TWO-Day Workshop:
riso for printmakers
w/ Pratt Fine Arts Center

DATES

Saturday & Sunday, 3/14 & 3/15
10:00am - 4:00pm

Join us for an intensive two-day workshop designed specifically for printmakers looking to explore the art of risograph printing. This comprehensive session will delve into the technical and creative aspects of the risograph process, from mark making techniques and layering methods to selecting the best paper and inks for your projects. Participants will receive hands-on instruction, gaining practical experience with the risograph and troubleshooting common issues. Over the two days, you'll have the opportunity to create a series of prints, experiment with various artistic effects, and collaborate with fellow printmakers. By the end of the workshop, you'll have a portfolio of unique risograph prints and a deep understanding of how to leverage this versatile medium in your printmaking practice.

Collage Poetry for Riso
w/ Mita Mahato

DATES
Saturday, 4/11
10am - 4pm

Collage is a form that depends upon rupture and reimagining—cutting and layering text in order to question the limits of how our realities are represented. Riso also operates using layers, reproducing content in ways that ask us to bend our sense of what a “copy” should do. In this 5-hour workshop, we will bring these two modes together, experimenting with collage technique to create erasure and found poems for the riso that will frustrate, surprise, corrupt, and delight. The workshop involves both collaborative and independent work that will emphasize slow wonder and experimentation. Participants will leave with an original print; a chapbook collecting the work we completed; and new insights into poetry, collage, and riso-printing. All experience levels welcome.

No experience necessary!

two-day workshop:
2-color photos on the riso
w/ pcnw

DATES
Saturday & Sunday, 4/25 & 4/26
11am - 4pm

Join Paper Press Punch for a 2-day workshop, exploring the use of the Risograph duplicator to create 2-color photographs. You will learn the history and artistic use of the Risograph, in addition to the ins and outs of this quirky print process. We will go over how to prepare your files for printing, explore simple color separation techniques both digitally and manually, and experiment with different color combinations. Each participant will walk away with a small edition of their own Riso printed photos, as well as prints from all participants.

No experience necessary!