CCHS Announces Special Print-Making Course

PRESS RELEASE
March 16, 2010

The Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) is pleased to announce a two-day intensive printmaking workshop with artist Kate McGloughlin, offered in partnership with the Woodstock School of Art, in honor of the Society’s 2010 exhibit Inked Over: Our Printed World.

Learn about relief and intaglio prints by trying your hand at making a block print and an etching. The workshop will be held at the Woodstock School of Art on May 15th and 16th, from 9am-4pm. Just for CCHS members, the materials fee has been waived and regular registration fees discounted.  No experience necessary, beginners welcome!

Ms. McGloughlin will lead a free demonstration for the general public on May 7th at 7pm, at the James Vanderpoel House, 16 Broad St., Kinderhook, NY. This demonstration is open to everyone, but people considering taking the two-day workshop are encouraged to attend.

The 2-day workshop will be held May 15th and 16th at the Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Rt. 212, Woodstock, NY 12498. To register, call CCHS at 518-758-9265. Registration for CCHS members is open March 10th-31st ($215 +$15 matriculation fee). Registration for non-members is open April 1st- May 12th ($240 + $15 matriculation fee and $10 for materials).

The exhibit Inked Over: Our Printed World opens Saturday, April 24th at the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library. The exhibit explores how the ability to print at a reasonable cost on many different surfaces made our world a very colorful place and transformed how we communicated and how we presented ourselves to the world. This free demonstration and special two-day course are opportunities to experience firsthand the technology behind this transformation of our world.