The Summer Art Institute (SAI) at Women’s Studio Workshop is a time for you to focus on your work, become energized and inspired, learn new skills, and meet a new community of like-minded artists. During our week-long workshops in papermaking, printmaking, and book arts, you’ll study at the heart of the Hudson Valley with instructors that are leaders in their field. Small class sizes offer you an opportunity to hone your abilities and have a transformative art experience.
Read more about SAI on our general information page, and check out this year’s list of classes below.
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May 2025
MALLEABLE PRINT – THE LAST HURRAH: Printmaking Workshop at Rua Reidh Lighthouse, Scotland
This workshop is currently full, please call 845 658-9133 to be put on a waitlist. Join WSW for an unforgettable art experience at Rua Reidh Lighthouse, at one of the most dramatic and remote locations on the north-west coast of Scotland. This printmaking workshop will be held from May 19 - 27th, 2025. About the Workshop Perfect for artists of all levels, this class will introduce you to versatile, low-tech printmaking techniques. We’ll explore the possibilities of collagraph, a cardboard…
Find out more »July 2025
Material Memory: Texture Techniques in Papermaking with SR Lejeune
Material Memory: Texture Techniques in Papermaking – SR Lejeune Dates: July 7– July 11, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Use paper pulp to hold texture and surface! Beginning with technical basics such as fiber processing in the Hollander beater and sheet formation, participants will apply these skills to an array of non-traditional techniques that use papermaking as a recorder, both conceptually and materially. Approaching paper as a memory device, this…
Find out more »Remixing the Archive: Manipulating Digitized Images for Risograph with Corinne Teed
Remixing the Archive: Manipulating Digitized Images for Risograph – Corinne Teed Dates: July 7– July 11, 2025 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Risograph is a stencil duplicator that can quickly produce print editions with an array of colors and techniques. Through this one week intensive workshop, we will delve into the archive, using the risograph with digital drawing and photographic sources. We will review the basics of how the riso operates…
Find out more »Emulsion-Free Screen Printing: Stencils, Hoops, Dyes, and More! with Caroline Kern
Emulsion-Free Screen Printing: Stencils, Hoops, Dyes, and More! – Caroline Kern Dates: July 7– July 11, 2025 Studio: Silkscreen (Second Floor, located up one flight of stairs*) Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Screenprinting originated in China over a thousand years ago and in its most basic form it is ink pushed a screen to create an image. There are many ways to create images using contemporary methods such as films and emulsion but…
Find out more »Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board: Casting with Paper with SR Lejeune
Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board: Casting with Paper – SR Lejeune Dates: July 14– July 18, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 This experimental workshop will emphasize the unique nature of paper as a casting medium through a wide exploration of this material. Using experimental casting processes rooted in fiber properties and hand papermaking techniques, participants will learn to record dimension, texture, and surface with paper pulp. Beginning…
Find out more »Broadsides, Ballads, and Fables: Letterpress Printing with Type and Image with Corinne Teed
Broadsides, Ballads, and Fables: Letterpress Printing with Type and Image – Corinne Teed Dates: July 14– July 18, 2025 Studio: Letterpress Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Collaboration between type and image is an essential aspect of letterpress printing. Whether working with proclamations, manifestos, poetry, or fables, letterpress is a powerful vehicle for getting crucial voices and stories out into the world. This course will explore the relationship between words and images in letterpress…
Find out more »Risograph Structures with Caroline Kern
Risograph Structures – Caroline Kern Dates: July 14– July 18, 2025 Studio: Silkscreen (Second Floor, located up one flight of stairs*) Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Is it a book? Is it a sculpture? Could it be both? Come learn the basics of Risograph while also experimenting with structure and form through folded paper! In this workshop we will go over the basics of the Risograph machine, a brief history of stencil duplicators…
Find out more »Building Edges in Monoprint with Tara Sabharwal
Building Edges in Monoprint – Tara Sabharwal Dates: July 21 – July 25, 2025 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 We will make monoprints, exploring lines and shapes to build a vocabulary of EDGES. Besides brushes we will use Inkjet sheets and mylar stencils for hard, sharp edges, remove ink with Q- tips and rags to make softer edges and collage material for perforated edges, scrape ink for dry, abrasive edges and…
Find out more »Expressive Pulp Painting with Candy Gonzalez
Expressive Pulp Painting – Candy Gonzalez Dates: July 21 - July 25, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Through demos, embodied inquiry-based investigation and open studio time, participants will expand their papermaking practice by experimenting with contemporary pulp painting techniques. Participants will learn the mechanics of working with various fibers in pulp painting, to make pulp paints from start to finish and to build an expansive pulp paint palette. Participants will…
Find out more »Printing to Infinity: Endless Silkscreen Repeats for Installation with Liz Castaldo
Printing to Infinity: Endless Silkscreen Repeats for Installation – Liz Castaldo Dates: July 21 – July 25, 2025 Studio: Silkscreen (Second Floor, located up one flight of stairs*) Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 In this workshop we will explore the endless possibilities of working with patterns, and learn how to turn small components into large scale wall installations, wallpaper, or even covering three dimensional objects. We’ll cover multiple methods to create repeatable patterns…
Find out more »How to Create a Large Scale Mural with Symone Salib
How to Create a Large Scale Mural – Symone Salib Dates: July 21 – July 25, 2025 Studio: Outdoor Patio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This 5 day workshop will explore the power of public art and provide participants with the skills to design and create a large-scale mural. Participants will gain hands-on experience while learning foundational techniques, from concept development to installation, and community engagement techniques. Together, we’ll discuss public art with…
Find out more »Combine, Layer, Overlap: Guided Monoprint with Tara Sabharwal
Combine, Layer, Overlap: Guided Monoprint – Tara Sabharwal Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2025 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Create a rich and multifaceted print, using one-off pre-printed rice papers as a launching point! After monoprinting a variety of marks, drawing, colors, script, or textures on your choice on several rice papers, we will add adhesive to them, converting them into Chine Collé sheets. We will then design monoprints with…
Find out more »Place and Identity through Papermaking with Candy Gonzalez
Place and Identity through Papermaking – Candy Gonzalez Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $100 Class limit: 6 Explore your relationship to place and identity through papermaking with native plants! The workshop will start with the exploration of plants native to the Hudson Valley and learning to make paper with native plants. Participants will build on foundational knowledge through demos, collective inquiry-based investigation, foraging, and open studio time. Throughout…
Find out more »Ink, Paper, and Thread: Artist’s Book Editions with Liz Castaldo
Ink, Paper, and Thread: Artist’s Book Editions – Liz Castaldo Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2024 Studio: Silkscreen (Second Floor, located up one flight of stairs*) Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Make your artist’s book dreams a reality in this silkscreen-focused workshop. We will go over how to make several book structures by hand including one page books, accordion books, pamphlet bindings, flexagons and drum leaf bindings. We’ll make one collaborative zine…
Find out more »Street Art as Protest: How To Make Wheat Paste Posters with Symone Salib
Street Art as Protest: How To Make Wheat Paste Posters – Symone Salib Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2024 Studio: Multipurpose Room & Outdoor Patio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $100 Class limit: 8 This course introduces the art of wheat-pasting posters in public spaces, focusing on both technical skills and creative expression. Participants will learn how to design, create, and install posters using wheat paste, a sustainable and accessible method for public art. The course…
Find out more »August 2025
Windows, Wells, and Walls: Stencils and Masking in Handmade Paper with Katharine DeLamater
Windows, Wells, and Walls: Stencils and Masking in Handmade Paper – Katharine DeLamater Dates: August 4 – August 8, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 In this all levels papermaking workshop, participants will learn how to make paper using a variety of fibers and incorporate stenciled imagery using hand-cut stencils and pigmented pulp paint. We'll begin with the basics of sheet-forming and an overview of the stenciling process to create a…
Find out more »Non-Toxic Printmaking: Kitchen Lithography, Watercolor Monotype and More! with Rie Hasegawa
Non-Toxic Printmaking: Kitchen Lithography, Watercolor Monotype and More! – Rie Hasegawa Dates: August 4 – August 8, 2025 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Traditional printmaking involves use of a variety of toxic chemicals to make ink-receptive and non-image areas receptive to water and ink-repellent. This course will introduce several alternative planographic printing techniques such as kitchen litho that is an alternative way of lithography using common materials you have at home…
Find out more »Photo-based Screenprinting: Light and Shadow with K Sarrantonio
Photo-based Screenprinting: Light and Shadow – K Sarrantonio Dates: August 4 – August 8, 2025 Studio: Silkscreen (Second Floor, located up one flight of stairs*) Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Immerse yourself in the incredible world of halftones! The halftone process translates continuous shades and tones into patterns of dots, allowing screenprinters to create a rich stencil from a photograph or any 2D image. We will start the week with single color prints…
Find out more »Topographic Language: Embedding and Collage in Handmade Paper with Katharine DeLamater
Topographic Language: Embedding and Collage in Handmade Paper – Katharine DeLamater Dates: August 11 – August 15, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Layer textile, photographic, and other soft collage elements, concurrently building a narrative alongside the development of your handmade paper artwork! In this all levels papermaking workshop, participants will learn how to make paper with a focus on translucent abaca and flax fiber to best highlight their personal embedded…
Find out more »Drypoint with Chine Collé: Multi-Color and Layer with Rie Hasegawa
Drypoint with Chine Collé: Multi-Color and Layer – Rie Hasegawa Dates: August 11 – August 15, 2025 Studio: Intaglio Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique in which an image is scratched into a metal or plastic plate. The scratches produce a “burr”: a raised portion of metal or plastic that catch and hold ink while the smooth portions of the plate can be wiped clean. With the help…
Find out more »Stencil to Screen: Unlocking the Power of Print with Tyanna Buie
Stencil to Screen: Unlocking the Power of Print – Tyanna Buie Dates: August 11 – August 15, 2025 Studio: Silkscreen (Second Floor, located up one flight of stairs*) Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 6 Let’s get experimental! Discover silkscreen's flexibility, exploring the inherent cross-connections and expressive possibilities of photomechanical, screen and found stencil, monotypes and digital processes. Participants will be prompted to push the boundaries of the processes while creating new ways a screen…
Find out more »Contemporary and Experimental Marbling with Maisie Broome
Contemporary and Experimental Marbling – Maisie Broome Dates: August 18 – August 22, 2025 Studio: Papermaking Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300 Lab Fee: $150 Class limit: 10 Take a playful and contemporary approach to the ancient technique of marbling! Participants will explore the vast potential of marbling and experiment with materials while familiarizing themselves with the process's unique relationships to movement, imagery, and scale. The workshop will give participants the technical knowledge for making a marbling bath, preparing materials,…
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