Collagraph Workshop with Goody Pixley

Experience Level: All Levels

Printmaking as a Form of Upcycling.

In this collagraph workshop, we will explore the art of making prints with found materials and acrylic mediums. Collagraph (collaged plate making) lives in the expressive space between the fun materials exploration of Monotype and the moody editioning potential of Etching, and dry point (batching multiples of the same print).

Students will be encouraged to forage for supplies out in the world and consider the materiality of everyday items like recycling, plant samples, clothing, and textiles.

We will then discuss and explore ways to elevate and render those materials to tap into the visual vocabulary of those objects. For instance, what could happen if you could print lace, a pressed flower, or a bit of packaging, and what levels of expressive meaning can we imbibe those objects through our manipulation of those materials?

Once prints are made, we will also explore techniques that allow for the artist to work back into them.  Options include but are not limited to: more collage, dry media like pastels and colored pencils, as well as wet media, such as watercolor and acrylic.

Bio:

Goody Pixley is an artist and printmaker located in Portland, Maine. She received her BFA with a concentration in painting from the Maine College of Art. After graduating, Pixley began a commercial and artistic practice focusing on the craft of print. She studied as an apprentice with Master Printer David Wolfe of Wolfe Editions, where she worked closely with artists such as Charlie Hewitt and Allison Hildreth. In 2009, Pixley founded Pickwick Independent Press in Portland, Maine, a for-profit shared-access print studio where she worked as director, master printer, and events coordinator, while also maintaining an active art practice in the medium of printmaking. Pixley is currently developing a new venture: Grand Army Prints and Artist’s residency in Whitefield, Maine, in the historic Sisters of Mercy Convent. Grand Army will function as a storefront studio entity as well as a specialized printmaking residency. Pixley will be developing a body of work showcasing suites of prints of her work as well as the work of invited artists.

Participants have access to studios 24/7 as well as lakeside enjoyment, swimming, boating, and easy hiking in the area. Monson Arts aims to provide rest alongside creative rejuvenation.

For more information, and to register, visit: https://monsonarts.org/workshop/collagraph/