Classes And Workshops
Georgetown Art Studio at Washington Printmakers Gallery offers a number of classes and workshops for kids and adults throughout the year. Workshops typically last only a few hours or a couple days, while classes can last several weeks.
Explore our upcoming classes and workshops below.
For Teaching Artists
Georgetown Art Studio at Washington Printmakers Gallery employs many artists as contractors to lead workshops for both adults and youth. Proposals are considered seasonally for classes and monthly for workshops. See more on our ‘‘Opportunities’’page on this website. Join our rost
Exciting News! Our Winter Program is here!
Registration is now open—secure your spot today and make this season unforgettable!
Classes
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Learn how to frame your artwork in a professional manner for the cost of handmade a frame!
Crash course in frame making just in time for the holidays! Art always makes the best presents for the holidays. The only problem is it can cost upwards of $200 for the recipient to put a nice frame around it. Instead of buying a frame, why not learn how to make one?
Nothing means more to someone special than a present filled with thought and love. This year, instead of buying something, why not give a work of art that you made? Join a supportive community of artists at the Washington Printmakers Gallery and create a unique work of art in drawing, painting or printmaking just in time for the holidays.
Selling art is a difficult task. Trying to figure out the logistics of running an art business while also figuring out how to sell your art is nearly impossible. Intended for artists at all levels, this class will cover aspects of art business that aren’t covered in art school like documentation, storage, framing, transport and shipping. The goal of this class is to provide students with solutions for these potentially crippling topics at various different price levels and provide them with a solid foundation to build their art practice.
Meant as a continuation of Drawing 1, Students progress to more advanced stages of historical academic training. Students will be introduced to faster but more complicated styles of drawing and begin to study the human form.
Want to develop your interest as an artist and looking for a place to start? Whether you want to make artwork that is realistic or abstract, all art shares the same fundamentals.
Explore using various media (printmaking, collage, painting) to create your monotype artwork. In this class we will discuss the principles and elements of design, composition, and combining drawing, texture, and color to create a monotype of an image using line and plexiglass, collage, and oil painting. Students will learn to transfer an image to paper, add collage materials to enhance image, and paint into the image to create final one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork.
Budget frames cost $200-$300 and high-quality frames cost $400-$800. For any artist, framing is always a pervasive problem and sometimes a crippling cost. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge and the right tools and materials, it doesn’t have to be you can build the highest possible quality frame for approximately $80.
A lot goes wrong while printing editions. While the top professional shops like to pretend that their work is always perfect, the reality is that the printers who work at those shops are really good at responding to problems in prints and fixing them.
In this class, work with William Demaria, a former printer at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), and learn all the trade secrets necessary to bring your editions to a professional level.
Art history can be a bottomless source of inspiration for artists but knowing where to look and knowing where to start can be intimidating. This hybrid studio/ lecture series will teach artists how to use art history to inspire their artwork and introduce them to interesting art movements around the world ranging from 18th century Chinese painting to Australian Impressionists and much more.
Workshops
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This class focuses on how to take photos with your IPhone, from manipulating lighting to discussing angles and form. By the end, you should feel comfortable taking incredible photos with your IPhone.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
This monoprint workshop introduces participants to the exciting process of monoprinting using acrylic paint and glass surfaces. Inspired by the atmospheric works of Mark Rothko, students will explore creating prints in both black and white and color. The workshop emphasizes the creative journey and experimentation in printmaking.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
This class focuses on how to take photos with your IPhone, from manipulating lighting to discussing angles and form. By the end, you should feel comfortable taking incredible photos with your IPhone.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
This workshop provides artists with essential skills to effectively document their installation work through photography. Participants will learn fundamental lighting principles, including how to manipulate light placement, color temperature, and shadow to capture the true essence of their installations. The session covers practical aspects of camera operation, such as setting exposure, white balance, and focus for both DSLR cameras and smartphones. Artists will also explore composition techniques that convey scale and detail, experimenting with different angles and distances.
In the hands-on portion, attendees will apply these techniques to a sample installation, receiving feedback to refine their approach. The workshop concludes with a tutorial on basic editing to adjust lighting, color, and contrast, ensuring cohesive, high-quality images ready for portfolios or social media. This session empowers artists to showcase their installations authentically and professionally in photographic form.
Classes and Workshops Calendar
Ongoing Workshops
Classical Guitar lessons with Roberto Alcaraz
Every Friday, 45 minutes, 5:00 - 7:00
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music. Lessons are 45 minutes long and only require the student to bring their own instrument.
$65 for a 45 minute session
To register, please email washington.print1@gmail.com
Past Classes and Workshops
If a program has started, you may still be able to join—email us at info@washingtonprintmakers.com to find out.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
his workshop explores the basics of relief printmaking with linocuts. We will be working with small-format linocuts that can be used as stamps with or without a print press. Print techniques like this are ideal for projects such as holiday cards or ex libris (“from the library of _”) stamps for a personal library. Students will have the opportunity to make multiple stamps. Instruction will include going over the process of drafting out designs, transferring them to linocuts, issues of simplification/legibility. This is a good workshop for students who are new to printmaking, though some prior experience with drawing is useful.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
November 6 to November 20, 2024 - 1:30 to 3:30 P.M.
Framing on a budget and not looking to make a frame by hand from scratch? This class will show you how to turn a cheap frame from a box store like Ikea into something that is archival and can be presented in professional contexts.
October 30 to November 20, 2024 - 6:30 to 8:30 P.M.
Do you like drawing, painting, or printmaking? Are you looking to create art in a relaxed and supportive environment while expanding your knowledge of art? This studio will mix lectures about important topics like studio safety, archival storage and presentation, and artwork documentation with guided studio time. Students will be encouraged to try out new art media and develop their own artwork.
This workshop focuses on how to take photos with your IPhone, from manipulating lighting to discussing angles and form. By the end, you should feel comfortable taking incredible photos with your IPhone.
October 23 to November 20, 2024 - 4:30 to 6:00 P.M.
There are thousands of different art media and learning how to make art in new ways is a lot of fun. This 5-week class will provide students with the materials to explore drawing, painting, and printmaking and allow students to pursue their own interests in art.
October 22 to December 3, 2024 - 4:30 to 6:30 P.M.
In this advanced course, students will build on the skills developed in Drawing I. They will continue with quick sketches and contour drawings from still life and live figures while exploring new approaches such as landscape drawings, drawing from memory, and the use of color. The goal is to broaden their artistic techniques and enhance their creative expression.
October 9 to October 30 - Wednesdays - 1:30 to 3:30 P.M.
Budget frames cost $200-$300 and high-quality frames cost $400-$800. For any artist, framing is always a pervasive problem and sometimes a crippling cost. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge and the right tools and materials, it doesn’t have to be you can build the highest possible quality frame for approximately $40. This class will cover everything from basic woodworking with hand tools to cutting glass and archivally matting artwork. By the end of this class, you will have a complete frame and all of the knowledge you need to make your own frames going forward.
This monoprint workshop introduces participants to the exciting process of monoprinting using acrylic paint and glass surfaces. Inspired by the atmospheric works of Mark Rothko, students will explore creating prints in both black and white and color. The workshop emphasizes the creative journey and experimentation in printmaking.
From complete beginner to advanced level, you will learn to play classical guitar and read music at the same time. These individual lessons will be tailored to your individual needs. You will learn the basic technique and skills to be able to perform music of different time periods and styles: renaissance, baroque, classical, contemporary, and arrangements of popular music.
Monday, September 23 to November 4, 2024 from 6:30 – 8:30pm - No class on October 14, 2024
Explore using various media (printmaking, collage, painting) to create your monotype artwork. In this class we will discuss the principles and elements of design, composition, and combining drawing, texture, and color to create a monotype of an image using line and plexiglass, collage, and oil painting. Students will learn to transfer an image to paper, add collage materials to enhance image, and paint into the image to create final one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork.