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.
$103 with a Guttenberg Arts Membership
This 1 day workshop is an introduction to Letterpress on a Vandercook Press.
Instructor: Lorena Estrella
Max students-4
This one day workshop is designed to provide students with basic skills in Silkscreen Printing.
Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students - 5
$104 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
$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
$103 with a Guttenberg Arts Membership
This 1 day workshop is an introduction to Letterpress on a Vandercook Press.
Instructor: Lorena Estrella
Max students-4
Free Workshop
In this intuitive watercolor workshop, students are invited to loosen up, play, and rediscover their creative spark.
Instructor: Daniela Valencia
Ages 18+
Free Workshop
How do we translate our personal and family histories into visual stories? In this hands-on workshop, participants will use family photos as a starting point to envision symbols that reflect their unique experiences and memories.
Instructor: Jonathan Yubi
All Ages
$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: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students - 5
$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
Free Workshop
This workshop will create a space for participants to explore the transformative practice of altar-making through mixed-media collage work that will honor the parts of ourselves and parts of our lives we wish to heal, nurture & reconnect with.
Instructor: Mercy Villa Copantitla
All Ages
$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
This one day workshop is designed to provide students with basic skills in Silkscreen Printing.
Instructor: Russ Spitkovsky
Max students - 5
$104 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
This two-hour class is the perfect way to develop the basics of making pottery. No prior knowledge or experience is required.
Max Students: 12
Instructor: Raquel Roberto
Join us for our 2nd Wednesday Monthly Ceramic Workshops a rotating lineup of hands-on sessions designed to help artists of all levels explore and refine specific pottery techniques.
Max Students: 12
Instructor: Raquel Roberto
$386 with Guttenberg Arts Membership
This 2 day course is an introduction to traditional stone lithography.
Instructor: Eileen Ferara
Max students - 4
This two-hour class is the perfect way to develop your wheel-throwing skills. No prior knowledge or experience is required.
Max Students: 5
Instructor: Raquel Roberto
Guttenberg Arts is located at Bulls Ferry Studios, 6903 Jackson Street Guttenberg NJ 07093
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!
CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR PAST FREE WORKSHOPS HOSTED AT GUTTENBERG ARTS

Free Workshop
Join us for a unique acrylic still life painting workshop focused on eerie, atmospheric compositions.
Instructor: Giovanni Mezzetti
Ages 18+