Name: A Spring Gel Plate Printing Workshop w/Jennifer Penick
Start: 2026-05-17T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-17T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Shop Made in DC - Georgetown - 1304 Wisconsin Ave NW

$A Spring Gel Plate Printing Workshop w\/Jennifer Penick$

Celebrate the season by learning the unique technique of gel plate printing to preserve your own leaf or flower monoprint.
About this Event

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

Collect some leaves or flowers and join instructor Jennifer Wilkin Penick for 2 hours of gel plate printing. Jennifer will start with some basic gel plate printing as a warm-up and then share some interesting and less-known ways to create art with the gel plate.

These will include using leaves but also hand-cut stencils, You'll leave the workshop with a series of unique monoprints with your favorite one matted and ready to frame. All materials provided and this workshop is good for all levels.

About the Instructor:

Jennifer studied studio art as an undergraduate student and earned an MA in (Italian) Art History. Her artwork has been exhibited in Rome, Italy; Portland, Oregon; Arlington, Virginia; and Washington, DC. In addition to being a practicing artist, she teaches at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington and has been a Visual-Artist-in-Residence with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's Arts & Humanities Program since 2018.