Beyond the Basics: Intermediate Screenprinting on Paper
Beyond the Basics: Intermediate Screenprinting on Paper is an intermediate workshop for artists ready to move beyond single-layer screenprints and create multicolor designs. Participants will explore overlapping layers to broaden a print’s color range, along with basic color mixing, preparing artwork for multiple layers, and registration methods for aligning successive prints.
The class is intended for students who have completed Introduction to Screenprinting on Paper or have comparable experience, including approximately six hours of instruction in screen exposure and basic printing. Registration includes materials and a new screen to take home, while students must also prepare additional supplies and bring suitable high-contrast artwork.
When: December 12
Showtimes: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Run time: Six hours
Venue: Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Tickets: $239
Registration deadline: December 5, 2026
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Introduction to Screenprinting on Paper or similar screenprinting experience covering screen exposure and basic printing is required.
Materials included: The registration fee includes a $70 materials fee for consumable supplies such as ink, tape, newsprint, emulsion, and cleaners. It also includes a new silkscreen for each student to keep and use for further multicolor printing.
What to bring: Students should bring high-contrast black-and-white images for use in the workshop; the instructor will provide more specific image requirements. A personal second silkscreen is optional, since classroom screens will be available. Students who want to purchase an additional screen to keep may reserve one from the center for $30 before class. An apron is also optional, although participants may instead wear clothing that can get inky. Pencil and paper may be brought for note-taking.
Instructor: Jeanette M. Bolden is a Maryland-based visual artist and screen printer with a B.A. in Studio Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her vivid, semi-nonrepresentational work considers memory, nature, emotion, and the relationship between internal experience and the outside world. She uses repetition in screenprinting to develop new interpretations through color and shape.
Instructor background: Bolden and collaborator Ennis R. Hodgson showed abstract work in the 2025 group exhibition Collaborate / kəˈlabəˌrāt at Gallery Y in Washington, D.C. She led the 2024 Black History Month and Visual Arts Summer Internship program for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, participated in Transformer Gallery’s Exercises for Emerging Artists program in 2023, and interned at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in 2022 while co-teaching an M-NCPPC Hispanic Heritage Month and Visual Arts Internship program. Her honors include The Washington Print Club’s 2021 Young Printer Award and a feature in the fall 2021 issue of On Paper: Journal of The Washington Print Club.
Instructor links: More information about Bolden’s work is available at www.jeanettemboldenstudio.com and through Instagram at @jeanettemboldenstudio.