Printmaking Werkshop

Join artist and RISD design Professor, Jess Brown for a "werkshop" about empowering youth to use their voices to stand up to and call out injustices. From the Freedom Movement of the 1920s to the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s and 60's, to the present day Black Lives Matter and environmental justice movements, youth have been instrumental in advancing the progress of change.  We will look at examples of these posters, their style and their effectiveness. Werkshop participants will use a Silkscreen Printing method to create their own posters that reflect the moment that we are in now to amplify the issues that mean the most to us.

Free. Drop-in.

Jess Brown is an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at RISD where she teaches toy design, social impact, and community engagement. She is a cultural curator and cultural producer creating spaces for critical conversations. She is an afro futurist interdisciplinary, multimedia spectacle generator, creative connector, community advocate, mermaid, and cosmonaut explorer, creating disruptive & discursive work. Her work is rooted in liberation theology, dipped in pop culture references, sprinkled with humor, and packaged in Joy.

This is a Lady J Production. Imagine. Make. Play.

Silkscreen: a stenciling method that involves printing ink through stencils that are supported by a porous fabric mesh stretched across a frame called a screen.