Atlanta Printmakers Studio conducts programs outside of the studio for both children and adults. This outreach helps achieve our goals of promoting the art of printmaking and educating the community about various printmaking techniques. We partner with the site sponser to develop a program that suits their particular interests and audience.

We have provided free children’s art activities at community art festivals and have offered a variety of workshops and demonstrations at community centers like Southwest Art Center, Hammonds House Museum and the Mechanicsville Branch of the Fulton County Library. These programs are staffed by APS instructors and volunteers, and have been supported in part by the Fulton County Arts Council, the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, and the LUBO Fund.


2009 Outreach Programs include:
•All-Ages Monoprint Workshop
Saturday, APRIL 4   1-4pm
Wonder Root Community Art Center
 
•Free Adult Relief Block Printing Workshop
Saturdays, APRIL 4 & 11, 1:30 - 3pm
West End Performing Arts Center

•8-week  Adult Relief Block Printing Class
Saturdays, APRIL 18-JUNE 6, 1:30 - 3pm
West End Performing Arts Center

•All-Ages Monoprint Workshop
Saturday, APRIL 25, 11 - 2pm
Arts Clayton Gallery

•Southwest Arts Center
AUGUST 22, Screen Printing

•Grant Park Summer Shade Festival 2009
AUGUST 29, Children's Printmaking Booth

•East Atlanta Strut 2009
SEPTEMBER 19, Children's Printmaking Booth

•Tour de 29: Happy Days Festival in Hapeville
SEPTEMBER 19, Screen Printing



Children's Printmaking Booth at Festivals
Guidance by Atlanta Printmakers Studio instructors is provided to help children make colorful monoprints, printed on paper from acrylic plates. They use stamps, stencils and textural items, along with colored ink, all provided at the booth. When the plate is ready it is printed using our portable table top press and the children lift their print off the plate. The prints are hung up to dry, and then they take home an original print they made themselves.

Printmaking in Schools
As part of our education outreach, APS is developing a variety of printmaking workshops for Atlanta area schools K-12. Our lesson plans will include a wide range of techniques for all ages and skill levels. Our teachers are professional printmakers who will present a little bit of art history, educate students about printmaking, do a demonstration, and lead the students in their own artmaking. We can customize the content to make connections with other subjects the students are studying, like a specific culture or historic event. Fees vary.
Email us for more information.

Acknowledgments

	Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.
	This Program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.