Join master lithographer, David Jones, in this experimental lithography workshop! Participants will use black and white Xerox prints as a printing substrate. Ink 'em up litho style, and transfer them to printmaking paper to create monotypes! Create colorful single or multilayer prints in this low-tech process. This one is great for both people who love to draw, and photographers.
All basic materials are included in this course.
Dates: Wednesdays, October 7 - 28 (four sessions) from 6 - 9pm.
Three people are necessary for this workshop to run. If we do not reach that amount we will refund those who signed up and cancel the workshop
About the Instructor:
David Jones was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. At a young age he became intrigued with photography, watching his grandmother take photographs at family gatherings and holiday events. He moved to the Midwest to pursue studies in photography and printmaking. He attended the Center for Photographic Studies, Louisville; Banff Centre for the Arts; and the Vancouver School of Art, and received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. He moved to Chicago to work under Jack Lemon at Landfall Press, after which he co-founded (with his spouse Marilyn Propp) Anchor Graphics, Chicago, where he was Director and Master Printer from 1990 to 2015. He received his MA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago, and has taught printmaking at the Chicago Art Institute, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and Columbia College Chicago. He has served on the Advisory Board of the Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis and as President of Southern Graphics Council International, and was Interim Director at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYC.
His visiting artist positions include the University of Iowa; Guanlan Printmaking Base, China; U. of Veracruz, Mexico; P.R.I.N.T., Texas; U. of Montana, Bozeman; Cranbrook Academy, MI; Savannah College of Art and Design, GA; and many others throughout the U.S. Among his residencies are Cill Rialaig, Ireland; Presse Papier, Canada; and Grafikas Kamera, Latvia. Solo and two-person exhibits include Columbia University, NYC; Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico; Louisiana Tech University; mn Gallery, Chicago; Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL; State College of Florida, Bradenton: Kenosha Public Museum, WI; Anderson Art Center, WI, and others throughout the U.S. After Anchor Graphics Chicago closed, he and Marilyn co-founded Anchor Press, Paper & Print in Milwaukee. He is passionate about collaborating with other makers and educating young people and adults about creative problem solving through printmaking.