Celebrate Mother's Day with a 2-hour virtual blockprinting workshop, hosted by Youth Art Exchange printmaker Alyssa Aviles. Create your own block print to make prints, cards, totes and more with your very own design!
This workshop includes an [x] Print Kit* which has everything you need to block print! No experience needed.
Sign up by Wednesday, April 28!
Ticket options:
[x] kit shipped to you: $60 plus $10 shipping (2 kits for $110)
[x] kit local pick up: $60. Pick up at [x]space arts hub in San Francisco on Thursday, May 6th from 3-6pm at 5137 Mission Street (2 kits for $110)
Already have an [x] kit? Join the workshop with your own supplies for $25
Alyssa Aviles is Youth Art Exchange's printmaking faculty artist, teaching San Francisco public high school students in after school, in school, and summer sessions. Alyssa is a Xicana artist and arts educator in San Francisco, California. She was born and raised in the city’s Mission District, a place whose spiritual geography has influenced much of her work and career. Alyssa received a BFA in Printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Alyssa began a women’s printmaking collective by the name of Suavecita Press. In this collective, women are invited to learn and collaborate as printmakers. This collective currently operates out of the Mission Gráfica printmaking studio of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, where Alyssa also gives silkscreening classes and assists as a studio manager. Aside from teaching, Alyssa also works as a freelance artist and operates the line of merchandise that Suavecita Press currently offers.
When: Saturday, May 8th, 4pm-6pm
Where: Via Zoom
What's included: [x] Print kit*, Live class taught by Alyssa Aviles
*[x]print kit includes
- 4"×6" Speedy-Carve block
- Linoleum cutter handle
- #1, #2, and #5 linoleum cutters
- Tube of 2 Colors of Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink
- 4" Soft Rubber Pop-In Brayer
- Printmaking cards
- Transfer paper
- Tracing paper
- YAX 'How To' Video - find the link on the card in your kit!
The [x] Print Kit gives you endless creative possibilities, even after the workshop! With this block print set, you can:
- Make a card for a friend or relative
- Design an expressive poster to put in your window or on your wall
- Create a custom Dish Towel-set
- Design print art on your t-shirts
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Block print 'Home is a Hug' by Hannah M, YAX Printmaking student Lowell class of 2021
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This event supports Youth Art Exchange's [x]space arts hub. [x]space is an interactive art making and exhibition space accessible to youth and community members of all ages. The “x” in [x]space is related to exchange, experimentation, Excelsior, and x as a variable. Visit us at the heart of the Excelsior at 5137 Mission Street, at Mission & Geneva.
Transformed from a meat market (Chuck’s Market) that was shuttered for nearly a decade, this space is focused on creative exchange between artists and community. It is an active arts center by Youth Art Exchange with free classes and programming for San Francisco public high school students, workshops, a youth printshop, an art gallery, community meeting space, and venue rentals.
