Photopolymer Etching Workshops with Paula MacArthur
Rye Creative Centre's resident painter-printmaker, Paula MacArthur, is leading photopolymer etching workshops once a month in our print room. These friendly one-day workshops are suitable for absolute beginners through to experienced printmakers who’d like to learn a new technique.
There’s plenty of parking spaces at Rye Creative Centre and it’s a 5-10 minute walk from Rye train station.
Meet Paula in the artist’s kitchen for coffee, go upstairs to make plates in the morning in her studio, break for lunch (please bring a packed lunch) and then move downstairs to the print room to start printing in the afternoon.
There’s space for a maximum of 5 people in each workshop. Ink and sundries are included the price, however plates are an additional cost:
Smaller plates suitable for beginners A5 £7.56 or A4 £13.14
Larger plates suitable for printmakers with experience of intaglio printmaking A3 £23.00, A2 £46.00, 50x60cms £48.85
Dates
Saturday 25th January
Saturday 22nd February
Saturday 29th March
More dates will be added soon
Cost
Each workshop costs £70 per person and there’s space for 5 students in each workshop.
Ink and sundries are included in the price; plates and paper are an additional cost.
About Paula
Paula MacArthur, born in 1967, is an award-winning painter trained at the Royal Academy who works from her studio in Rye, East Sussex. She exhibits her work nationally and internationally and is a member of the artist-led group, Contemporary British Painting. As well as teaching printmaking in Rye she is a Programme Tutor on the BA Painting Programme at OCA and is a mentor on the Turps Hastings Off-Site Programme.
If you’d like to discuss bespoke classes for individuals or groups of up to 5 people, or have any questions about the process and facilities, please feel free to contact Paula here paulamacarthur@me.com