Free! Gel Plate Printmaking Workshop

F55  1 session, Sunday, Oct. 25: 1:00–4:00pm (REGISTRATION BEGINS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15)

Join WestchesterArts grantee, artist/Rockland Center for the Arts Instructor John Rosis for this free workshop at Rockland Center for the Arts. Participants will learn the basics of printmaking using a gel plate to create finished prints, greeting cards, bookmarks, decorative paper for collage and more using quick drying water-based acrylic paint.

Demonstrations will include monoprinting techniques using paper stencils made in the workshop, string, thread, rubber bands and other materials in this ‘make and take’ workshop. We will also use natural materials such as leaves, ferns, grasses and vines as masks and textures. All materials will be provided and no prior experience is necessary, just an interest in discovering this unique, fun and easy way to make prints with minimal set up time.

Capacity is limited to ten participants for this workshop. Participants should arrive on or before start time as instruction is provided at the beginning of the workshop. All are welcome: ages 16 and up. Please wear appropriate clothing and/or an apron for using paints.

Represented by Gerald Bland Inc. in New York City, John Rosis is an accomplished artist and instructor with a notable career spanning decades. He currently teaches at the Rockland Center for the Arts since 1999, and previously taught at the State University of New York and the Art Students League in New York.

His work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including early 1980s shows in the East Village, NYC. Recent group exhibitions include the 2024 Rockland Center for the Arts benefit, the Garrison Art Center Benefit in New York, and Kino Saito benefit in Verplanck, New York. His work has also been part of exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Kino Saito benefit in Verplanck, New York. His work has also been part of exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Edward Hopper House. In addition to his group exhibitions, John Rosis has held several solo exhibitions, including notable shows at Mount Wachusett Community College in Massachusetts and Westchester College in New York.

John Rosis earned his Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College in 1990 and has received prestigious awards throughout his career, including grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, the Wurlitzer Foundation and Artists Space, New York. His work is part of numerous private and public collections including the New York University Children’s Hospital and the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas.

John’s Instagram site is @johnrosisartist and his website is www.johnrosis1.wixsite.com/studio.