Create in the beautiful, colonial city of Guanajuato and enjoy the amazing architecture and the beauty of this wonderful city! Enjoy the local culture whether it’s starting your day going for an early morning hike or having a coffee on the rooftop patio of Alma del Sol, there’s so much to bask in and enjoy!
Last year we had 8 artists in the class and everyone had plenty of room to spread out and work. The facility is amazing with 3 large etching presses, multiple inking stations, and a large outdoor course yard
Printing with Akua Intaglio Ink
Location: Guanajuato, Mexico.
Workshop Venue: At the beautiful printmaking Estudio Piramidal
In this printmaking workshop, artists will explore carborundum printmaking. Carborundum is a silicon carbide grit that is used to create rich tonal plates and prints. Carborundum prints are known for their textural and painterly surfaces, intense color, and a strong physicality. We will use various materials as print substrates including acrylic plates and cardboard.
The class will involve printing multiple plates that add to complex layers of visual information. Along with carborundum printing, the class will also use drypoint, viscosity printing and monoprinting to add to the complexity of imagery.
All images will be printed using Akua intaglio and liquid pigment inks. Artists will be exposed to transparent and opaque color relationships that add to richness to images. The class will cover multiple registration systems that make printing easy and accurate.
While much technical information is covered in the class, the overall emphasis is using the processes to reflect each artist's personal vision. Workshop participants will create, build, and re-build printing surfaces and imagery to explore personal direction while at the same time stretching individual boundaries.
Mixed-Media Approaches Toward Printmaking is open to artists with no printmaking experience to advanced printmakers. Class size is limited to 10.
Cost: $1300 per person
What is included:
Welcome botanas (hors d'oeuvres) and drinks
5 days of instruction
An awesome printmaking studio
7 breakfasts (if you stay at Alma del Sol or Hotel del Color)
5 home cooked lunches
Daily coffee, tea, and agua fresca (light fruit-flavored water)
Daily hora feliz (happy hour) on the beautiful Alma del Sol rooftop
Akua inks and other printmaking materials
What is not included:
Lodging
Airfare and taxis to/from the airport
Dinners
Optional free day excursion cost to San Miguel to Allende or another preplanned day trip.
Accommodations
We suggest that you stay at Hugo Anaya's venues:
Alma del Sol or Hotel del Color.
Please contact Hugo at hugo_ana@yahoo.com
Those of you staying at either of these properties will be served a delicious breakfast each morning, as well as a happy hour each evening after class in Hugo's fabulous rooftop terrace.
Jeffrey Hirst earned an MFA from Louisana State Univeristy in 1990 and has worked as an artist since then. Hirst has been showcased at venues around the U.S. and Europe and is represented by galleries in Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio. Hirst has been a visiting artist at universities around the United States conducting encaustic and printmaking workshops. He owns Hirst Printmaking in Chicago which is a printshop specializing in experimental printmaking and mixing painting and prints.
The recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, City of Chicago grant and his work is in numerous public and private collections.
Estudio Piramidal, Guanajuato, Mexico
Express your Visual Voice through Printmaking in Guanajuato, Mexico
Arrive March 11th - Depart 17th 2025
Class from March 12th - 16th, 2025
TOTAL $1300
TO REGISTER: please contact Jeff Hirst at jeff@jeffreyhirst.com
Please contact Jeffrey Hirst with any questions on the class directly on email jeff@jeffreyhirst.com.
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