For our August Meaningful Moments program, participants explored the history of printmaking in the exhibition Visions of America: Three Centuries of Prints from the National Gallery of Art. After enjoying the galleries, we returned to the studio to try our own hand at block printing on tea towels.
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- Participants discuss Audubon’s bird prints
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- First, we drew a design on our linoleum block.
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- Then, we carefully carved out our image.
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- Next, we inked our block.
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- Finally, we printed our image on the tea towels.
Be sure to catch Visions of America before it closes September 3rd!
Emily Wiskera
Manager of Access Programs