Weekend Workshop: Blue Poems Under the Sun: Cyanotype Printmaking
At Highpoint Center for Printmaking
This workshop combines creative writing with hands-on cyanotype printmaking. Participants will begin by writing a short poem (either during class or brought from home) drawing inspiration from BIPOC poets who work with brevity, such as haiku or micro-poems.
Students will then layer text with natural or found objects on light-sensitive cyanotype paper to create visual-poetic prints. The workshop emphasizes experimentation, reflection, and the relationship between language and image, resulting in unique blue-toned prints that merge writing and photography-based printmaking.
This workshop will be taught in both English and Spanish.
Date/Time: Sunday, 10am-4pm; 4/19
Ages: 18+
Cost: $100
Registration deadline: Register by 4/12/26
Maximum enrollment: 12
Instructor: Lucino Sosa
Skill Level: Beginner level, no previous experience required.
Weekend Workshop: Relief Printing: Food for Thought!
At Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Food can be a direct reflection of our culture, comforts, values, and personality! Food plays a large role in human connection and socialization. Did you know, research shows eating in good company positively supports digestion?
In this workshop, participants will bring in an image of one or more food items that have personal, cultural, political, or familial significance – or simply an item they like! Some suggestions include cultural foods, celebratory foods, comfort foods, the ingredients for a family recipe, staple pantry items, go-to spices, condiments, sauces, beverages, nostalgic snacks, herbs, or favorite produce.
Through demonstrations, participants will learn how to identify positive & negative space, safe carving practices, different carving techniques, and effective ink application to create relief prints of their food items on paper, tote bags, and/or bandanas. Participants will also collaborate with other participants and combine relief prints to create “grocery haul” style prints.
Ages: 16+
Cost: $100
Registration deadline: Register by 4/5/26
Maximum enrollment: 12
Instructor: Sherrill Zheng
Skill Level: Previous relief printing and drawing experience is helpful, but not required.
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