Our hands on education series will teach new techniques, refresh your skills, and build a solid foundation at any level.  We offer core workshops taught by staff and area artists at a subsidized rate and process specific workshops taught by our… — Our hands on education series will teach new techniques, refresh your skills, and build a solid foundation at any level. We offer core workshops taught by staff and area artists at a subsidized rate and process specific workshops taught by our resident artists free of charge. *See the list below for class location, student ages, and applicable fees.*

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Saturday Morning Wheel Throwing Techniques

$260.00

A personal 4 week ceramics workshop hosted at Guttenberg Arts.

Instructor: Megan Carli
Max students - 3

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Introduction to Screen Printing

$150.00

This weekend workshop is designed to provide students with basic skills in Silkscreen Printing.

Instructor: Matt Barteluce
Max students - 5

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Woodblock Printing: Reduction Prints

$20.00

This one day workshop will guide participants through the process of reduction printing.

Instructor: Jeremy C. Smith

Clay Pinch Pot & Coil Building Workshop

$40.00

A 2 Week ceramic hand building workshop hosted at the Braddock Park Art Center.

Instructor: Megan Carli

"Just For Kids" Summer Art Classes

from $20.00

Students will learn a variety of artistic techniques, from drawing and painting to ceramics and printmaking in this summer arts program.

Instructor(s): Megan Carli / Matt Barteluce

Silkscreen Workshop

$20.00

Students will learn the fundamentals of screen-printing in this one day crash course.

Instructor: Matt Barteluce

Monoprint Workshop

$20.00

Monotypes are the painterly form of printmaking.

Instructor: Matt Barteluce

Watercolor in the Park

$20.00

Learn the principles of watercolor painting in this outdoors-plein aire workshop.

Instructor: Ninetta Nappi

Body Casting Workshop

$20.00

Learn about body casting in this introductory class.

Instructor: Laura Goldstein

stay tuned for our next set of free workshops

(schedule will be available in May 2018)

*CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR PAST WORKSHOPS HOSTED AT GUTTENBERG ARTS*

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS

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Monoprint/Monotype: The Painterly Print 4/24/16

from $75.00

This workshop is ideal for artists who love to draw and paint. Monoprints incorporate draftsmanship and direct painting with printmaking. This workshop approaches monoprinting in a unique way: draw and paint in color with rollers, brushes, and palette knives and explore how to use found materials to create textures that enhance the atmosphere and mood of a picture. We will focus on pulling light out of a dark background as well as working dark on light. Students who love to draw find freedom using these techniques, their color sense is expanded, and their drawing abilities can evolve to a higher level. All levels of experience welcome.

Instructor: Bruce Waldman
Sunday April 24th 2016
1pm-5pm

Max students-8

$100 Non Member Price
$75 Guttenberg Arts Member Price

Bruce Waldman exhibits extensively in New York City and beyond. He has been teaching at the School of Visual Arts since 1979, is a member of the Board of Governors for the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and is a Director of The New York Society of Etchers. His prints are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Library of Congress, Washington DC, The New York Public Library, The Royal Collection, London, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Hackley Museum of Art in Michigan, The Bronx Zoological Museum collection, The Housatonic Museum of Art in Connecticut, and The New York Transit Museum.

Introduction to Ceramics 4/16/16+ 4/23/16

from $75.00

A personal ceramics workshop hosted at Bulls Ferry Studios. Learn to wheel-throw and hand-build basic ceramic forms. Decorating, glazing and firing techniques will be covered. Emphasis on developing a personal sense of form using sound fundamental skills. The class is conducted over the course of two consecutive weekends. Beginners are welcome, no prior ceramics experience necessary!

Instructor: Phoebe Deutsch
Saturday April 16 & Saturday April 23 2016
1pm-5pm

Max students-8

$75 Guttenberg Arts Members
$100 Non-Members

***THIS PRICE INCLUDES $40 MATERIALS COST***

Phoebe Deutsch is a ceramic artist and fine art educator teaching throughout Northern New Jersey and the New York Tristate Area. She received her bachelors degree in Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craft, specializing in ceramics. As ceramic studio director of Bulls Ferry Pottery Phoebe works directly with resident artists.

Wednesday Summer Workshop for Kids 6/29/16 - 8/3/16

from $20.00

Students will learn a variety of artistic techniques, from drawing and painting to ceramics and printmaking.

6 sessions Wednesday Morning 6/29 to 8/3/16

9:30 am - 12:30 PM

Ages 7 to 12

Instructor(s): Phoebe Deutsch / Russ Spitkovsky / Matt Barteluce

Russ Spitkovsky’s artwork has been included in numerous national and international publications and exhibitions. He is one of the founders of CARRIER PIGEON and is currently editor in chief and contributor of the quarterly publication. In 2014, Russ helped create Guttenberg Arts, a multidisciplinary artist residency program. Web: www.carrierpigeonmag.com www.spitatart.com

Matt Barteluce is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer. He received his BFA in 2003 from Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA in 2010 at the School of Visual Arts. He is currently director of Guttenberg Arts.

Just For Kids: Wednesday Fall Workshops

from $25.00

Students will learn a variety of artistic techniques, from drawing and painting to ceramics and printmaking in this after-school program hosted at Guttenberg Arts.

14 sessions Every Wednesday Afternoon 8/31 to 11/30/16

4:00 pm - 6:00 PM

Ages 7 to 12

Instructor(s): Phoebe Deutsch / Russ Spitkovsky / Matt Barteluce

$25 for 1 class

$100 for 4 classes

$200 for 8 classes

$300 for 14 classes (2 free!)

Introduction to Etching 7/17/16 + 7/24/16

from $100.00

Introduction to Etching will teach students the basic techniques necessary to create and print zinc etchings. Students will learn how to create an image on a zinc plate, etch the plate in nitric acid, ink and print the incised lines. Students will learn drypoint, hard ground line etching, aquatint, and how to print and register to create an edition. All materials are provided. Beginners are welcome, no prior printmaking experience necessary!

Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Sunday July 17 & Sunday July 24
1pm-5pm
Max students-10

$100 Guttenberg Arts Members
$150 Non-Members

*THIS PRICE INCLUDES $65 MATERIALS COST*
Includes 6 hours of free studio time
(expires one month from final class)

Introduction to Woodblock Printmaking 8/14/16

from $75.00

In this one day workshop students will learn the basics of Block Printing on paper. Participants will learn carving techniques for linoleum plates and wood blocks and how to print using our proofing press.

Instructor: Matt Barteluce

Sunday August 14th 2016

12pm-4pm

Max Students - 8

$60 Guttenberg Arts Members

$75 Non-Members

*This Price Includes $25 Materials Cost*

Textures & Metals: Soft Ground Etching Workshop 9/17 + 9/24/16

from $100.00

Learn how to incorporate line weight and pre made textures into a zinc etching. Students will learn how to create an image on a zinc plate, etch the plate in nitric acid, ink and print the incised or pressed in lines. All materials are provided. Beginners are welcome, no prior printmaking experience necessary!

Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Saturday September 17th & 24th 2016
1pm-5pm
Max students-10

$75 Guttenberg Arts Members
$100 Non-Members

*THIS PRICE INCLUDES $25 MATERIALS COST*
Includes 6 hours of free studio time
(expires one month from final class)

Altered Surfaces: Solar Plate Etching

from $75.00

Create rich, etched, photographic prints with an emphasis on unique mark making using photopolymer plates. Artists are encouraged to push the limits by working directly on the surface of their photographs, utilizing a large, unique variety of mark making tools to create their imagery.

The solar plate process can accommodate the stylistic approaches of virtually any artist, from photographers to draughtsmen. Solarplate is a light sensitized steel backed polymer material used by artists as an alternative to hazardous printing techniques. It is a simple, safer, and faster approach than traditional etching and relief printing.

Participants should bring photographs printed onto a clear transparency/acetate 6x8” film as well as brushes and any of their personal mark making tools.

Instructor: Christina Pumo

Saturday August 13th & 20th 10am- 4pm

Max Students: 6

Christina Pumo is a New York City-based artist and educator working in photography and printmaking. As a skilled, hands-on technician, Christina has participated in projects that have been shown in locations such as Pace Prints Gallery, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Guild Hall Museum and the S.C.A.D. Museum of Art.

$75 Guttenberg Arts Members

$100 Non-Members

This price includes $25 materials cost

Introduction to Wheel Throwing 10/16 +10/23/16

from $100.00

A personal ceramics workshop hosted at Guttenberg Arts. Learn to wheel throw basic ceramic forms. Decorating, glazing and firing techniques will be covered. Emphasis on developing a personal sense of form using sound fundamental skills. The class is conducted over the course of two consecutive weekends. Beginners are welcome, no prior ceramics experience necessary!

Instructor: Phoebe Deutsch
Sunday October 16th & 23rd
12pm-4pm

Max students-2

$100 Guttenberg Arts Members
$125 Non-Members

***THIS PRICE INCLUDES $40 MATERIALS COST***

Watercolor Painting in the Park

$150.00

We will meet three times a week to learn the principles of watercolor painting in a two-week class outdoors-plein aire. The location of the class will be at North Hudson Braddock Park, North Bergen, NJ where we will learn to paint the autumn foliage in addition to painting lake, sky and grass with awareness of atmospheric perspective. In addition, the class will include an introduction to color theory and a brief history of artists working from the landscape using watercolor as their medium. Use of a camera is suggested for work reference at home. No prior painting experience is necessary, beginners welcomed.

Instructor: Ninetta Nappi

Duration: 6 sessions in October

Time: 4pm - 6:30pm

Class Tuition - $150.00

4 to 10 people

Ages 16+

Workshop Dates:

Tuesday Oct. 18th, 2016
Wednesday Oct. 19th, 2016
Thursday Oct. 20th, 2016
Tuesday Oct. 25th, 2016
Wednesday Oct. 26th, 2016
Thursday Oct. 27th, 2016

Introduction to Stone Lithography: 7/12 & 7/13/16

from $50.00

From graining a stone to printing an edition learn everything about Stone Lithography from master printmaker Chunwoo Nam in this unique workshop!

Tuesday Evening July 12th & Wednesday Evening July 13th
6pm-9pm

Max students-6

$100 Non Member Price
$50 Guttenberg Arts Member Price

Chunwoo Nam was born in Seoul, Korea and holds degrees from the University of HongIk, Korea, the Tamarind Institute for Lithography, NM and the University of Buffalo, NY. His work is exhibited internationally and he has taught at the Herron School of Art in Indiana. His work can be found in the following collections: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, R.O.C, Kennedy Museum of Art, OH, the Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia, and more.

Introduction to Ceramics 7/14 +7/21/16

from $75.00

A personal ceramics workshop hosted at Guttenberg Arts. Learn to hand-build basic ceramic forms. Decorating, glazing and firing techniques will be covered. Emphasis on developing a personal sense of form using sound fundamental skills. The class is conducted over the course of two consecutive weekends. Beginners are welcome, no prior ceramics experience necessary!

Instructor: Phoebe Deutsch
Thursday July 14 & Sunday July 21 2016
6pm-9pm

Max students-8

$75 Guttenberg Arts Members
$100 Non-Members

***THIS PRICE INCLUDES $40 MATERIALS COST***

FREE WORKSHOPS

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Shapes, Patterns & Textures

$0.00

FREE TO ATTEND!

This free workshop consists of participants practicing narrative and meaning making through the use of their own developed abstract language. Their abstract language would be derived from associations we have with our every day surroundings; whether it be through the use of color, shape, pattern, or texture. Each participant will come up with 5-10 images utilizing their acquired language. This activity is a practice in reading and interpreting an abstract environment.

Saturday March 17th, 2018

1pm - 4pm

Designed for Civic Disobedience

$0.00

FREE TO ATTEND!

“Designed for Civic Disobedience” workshop will be geared towards anyone interested in participating in social and political life, and will enable them to illustrate their messages through effective and memorable art form of protest signs.

Drawing on contemporary and historic protest signs, this workshop will include a brief history, purpose and usage of visual language in social and political movements. The workshop then will examine the structure of some successful posters and explain why some delivery works better than other.The workshop will include presentation of essential graphic design concepts: typography, color, composition. The importance of typography will be illustrated trough comparing different typefaces, and applying them to various messages. Color and its combinations will be tested to showcase how basic color theory can aid or detract from effectiveness of a sign. Composition will outline essential layout principles, such as: grid, white space, and hierarchy of information.

Sunday March 18th 2018

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Draw / Cut / Flip : Screenprinting your own Patterns

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Draw / Cut / Flip : Screenprinting your own Patterns

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Silkscreen Workshop with Anne Muntges

Sunday July 16th, 12pm - 4pm

Ever wondered how wallpaper patterns were designed? In this workshop you will learn how by taking your own drawings and making a repeatable pattern! Learn how to create unique images that can be used for anything from wall covering to wrapping paper to textile prints. Students will design their own unique single colored works and translate them to screen for print. Beginners are welcome, no experience required.Bring drawing inspirations or sketches to work from for the class.

Space is very limited! First come first serve, only 5 spots available!

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From Drawing to Print

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Silkscreen Workshop with Florian Nitsch

Saturday July 22nd, 12pm - 4pm

Join resident artist Florian Nitsch in this crash course in silk screen printmaking. Drawings will be done on transparency film and used for exposing the screen as well as making a stencil for colored areas on the paper.

Space is very limited! First come first serve, only 5 spots available!

This workshop will focus primarily on watercolor monoprints from prepared plexi-plates. Attendees will learn how to prep their own plate and experiment with the printing process. This process is all hand done and the work can be transferred without a press (just a spoon is needed). Instructor: Jeremy Coleman Smith

This free class covers the art of simple clay molds. Students will create unique bas reliefs using objects they've brought from home or found in the studio. Instructor: Joseph Martin Gabriel

This free class instructed students how to create a beautiful still life using a limited palette of oil colors! Instructor: Ryan Schroeder

This class showed students their is no limit to what you can build with paper. Participants created light weight paper sculptures using a variety of paper stock and adhesive materials. Instructor: Milcah Bassel

Adventure into the abstract with Rafael Corzo as he works with participants on one large collaborative ceramic sculpture. Using clay as the medium we will create physical manifestations of life and everything in the universe. The more unpredictable the outcome the better!

In this workshop, participants will be creating a series of ink drawings based on objects they find at the studio, which will ultimately become inspiration for an abstract collage using a range of colorful and textured paper. This projects’ aim is to explore the poeticism implicit in our individual drawing hand, while exploring the relationship between observation and abstraction—between our surroundings and art.

This workshop aims to to teach the art of sketching the human figure. Gesture drawings are fun and simple to do. Participants do not need to have prior life drawing experience, just an open mind! Participants will take turns drawing and posing for short periods of time (30 seconds, 1 minute and 2 minute poses). Participants will learn how to quickly sketch while exploring different gestures of the (fully clothed) human body.

Create your own handmade paper using recycled materials such as your old university notebooks or junk mails. Natural items such as seeds and dry leaves can be added into handmade paper. Scrap of words are embedded to reflect family's story and memory. Have fun with discovering how to make a simple paper-making frame from a tin can or cookie cutters. At home, the handmade paper can be incorporated into diverse family projects including invitations, scrap books and ornaments. Taught by Resident Artist Tai Hwa Goh at Guttenberg Arts on Saturday July 23rd 2016 from 12pm - 4pm. Sign up for free before we fill up!

Letterpress is one of the oldest forms of printmaking and helped transform society through the printed word. Get a hands-on introduction to the use of moveable type, and investigate the unique possibilities offered by combining text and image as visual language. Students will hand set metal type, lock up, and proof collaborate prints over the course of an afternoon.

Block Printing is one of the oldest types of printmaking, it has been around for thousands of years. It is essentially using a carved material covered with ink to transfer an image on to a flat surface. There are many different techniques and applications: it can be done with wood, linoleum, rubber and many other materials, mainly onto paper and fabric and other flat surfaces. In this workshop we will learn the basics of block printing based on linoleum plates and fabric, while also learning about the history of pattern design and some of the principles to create the structures for repetition.

Monoprinting is an incredibly immediate, playful, and multi-faceted type of printmaking, which could be described as a printed painting. Through learning and practicing a variety of transfer techniques, students will establish an understanding of the properties of ink, paper, pressure, and how they interact to create a broad range of aesthetic possibilities. Once the class has explored a variety of approaches, including additive and reductive ways to develop an image, and ink-mixing skills, each student will develop a series of prints exploring a process, a theme, or a narrative.

Participants will learn how to build functional and sculptural ceramic objects using a variety of hand building techniques such as slab, coil, pinch, and slump molds. The first half of the workshop will consist of demos outlining each technique. During the second half participants will make their own piece(s) with assistance from the instructor.

Roberto Visani instructs this introduction to body-safe materials using primarily alginates. This class is designed for adults who are new to life casting and will cover step-by-step instruction and demonstration from set-up to clean up. During the class students will cast their own hand and will be introduced to various casting material options.

Participants will draw a number of abstract compositions and record audio, both separately and in collaboration. These components will then be photographed and edited to create one communal artwork.

Students will brainstorm with Pavel about how to translate images of an existing artwork into a one-color collage. They will focus on how to treat volumes, shadows and lights. Teacher will demonstrate how to arrange the pre-cut shapes into a piece of cardboard, employing this technique.

Suminagashi or "floating ink" is the process of marbling plain paper with water and ink to transform it into something vibrant and colorful. It originated in Japan as early as the 12th century. Students will create colorful sheets of marbled paper that can be used for all sorts of paper crafts, including note cards and simple bookbinding and more.

Join us for this introductory cyanotype workshop, recommended for those interested in printmaking and photography. Process images on paper with jpg images and found objects that you can bring the day of the workshop.

stay tuned for our next set of free workshops

(schedule will be available in May 2018)

CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR PAST WORKSHOPS HOSTED AT GUTTENBERG ARTS

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS

FREE WORKSHOPS

Silkscreen Workshop with Anne Muntges

Silkscreen Workshop with Florian Nitsch