Workshop: %Elements and Alchemy% Printmaking Workshop with RAW Art Works
RAW Art Works Printmaking Workshop at Boston University
Part I: 3/1/2018 and Part II: 3/10/2018
"Elements and Alchemy" was a 2-part workshop combining hand-drawn images, collage, the found and the readymade, and pronto plate lithography. Beginning with the elements of portraiture, pattern, and text, students from RAW Art Works explored the alchemical possibilities of image-making through process, color translation and collaboration. Marc Schepens Lecturer in Art, Painting, at Boston University visited RAW and worked with students to produce matrices in portrait, pattern and text-based imagery. For inspiration and contextualization, students viewed the work of Durer, Rauschenberg, Hockney, Mickalane Thomas, Tshchabalala Self, Nina Chanel Abney, and others. RAW students and faculty then visited the Print Studio at Boston University to work with Josh Brennan, alongside Marc Schepens. After a talk on the history of printmaking and a technical demonstration, students made countless fine art impressions from the materials they prepared.