Ryan O'Malley Workshop

Ryan O’Malley | Bangers ‘n’ Mashups: A Collaborative Screenprint Workshop

Sunday, 4 May 2025 | 9:30am – 12:00pm | $90

Sunday, 4 May 2025 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm | $90

This workshop will feature inexpensive, DIY screenprint monoprinting techniques. Participants will hand-cut stencils through sheets of vinyl adhesive.
Printing will be performed collectively across rows of paper in successive rounds of cyan, magenta,and yellow inks mixed to various opacities. The resulting compositions will be a collaborative explosion of layered shapes, lines, and colours.
You’ll be printing with Permaset eco-friendly dyes on Japanese Hosho paper from the Awagami Factory.

Don’t miss out – this one will sell out fasts! All levels welcome. Age: 16 +

What to bring:

  • Apron, or old clothes they don’t mind getting inky.
  • Drawings of stencils you’d like to make.

About the artist:

Ryan O’Malley is an artist based in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has spent his career traveling to print communities across vast geographical and cultural landscapes with intention to connect, educate, and inspire.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions, publications, portfolios and collections including Canada, Estonia, Russia, Japan, France China, Mexico, Italy, Latvia and Iran. His expertise is included in Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Process, Second Edition, by Fick and Grabowski.
O’Malley’s commitment to education includes serving as Professor of Art and Graduate Coordinator at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.

Instagram:@ryanomalleyart

Note: Don’t miss Ryan’s FREE presentation on Saturday 3 May at 11:30am in the Opanuku Studio, Corban Estate Arts Centre.

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