Three-day workshop with Austin Armstrong
January 10 thru January 12, 2025
Friday: 6-9pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: 9am-5pm
$275 plus $60 materials fee
(WhitPrint members: $247.50 + $60)
About the Workshop
WhitPrint is delighted to offer a new workshop: Intro to Color Plate Lithography. The workshop teaches a more modern form of the lithographic process using photosensitive plates which can be used to work faster when making prints. This workshop is designed for students with some basic printmaking experience, but lithography experience is not required.
We will learn the process of photo plate lithography by making imagery on transparencies, followed by plate exposure and development. We will then focus on the printing process, layering colors, and ink modifications, and learn about hole-punch registration.
Students will be introduced to methods for trial proofing, editioning, and photographic lithography. The workshop will focus more on hand-drawn imagery, but photographic/digital images are accessible as well. With these techniques, your printmaking can effectively achieve a wide array of images and expressive effects using handmade and/or digital imagery!
About the Instructor
Currently residing in Eugene, Oregon, Austin Armstrong received his BFA in printmaking from Colorado State University at Ft. Collins in 2016 and his Printer Training Certificate from Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque in 2021.
Armstrong has exhibited, curated, and collaborated across the US including serving as the Interim Gallery Director of Green Lion Print Gallery in Bath, Maine in 2019. He has fulfilled various visiting artist opportunities and collaborative projects, including being a Printer in Residence at the Roswell Artist In Residency program in 2020.
Armstrong’s work is in the print collections of the Southern Graphics Council International, Kennesaw State University, University of Puerto Rico, Alfred University in New York, the Portland Museum of Art in Maine, and the University of Northern Colorado.
Reserving Your Spot
Register and pay in full to reserve your spot. To cancel a workshop enrollment, please email studio@whitprint.com. You'll get a full refund if your request is received at least four weeks before the start of the workshop, or a 50% refund if it is received at least one week before the start.
