🎨✨ A few spots still open! Join us for Color Woodcut Printmaking with the fantastic @rebecca_print !
PAFA’s Continuing Education program offers art classes in Philadelphia for adult artists of all levels, and this one’s a gem.
Learn reduction and multiple block relief printmaking techniques to produce vibrant, layered color prints. Instruction will cover all steps from start to finished print. Whether you’re a seasoned printmaker or a beginner, this class will guide you to explore the art of relief printing!
🗓 Thursdays, 1–4 PM
📅 Feb 12 – April 16
📍 128 N. Broad Street
⏰ Last day to register: Friday, Feb 6
Sign up: /course/color-woodcut-printmaking-in-person1
Image: Rebecca Gilbert, Momento Mori/Swans, Reduction and Multiple Block Woodcut
#PAFA #ContinuingEducation #Printmaking #Woodcut #ColorWoodcut
Only a few days left to sign up for our letterpress class—don't miss out!
Wednesdays, 6 - 9 p.m.
May 20th - June 24th
Instructor: Rosae Reeder
Six-Week Short Course
Letterpress, also known as moveable type, is the process of printing with moveable components of either wood or lead type. Today, letterpress printing has become fashionable, used to print wedding invitations, business cards, and anything with that traditional vintage look. In this six-week course, students will learn the process of setting both wood and lead type and printing on a Vandercook letterpress. Instruction will also explore letterpress as a wonderful tool for printing images in edition through the creation of pressure prints. Printing of relief blocks, registration, layout, paper size, and color will also be discussed. This class is open to beginners and advanced artists. Tuition includes a $20 lab fee.
Images: Rosae Reeder
Register by: May 13th
/course/letterpress-printmaking
There’s something incredibly meaningful about marking PAFA’s 220th anniversary not just with celebration, but with making.
I had the chance to spend time in the printmaking studio today at PAFA @pafacademy with Professor Tony Rosati and his team, who created this beautiful limited edition commemorative screenprint for #PAFA220. These prints will be part of the gala on April 10—each one a true work of art.
What I love most is how much thought and craft went into this. It began with collaboration—conversations, sketches, and a careful composition to reflect both the moment and the history behind it. The design elements are direct references to the Historic Landmark Building, from the architectural elements to the tiny diamonds. From there, the design was translated into a photographic process using acetate and then brought to life through hand-printing.
Tony walked me through the process. Each print is built in layers. There are two separate color runs, printed one at a time, requiring precision, patience, and real expertise. Even the paper selection was intentional, chosen to complement and elevate the final image.
This is what PAFA does best: honoring tradition while bringing artists, students, and faculty together to create something new.
Grateful to Tony Rosati, Print Shop Manager @elizastraussjenkins , PAFA alums and printshop monitors @kristinadenzelbickford and @vhanssens , PAFA Trustee Rebecca Segall, videographer Kevin Hackenberg @get_kinetic , and the entire team for this incredible work—and for giving me a glimpse into the process!
Join us on Saturday February 28th at Parkway Central Library from 10AM - 4PM. The fair is FREE!
The PAFA Print Shop table will feature work from @cassaundraflor@vhanssens@hongbichhuynhvernon@jgerbner@hayz_@victor.s.art@christinepettyart and more!
At 11AM ✨ Hear from Guest Speaker, speaker Dr Heather Hughes, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Kathy and Ted Fernberger Associate Curator of Prints, for a lecture about their upcoming exhibition on the prints of Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui.
From 12-3PM ✨ Enjoy hands-on Letterpress Make & Take workshop with artist Belle Handler from @phillysoapbox
For a list of participating shops, collectives, nonprofits, and individuals, please visit the PPC website: /fair/
#printphillyprintfair #philadelphiaprintconsortium #phillyprintmakers #PAFA #PPCPrintFair2026 @philly.print.consortium@freelibrarypix@phillysoapbox@americancolorprintsocietytoday
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Veronica Hanssens - The Subdued Centaur
John Gerbner - Back Porch
Cassaundra Flor - Roses
Beth Lilly - Postcard from the Beach
Hayley Murphy - I got so lost that day
Last week, @pafaprint hosted a professional development workshop in stencil screen printing for educators from the Lower Merion School District. It was a fun and productive day of hands-on printing led by PAFA’s print shop manager Eliza Strauss-Jenkins.
Thanks for spending the day in the studio with us @lmschools !
#pafa #professionaldevelopment #printmakingstudio #makeart #printmaking
We have a couple of openings for our 10 week Wood Studio course, Tuesday evenings 5:30 to 8:30, starting February 24th.
We will start by building some shop skills through our first project: a mitered pencil box with spline joints. Accompanying this we will explore chip carving. These skill building exercises are the starting points for the overarching class goal of building your own sculptural pieces.
Class link: pafa-ce.coursestorm.com/course/wood-studio-in-person2
🐠✨Join us on Friday, February 6th for a Gyotaku (fish printing) demonstration with @fishprintfishclub , both in celebration of Open Studio Night and in tandem with Threaded Currents, a stunning exhibition in collaboration with @fabricworkshop .
🐟 Prints will be available for purchase from @fishprintfishclub
🍬 Along with gummy gyotaku fish printing for visitors to experiment with!
💸 Event is Pay What You Wish
🗺️ 6th Floor Print Shop, Hamilton Building
⏰ 5–8 PM
Fish print imagery courtesy of @fishprintfishclub
#Gyotaku #FishPrinting #Printmaking #PAFA #PhiladelphiaEvents
Looking for work space without registering for a full class? PAFA Shop Memberships offer affordable, self‑guided access to our fully equipped printmaking, papermaking, and sculpture shops. Members can work independently in professional‑grade facilities, explore 2‑D and 3‑D processes, and connect with a community of artists using top‑tier tools and equipment.
Perfect for emerging artists, experienced makers, or anyone who needs space and high‑quality shop access to make art on their own schedule.
🔗 Learn more or sign up #LinkInBio
PAFA Members — join us February 19 at 4 PM for Pressed Impressions: Inside PAFA’s Printmaking Studio | Go behind the scenes in PAFA’s Printmaking Studio & the the Brodsky Center! Watch live demos, explore contemporary prints, and make your own take-home print of the historic PAFA School Seal.
🔗 Register: https://buff.ly/CP0BnEy #LinkInBio
Join us for our Printmaking × Sculpture Collaborative Workshop!
📆 January 7, 14 & 21 | ⏰ 1–4 PM
Over three sessions we will look into alternative tools for relief printmaking that have traditionally been used for sculpture like grinders, sandblasting, router, table saw, scroll saw, etc. In printmaking, we will explore techniques in inking, chine collé, and reduction printing among others. The printing block as sculpture will also be discussed.
Included in the price of the workshops, you will receive a Dual Membership which gives you access to both the Printmaking and Sculpture shops through the month of January for $175.
🪵 Wood provided | 📄 Paper & newsprint not included
🌀 Email [email protected] for questions
🔗 Register via link in bio
Graphic includes fragments of prints by CE student and member Christine Petty, from last year’s workshop. @christinepettyart
#PAFA #PAFAShops #Printmaking #sculpture
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Celebrate PAFA’s vibrant printmaking community in this special exhibition featuring works submitted for the postcard promotion of the 30th Annual Student Print Sale.
Juried by PAFA’s printmaking staff, three standout works were selected for the postcard:
🔹 Hayley Murphy, All Seeing (screenprint) - As seen in the promotional graphic for the Print Sale!
🔹 Hong-Bich Vernon, City Hall #4 (Blues) (woodcut)
🔹 John Gerbner, Abandoned Quarry by the Wissahickon (etching)
📍 On view in the 6th floor lobby through February 1, 2026.
The Postcard Exhibition is a celebratory exhibition of prints made by current PAFA Printmakers. The Annual Student Print Sale is a long-standing tradition at PAFA that has attracted hundreds of audience members and featured countless talented artists. This exhibition features works submitted by PAFA students in the Continuing Education program, Print Shop members, and monitors.
🎉 Don’t miss the 30th Annual Student Print Sale on Dec 5, 2025, 5:30–8:30 PM—your chance to collect original prints and support local artists!
Featured Artworks:
🎨 Hong-Bich H. Vernon, City Hall #4 (Blues), 2025. Water-based woodcut on handmade Japanese paper, 13 × 9.5 in.
🎨 John Gerbner, Abandoned Quarry by the Wissahickon, 2025. Etching with aquatint, 8 × 10 in.
🎨 April Flory, Academy Skylights, 2025. Screenprint, 14 x 15.
🎨 Lisa Burger-Lentz, Red Squirrel, 2024/25. Etching with aquatint, 5 × 4 in.
🎨 Tali Burry-Schnepp, Twilight on the Sledding Hill, 2024. Woodcut, 11 × 13 in.
🎨 Brian Allen, Chrysanthemum Silence. 2025. Letterpress and pochoir, 5.5 × 10.5 in.
🎨 Lauren Anderson, Autumn River Walk, 2024. Screenprint, 11 × 15 in.
🎨 Siri Bardarson, Circus, 2024. Screenprint, oil pastel, 11 × 15 in.
🎨 Romy Burkus, The Harvest, 2025. Screenprint, 11x14 in.
🎨 Victor Surbrook, The Quilt, 2025. Woodcut, 19 x 15.
