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Workshop: Making Relief Prints

Join us on Wednesday, October 2 from 12:00-3:00 pm for a hands-on workshop all about relief printing. Master Printer Chris Shore (Center for Contemporary Printmaking) will offer guidance and tips for designing, inking, and printing your own relief print! All supplies provided. LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS due to space and supplies! You must register in order to participate. Eligible for FYE Thrive Credit. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection, on view…

when

October 2, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

where

1073 North Benson Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

cost

Free

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Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

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Join us on Wednesday, October 2 from 12:00-3:00 pm for a hands-on workshop all about relief printing. Master Printer Chris Shore (Center for Contemporary Printmaking) will offer guidance and tips for designing, inking, and printing your own relief print! All supplies provided.
LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS due to space and supplies! You must register in order to participate. Eligible for FYE Thrive Credit.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection, on view through December 21 (click here to learn more about the exhibition).

Image: Lucas Cranach the Elder, St. Christopher, 1509, chiaroscuro woodcut. Courtesy of the Wetmore Collection, Connecticut College

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