Broadsides (Canceled)

Canceled due to COVID-19.

This two-day workshop exploring the creation and printing of broadsides will showcase a variety of techniques, including, handset type, monotyping on the letterpress, pressure printing, and pochoir. Please come with haikus or a short poem (ideally less than 50 words) for use in your prints. Artist-in-Resident Beth Sheehan will show examples of contemporary broadsides, and will discuss the relationship between text and image, the history of broadsides, and best practices for printing and editioning.

About the instructor:
Elizabeth (Beth) Sheehan is a printmaker, papermaking, and book artist living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Her work investigates ideas of memory and perception to explore her own lack of episodic memory. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Center for Book Arts, and the San Francisco Public Library. Sheehan has worked as a professional printer at Durham Press in Pennsylvania and at Harlan and Weaver in New York. She was also the Lead Binder and Bindery Manager at Small Editions in Brooklyn and teaches paper, print, and book workshops around the country.