Akua® Printmaking

January 5-13, 2023 Join us on the open-air rooftop studio at Alma del Sol in beautiful Guanajuato for a most memorable creative and cultural learning experience. This fifth year of the Guanajuato Printmaking retreat has been extended 2 extra days allowing for students to continue creating with an open studio day. Make the picturesque Spanish...more » Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking Retreat in Guanajuato, Mexico with Elise Wagner

Start date: May 8, 2023 End date: May 21, 2023 All-day event Location: Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy This spectacular two week program offers the opportunity to live and create in Florence, Italy, a cultural capital of Europe. As the home of the Italian Renaissance and the birthplace of the modern world, Florentines championed democracy,...more » Mixed Media Printmaking In Florence Italy with Ron Pokrasso

Encaustic Painting & Collagraph Printmaking Retreat in Guanajuato, Mexico January 7-13, 2024 Join us on the open air rooftop studio at Alma del Sol in beautiful Guanajuato for a most memorable creative and cultural learning experience. This fifth year of the Guanajuato Printmaking retreat begins with a welcome dinner on January 7, instructional days January...more » Encaustic Painting & Collagraph Printmaking Retreat with Elise Wagner

Mixed Media Printmaking With Ron Pokrasso Florence, Italy May 3-16, 2024 This spectacular two-week program offers the opportunity to live and create in Florence, Italy, a cultural capital of Europe. As the home of the Italian Renaissance and the birthplace of the modern world, Florentines championed democracy, science, literature as well as painting, sculpture, and...more » Mixed Media Printmaking With Ron Pokrasso

Saturday, May 11, 10 AM-5 PM In this workshop we will cover the various ways of handling Akua Intaglio Inks to push the unique properties of these inks. We will practice monotype methods on PETG plastic plates. During the workshop we will look at prints together, and spend time practicing with the ink while trouble-shooting...more » All About Akua Inks with Joyce Silverstone

Saturday-Sunday, May 18 and 19, 10:30am–5:30pm Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Hyattsville MD Modifying and controlling the viscosities of inks yields results that cannot be achieved any other way. The interaction of inks is fundamental and allows the development of multi-color prints from a single run through the press, and naturally leads to sequences of related...more » Intention and Surprise: Viscosity with Akua Inks

Saturday, July 20, 10 AM-5 PM Spend a day exploring the simple method of transferring ink to paper through hand pressure and the touch of a tool- no press required. Subtle, direct mark-making is the pleasure of this printing technique, always full of expressive possibilities. No printmaking experience is needed, just a desire to slow...more » Kitchen Table Monotype with Joyce Silverstone