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Workshop: Making Relief Prints

Note: This event has sold out. Please join the waitlist! Join us on Wednesday, November 7 from 5:30-8:30pm 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. Please note that space is limited and registration is required. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection, on view through December…

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November 7, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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1073 North Benson Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

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Free

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Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

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Note: This event has sold out. Please join the waitlist!

Join us on Wednesday, November 7 from 5:30-8:30pm 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. Please note that space is limited and registration is required.
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
Please note that only 2 tickets may be reserved per order. If you have questions, please contact museum@fairfield.edu

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