WORKSHOPS, COURSES & CLASSES
9INHANDPRESS believes in the immersive and transformative power of art education and the democratic processes of printmaking, papermaking, and book arts. Our approach to teaching is technique-focused through approachable, economical and formative workshops and classes. From beginner-level technical basics to mastery-level and purpose-focused workshops and classes, 9INHANDPRESS partners with some of the tri-state area's best art centers and art institutions to showcase the full extent of printmaking, papermaking and book arts.
Can't find a workshop or class to fit your schedule? 9INHANDPRESS is proud to offer one-on-one and small group instruction at locations across the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania area AND NOW ONLINE!
Can't find a workshop or class to fit your schedule? 9INHANDPRESS is proud to offer one-on-one and small group instruction at locations across the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania area AND NOW ONLINE!
A NOTE ON IN-PERSON COURSES, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS...
Courses, Classes and Workshops planned after a state's re-opening will strictly adhere to social distancing measures, have reduced enrollment and will strive to be a safe, healthy working environment. Hand sanitizer stations will be provided and the use of masks will be required of the enrolled students and of the instructor. As printmaking and book arts spaces require a large amount of shared equipment, disinfecting wipes/spray will be provided; studios will be cleaned and disinfected throughout the day. It is strongly encouraged that enrolled students provide any additional supplies or tools that will make communal, in-person learning a comfortable and safe space (including gloves, tissues, additional wipes, personal sets of tools, etc.). While no one can guarantee a completely risk-free environment, we can all do our part to maintain safe and healthy learning spaces. Depending on the state and location, you may also be asked to provide a temperature reading upon your arrival. If you are ill or are recovering from a recent illness, please do not attend a workshop!
Some of these listed courses may be offered online (via Zoom, Skype or other video conferencing platform) if a state, local municipality or organization determines it is not in the best interest to hold a course in person. Ample notification of any changes, when possible, will be offered.
Some of these listed courses may be offered online (via Zoom, Skype or other video conferencing platform) if a state, local municipality or organization determines it is not in the best interest to hold a course in person. Ample notification of any changes, when possible, will be offered.
UPCOMING @ THE VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NJ
DRYPOINT PRINTMAKING WITHOUT A PRESS, December 7 & 14, 130-430p @ The Visual Arts Center via Zoom
Explore the beginnings of intaglio printmaking—a way to translate drawings to reproducible fine art prints quickly and easily! Using simple tools and materials, we’ll delve deep into creating texture-rich plates as matrices for adapting well-honed skills in new directions. We will also explore working with color, multiple plates and easy tips and tricks for registration and editioning. Pair this workshop with “Monoprinting Without a Press” to explore the full depth of including color, texture and painterly techniques into your intaglio prints! This workshop is ideal for beginners, and a perfect primer for more in-depth printmaking workshops and courses! No experience necessary!
Tuition: $105
Materials: $30*
Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ
A Zoom Link will be provided to enrolled artists in the week before the first session.
*Material fee covers a kit of supplies provided by the Visual Arts Center, available for pick-up the week before the first session. If you are unable to pick-up your material kit (ex: not located within reasonable driving distance), you can be provided a refund of the material fee and be sent a full material list to purchase on your own, allowing artists from around the world access to this workshop.
Explore the beginnings of intaglio printmaking—a way to translate drawings to reproducible fine art prints quickly and easily! Using simple tools and materials, we’ll delve deep into creating texture-rich plates as matrices for adapting well-honed skills in new directions. We will also explore working with color, multiple plates and easy tips and tricks for registration and editioning. Pair this workshop with “Monoprinting Without a Press” to explore the full depth of including color, texture and painterly techniques into your intaglio prints! This workshop is ideal for beginners, and a perfect primer for more in-depth printmaking workshops and courses! No experience necessary!
Tuition: $105
Materials: $30*
Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ
A Zoom Link will be provided to enrolled artists in the week before the first session.
*Material fee covers a kit of supplies provided by the Visual Arts Center, available for pick-up the week before the first session. If you are unable to pick-up your material kit (ex: not located within reasonable driving distance), you can be provided a refund of the material fee and be sent a full material list to purchase on your own, allowing artists from around the world access to this workshop.
PAINTERLY SILKSCREEN MONOPRINTING, Thursday, January 7, 2021, 10a-4p @ The Visual Arts Center of NJ
Break the mould of silkscreen printing as a graphic art! This workshop will explore silkscreen monoprinting in subtle, painterly ways, building a suite of images in soft layers, transparent masks and unique mark-making. A perfect workshop for painters and printmakers, this course is more exploratory than technical; artists will print a suite of 20 prints investigating color and mark-making, transparency and tone, scale and shape, and methodical, freeform design. This course will loosen your printmaking muscles and develop skills to add to your future works! All skill levels welcome and encouraged!
Tuition: $110
Materials: $25
Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ
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CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING & THE ARTIST BOOK
10 Mondays, January 11 - March 15, 2021, 930a-12n @ The Visual Arts Center of NJ This 10-week course will cover a variety of printmaking techniques, with an emphasis on monoprint, intaglio, relief and mixed processes. With a push towards experimentation, students are challenged to create new works towards the creation of a series of artist books, suites of prints, or new bodies of work. The 10-week course will fluctuate between direct group instruction and demonstration, individual instruction and ample open studio work time; this allows students to learn new processes/techniques and explore them through hands-on work while seeking advice from the instructor and other students. Students will end the course with the creation of a new art object: artist book, suite of prints or new body of works. Beginners with printmaking experience welcome! More experienced students are encouraged to enroll in "Contemporary Printmaking: Guided Open Studio". Tuition: $360 Materials: $40 Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ |
CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING: GUIDED OPEN STUDIO
10 Mondays, January 11 - March 15, 2021, 1230p-3p @ The Visual Arts Center of NJ For students currently or previously enrolled in "Contemporary Printmaking & the Artist Book", we’re offering the extra time you’ve been dreaming about! Use this additional session to further your practice. Continue working on unfinished plates and delve deeper into techniques under the instructor’s guidance. Please note: New techniques will not be introduced, but students are welcome to develop the skills they have learned, harness working with the press, and explore their individual voices as artists. Tuition: $360 Materials: $40 Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ |
SILKSCREEN PRINTMAKING; 5 Thursdays, January 14 - February 11, 2021, 10a-2p @ The Visual Arts Center of NJ
This course approaches silkscreen printing as a medium of artistic expression, concentrating on techniques and experimentation. All basic screen printing techniques will be covered, from image-making, screen and material preparation, to the use of silkscreen printing as a creative outlet, including monoprinting and edition printing. Artists will develop a suite of prints while exploring the ins-and-outs of the rich world of silkscreen printing. Beginners welcome!
Tuition: $290
Materials: $40
Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ
This course approaches silkscreen printing as a medium of artistic expression, concentrating on techniques and experimentation. All basic screen printing techniques will be covered, from image-making, screen and material preparation, to the use of silkscreen printing as a creative outlet, including monoprinting and edition printing. Artists will develop a suite of prints while exploring the ins-and-outs of the rich world of silkscreen printing. Beginners welcome!
Tuition: $290
Materials: $40
Register here: The Visual Arts Center of NJ
MENTOR SESSIONS @ The Visual Arts Center of NJ
The Mentor Program is perfect for the student seeking individualized, one-on-one instruction. The Mentor Program may be purchased in 2-hour blocks, which can be used as one long session or as 2 one-hour sessions. Scheduling dates, times, and further details are determined by the student and the instructor. Due to the personalized aspect of this programs, sign-ups cannot be done online. Please call The Visual Arts Center of NJ to schedule.
Tuition: $200/2hrs + Materials
The Mentor Program is perfect for the student seeking individualized, one-on-one instruction. The Mentor Program may be purchased in 2-hour blocks, which can be used as one long session or as 2 one-hour sessions. Scheduling dates, times, and further details are determined by the student and the instructor. Due to the personalized aspect of this programs, sign-ups cannot be done online. Please call The Visual Arts Center of NJ to schedule.
Tuition: $200/2hrs + Materials
UPCOMING @ THE NEWARK MUSEUM OF ART
PRINTMAKING @ HOME; 4 Sessions, Tuesday Dec 1, Friday Dec 4, Tuesday Dec 8, and Friday Dec 11, 7-8pm @ Newark Museum of Art via Zoom
Over the course of 4 hour-long online sessions, enrolled artists in “Printmaking @ Home” will learn the basic techniques of printmaking without a press, in the comfort of their own studio spaces. Using materials and tools sourced from our homes and studios, we’ll explore the basics of relief printing. Artists should anticipate ample instruction and demonstrations, troubleshooting and critique, hands-on work and group discussions. All live presentations will be held via Zoom, with discussions, posts, resources and feedback occurring in a closed Facebook group. This course is ideal for beginners, but all levels welcome! No experience necessary!
Tuition: $45-$50, Material List on Registration Page
Register here: The Newark Museum of Art
Over the course of 4 hour-long online sessions, enrolled artists in “Printmaking @ Home” will learn the basic techniques of printmaking without a press, in the comfort of their own studio spaces. Using materials and tools sourced from our homes and studios, we’ll explore the basics of relief printing. Artists should anticipate ample instruction and demonstrations, troubleshooting and critique, hands-on work and group discussions. All live presentations will be held via Zoom, with discussions, posts, resources and feedback occurring in a closed Facebook group. This course is ideal for beginners, but all levels welcome! No experience necessary!
Tuition: $45-$50, Material List on Registration Page
Register here: The Newark Museum of Art
UPCOMING @ FRONTLINE ARTS
RELIEF PRINTED REPEAT PATTERN TEXTILES; 2 Sessions, Saturdays, Dec 5 and 12, 1-4pm @ Frontline Arts via Zoom
This online workshop will explore all the intricacies of relief printing repeat patterns for textiles, wallpaper, giftwrap and decorative papers. Using simple tools and techniques, artists will design, carve and print their own one- and two-color patterns over the course of two sessions. Artists will also have the opportunity to print paper goods like stationery and giftwrap. No experience necessary, beginners -or those looking to explore relief printmaking in your own studios- welcome!
Tuition: Members $105; Non-Members $120
Materials List available at the registration link below.
Register here: Frontline Arts
This online workshop will explore all the intricacies of relief printing repeat patterns for textiles, wallpaper, giftwrap and decorative papers. Using simple tools and techniques, artists will design, carve and print their own one- and two-color patterns over the course of two sessions. Artists will also have the opportunity to print paper goods like stationery and giftwrap. No experience necessary, beginners -or those looking to explore relief printmaking in your own studios- welcome!
Tuition: Members $105; Non-Members $120
Materials List available at the registration link below.
Register here: Frontline Arts
Mentor Sessions & Technical Assistance @ Frontline Arts
Ideal for the artists seeking individualized, one-on-one instruction, Mentor Sessions and/or Technical Assistance may be in a minimum of in 2-hour blocks, which can be used to explore a variety of techniques including letterpress, silkscreen, intaglio, relief and papermaking processes at the Frontline Arts studios. Scheduling dates, times, and further details are determined by the artist and the instructor. Due to the personalized aspect of this programs, sign-ups cannot be done online. Please email 9inhandpress@gmail.com to coordinate your sign-up process.
Tuition: $60/hr + Materials
Ideal for the artists seeking individualized, one-on-one instruction, Mentor Sessions and/or Technical Assistance may be in a minimum of in 2-hour blocks, which can be used to explore a variety of techniques including letterpress, silkscreen, intaglio, relief and papermaking processes at the Frontline Arts studios. Scheduling dates, times, and further details are determined by the artist and the instructor. Due to the personalized aspect of this programs, sign-ups cannot be done online. Please email 9inhandpress@gmail.com to coordinate your sign-up process.
Tuition: $60/hr + Materials
UPCOMING @ PERKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
BOOK ART BASICS: HANDMADE ARTIST BOOKS; 4 Sessions, Saturdays Feb 6-27, 2021, 1030a-1p @ Perkins Center for the Arts via Zoom
Learn the ins and outs of making your own professionally-bound journals, sketchbooks and albums. In this 4-week class, artists will explore bookbinding techniques to introduce bookmaking into their artistic practice—even newcomers will learn the basics (and not so basics) of book arts. We’ll work with high-quality materials, easy-to-master skills, and step-by-step processes towards creating a variety of handmade books. No experience necessary, beginners welcome!
Tuition: TBD
Materials List available at the registration link below.
Register here: Perkins Center for the Arts
Learn the ins and outs of making your own professionally-bound journals, sketchbooks and albums. In this 4-week class, artists will explore bookbinding techniques to introduce bookmaking into their artistic practice—even newcomers will learn the basics (and not so basics) of book arts. We’ll work with high-quality materials, easy-to-master skills, and step-by-step processes towards creating a variety of handmade books. No experience necessary, beginners welcome!
Tuition: TBD
Materials List available at the registration link below.
Register here: Perkins Center for the Arts
UPCOMING @ THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY via ZOOM
RELIEF PRINTMAKING FOR PAPER & FABRIC; 3 Mondays, March 15-29, 2021, 630-830p @ The Community School of New Hope-Solebury via Zoom
Learn quick and easy techniques for relief printing on fabric and paper—perfect for cards and stationery, textiles, sewing projects, table décor, and more. We’ll explore design and printing techniques aimed at repeating patterns and yardage printing, printing both one-color images and complex multiple-color images. No experience necessary.
Tuition: $110 Registration Opens in Early 2021.
Learn quick and easy techniques for relief printing on fabric and paper—perfect for cards and stationery, textiles, sewing projects, table décor, and more. We’ll explore design and printing techniques aimed at repeating patterns and yardage printing, printing both one-color images and complex multiple-color images. No experience necessary.
Tuition: $110 Registration Opens in Early 2021.
JOURNALS, SKETCHBOOKS & ALBUM ARTS; 4 Tuesdays, April 6-27, 2021, 630-830p @ The Community School of New Hope-Solebury via Zoom
Learn the ins and outs of making your own professionally-bound journals, sketchbooks, and albums. In this workshop, artists will explore bookbinding techniques to introduce bookmaking into their artistic practice—even newcomers will learn the basics (and not so basics) of book arts. We’ll work with high-quality materials, easy-to-master skills, and step-by-step processes towards creating a variety of handmade books. No experience necessary
Tuition: $135 Registration Opens in Early 2021.
Learn the ins and outs of making your own professionally-bound journals, sketchbooks, and albums. In this workshop, artists will explore bookbinding techniques to introduce bookmaking into their artistic practice—even newcomers will learn the basics (and not so basics) of book arts. We’ll work with high-quality materials, easy-to-master skills, and step-by-step processes towards creating a variety of handmade books. No experience necessary
Tuition: $135 Registration Opens in Early 2021.
UPCOMING @ THE ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON
Look for new opportunities this January 2021!
ONE-ON-ONE VIDEO CONFERENCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & EDUCATION
Stuck on a project? Can't get over the quarantine hump? Need a push to get yourself back in the studio? 9INHANDPRESS is now offering one-on-one video conference technical assistance and education, all from the comfort of your own home--anywhere in the world! To explore printmaking, book arts, papermaking, design and typography, email 9INHANDPRESS@gmail.com to schedule your video conference.
Tuition: $30/hr (minimum of two hours, please. Discounts for bookings over 4 hours.)
Conferences are scheduled on a first come, first served basis. 50% non-refundable deposit is required at the time of booking. Additional payments are due at the conclusion of the session.
Tuition: $30/hr (minimum of two hours, please. Discounts for bookings over 4 hours.)
Conferences are scheduled on a first come, first served basis. 50% non-refundable deposit is required at the time of booking. Additional payments are due at the conclusion of the session.
EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES IN THE PA, NJ AND NY AREA:
PRINTMAKING, including: Silkscreen/Serigraph Printing, Intaglio, Collagraph, Letterpress and Relief Printing
BOOK ARTS, including: Soft and Hardcover Binding, Altered Books and Printing for Book Construction
PAPERMAKING, including: Sheet-forming, Casting, Wet-Process Collage and Art Techniques in Paper
ABOUT DAVE DIMARCHI: DAVE DIMARCHI is a queer, multi-disciplinary printmaker and artist working in printmaking, papermaking and sculptural book forms. He engages in a relentless material practice, nurturing ideas into singular and editioned works. As a multi-disciplinary artist, he has exhibited works on paper, installations and books in the US and internationally. He maintains a small collaborative studio and art space in New Hope, Pennsylvania working deeply with artists to master printmaking techniques and create new portfolio and exhibition-ready prints. He teaches printmaking, papermaking and book forms extensively throughout the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania area. He is also the owner of 9INHANDPRESS, a nexus of design, print and publishing.
ABOUT 9INHANDPRESS: 9INHANDPRESS is a multi-disciplinary printmaking and educational studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania, emphasizing letterpress, papermaking, silkscreen and book forms. 9INHANDPRESS works closely with artists and educators to master art-making techniques through portfolio exploration, art creation and exhibition. 9INHANDPRESS also houses a pre-press graphic design studio concentrating on unique, hand-built graphics, typography and illustration. 9INHANDPRESS is proud to host our annual International Print Exchange, connecting printmakers and artists from around the world through printed media.
ABOUT 9INHANDPRESS: 9INHANDPRESS is a multi-disciplinary printmaking and educational studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania, emphasizing letterpress, papermaking, silkscreen and book forms. 9INHANDPRESS works closely with artists and educators to master art-making techniques through portfolio exploration, art creation and exhibition. 9INHANDPRESS also houses a pre-press graphic design studio concentrating on unique, hand-built graphics, typography and illustration. 9INHANDPRESS is proud to host our annual International Print Exchange, connecting printmakers and artists from around the world through printed media.