged between sessions.

This workshop is bound to sell-out fast (according to Keith's mom) so don't delay.

The cost of the class is $190 and is limited to 4 students. Materials are an additional cost and could range from $125 on up depending on students' objective and supplies on hand. Feel free to e-mail Keith at kpalmer1963@gmail.com for a list of materials with approximate costs, or if you have any other questions.

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Earth Day Monoprint Workshop With Nina Muys

Nina Muys, known for her prints of flowers and nature, is teaching a workshop on Earth Day, April 22. Participants will learn plexiglass monoprinting and will create a piece of art that will celebrate the intricacy of a natural object such as a flower, a leaf or a bird. A variety of textures will add interest to the work and encourage experimentation

Hours are from 12-4. Cost $125 including materials. Limited to 4.

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