Classes + Workshops

  • Fruit & Veggie Printing on Fabric w. Kristy Cavaretta

    3 Hour Workshop

    Sunday May 19th

    12:00pm-3:00pm

    Instructor: Kristy Cavaretta

    $100.00

    3 Spots Available

    No experience necessary, all skill levels welcome!

    Come play with direct object printmaking and leave with a one of a kind bandana or tea towel of your own. We will use fruits and veggies to explore the wide range of shapes, marks and printmaking possibilities available in your own refrigerator. Students will leave with an array of hand-printed pieces that they have created from start to finish, and knowledge to continue printing on fabric at home.

  • Cyanotype & Botany w. Laura Ritch

    4 Hour Workshop

    Friday June 14th

    5:00pm-9:00pm

    $125.00

    No experience necessary, all skill levels welcome!

    In this four hour workshop, participants will use pressed plants to create one of a kind botanical cyanotype prints. Students will learn the entire cyanotype process start to finish including: coating paper, composing imagery with provided flora, exposure, and development through both demonstration and hands-on experience. There will also be time for students to forage flora from the surrounding property. At the end of the workshop, students will leave with a variety of prints and skills to continue to print with this process at home.

  • Cyanotype & Botany w. Laura Ritch

    4 Hour Workshop

    Saturday July 27th

    1:00pm-5:00pm

    $125.00

    No experience necessary, all skill levels welcome!

    In this four hour workshop, participants will use pressed plants to create one of a kind botanical cyanotype prints. Students will learn the entire cyanotype process start to finish including: coating paper, composing imagery with provided flora, exposure, and development through both demonstration and hands-on experience. There will also be time for students to forage flora from the surrounding property. At the end of the workshop, students will leave with a variety of prints and skills to continue to print with this process at home.

  • Photo-Lithography on Clay w. Erica Hood

    One Day Workshop

    Date: Saturday July 20th

    Time: 10:00am-1:00pm

    $125.00

    Location: Ceramics Studio

    Learn how to transfer black and white images onto leather hard clay in this one day, hands on workshop.

    Photo-Lithography is a simple way to transfer high resolution, b+w laser-printed images onto leather hard clay surfaces. This is a monotype process that utilizes gum arabic and ceramic “ink”. Erica will demonstrate the entire process start to finish. Students will then have the opportunity to transfer their own images onto leather hard clay. This process works best on white clay bodies with clear/translucent glazes, and is suitable for ^6 oxidation and ^10 reduction firings.

  • Screen Printing: Underglaze Transfers

    One Day Workshop

    Date: Saturday June 8th

    Time: 10:30am-3:00pm

    Instructors: Ned Roche + Erica Hood

    Cost: $155.00

    Location: Printmaking Studio

    Interested in creating your own custom silkscreen underglaze transfers?

    In this one day workshop, students will learn how to coat silkscreens with light sensitive emulsion, burn, prep, register and print with underglaze. Students will create screens of their own hand-drawn illustrations or digital designs and print their own underglaze transfers on newsprint. A variety of transfer techniques with be demonstrated and discussed.

 

CONDITIONS

Adults (18 or older) may register for classes & workshops at Chases Garage. WE DO NOT OFFER CLASSES FOR CHILDREN/TEENS.

Chases reserves the right to cancel courses, substitute instructors, change course times, and limit enrollment. The student agrees to abide by any and all rules and policies of the studios. Chases will assume no responsibility for any loss, personal or physical. With enrollment, a student consents to being photographed in classes (unless we informed in writing). These photographs may be used by Chases in future promotional efforts without specific written permission from the student.

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT

To register, student information (including name, email, and phone number) and full payment must be made via our Square Check out link. Click on the “Enroll” button, located on the class/workshop page. Payment reserves your space in a class or workshop. When checking out, please use your current email address so we can send you important information about the class or workshop. 

CLASS WITHDRAWAL & REFUND POLICY

100% Refund (minus processing fee): Student must withdraw at least 6 business days prior to the start of the class.

50% Refund (minus processing fee): Issued when a student withdraws 5 business days or less from the start of the class.

NO REFUNDS ARE GIVEN ONCE A CLASS BEGINS.

If Chases cancels a course, registered students will be notified and all fees will be refunded in full. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment requirements will be canceled, typically two to four business days before the class begins. 

WORKSHOP WITHDRAWAL & REFUND POLICY

50% refund (minus processing fee) if you withdraw 7 business days before the workshop date.

We are unable to refund you if you withdraw from the workshop less than 6 business days before the workshop date.