Printmaking Classes in Lawrence

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Embrace Paper In a Digital World

Print media and Paper Arts are some of the oldest crafts forms, rich with history. Printmaking is the art of making multiples and bringing art to the masses—or your friends! Prints are for telling stories, capturing moments, and can be wearable, highly rendered, or abstract. Black and white, colorful, complex, simple, flat, dimensional—the possibilities are endless!

The Lawrence Art Center believes everyone is an artist–all you need to unleash it is a little guidance!

With financial aid available, adult painting classes and drawing classes in Lawrence are open to everyone who wants to learn about the visual arts.

Our Facilities & Curriculum

The Path to Your Prints

The paper arts and printmaking classes we offer cover various topics, like relief printing and monotype, for skill levels from beginner to those mastering advanced skills or seeking self-guided open studio time. The choice is yours! For our adult visual arts classes, the descriptions list what to expect from the courses.

Where You’ll Find Our Printmaking Classes

At the Lawrence Art Center, we have dedicated space for our printmaking classes to ensure you have everything you need to succeed. Our facility includes a printmaking studio in addition to a painting studio and two visual arts studios, a ceramics studio, digital media lab, a metals, jewelry and fibers studio, and a photography studio.

Printmaking Studio

  • Vandercook Letterpress
  • Sturgis and Griffin Etching Presses
  • Type collection
  • Acid room
  • Silk screen exposure unit and facilities

Current Classes

Paper Arts & Printmaking

Papercutting: Paper to Frame[26WSP]
03/23/26 - 04/13/26, 5:30PM - 7:00PM | MO
Ages 16 to 120 | Alicia Kelly | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | 26SAT21
Members $120 | Non-Members $120
Using various types of paper cutting, folding, sculpting and layering techniques, students will experiment and manipulate paper in the 3D. This 4 week class includes learning how to float frame a one-of-a-kind paper piece.
Intro to Printmaking[26WSP]
03/25/26 - 05/13/26, 5:30PM - 7:30PM | WE
Ages 16 to 120 | Kathryn Combs | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | 26SAT13
Members $220 | Non-Members $220
Printmaking is the process of transferring ink from one surface to another, creating an original but repeatable artwork. In this class, you'll get a taste of three printmaking processes, collagraph (collage printing), relief (stamp making) and intaglio (copper plate printing).
Letterpress[26WSP]
03/23/26 - 05/11/26, 7:00PM - 9:00PM | MO
Ages 16 to 120 | Tim O’Brien | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | 26SAT11
Members $220 | Non-Members $220
If you like the written word and making images, this class gives you a chance to combine the two. Learn how to design, set, and print type to create stationery, business cards and broadsheets, or your own project. This class will also introduce linoleum carving and pressure printing techniques.
Papermaking[26WSP]
03/26/26 - 05/14/26, 6:30PM - 8:30PM | TH
Ages 16 to 120 | Wabwila Mugala | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | 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
Class is Full - contact about waitlist | 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.
Experimental Screenprinting[26WSP]
03/26/26 - 05/14/26, 6:30PM - 8:30PM | TH
Ages 16 to 120 | Matthew Willie Garcia | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | 26SAT24
Members $220 | Non-Members $220
Screen printing is a versatile medium which can utilize a variety of different mediums and surfaces. This course will review screen printing with unconventional substances such as powders, adhesives, and pastes. Students will also explore screen printing on unconventional surfaces.

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Make Art Part of Your Daily Life

Interested in enrolling in a paper arts or printmaking class? We have financial aid available to those who need it to ensure classes are accessible to everyone.

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Art is for Everyone

Making Art Accessible to All

Lawrence Arts Center is here to ensure anyone—of any age and any background—can connect with a supportive community and flex their creative muscles. With contemporary exhibitions, performances, and an array of art education classes for adults and kids, everyone will find something that’s right for them.

Our primary state-of-the-art facility at 940 New Hampshire St. features classrooms, studios, theatres, and more. We also have a satellite space for classes at 10th & Mass Studios!

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Why Should You Consider Paper Arts & Printmaking Classes