Schedule

There are many variables involved with learning a technical process such as screenprinting and then applying creative ideas to that process. The schedule below is an outline that we will follow, but there may be a need to alter or add sections as appropriate.

As much as possible, this course aims to mirror the way you would learn on campus. Learning in art subjects includes both individual work and sharing, both of which require time. Accordingly, a portion of each class time will be given to students as groups to discuss various aspects of the work they are doing – as would happen in the studio – in order to help each other. As you will see below, the classes will begin with discussions of readings or research, followed by learning techniques. We will use groups in breakout rooms; these groups will be arranged as arbitrarily as possible so that information can be shared widely. We need to work intensively on technique so that by the end of the 3rd week, students should be able to successfully print an edition. An edition is a defined number of prints that are identical.

The plan for the 4 weeks is to front-load skills so that the last 4 class sessions can be spent almost entirely making prints. This will help to students develop confidence and embrace a will to experiment. Learning through failure is an essential part of all learning in art, but when the form is technical, as screen-printing undoubtedly is, that truth is amplified. Failures in art are evidence, and artists use them as a record of technical processes that can be studied to gain improvement of that technique. Given that we have only 4 weeks, students will need to be open to the fact that some of what you do will fail and require you to try to find solutions – this is true of developing images, transferring to the screen, mixing color, pulling ink.

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