Printmaking Classes in Lawrence

Explore printmaking

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person making prints
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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

Screenprinting[24FA]
09/9/24 - 11/18/24, 6:00PM - 8:00PM | MO
Ages 14 to 120 | Alicia Kelly | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | FAT11
Members $280 | Non-Members $280
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.
Risograph for Beginners[24FA]
10/3/24 - 11/21/24, 6:30PM - 8:30PM | TH
Ages 14 to 120 | Kathryn Combs | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | FAT24
Members $220 | Non-Members $220
Let us introduce you to the basics of using a risograph, from single color drawings to four color photographic imagery. Unfamiliar with a risograph? Think of it as a cross between screenprinting and photocopying. No previous experience necessary.
Paper Lithography[24FA]
09/12/24 - 11/21/24, 6:30PM - 8:30PM | TH
Ages 14 to 120 | Anthony Corraro | Lawrence Arts Center
Enrolling Now | FAT14
Members $280 | Non-Members $280
Students will learn the basics of gum arabic transfer (a.k.a. paper lithography) to create photographic images on a variety of materials.
Letterpress[24FA]
09/9/24 - 11/18/24, 7:00PM - 9:00PM | MO
Ages 14 to 120 | Tim OBrien | Lawrence Arts Center
Class is Full - contact about waitlist | FAT31
Members $280 | Non-Members $280
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.
Eco-Printing with Plants[24FA]
09/28/24 - 09/28/24, 1:30PM - 4:30PM | SA
Ages 14 to 120 | Rachel Beer | Lawrence Arts Center
Completed | FA26
Members $75 | Non-Members $75
In this one-day workshop, students will learn to use plant materials such as leaves and flowers to dye, decorate and pattern paper with detailed impressions of plant life.

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Submit Your Artwork

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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