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Spring 2010 Education Registration Starts Today!

8-Week Courses:
Cost:  $270.00 + $50.00 materials fee
Water-based Screenprinting
Tuesday Evenings 6:30-9:30pm
May 4 to June 22
Instructor: Geneviève Jodouin

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Monday Evenings 6:30-9:30pm
May 3 to June 28 (no class May 24th holiday)
Instructor: Shannon Gerard

Explore all the possibilities that screenprinting, a process derived from stencil printing has to offer. Learn about direct stencil methods, photo-based screenprinting techniques, inks and modifiers. Suitable for photo-based, hand drawn or computer manipulated imagery. Water-based inks are used in this course.

Lithography
Tuesday Evenings 6:30-9:30pm
May 4 to June 22
Instructor: Jillian Booth

From bold lines to soft subtle drawings to painterly wash effects, lithography offers a wide range of mark-making possibilities. An image is drawn onto the surface of a finely ground limestone and is then chemically processed before printing. For beginners or experienced printmakers the course will allow participants to explore the potential of this tremendously versatile medium.

Etching
Tuesday Evenings 6:30-9:30pm
May 4 to June 22
Instructor: Pawel Zablocki

Discover the secrets of Rembrandt’s etchings, created by printing ink filled lines and textures that have been etched into the surface of a metal plate. Etching is a beautifully subtle and rich printmaking process. The intaglio process of aquatint developed by Goya will also be explored in this course.

4-Week Courses:

Power Printmaking
Cost: $160.00
 Basic materials supplied
Monday evenings 6:30 – 9:30pm
June 14 to July 5

A wonderful introduction to print media. Participants will spend one evening working hands-on with a different instructor to produce their own small original print in each of the basic print media: relief, etching, lithography and screenprinting.

Open Sessions
Cost: $110.00
 Participants provide their own supplies
Wednesday evenings 6:30-9:30pm

Session #1    May 5 to 26
Session #2    June 9 to 30

Wednesday evening Open Sessions allow participants who have printmaking experience to work under the supervision of a trained print-media technician. This program is designed as a transition for students from classes to renting at Open Studio. **Enrollment must be approved by Open Studio’s Technical Director and is based on the following criteria: participants must have recent experience working in Open Studio’s printmaking studio in the same media they will work in during the Open Session with a demonstrated level of technical competence, or have the equivalent from either a post-secondary printmaking program or other print studio with references provided. Participants must have actively practiced the print media they will work in during the Open Session within the last 5 years.

Weekend Workshops:

Water-Based Monoprinting using the Lithography Press
Saturday May 8 (10-4) and Sunday May 9 (10-2)
Instructor: Jillian Booth
Cost: $165.00

The immediacy of painting and drawing combines with printmaking in this monoprinting workshop. Participants will use non-toxic water-based media to create imagery transferred from drawings on frosted mylar plates, using a lithography press. Multiple plates can be used to produce layered prints which will also incorporate stenciling and chine collé for additional possibilities in the exploration of monoprinting.  No previous experience is necessary.

Patterned Paper Printing and Bookbinding
Saturday June 12 (10-4) and Sunday June 13 (10-4)
Instructor: Shannon Gerard
Cost: $175.00

This workshop introduces possibilities for print media beyond two-dimensional works on paper by combining bookbinding materials, processes and terminology with screenprinting. Participants will begin by using repetitive mark making and registration techniques to screenprint patterned papers. These papers will then be used to create two to three book projects including a case-bound (hardcover) notebook, a soft cover long stitched book, and a coptic bound journal; all perfect as gifts or for personal use as diaries, sketchbooks, cookbooks, etc. While not required, some experience in screenprinting is welcomed.

Mezzotint
Saturday June 26 (10-4) and Sunday June 27 (10-2)
Instructor: Ryan Price
Cost: $160.00

Mezzotint is a non-acid, intaglio technique developed in the 17th century.  This unique medium produces rich, velvety blacks and beautifully soft tonal gradations.  Participants will begin by creating a texture on a copper plate that will print as a full black.  Working from dark to light, the image is produced by burnishing and scraping information into the plate.  When the image is complete the plate is inked and printed using the etching press. No previous printmaking experience is necessary.

HOW TO REGISTER

You can contact us with your information by mail, email or by phone.  Payment can be made by cash, cheque or Visa only and fees must be paid in full to reserve space. Please note that class size is limited, so register early. In the case of insufficient enrollment, Open Studio reserves the right to cancel a course or workshop two days prior to the start date. If you must withdraw from a course or workshop, Open Studio must be notified three business days before the course or workshop begins in order to receive a refund, less a cancellation fee of $20. If a student withdraws from a 4-week or 8-week course within the first 10 days of the class, a refund of 50% will be issued. After this withdrawal period, we regret that refunds cannot be issued. Open Studio is not able to provide make-up classes or substitutions. Deadline for enrollment in all classes or workshops is 5 business days before the start date. All courses and workshops take place at Open Studio, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104, Toronto, Ontario. Please forward all inquiries to Jill Graham, Technical Director.

Open Studio
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104
Toronto, ON  M5V 3A8
T/F: 416-504-8238
E: office@openstudio.on.ca
W: www.openstudio.on.ca
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM

Open Studio gratefully acknowledges the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and The City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council. Open Studio also acknowledges the generous support of its members and numerous foundations, corporations and individuals.