Open Studio

Come Create with Us!

*Work on your projects*

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Independently work on projects & enhance class skills 

 (open studio details page) 

Wednesday 10-9

Thurs - Fri  10-4

Saturday 12-6

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$25 per 3 hour session​

Multi-session pricing available

Creative Letterpress: Creating Postcards

*Letterpress*

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Get creative with letterpress and compose your own unique postcard mail send! ​

May 9, 16, 23, 30

Sat 12:30-3

Teacher: Greg Robison

Studio Class

$170 per person

Mixed Media

Puzzle Print

*Creative Printmaking*

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Produce a 4 or 5 colored print using several fun and exciting approaches to printmaking!​

May 23 & 30

10-2:30 w/break

Teacher: Judith Kornett

Studio Class

$175 per person

Wet Plate Collodion

Weekend Workshop

*Alternative Photography*

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19th century photo processing - make tintypes using the wet plate collodion process!​

June 6 &  7

Sat & Sun 1:00-5:00 

Teacher: Mac Cosgrove-Davies

Studio Class

$275 per person

Boxmaking 101 

Hinged Lid Box

*Beginning Boxmaking*

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Make your own box and learn  skills that will help with future bookbinding and boxmaking!​

June 13

Sat 10:00-4:00 w/break 

Teacher: Alexis Candelaria

Studio Class

$175 per person

Book of Cards

Using French Link Stitch

*Make Your Cards into a Book*

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Make a unique memory of your cards while learning bookbinding techniques​

June 20

Sat 10:00-4:00 w/break 

Teacher: Tawn O'Connor

Studio Class

$85 per person

TypePlay:

Layer, Pattern, and Print

*Letterpress Posters*

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Explore the creative potential of wood type & print a quote or phrase as a short edition!​

July 25

Sat tbd w/break

Teacher: Sarah Mathews

Studio Class

$TBD per person

Cyanotype

Printing and Toning

*Alternative Photography*

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Print cyanotype photos and tone them with plants, watching the blue turn to other tones!​

Sept 19 & 26

Sat  12:30-4:30 

Teacher: Paige Billin-Frye

Studio Class

$100 per person

Monster

Pop-Up Cards

*With Mailed Kits*

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Make three mechanical movie monster postcards for Halloween.​

Oct 21

Wed 6-7:30(ET)

Teacher: Shawn Sheehy 

Zoom Class

$70 per person

Introduction to Darkroom Printing

*learn to print in the darkroom*

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Get introduced to the FBAC darkroom by making  photograms & prints

May 6, 13, 20

Wed 6-8

Charlotte Mauler Hayes

Studio

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$150 per person

Pop-Up Books!

Paper Engineering

*With Chicago Artist Shawn Sheehy!*

SOLD OUT  (waitlist only)​​​

Expand your book pages with pop-ups. This class focuses on amazing slice form techniques! 

May 16

Saturday 10-4:30 w/break

Teacher:  Shawn Sheehy

Studio Class

$255 per person

Darkroom 

Open Studio

*printing studio use*

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Bring your paper and start printing in our new studio. Must be certified to use,

May 27

Wed 6-9

Charlotte Mauler Hayes

Open Studio (non-class)

$50 per person

Block Printed

Mushroom Garlands

*learn printmaking*

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Learn printmaking while making a cute garland of mushrooms to decorate and share your art!​

June 6

Sat 10:00-2:30 w/break 

Teacher: Alex Garcia

Studio Class

$75 per person

Introduction to

Letterpress Basics

*Learn Letterpress!*

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 Two-part hands on introduction to the art and equipment in the letterpress studio!​

June 13-14

Sat & Sun 10:30-3:00 w/break 

Teacher: Eric Groff

Studio Class

$165 per person

Lithography

on Aluminum Ball-Grained Plates

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Create lithography prints using metal plates!

July 1-Aug 5 (+ Aug 8 or 9)

Wed 7-9 (plus 2 hours Sat/Sun) 

Teacher: Carol Moore

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$285 per person

plus $90 supply fee

Sew a Raised Cord

Style Book Journal!

*Historic bookbinding techniques*

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 go home with a finished journal and the knowledge to make more beautiful books!​

Aug 22, 29, & Sept 5 

Sat & Sun 10:00-4:00 w/break 

Teacher: Dawn Hoffmann 

Studio Class

$300 per person

Printing Wood

Engraving Blocks

*Pre - Engraved Block Need*

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Work with your previously created engraving blocks to learn printing techniques.​

Sept 26

Sat 10am-4 (hour break)

Teacher: Mirka Hokkanen

Studio Class

$85 per person

Miniature Bookbinding:

An Introduction

*Coming Soon*

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Create a miniature book learning various steps of the miniature bookbinding process ​

TBD

Sat 3 hours time TBD

Teacher: Sergio Stone

Studio Class

$TBD per person

Make Your Own Stamp

Mother's Day Kids Class

*3rd-6th grade ages*

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Make a card for your mom and a hand carved stamp to keep with your own design. Kids Class!​

May 9

Sat 10am-12

Teacher: Marcey Jastrab

Studio Class

$35 per person

Japanese Stab Bound Booklets

*Make 3 Booklets*

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Bind single pages using traditional stab binding techniques​

May 23

Sat 10:00-3:00 w/break 

Teacher: Cam Miller

Studio Class

$75 per person

Shaped

Artist Books

*Creative Book Forms!*

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A creative presentation with  maze-folded signatures,

perfect for art & poetry​

May 30

Sat 10:00-2:30 w/break 

Teacher: Adele Ross

Studio Class

$75 per person

Erasure Poem

Chapbook

*poetry/binding*

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Use blackout poetry techniques compose a poem or series of poems & bind it as a chapbook!​

June 7

Sun 12:30-3:30

Teacher: Cindy Watkins

Studio Class

$55 per person

Lino (easy-carve)

Printing on Fabric

*Printmaking*

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Carve & print your own design on fabric using a French Tool Press ​

June 20

Sat 10:00-3:00 w/break

Teacher: Marcey Jastrab

Studio Class

$85 per person

Pop-Up

Mini Creatures

*With Mailed Kits*

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Build three miniature pop-up cards featuring charming woodland creatures.​

July 22

Wed 6-8(EDT)

Teacher: Shawn Sheehy 

Zoom Class

$80 per person

Introduction to

Letterpress Basics

*Learn Letterpress!*

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 Two-part hands on introduction to the art and equipment in the letterpress studio!​

August 22 & 23

Sat & Sun 10:30-3:00 w/break 

Teacher: Eric Groff

Studio Class

$165 per person

Wet Plate Collodion

Weekend Workshop

*Alternative Photography*

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19th century photo processing - make tintypes using the wet plate collodion process!​

Oct 10-11

Sat & Sun 1:00-5:00 

Teacher: Mac Cosgrove-Davies

Studio Class

$275 per person