Current Workshops
Visibility Drawing: Figure Drawing from the Live Model
Led by trans & nonbinary artists and figure models from The Visibility Drawing Collective
5 session options available:
- Sunday, June 8, 2025 | 1 PM - 4 PM
- Sunday, July 13, 2025 | 2 PM - 5 PM
- Sunday, August 10, 2025 | 2 PM - 5 PM
- Sunday, September 14, 2025 | 2 PM - 5 PM
- Sunday, October 12, 2025 | 2 PM - 5 PM
This inclusive figure-drawing program welcomes participants of all skill levels to draw trans, intersex, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary models. The sessions include gesture drawing and longer poses, with opportunities to ask for drawing feedback during the models' breaks.
Courtney Sennish
2 session options available:
- Sunday, June 29, 2025 | 3 PM - 4 PM
- Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Learn how to make your own etching ink from powdered pigments in this hands-on, one-hour tutorial. You’ll get a step-by-step demo on mixing ink, followed by practical tips for color matching, remixing, and storing your custom inks for future use.
Courtney Sennish
Learn the fundamentals of copper plate etching with a focus on aquatint in this two-session intensive. You’ll explore how timing and technique create tonal variation, working step-by-step to develop a monochromatic image. We’ll cover everything from plate prep and rosin application to blocking out, etching strategy, and inking.
2 sessions:
- Saturday, August 2, 2025, 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
- Saturday, August 9, 2025, 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
This workshop includes all listed sessions. Please plan to attend each one.
Meg Pohlod
Explore the textured world of collagraph printmaking—where you’ll build, seal, and ink your own printing plate using accessible materials and an etching press. Leave the weekend with a unique set of prints, your handmade plate, and the skills to continue creating on your own!
2 sessions:
- Saturday, October 4, 2025, 10 AM - 4 PM
- Sunday, October 5, 2025, 10 AM - 4 PM
This workshop includes all listed sessions. Please plan to attend each one.
Courtney Sennish
Learn the fundamentals of copper plate etching with a focus on the line reversal technique in this two-session intensive. In the first class, you’ll create a hard or soft ground line etching from a drawing or traced image. In the second, you’ll make a reversal plate using the aquatint process and finish by hand-printing your plates.
2 sessions:
- Sunday, November 9, 2025, 10 AM - 1 PM
- Sunday, November 16, 2025, 10 AM - 1 PM
This workshop includes all listed sessions. Please plan to attend each one.