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Height. Precision. Refinement. Take your throwing skills to the next level in 10 weeks.

Explore the body as a site of myth, memory, and meaning through abstract ceramic figuration.

Delve into casting and ornamenting through your own plaster molds in this foundational hands-on course.

Learn the basic techniques of the Japanese tradition of woodblock printmaking with water-based inks. This tradition is associated with the extraordinary lessons of design and color passed on from the earliest Ukiyo-e masters.

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This online discussion-based class will focus on composition principles and critique of both in-progress and completed work. Nandini will address how to integrate parts of an artwork into a unified whole, achieve balance of elements, and conceptualize and create cohesive series.

Copperplate Photogravure with Digital Positives Photogravure yields a true continuous tone photograph etched into a copperplate. This technique has origins in early photography of the 19th Century. It remains one of the most beautiful forms of black and white photo reproduction.

This 8 week class will introduce students to a variety of printmaking processes. We will explore monotype, collagraph, and relief. Emphasis will be on developing skills both on and off the press, from creating plates, to inking and editioning, becoming a responsible member in a community studio will be emphasized.

This 9-week class is designed to give students a comprehensive understanding of silkscreen and its versatility. Through the course of three projects, we will explore new methods and build up skill intentionally.

An immersive virtual reality exhibition developed by ACCIONA Cultura in exclusive collaboration with Madrid’s Museo Nacional del Prado, Masterpieces invites visitors into a multi-sensory reimagining of one of the world’s greatest museums, including fantastical, in-depth explorations of its most celebrated, and rarely traveled, masterpieces.

Learn to design and transform a digital image into a physical object using Rhinoceros3D software, mold-making, and casting methods.

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The collagraph is a fairly young, experimental printmaking process which can produce beautiful and sophisticated textures, while encompassing other areas of printmaking. The adaptable nature of collagraph draws from intaglio, relief & monoprinting. From beginner to master, this versatile process welcomes all concepts and yields surprising results. Discover the tactile, expressive world of collagraph printmaking in this hands-on workshop.

Viscosity inking is a multi-color printmaking technique that allows for printing colors simultaneously from a single plate, rather than relying on multiple plates for color separation. Using oil based inks, students will create one of a kind prints.

Intaglio techniques include a number of rich and varied processes that lend themselves to traditional and contemporary images. This course will focus on traditional methods of working copper plates. The class will cover etching, drypoint, aquatint, use of soft and hard grounds, and the combination of techniques on a single plate.

Create narrative textile works using the Japanese embroidery technique of Sashiko and patchwork techniques rooted in the compositional elements of Boro.

Learn evocative and sensory storytelling techniques to create a mini comic exploring memories as sights, sounds, feelings, and moods.

Experienced etchers will utilize traditional and contemporary methods such as non-toxic photo-etching, viscosity printing, and Xerox-transfer in this class. Students may undertake in-depth plate work that allows for extensive work on a single plate, multicolored printing, and various experimental techniques.

Experienced etchers will utilize traditional and contemporary methods such as non-toxic photo-etching, viscosity printing, and Xerox-transfer in this class. Students may undertake in-depth plate work that allows for extensive work on a single plate, multicolored printing, and various experimental techniques.

Featuring Trey Abdella, Camille Henrot, Tishan Hsu, Arthur Jafa, Josh Kline, Precious Okoyomon, and Howardena Pindell, this evening brings together films from Art21’s Extended Play and New York Close Up series. Showcasing artists at all stages of their careers—several of whom have made work at Powerhouse—the program highlights the vast ecosystems of contemporary art production. Their practices range from traditional media like painting and sculpture to less conventional forms like gardenscapes or the repurposing of domestic materials into clothing and installation. 

Explore various mosaic techniques through hands-on making and create an individual artwork.

With support from Stained Glass Studio founders Bryane and Jenny Fleming, attendees will learn the fundamentals of stained glass techniques while creating their own glass artwork inspired by the masterpieces featured in Masterpieces: A Virtual Experience of the Museo del Prado.