Saturday, September 13th
11:30AM - 2:30PM



Join printmaker and artist, Jillian Sokso for a workshop in Gelatin Monotype Print Making. This exciting and versatile process requires no printing press and uses water-soluble inks, such as water-based block printing or monotype inks, and paints, gouache, tempera, and watercolor. Gelatin monotypes are so versatile that they can resemble traditional printmaking techniques, but what makes the process really exciting are the surprises that come with using such an unusual material. The prints are pulled from a matrix or plate of gelatin that gets slippery with ink, resulting in painterly, fluid-looking prints, rather than very precise ones. Also, as you continue to work with the gelatin, it starts to give off moisture, which mixes in with the inks, adding fluidity and translucency. Join Jillian in September to learn a new process of creating interesting ideas with an exciting medium. In conjunction with this workshop, Jillian will have an exhibit of her work on our Coffee House walls from September 1-30.

JILLIAN SOKSO

Jillian Sokso is an artist printmaker who lives and works in rural Allegany County, New York. Her work is a mixed media printmaking and installation,and deals in gender and socioeconomic class issues,and ecology. The concepts of art making as a tool for building relationships, and a vehicle for empowering populations are rooted in her work and community involvement.

In addition to being engaged in her own professional studio practice, Jillian is a professor at the Art Department at Houghton College. Sokso is active as a member of the several printmaking organizations, including the Southern Graphics Council and The Print Center.

She has exhibited works internationally and nationally from 2003 until present. Her most recent honors include being named as the Artforms Gallery Emerging Artist in Philadelphia, PA, and a juror's first place award at the Halpert Biennial in Boone, NC. She is currently exhibiting in Rochester NY, Toronto Canada, and Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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