What is “fertile soil”? A space within us, enriched by both our difficult and joyful experiences, where we new realities can take root and grow. In the workshop, participants will tend to the soil within themselves through the use of art and oral history and by learning from plant allies.
Instructor: Jimena Vega
Max students - 10
$53.00 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
This 1 day workshop will introduce students to the art of Chine-Collé and Drypoint.
Instructor: Shoshanna Weinberger
Max students - 10
Participants will practice drawing from the still life scene from various view points and for different increments of time. We will create a variety of drawings, from gestural to more refined and explore some drawing exercises.
Instructor: Sam Pullin
Max students - 10
$310 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
A 3 week wheel throwing workshop with Deborah L. Morris hosted at Guttenberg Arts.
Instructor: Deborah L. Morris
Max students - 5
Participants will reuse second hand garments and textiles and learn how to use the sewing machine.
$130.00 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
Learn how to carve and print using a variety of blocks including wood and linoleum.
Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students - 5
$78.00 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
This one day workshop will teach students a quick and easy way to screen print using drawing fluid and screen filler.
Instructor: Matt Barteluce
Max students - 5
This course will teach you how to make monotype prints, demonstrating various techniques, exploring the possibilities of the medium and illustrating how to work from negative space into positive.
Instructor: Sandra Janin
Max students - 10
A 3 hour workshop teaching beginners how to carve linoleum designs onto plates and print images. You will have a choice of 4 designs. The main focus will be on carving techniques and relief printing.
Instructor: Paula Serrano
Max students - 10
$259.00 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
Etching II will teach students the advanced techniques necessary to create and print zinc etchings.
Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students-3
$103 with a Guttenberg Arts Membership
This 1 day workshop is an introduction to Letterpress on a Vandercook Press.
Instructor: Amber Heaton
Max students-4
$155 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
Learn the art of mono-printing in this one day printmaking workshop at Guttenberg Arts.
Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students - 5
Güttengarden Art Camp (GAC) is a week long Summer Camp program geared towards grade school children that’ll be held at Guttenberg Arts’ backyard Community Garden this summer. Campers will take part in activities that include drawing, painting and a variety of other 2D and 3D projects as well as learning about planting and growing flowers and vegetables.
The workshops will make the day fly by and teach a mixture of artistic disciplines and sustainable planting and growing techniques. The creative workshops will include butterfly mono-prints, clay signs for the garden, hand building clay planters, investigating shapes in nature, plant identification, creature creation and observational botanical drawing.
COVID 19 PROTOCOLS & STUDIO RULES
For everyone’s safety and health please read the following new protocols and studio rules prior to arriving to Guttenberg Arts.
Masks are required when more than 1 person is working in the studio. Please note we will not provide face masks.
You must sign the Pledge of Personal Responsibility when entering the studio (they will be found at the entrance).
Hand sanitizer will be provided for everyone's use and can be found on both sides of each doorway.
All artists must clean/sanitize all surfaces that were used prior to leaving (alcohol is provided in the yellow fireproof cabinet).
Please only use the front door for entering Guttenberg Arts and the yard (rear) door for exiting when you are not alone in the studio
Gloves are optional but also no longer provided by the studio.
Bathroom fan/light should remain on when people are working in the studio to ensure the room is ventilated
3-6 people at a time including Staff (1 person at a time in the ceramic studio).
Absolutely no pop-ins, a minimum of 48 hr notice is required.
Ceramic Firings will include a 2 day in studio quarantine of the object, artists must schedule drop offs 48 hours in advance
Please keep windows open when possible.
Only 1 person in office at a time.
All office meetings held outside in the garden i.e. talking to residents/renters in the garden rather than the office
We have created a variety of signs in the studio to help promote caution while working.
The gallery will reopen by appointment only beginning July 1st. Please visit our exhibitions page to schedule a viewing.
Also beginning in July we will resume billing for anyone renting storage space in our studio. If you have any issues with this, please don't hesitate to contact us and we can work something out!
$259.00 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
Etching will teach students the basic techniques necessary to create and print zinc etchings.
Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students-3