About this Event
Photo-etching (4 weeks)
Sundays, November 22 - December 13, 2026
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Instructor: Nicole Banton
Class Capacity: 6 participants
Materials included | No prior experience needed | All skill levels welcome
Create photographic images with this process in which a halftone film is applied to a copper plate, whereby the exposed metal is eaten away by acid, creating grooves that is then inked up and printed onto a piece of paper through a press. Students will be guided through the entire process from plate and image preparation, film exposure, etching and printing.
Participants will walk away with a small edition of hand-pulled prints.
Note: Bringing in a laptop with Photoshop installed is recommended but not required.
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About the Instructor: Nicole Banton (she/her) is a visual artist and printmaker. She received a BFAH in visual art from Queen’s University, and an MFA in visual art from the University of Regina. She recently exhibited her work in a solo exhibition at the Fifth Parallel Gallery in 2024, and her work has been included in various group exhibitions including “Print Pulse 30: NUPE Exhibition” at Union Gallery, and “Echoes from this Land” at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery. From 2023 to 2024 her research and creation projects were supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Banton predominantly creates text-based silkscreen prints and installations that incorporate layers of handwriting, found text, autographic strikethroughs, mark-making, and photographic imagery. Her work also has strong autobiographical tendencies and explores concepts of loneliness, longing, and privacy as an aesthetic strategy for artistic experimentation and self-reflection.
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Banner image:
- Nicole Banton, Blue Nights (detail), image size 4" x 2 3/4", photo-etching (print on left, plate on right)
- the intaglio printing area at Open Studio
- the exposure unit at Open Studio
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Refund Policy: Refunds are available up to 4 days before the event start date. Eventbrite service fees are non-refundable.
Event venue & nearby stays
Open Studio, 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Canada
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