Mono-Printing: Experiential Printmaking Intensive
Why this program?
This immersive workshop introduces students to mono-printing as an expressive foundation for relief and mixed-media printmaking. Through hands-on demonstrations, guided studio practice, and group critiques, students will explore both traditional and experimental approaches to mono-printing, including additive and subtractive inking, layering, stenciling, and ghost printing.
Emphasis is placed on creative risk-taking, sustainable studio practices, material exploration, and personal visual language development. Students will leave with a cohesive body of prints, a working sketchbook, and practical skills applicable to future printmaking and mixed-media work.
What will this program look like?
DAY 1 – Foundations + Controlled Exploration
- Welcome Introductions, Images + Demo
- Exercise 1: Direct Mark-Making
- Exercise 2: Additive + Subtractive Layers
- Structured Challenge: Limited Palette Composition
- Registration Intro (Simple Method)
- Texture & Transparency
- Independent Studio Work
- Group Critique + Clean Up
DAY 2 – Advanced Layering + Series Development
- Review + Advanced Demo
- Project 1: 3-Layer Registered Print
- Ghost Print & Variation Series
- Ink Modification + Experimental Techniques
- Final Project: Thematic Print – Solo work
- Editioning Practice, Critique and Reflection
Key Program Information
Delivery Method
On-campus
Location:
Cicada Studios
Instructor:
Josephine Archer
Fees
PC Students, Alumni, and Staff: $150
General Public: $200
Schedule
March 28-29, 2026
9AM-4PM
Program Details
Pathway Learning Outcomes
By the end of the workshop, students will be able to:
Develop a small thematic series based on personal imagery
- Articulate artistic intent through group discussion and critique.
- Demonstrate basic mono-printing techniques.
- Use layering, registration, and texture.
- Experiment with sustainable, non-toxic printmaking materials.
- Develop a small thematic series based on personal imagery.
- Articulate artistic intent through group discussion and critique
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Josephine Archer
Josephine Archer is a Prescott, Arizona-based artist, printmaker, muralist, and educator holding an M.F.A. from the University of Oregon. She specializes in Printmaking, Sculpture, Painting media, Decorative Painting and Environmental Venetian Plasters for over 25 years.
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