
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Art Center’s Restore project will feature a class on printmaking on Sunday, March 3.
Join artist John Jennings for a the block printing workshop from 1 to 5 p.m.
Participants can choose to create linocuts or woodcuts this session. Adults and children age 12 and up of all levels of art making experience, from newbies to professionals, are invited to join the class for just $5.
“In my journeys through the various modes of printmaking, I’ve found none quite as dynamic as relief printing, whether linocuts or working on wood,” explained Jennings. “We will explore the range of possibilities from vigorous to delicate lines and the play of light and shadow in defining our two dimensional space. In our class I hope to introduce the participant to the magic of relief printing: from the drawing stage to the transfer of the drawing to the linoleum block, to the carving of the block to printing of the image. The thrill of pulling the rice paper off the block and seeing your work in ink on the page is like no other.”
Please register in advance for all Restore classes at www.middletownartcenter.org/restore , email
Works from Printmaking classes will contribute to MAC’s second chapbook of writings and images, as well as Restore exhibitions.
The first chapbook, “Resilience – a community reframes disaster through art,” is available for purchase at MAC or on the MAC website. You can preview the book online.
Middletown Art Center is located at 21456 Highway 175 at the junction of Highway 29. Be a part of the growing arts scene in South Lake County by becoming a MAC member, by coming to Restore printmaking this Sunday, or by attending one of the many arts and cultural events or classes at MAC.
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