Fall + Winter Workshops at Contemporary Textile Studio Coop

SILKSCREEN PRINTING
with Sharon Epstein
OCTOBER 5, 19, 26 & NOVEMBER 9, 16, 23
Spend three Saturdays building your skills and knowledge of the silkscreen printing process with an experienced instructor who will guide you through the technical and creative aspects of this exciting technique. Open to all skill levels.

WOVEN MATERIALITY - WEAVE A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CLOTH
with Amanda Wood
SEPTEMBER 15
This workshop will introduce traditional cloth weaving techniques within a contemporary, materials based context. Students will work on pre-warped Ashford rigid heddle looms to create a textured multi-functional cloth. Suitable for all skill levels.

STUDIO PRINT NIGHT
with Erin MacKeen
TUESDAYS (6:00 - 9:00 pm)

Are you looking for a space to work on a printing project? Join us for Print Night and get access to our fully-equipped space to work independently. Technical assistance and screen preparation services available.

Forge: DIY Tote Bag Screenprinting w/ Alicia Nauta

Join us for a fun evening of screen printing with artist Alicia Nauta. Learn new (or improve) screen printing skills and techniques (screen preparation, ink mixing, printing and clean up) to create your own unique designs on two tote bags using fabric ink!

$25 per person.

Purchase tickets here:
www.universe.com/forgescreenprinting

*Materials and two tote bags included!*

June 22, 6:30-9:30pm.
AKIN Collective Dufferin- 444 Dufferin St. Unit E

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Alicia Nauta is a Toronto based artist whose practice is made up of collage, art prints, bookworks, posters, screenprinted wallpaper and installation, costumes and a growing collection of found oddities for a future museum. She is a member of Punchclock, a Toronto screenprinting studio and has taught DIY workshops, including screenprinting, at the AGO.

www.alicianauta.com

Corita Kent - The Silkscreening Nun

During the 1960s, a woman named Corita Kent transformed a tiny art department in a Hollywood Catholic school into a global center for design and printmaking. She was buddies with Buckminister Fuller and counted IBM as a client. Oh yeah, and she was a nun! Click here for the whole article.