Students will develop basic skills in the medium by graining their own litho stone, drawing, etching, and printing an original edition from the stone. Depending on class interest, we may explore some advanced techniques. General printmaking experience can be helpful, but is not necessary.  

Dates: September 12 & 13, 2026

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Ages 16 +

Eileen Ferara is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work is focused on our human relationship to the environment. Drawing inspiration from the natural world, she creates paintings, prints, sculptures and installations based on observation, research and imagination. Ferara’s work has been included in many exhibits in the United States, including a solo exhibit at The Hutchins Galleries in Lawrenceville NJ, and a recent two-person exhibit at Watchung Arts Center. She is the 2026 winter Fou Resident in Tulum, Mexico, and was a 2024 Winter Liquitex resident artist. In 2022 she received a Jersey City Arts and Culture Individual Artist Fellowship, and a Puffin Foundation grant for an ongoing paper making project. In 2019 Ferara completed an art residency at Fire Island National Seashore in New York and was an artist-in-residence with the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City. Her work is in the collection of the William Paterson University Galleries, Memorial Sloan Kettering, The Lawrenceville School, The King St Stephens Museum of Hungary, and numerous private collections. 
Ferara has been a teaching artist and independent curator for over 10 years. She has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Ferara is a New York area artist who was born in the Bronx. She currently resides in Jersey City.