Two hands operating a squeegee on a green colored stencil

Stencil Screen Printing Workshop Led by Self Help Graphic's Barrio Mobil Art Studio

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Event
Location:
1st Floor, Ocean Side
Fish Bowl
UCSB Library invites you to sign up for a free two-hour Stencil Screen Printing workshop led by Self Help Graphics & Art Barrio Mobile Art Studio. 
 

Registration is full. If you wish to be added to the waitlist, please complete this form.  

Participants will learn how to create a handmade stencil with their own designs using cardstock and cutting tools. Artist and assistant will help participants through the design and cutting process before printing the designs via silkscreen. Designs will be printed as posters with vibrant inks.

This workshop is in conjunction with the Library's exhibition "Cultura Cura: 50 Years of Self Help Graphics in East LA" in addition to UCSB Reads 2024, which this year selected the book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.

Founded in 1970 in the heart of East Los Angeles, Self Help Graphics & Art is dedicated to the production, interpretation, and distribution of prints and other art media by Chicana/o and Latina/o artists. Our multidisciplinary and intergenerational programs promote artistic excellence and empower our community by providing access to space, tools, training and capital.

 

Self Help Graphics & Art Barrio Mobile Art Studio (BMAS) serves our mission to nurture emerging artists and present Latino art to a broad audience, and address the vast demographic that is Los Angeles, while also expanding our audiences and community beyond the East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights communities.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Image Credit: Self Help Graphics & Art