Creative Writing & Printmaking: Earth Day with Grequan Carter
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/22/2023
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Respond imaginatively to a prompt in any genre, then put your inspiration into print. In this workshop at the Riso Club, housed in Rochester’s Visual Studies Workshop, Writers & Books’ instructors will present a short piece of published writing, facilitate a brief discussion, and provide a related prompt. Along with your fellow workshop participants, you’ll explore the fascinating risograph printing process and typeset your freshly minted words, creating a saddle-stitched chapbook to take home. Participate in one session or all three!
Grequan Carter is the author of Journey of a Maturation Rollercoaster and founder of Gre’s Concoctions, The Renaissance Exchange, Eye of Nature Coaching, and RECivation. A Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, he serves on the board of the non-profit Lagom Landing and is senior faculty for Leadership Coaching Certificate Program. He advocates for social justice by utilizing the arts to build community and self-expression.
Risograph printing is very similar to screen-printing, where ink is pushed through a screen one color at a time. The machine works much like a photocopier, so the process is a quick, clean hybrid of technologies that produces an object made from the tangible vibrance of real ink.
Founded by Evan Bobrow of Rathaus Press and David McNamara of Publish Publish LLC with support from Visual Studies Workshop, the Riso Club of Rochester aims to make risograph printing and publishing more accessible to the Rochester community.
In person at Riso Club, 31 Prince St, Rochester, NY 14607
Members $70 | General Public $80 | Scholarships available
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