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Workshop: Introduction to Screen Printing
September 28, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm MDT
Artist-in-Residence Laurie Shapiro will guide you through the process of screen printing from start to finish. Screen printing is a versatile and accessible technique that can be used to create a wide range of designs. Shapiro will guide us through the process of creating a silk screen. Using premade designs by the artist, you will also have the opportunity to print on both fabric and paper. Participants will also have the option to create their own designs using a cut paper technique. This will be a fun and interactive experience for participants from age 6 to adults. (Guardian must also register with participants under 14.) You will leave the workshop with your own unique creation. Participants are encouranged to bring their own fabrics or materials that they’d like to print on.
BIOGRAPHY
Laurie Shapiro (CA) creates immersive dreamscapes based on interconnectivity and oneness with nature. Being hard-of-hearing, her experience of the outer world is often muted, while her inner world is amplified. These internal emotional experiences manifest as vibrant and captivating visuals, enveloping viewers in a realm of color and wonder. Paintings are particularly expressive, with subjects often using exaggerated gestures to communicate. “I primarily understand the world through visual stimuli and internal feelings, and this, in turn, colors all of my work,” she adds. Central to her artistic practice are screen-printed floral patterns and imagery—drawings of plants that “speak” to her.
Her art has been commissioned and shown at various institutions, including the Dyer Arts Center, San Diego Museum of Art, and San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. Over the past decade, Shapiro has regularly exhibited solo and group exhibitions with galleries and museums across the country and is the recipient of multiple grants. She has completed artist residencies at the American Academy in Rome, the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Shapiro received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and studied abroad at Bilkent University.