Block Printing Workshop with Christie Tirado
Date & Time: Saturday, September 10th, 12-4pm
Price: $55 for LCAC Donors/ $60 Non-LCAC Donors
Location: Dry Dock Brewing North Dock
2801 Tower Road in Aurora, CO 80011
In this Block Printing workshop, Christie Tirado will give participants an overview of the process for making a simple, single-color linocut print. They will use tools specifically designed for printmaking to carve out pieces of a rubber block. The remaining areas on the block will be rolled up with ink and printed on paper to create a textured graphic print. Printing will be done manually, and won’t require special printing equipment. This workshop is perfect for those who don’t have much experience with linocut printmaking, and want to learn the process.
*Participants are encouraged, but not required, to bring a black and white pencil line drawing of an image they’d like to create on a 4"x6" sheet of paper.
Please Note:
Recommended for ages 12+
Workshop limited to a maximum of 12 participants
About Christie Tirado: Christie Tirado's artwork initially revolved around the many diasporas that compose her Mexican American identity. As the daughter of two immigrant parents from Mexico, her artistic creation has branched out to include and articulate the livelihoods of people who systematically go unheard and unseen: Central Washington’s farm workers. Her bold graphics, created primarily using the linocut technique, are inspired by the Mexican tradition of relief block printing that has historically been a vehicle for artistic, social, and political expression.
Tirado earned her BA at the University of WA and her MIT at Heritage University. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Davidson Galleries (Seattle, WA), SOIL Gallery (Seattle, WA), The Sun Valley Museum of Art (Ketchum, ID), and La Productora Gráfica del Bosque in Oaxaca, Mexico. She received the 2020 Larry Sommers Fellowship through Seattle Print Arts. Tirado has been featured in various newsrooms and magazines including High Country News, ProPublica and Crosscut. She currently teaches art to K-8 students in Yakima, Washington.
https://christietiradoarte.com