First Friday: Monotype Printing Workshop

Monotype is a printmaking process that involves applying ink or paint directly onto a printing plate (without first engraving or etching it) to create a unique print. In this hands-on workshop, multimedia artist Sabrina Sims will guide participants through this expressive process while introducing such techniques as stenciling, masking, wet-on-wet blending, and subtractive layering.

Inspired by the bold visual language found in Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple and Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld, participants will experiment with color, texture, and composition to create monoprints that reflect themes of storytelling, illustration, and independent film culture.

Everyone will have the opportunity to trade prints at the end of the workshop. 

No prior experience will be required and all materials will be provided.

Sabrina Sims (she/her) is a bi, Black Puerto Rican, chronically ill artist from the Bronx. Her saturated multimedia work focuses on Black cosmic tech, softness as a tactile-emotional feeling, and the sharing of community ideas. She enjoys synthesizing mediums, including printmaking/zines, textiles, biomaterials, and livecoded audiovisuals. Sabrina organizes several COVID-safer DIY music events and art fairs with a focus on accessibility for disabled creatives. Skill-sharing, workshops, and other community-building opportunities for Black Indigenous people is a central part of her practice.

Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.