Regina art gallery to offer printmaking workshops

  • 2021-05-19
The Art Gallery of Regina is set to run a pair of workshops exploring printmaking and photography next month.

The first workshop, called “Print, Scan, Repeat: A Xerography and Scanner Art Workshop” will focus on the use of scanners, such as Xerox machines, to create and manipulate art. The workshop will include bond paper and access to a Toshiba 2515AC scanner, with students asked to bring their own materials and images. The scanner, often used by print shops, is a tool that can create unique and memorable prints. The class will be led by Colby Richardson, who works in the medium of collage and uses a variety of technologies to create his art.

A workshop lead by Regina local and gallery administrator Danielle Dumelie will turn to an older technology – that of cyanotypes – in the second workshop. The process, an early form of photography, involves painting paper with light-sensitive iron salts that turn blue when exposed to sunlight. The images created are a ghostly contrast of blue and white. The workshop will be held outdoors to make use of the sunlight and it could give participants a better sense of the origins of modern photography.

“Print, Scan, Repeat” and “Cyanotypes with Danielle Dumelie” are both scheduled to be held at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre on June 2 and 5, respectively.
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