Fri, May 10
|Rochester
Monoprinting Demo at Flower City Arts Center
Monoprints are known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques; it is essentially a printed painting,with no two prints alike. Join Hope Taylor as she shares techniques and tricks for creating painterly prints
Time & Location
May 10, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Rochester, 713 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, USA
About the event
A monoprint is an individual, one-of-a-kind print that can be made from many types of plates including metal, wood, cardboard, plexiglass, or other nontraditional surfaces). Monoprints are known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques; it is essentially a printed painting,with no two prints alike.
Hope Taylor, teaching artist staff member at Flower City Arts Center, will demonstrate some monoprint techniques and tell us about other printmaking options at Flower City Arts Center.
RAC MEMBERS ONLY – To attend, RSVP to Victoria at victoria@victoriabcreative.com
About Hope Taylor
Hope Taylor is a multidisciplinary teaching artist from Clayton, NY who is currently based in the Western NY region. They earned an MFA at the Visual Studies Workshop in 2012 and have over 15 years of teaching experience in visual arts for all ages. Their work often incorporates a variety of processes including; drawing, printmaking, sewing, photography, painting, video, sculpture, collage, natural dyes and papermaking. http://www.hopeseedstudio.com
Where:
Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 Printmaking Studio.
There is free street parking on Monroe Ave. and the surrounding side streets. You are also welcome to park in the Blessed Sacrament Lot located directly across from the Center.
In order to gain access to the front door of the building, a keypad code will be provided before the demo. Upon entry, the Printmaking & Book Arts department is located through the first door on your left. Once you go through that door, go up the fancy stairs on your right to the 2nd floor Printmaking Studio.
Should you require the use of an elevator, there is one located straight back from the main entrance, through the ceramics hallway. Someone will be staffing the elevator for your convenience.
About Flower City Arts Center
Flower City Arts Center is a community-based not-for-profit organization that educates, encourages, and inspires all people to create and enjoy the visual arts, design, and media. In addition to their staff and board, they have about 20 artists-in-residence and many instructors, studio artists, volunteers, and interns.