Wabwila Mugala

2025-26 Printmaking Artist in Residence


Mugala is a Zambian born interdisciplinary artist with a focus on print processes grounded in design and textiles. She received her BFA in New Media and Design at UNC Greensboro and MFA in Printmaking from Arizona State University (2025). Her practice engages with the call-and-response within the African diaspora through her own visual glossary functioning as pattern, design and language. Recent shows and exhibitions include her solo exhibition In the Fold (2025) in Arizona and Of Natal Lands (2024) in South Carolina. She has been featured in Southwest Contemporary Magazine: Radical Futures (Volume 10) and AIGA Charlotte.

Papermaking[26WSP]
03/26/26 - 05/14/26, 6:30PM - 8:30PM | TH
Ages 16 to 120 | Wabwila Mugala | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26SAT14
Members $220 | Non-Members $220
In this course, students will learn the basics of the papermaking process, and then experiment with various techniques including pulp painting, sizing, and dyeing the sheets of paper they make.
Steamroller Printing[26WSP]
03/24/26 - 05/12/26, 6:00PM - 8:00PM | TU
Ages 16 to 120 | Wabwila Mugala | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26SAJ22
Members $240 | Non-Members $240
Create a colossal woodcut and print it using a steamroller! Blocks are carved over the course two months utilizing both traditional hand tools, electric carvers, saws and routers; carve your own or team-up with a friend. The course will culminate in a public printing event during the Art Tougeau block party.
Screenprinting[26WSP]
01/15/26 - 03/5/26, 5:30PM - 7:30PM | TH
Ages 16 to 120 | Wabwila Mugala | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling (Members Only) | 26WAT14
Members $220 | Non-Members $220
Learn the basics of the popular printmaking method, silkscreen. Students will study both drawn stencil methods and photographic stencils that can be used to create multiple layer color editions on paper or fabric.

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