Thursdays, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th

Take your practice to the next level! This 4 week class will focus on creating multi-layer prints by exposing hand-drawn separations onto silkscreens. Students will learn every step of the process, plus tips and tricks for perfecting the multi-layered print. Class time will include demonstrations, one-on-one work with the instructor, group discussions, and creating a new body of work or experimenting with new ideas.

Students provide:

Sharpie Oil Paint Markers, black each size
Pad of newsprint 11×14″
Pad of Stonehenge paper 11×14″
Pad of clear acetate 11×14″
Plastic containers for ink (sour cream, yogurt, takeout cups)
Spatulas or spoons for mixing ink
Sketchbook
Masking tape
You own screens (optional)
Specialty ink colors (optional)
Separately, Frontline Arts provides silkscreen materials

About the Instructor:

Kristian Battell is an artist practicing in Jersey City, NJ. She completed her Masters of Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY. Battell always considered herself more of a traditional printmaker, having a BFA in Printmaking and Art of the Book from Purchase College, but the pandemic has shifted her practice to sculpture and installation. These sculptures focus on climate change and upcycling the materials that surround her in her everyday life. She loves bringing this practice to a wider audience through her installations and teaching about our impact on the environment and the change we can make through art. Battell has had solo exhibitions at the Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ) and Warren Community College (Washington, NJ). Select group exhibitions include the International Print Center of New York (New York, NY), Local Projects (Long Island City, NY), SlowBurn (NYC), Mana Contemporary (Jersey City, NJ), Art150 (Jersey City, NJ), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (New Haven, CT), Ice Cream Social (Port Chester, NY) and the Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ). She has been artist-in-residence at ChaNorth, Frans Masereel Centrum, Newark Print Shop and Index Art Center. She is currently a teaching artist at Frontline Arts, the Montclair Art Museum, and the Visual Art Center of New Jersey.

Registration deadline: Thursday, February 27th, at midnight

Location: 440 River Road, Branchburg, NJ 08876. We are across from the North Branch train station.