This workshop takes place across five sessions:
- Thu, June 24, 6–9pm ET
- Thu, July 1, 6–9pm ET
- Thu, July 8, 6–9pm ET
- Thu, July 15 6–9pm ET
- Thu, July 22 6–9pm ET
In this five session class, students will learn the steps for making full color, photographic prints on a letterpress using the CMYK photopolymer plate technique. We will learn about color separation, work on prepping images in photoshop, discuss settings for both ordering plates and for in studio output. In studio, you will learn how to properly mix ink for CMYK printing and learn the proper registration techniques for printing photographic images on letterpress.
The first session of this class will take place over Zoom and the rest will be held in-person at Center for Book Arts. There are only five spots open in this workshop due to our limited capacity in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. All staff, artists, students, and guests are required to wear a mask during the entirety of the class. If you do not have a mask when you arrive, one will be provided for you. Please call ahead at 212-481-0295 if you have questions or needs.
Required Materials
- Access to a computer with photoshop or other photo editing software.
All other materials and tools will be provided by the Center. The cost of tuition includes a $75 materials fee.
About the Instructor
Elizabeth Castaldo is an artist, printmaker, and bookbinder living and working in Peekskill, NY and New York City. She received her MFA from SCAD Atlanta where she was a Dean’s Fellow in Printmaking and her BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Elizabeth works with printmaking, drawing, and collage to make works on paper and artists books that explore nature and the body. She has completed residencies at the Center for Book Arts, NYC and Printmaker’s Open Forum. In 2019 Elizabeth’s work was included in the traveling exhibition, “Freed Formats: The Book Reconsidered”. She organized the exchange portfolio “Earth/Mother” for the SGCI 2020 conference “Puertografico”. She teaches printmaking and book arts at Parsons, Nassau Community College and the Center for Book Arts NYC. Elizabeth’s work is held in many private and institutional collections including at Savannah College of Art and Design, Carnegie Melon University, Yale University.
All images courtesy of the instructor.
If you cannot comfortably pay tuition but are interested in taking this class, please consider filling out our financial assistance application here. We will notify you of your scholarship status before the start date of the class.